California Health and Safety Code 123980 – If the recipient of services provided by the California Children’s …
If the recipient of services provided by the California Children’s Services Program, his or her guardian, conservator, personal representative, estate, or survivors, or any of them brings an action against a third person who may be liable for the injury, notice of institution of legal proceedings, notice of settlement, and all other notices required by this code shall be given to the State Director of Health Services in Sacramento and to the county-managed California Children’s Services Program. The director may provide notice to the Attorney General. All of these notices shall be given by the attorney retained to assert the beneficiary‘s claim, or by the injured party beneficiary, his or her guardian, conservator, personal representative, estate, or survivors, if no attorney is retained.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 123980
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
- Services: as used in this article , means any or all of the following:
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- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23