Nothing in this article shall be used to justify the tax-exempt status of a hospital under state law. Nothing in this article shall preclude the department from requiring hospitals to directly report their charity activities.

(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 82. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.)

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 127360

  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • Hospital: means a private not-for-profit acute hospital licensed under subdivision (a), (b), or (f) of Section 1250 and is owned by a corporation that has been determined to be exempt from taxation under the United States Internal Revenue Code. See California Health and Safety Code 127345
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23