Implementation and Impacts of California Senate Bill 1152 on Homeless Discharge Protocols.

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Introduction

In recent decades, there has been a growing focus on addressing social needs in healthcare settings. California has been at the forefront of making state-level investments to improve care for patients with complex social and medical needs, including patients experiencing homelessness (PEH). Examples include Medicaid 1115 waivers such as the Whole Person Care pilot program and California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM). To date, California is also the only state to have passed a legislative mandate to address concerns related to the hospital discharge of PEH who lack sufficient resources to support self-care. To this end, California enacted Senate Bill 1152 (SB 1152), a unique legislative mandate that requires hospitals to standardize comprehensive discharge

SUBMITTER: Aridomi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10754197 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature