14022.4. (Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 728, Sec. 198.)

(a) Any nursing facility or any category of intermediate care facility for the developmentally disabled currently certified to participate in the Medi-Cal program may not voluntarily withdraw from the program unless all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The facility shall file with the department a notice of intent to withdraw from the Medi-Cal program.

(2) Except for patients to be transferred or discharged only for medical reasons, or for patients’ welfare or that of other patients, or for nonpayment for his or her stay, the facility shall not subsequently evict any Medi-Cal recipient or private pay patient residing in the facility at the time the notice of intent to withdraw from the Medi-Cal program is filed.

(3) Patients admitted to the facility on or after the date of the notice of intent to withdraw from the Medi-Cal program shall be advised orally and in writing of both the following:

(A) That the facility intends to withdraw from the Medi-Cal program.

(B) That notwithstanding Section 14124.7, the facility is not required to keep a new resident who converts from private pay to Medi-Cal.