{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-1599.3","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 1599.3","heading":"","body":"Any rights under this chapter of a patient judicially determined to be incompetent, or who is found by his physician to be medically incapable of understanding such information, or who exhibits a communication barrier, shall devolve to such patient’s guardian, conservator, next of kin, sponsoring agency, or representative payer, except when the facility itself is the representative payer.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","CHAPTER 3.9. Skilled Nursing and Intermediate Care Facility Patient’s Bill of Rights [1599. - 1599.4.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"6ed24a2dccfb7506dddfcd010b3b822a40bbc2c58fb5e91156ff7f0932311f49","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-1599.2","next":"us-ca/hsc-1599.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}