{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-1599.70","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 1599.70","heading":"","body":"(a) No contract of admission may require a security deposit from a Medi-Cal beneficiary who applies for admission to the facility as a Medi-Cal patient.\n(b) Any security deposit from a person paying privately upon admission shall be returned within 14 days of the private account being closed, or first Medi-Cal payment, whichever is later, and with no deduction for administration or handling charges.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","CHAPTER 3.93. Admission Contracts for Long-Term Health Care Facilities [1599.60. - 1599.84.]"],"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":"b076527958128a3ae7aad2a1d54ea3e0a76e74b4cf8fa39c27981b80758f60d8","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-1599.69","next":"us-ca/hsc-1599.71"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}