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a) Every clinic holding a license shall, on or before the 15th day of March each year, file with the Department of Health Care Access and Information, upon forms to be furnished by the department, a verified report showing the following information relating to the previous calendar year:

(1) Number of patients served and descriptive information, including, but not limited to, age, gender, race, and ethnic background of patients.

(2) Number of patient visits by type of service, including all of the following: (

A) Child health and disability prevention screens, treatment, and followup services. (

B) Medical services. (

C) Dental services. (

D) Other health services.

(3) Total clinic operating expenses.

(4) Gross patient charges by payer category, including Medicare, Medi-Cal, the Child Health Disability Prevention Program, county indigent programs, other county programs, private insurance, self-paying patients, nonpaying patients, and other payers.

(5) Deductions from revenue by payer category, bad debts, and charity care charges.

(6) Additional information as may be required by the Department of Health Care Access and Information or the State Department of Public Health. (

b) In the event that a clinic fails to file a timely report, the department may suspend the license of the clinic until the report is completed and filed with the Department of Health Care Access and Information. (

c) In order to promote efficient reporting of accurate data, the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall consider the unique operational characteristics of different classifications of licensed clinics, including, but not limited to, the limited scope of services provided by some specialty clinics, in its design of forms for the collection of data required by this section. (

d) For the purpose of administering funds appropriated from the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund for support of licensed clinics, clinics receiving those funds may be required to report any additional data the Department of Health Care Access and Information or the State Department of Public Health may determine necessary to ensure the equitable distribution and appropriate expenditure of those funds. This shall include, but not be limited to, information about the poverty level of patients served and communicable diseases reported to local health departments. (

e) This

section shall apply to all primary care clinics. (

f) This

section shall apply to all specialty clinics, as defined in subdivision (

b) of

Section that receive tobacco tax funds pursuant to

Article 2 (commencing with

Section 30121) of

Chapter of Part of Division of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (

g) Specialty clinics that are not required to report pursuant to subdivision (

f) shall report data as directed in

Section as it existed prior to the enactment of

Chapter of the Statutes of and

Chapter of the Statutes of 1990. (

h) This

section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2027, and as of that date is repealed.