The ballot measure would enact staffing requirements, reporting requirements, ownership disclosure, and closing requirements for chronic dialysis clinics, requering clinics to: have at least one physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant - with at least six months experience with end-stage renal disease care - onsite during patient treatments;
report dialysis-related infections to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH);
requiring clinics to provide patients with a list of physicians with ownership interest of 5 percent or more in the clinic
requiring clinics to provide the CDPH with a list of persons with ownership interest of 5 percent or more in the clinic; and
requiring clinics to obtain the CDPH's written consent before closing or substantially reducing services to patients.
The ballot initiative would also prohibit clinics from refusing to care for a patient based on the patient's form of payment, whether the patient as an individual payer, the patient's health insurer, Medi-Cal, Medicaid, or Medicare