Under the California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates persons or agencies that provide hospice, which is a type of interdisciplinary health care that includes palliative care to individuals experiencing the last phases of life due to the existence of a terminal disease and supportive care to the primary caregivers and family of the hospice patient. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor. The act authorizes, until January 1, 2022, a licensee under the act to provide any of the authorized interdisciplinary hospice services, including palliative care, to a patient who has a serious illness.
California SB 353 (20212022) — Hospice: services to seriously ill patients.
Under the California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990, the State Department of Public Health licenses and regulates persons or agencies that provide hospice, which is a type of interdisciplinary health care that includes palliative care to individuals experiencing the last phases of life due to the existence of a terminal disease and supportive care to the primary caregivers and family of the hospice patient. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor. The act authorizes, until January 1, 2022, a licensee under the act to provide any of the authorized interdisciplinary hospice services, including palliative care, to a patient who has a serious illness.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-03-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 457.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-09 Set for hearing April 19.
2021-04-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 887.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-04-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-13 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2021-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-06-30 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 30). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-07-01 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-07-08 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Irwin.
2021-07-08 Ordered to third reading.
2021-07-15 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-07-15 Ordered to third reading.
2021-08-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2408.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-16 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2021-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2243.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2021-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 488, Statutes of 2021. became-law
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10b5f3e3-74a3-4d20-992f-a66b5e5ab2b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).