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SB 1152 (2019) requires hospitals to create discharge plans for homeless patients and ensure they have food, shelter, medicine, and clothing for post-hospital care. [44] While Medi-Cal offers free health insurance to many homeless people, it can be arduous for homeless people to apply, preventing many from obtaining coverage.
There are now an estimated 6,600 homeless people living in Sacramento County’s shelters, streets and vehicles, according to a new federally-mandated count released Wednesday.
New data shows nearly 186,000 people now live on the streets and in homeless shelters in California, proving the crisis continues to grow despite increasing state and local efforts to stem the tide.
Another study out of Boston found similar results with homeless patients requiring 50% fewer hospital readmissions in the 90-days following medical respite program participation than those released to their own care (the street or shelter). [12] Medical respite care has been discussed in the American Medical New Ethics Forum. [13] [14]
Homeless patients are one of the groups who are especially vulnerable to patient dumping. [1] Patient dumping or homeless dumping is the practice of hospitals and emergency services inappropriately releasing homeless or indigent patients to public hospitals or onto the streets instead of transferring them to a homeless shelter or retaining
The county released a new report detailing efforts to provide services and engage with the homeless population in the first half of 2024.
An investigation by The Sacramento Bee found that out of 1,000 patients given one-way bus tickets, more than 325 had been sent to California. [5] The investigation also found that dozens of relocated patients appeared to have been involved in crimes after they were discharged, including murder, attempted murder, assault, drug crimes, sex crimes ...
Scott Silverman, a California addiction recovery counselor who works with homeless people, said that large shelters must focus on helping individuals develop paths to self-sufficiency in order to ...