§ 4700. Statement of legislative findings and intent. The legislature
hereby finds that the provision of health care in shared health care
facilities has become an important source of health services in this
state and that such facilities are important mechanisms for the delivery
of health care services which have largely been created by the funding
provisions of the state program of medical assistance for needy persons.
The legislature also finds and declares that certain practices exist in
the medical assistance program which have resulted in abuses requiring
the regulation of shared health facilities. The legislature further
declares it to be the public policy of the state to regulate shared
health facilities and to set necessary standards for review of practices
and care rendered in those facilities.