Laws
The DHCS was created and is directly governed by California statutes passed by the California Legislature. Those statutes give it the power to promulgate its own regulations. Regulations are statements a government agency uses to inform the public of how it interprets and applies the statutes that govern it. This page gives access to various statutes and regulations relevant to the DHCS. It also gives access to pending statutes and regulations, and to materials on statutes and regulations that have been proposed or that are in the process of being developed.