Section 9: Non-medical temporary accommodation benefit

In application of article L. 6111-1-6, healthcare establishments may offer their patients, on medical prescription from a practitioner practising within the establishment, a temporary non-medical accommodation service, before or after a hospital stay or a treatment session. Any healthcare establishment planning to offer the service referred to in the first paragraph must declare this, at least thirty days before the date on which it is to be set up, to…

The temporary non-medical accommodation service may be provided by the health care organisation or may be delegated to a third party under an agreement. The delegated third party, chosen by the health care organisation mentioned in article R. 6111-50, may be another health care organisation or any other public or private legal entity. Temporary non-medical accommodation may be provided within the health care organisation, in identified premises that are separate…

Temporary non-medical accommodation may be offered to patients whose state of health does not justify continuous medical or paramedical supervision, hospitalisation at home or heavy technical medical installation, but does require iterative or specific care over a certain period of time, and for whom it is necessary to remain close to the healthcare establishment for at least one of the following reasons: 1° If the patient’s home is a long…

Patients who are offered temporary accommodation are given full information about the characteristics of the accommodation, in particular the financial contribution that they and any accompanying person(s) are likely to have to pay, and about the accommodation facility’s internal rules. Informed consent is obtained by any means, including in electronic form. It is valid until withdrawn. This consent relates to the temporary and non-medical nature of the accommodation and the…

In order to safeguard the health and safety of the persons accommodated, the public and the staff, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, when he is aware of facts which may be considered likely to compromise them, may order the suspension of the provision of temporary non-medical accommodation on the premises in question, after having notified his intention, by any means giving a certain date to this notification,…