care provider entity documents, including through a lawfully issued subpoena, warrant, or court order, to health care provider entity management, administration, or legal counsel.

specifically grants access to the nonpublic areas of the facility.

For purposes of this chapter, “health care provider entity” includes all of the following:

hospital is licensed as a general acute care hospital, as defined in Section 1250, pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 1250) of Division 2.

education, or access to justice.

For purposes of this chapter, “immigration enforcement” means any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal civil immigration law, and also includes any and all efforts to investigate, enforce, or assist in the investigation or enforcement of any federal criminal immigration law that penalizes a person’s presence in, entry or reentry to, or employment in, the United States.

This section does not prohibit a person who is in lawful custody from being accompanied to access health care services and for their transportation and arrangement to health care provider entities, and does not prohibit any person from entering nonpublic areas of a hospital to receive care for themselves or someone in their care or custody.

This chapter shall apply to all health care provider entities that receive public funding. All other health care provider entities that are not subject to this chapter are encouraged to adopt the requirements specified in this chapter.

Health care provider entities shall have 45 days from the effective date of this chapter to comply with the requirements contained herein.

The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.