(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that funding provided to hospitals through a hospital quality assurance fee be explored with the goal of increasing access to care and stabilizing hospital rates through supplemental Medi-Cal payments to hospitals.
The noun SAFETY CATCH has 1 sense: 1. guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired. Familiarity information: SAFETY CATCH used as a noun is very rare.
Catch-22 is an organizational assumption, an unwritten law of informal power that exempts the organization from responsibility and accountability, and puts the individual in the absurd position of being excepted for the convenience or unknown purposes of the organization.