(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.
The catch is companies are required to make the results public on their websites and in corporate literature so it can be accessible by any end user, or anyone who does business with them directly. Bottom line: These companies could face embarrassing public relations repercussions as fallout from conflict minerals in their supply chains. And, as many companies discovered, public relations crises can bring a dramatic cost to the bottom line, stock price and brand reputation.