Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer has announced an agreement with Glendale Adventist Medical Center to adopt thorough and humane discharge policies — and pay $700,000 in civil penalties, investigative costs and a donation to a homeless service provider — as a result of an incident in June in which the hospital allegedly improperly discharged a homeless patient and transported the individual to Skid Row.

“Patient dumping will not be tolerated and we will continue to work aggressively until it ceases to exist,” Feuer said. “Every discharged patient, homeless or housed, should be able to recuperate with dignity.”

The incident is the third patient dumping case brought by Feuer since the beginning of the year.

“Glendale Adventist Medical Center has always been deeply committed to providing appropriate discharge options to all patients and we have adjusted our policies to further align with the city of Los Angeles’ specific protocols for the discharge of homeless patients,” Glendale Adventist Medical Center CEO Kevin Roberts said.

The medical center did not concede any wrongdoing and has cooperated with the City Attorney’s Office throughout this process.

In June, the city attorney’s office conducted a presentation for members of the Hospital Association of Southern California on how to humanely and appropriately discharge homeless patients. The presentation is part of an ongoing collaboration between the city attorney and the hospital association to prevent future patient dumping incidents. Roberts has agreed to have Glendale Adventist Medical Center employees participate in the effort and advocate to area hospitals to adopt effective homeless patient protocols.

Feuer is also asking for the public’s help in reporting incidents of patient dumping at (213)978-8340.