Bill Text: CA AB2019 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 2019 (Prior Session Legislation)

CA State Legislature page for AB2019

Bill Title: Health care districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-09-05 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 257, Statutes of 2018. [AB2019 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB2019-Chaptered.html

Assembly Bill No. 2019

CHAPTER 257

An act to add Section 6270.7 to the Government Code, and to amend Section 32139 of, and to add Sections 32132.96 and 32140 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care districts.

[ Approved by Governor September 05, 2018. Filed with Secretary of State September 05, 2018. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2019, Aguiar-Curry. Health care districts.

The Local Health Care District Law provides for local health care districts that govern certain health care facilities. Each health care district has a board of directors with specific duties and powers respecting the creation, administration, and maintenance of the district. Existing law requires the board of directors to establish and maintain an Internet Web site that may include specified information, such as a list of current board members and recipients of grant funding or assistance provided by the district, if any, and to adopt annual policies for providing assistance or grant funding, as specified. Existing law authorizes certain health care districts to use the design-build process when contracting for the construction of a hospital or other buildings in those districts, as specified.

This bill would require the board of directors to include specified information, such as the district’s policy for providing assistance or grant funding, on the district’s Internet Web site. The bill would require that policy to contain, among other things, the district’s plan for distributing grant funds for each fiscal year and a process for providing, accepting, and reviewing grant applications. The bill would also require the board to, upon filing a petition under federal bankruptcy law, provide written notice within 10 business days to the local agency formation commission of the principal county in which the district is located. The bill would require a district that is authorized and elects to use the design-build process, as specified, for the construction of housing to require that at least 20% of the residential units constructed be subject to a recorded affordability restriction for at least 55 years and be affordable to lower income households, very low income households, extremely low income households, and persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined, unless the city, county, or city and county in which the district is predominantly located has adopted a local ordinance that requires a greater percentage of the units be affordable to those groups or unless the construction is for purposes of building workforce housing, health facilities, or retirement facilities, as specified. By increasing the duties of the board of directors, including duties related to disclosure of public records, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Existing law, the California Public Records Act, requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection, unless an exemption from disclosure applies.

This bill would require each health care district, in implementing the California Public Records Act, to maintain an Internet Web site in accordance with the provisions described above. Because the bill would require health care districts to perform additional duties, it would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires local agencies, for the purpose of ensuring public access to the meetings of public bodies and the writings of public officials and agencies, to comply with a statutory enactment that amends or enacts laws relating to public records or open meetings and contains findings demonstrating that the enactment furthers the constitutional requirements relating to this purpose.

This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 6270.7 is added to the Government Code, to read:

6270.7.

In implementing this chapter, each health care district shall maintain an Internet Web site in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 32139 of the Health and Safety Code.

SEC. 2.

Section 32132.96 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

32132.96.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), (c), or (d), a district that is authorized and elects to use the design-build process described in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 22160) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code for the construction of housing shall require that at least 20 percent of the residential units constructed be subject to a recorded affordability restriction for at least 55 years and be affordable to all of the following:

(1) Lower income households, as defined in Section 50079.5.

(2) Very low income households, as defined in Section 50105.

(3) Extremely low income households, as defined in Section 50106.

(4) Persons and families of low or moderate income, as defined in Section 50093.

(b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply if the city, county, or city and county in which the district is predominantly located has adopted a local ordinance that requires a greater percentage of the units be affordable to lower income households, very low income households, extremely low income households, and persons and families of low or moderate income.

(c) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to any district that is authorized and elects to use the design-build process described in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 22160) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code for the construction of any health facilities or retirement facilities exclusively providing care or supportive services to the elderly, disabled adults, or individuals with dementia, including, but not limited to, residential care facilities for the elderly.

(d) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to any district that is authorized and elects to use the design-build process described in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 22160) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code for the construction of workforce housing that is otherwise required by local ordinance.

SEC. 3.

Section 32139 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

32139.

The board of directors shall do all of the following:

(a) Adopt an annual budget in a public meeting, on or before September 1 of each year, that conforms to generally accepted accounting and budgeting procedures for special districts.

(b) Establish and maintain an Internet Web site that lists contact information for the district. The Internet Web site shall also list all of the following:

(1) The adopted budget.

(2) A list of current board members.

(3) Information regarding public meetings required pursuant to Section 32106 or the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).

(4) A municipal service review or special study conducted by a local agency formation commission pursuant to the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code), if any. The board may comply with this paragraph by posting a link on its Internet Web site to another government Internet Web site that contains the specified information.

(5) Recipients of grant funding or assistance provided by the district, if any.

(6) Audits of the district’s accounts and records pursuant to Section 26909 of the Government Code or Section 32133 of this code. The board may comply with this paragraph by posting a link on its Internet Web site to another government Internet Web site that contains the specified information.

(7) Annual financial reports to the Controller, submitted pursuant to Section 53890 of the Government Code. The board may comply with this paragraph by posting a link on its Internet Web site to another government Internet Web site that contains the specified information.

(8) The district’s policy for providing assistance or grant funding described in subdivision (c).

(9) Any other information the board deems relevant.

(c) Adopt annual policies for providing assistance or grant funding, if the district provides assistance or grants pursuant to Section 32126.5 or any other law. This policy shall include all of the following:

(1) A nexus between the allocation of assistance and grant funding with health care and the mission of the district.

(2) A process for the district to ensure allocated grant funding is spent consistently with the grant application and the mission and purpose of the district, including, but not limited to, requirements that a grant recipient must meet, such as grant contract terms and conditions, fiscal and programmatic monitoring by the district, and reporting to the district.

(3) The district’s plan for distributing grant funds for each fiscal year.

(4) A process for providing, accepting, and reviewing grant applications.

(5) A prohibition against individual meetings regarding grant applications between a grant applicant and a district board member, officer, or staff outside of the district’s established grant awards process. A district’s established grant awards process may include the provision of technical assistance to grant applicants, upon request, by district grant program staff.

(6) Beginning January 1, 2020, guidelines for all of the following:

(A) Awarding grants to underserved individuals and communities, and to organizations that meet the needs of underserved individuals and communities.

(B) Considering the circumstances under which grants may be awarded to multiple or single recipients, and exceptions to these circumstances.

(D) Considering the types of programs eligible for grant funding, including direct patient care, preventive care, and wellness programs.

(E) Considering the circumstances under which grants may be provided to prior grant recipients, and exceptions to these circumstances.

(F) Considering sponsorships of charitable events.

(G) Funding other government agencies.

(H) Awarding grants to, and limiting funds for, foundations that are sponsored or controlled by, or associated with, a separate grant recipient.

SEC. 4.

Section 32140 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

32140.

Upon filing a petition under federal bankruptcy law, the board of directors shall provide written notice within 10 business days to the local agency formation commission of the principal county in which it is located.

SEC. 5.

The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which adds Section 6270.7 to the Government Code, and Section 2 of this act, which amends Section 32139 of the Health and Safety Code, further, within the meaning of paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution, the purposes of that constitutional section as it relates to the right of public access to the meetings of local public bodies or the writings of local public officials and local agencies. Pursuant to paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution, the Legislature makes the following findings:

By requiring health care districts to post specified information on their Internet Web site, this act increases public access to public records, and thereby furthers the purposes of paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution.

SEC. 6.

No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district under this act would result from a legislative mandate that is within the scope of paragraph (7) of subdivision (b) of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution.

However, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains other costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.