California Assembly Bill 869
Session 20232024
Hospitals: seismic safety compliance.
Became Law
Became Law on Sep 28, 2024
Sponsors
2 Sponsors
Jim Wood
Eduardo Garcia
First Action
Feb 14, 2023
Latest Action
Sep 28, 2024
Origin Chamber
Assembly
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Bill
Bill Number
869
State
California
Session
20232024
Eduardo Garcia
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Jim Wood
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Motion Text
AB 869 Wood Concurrence in Senate Amendments
Assembly Roll Call Votes
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Summary
(1) Existing law requires, no later than January 1, 2030, owners of all acute care inpatient hospitals to either demolish, replace, or change to nonacute care use all hospital buildings not in substantial compliance with specified seismic safety standards or to seismically retrofit all acute care inpatient hospital buildings so that they are in substantial compliance with those seismic safety standards. Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information to issue a written notice upon compliance with those requirements.
This bill would authorize a Distressed Hospital Loan Program recipient, a small hospital, a rural hospital, a critical access hospital, or a health care district hospital, as defined, and except as specified, to seek approval from the Department of Health Care Access and Information for a delay to the January 1, 2030, compliance deadline described above by up to 3 years. The bill would require hospitals seeking a delay to submit a seismic compliance plan, as specified, and, if necessary, a Nonstructural Performance Category-5 evaluation report. The bill would also require the hospital and department to identify least 2 major milestones relating to the seismic compliance plan that will be used as the basis for determining whether a hospital is making adequate progress toward meeting the subject hospital's seismic compliance deadline. The bill would subject the submitted seismic compliance plans to departmental review for reasonableness and require the hospital seeking the delay to submit any documentation requested by the department to assist its review. The bill would require the department to approve or deny a seismic compliance plan and any delay to the seismic compliance deadline within 120 days. The bill would also authorize the department to additionally delay the deadline for compliance by 2 years, up to a maximum of January 1, 2035, as necessary, for hospitals that continue to experience financial distress or that need to deal with contractor, labor, or material delays, acts of God, governmental entitlements, or other circumstances beyond the hospital's control. The bill would require hospitals eligible to delay compliance under these provisions to comply with the seismic safety standards described above by no later than January 1, 2035.
The bill would impose a fine of $5,000 per calendar day for a hospital's failure to comply with a revised construction schedule or to meet any major milestone established by the department until the requirements or milestones, respectively, are met. The bill would also prohibit these hospitals from being issued a building permit for any building in the facility except those required for seismic compliance, maintenance, and emergency repairs until the milestone is met and the hospital is adequately progressing toward meeting the subject hospitals seismic compliance, as determined by the department. The bill would require the department to implement the above-described provisions by regulation, as specified.
The bill would require the department to support a hospital requesting a delay under the above-described provisions to explore the opportunities under the Small and Rural Hospital Relief Program to assist with seismic compliance and to annually post a list of hospitals that have been granted a delay on its internet website, as specified.
(2) Existing law establishes the Small and Rural Hospital Relief Program for the purpose of funding seismic safety compliance with respect to small hospitals, rural hospitals, and critical access hospitals in the state. Existing law requires the department to provide grants to small, rural, and critical access hospital applicants that meet certain criteria, including that seismic safety compliance, as defined, imposes a financial burden on the applicant that may result in hospital closure. Existing law also creates the Small and Rural Hospital Relief Fund and continuously appropriates the moneys in the fund for purposes of administering and funding the grant program.
This bill would require the department to expand eligibility for grants for single- and 2-story general acute care hospitals located in remote or rural areas with fewer than 80 general acute care beds and general acute care hospital revenue of $75 million or less. The bill would require grants under the program to provide general acute care hospitals with funds to secure an SPC-4D assessment for purposes of planning for, and estimating the costs of, compliance with certain seismic safety standards, as specified. The bill would authorize specified general acute care hospitals to apply for a grant for purposes of complying with those seismic safety standards.
If state funds are appropriated to the Small and Rural Hospital Relief Fund in the future for the purpose of complying with the seismic safety standards described in paragraph (1) , the bill would require a hospital that qualifies for assessment grants under the program to submit specified financial information relating to, among other things, the accuracy of the hospital's SPC-4D cost estimates to the department before being awarded state funds.
02/14/23 - Introduced
February 14, 2023
03/07/23 - Amended Assembly
March 7, 2023
06/20/23 - Amended Senate
June 20, 2023
06/18/24 - Amended Senate
June 18, 2024
06/27/24 - Amended Senate
June 27, 2024
08/15/24 - Amended Senate
August 15, 2024
08/23/24 - Amended Senate
August 23, 2024
09/03/24 - Enrolled
September 3, 2024
09/28/24 - Chaptered
September 28, 2024
03/17/23- Assembly Health
March 17, 2023
04/18/23- Assembly Appropriations
April 18, 2023
05/19/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
May 19, 2023
06/24/24- Senate Health
June 24, 2024
08/02/24- Senate Appropriations
August 2, 2024
08/15/24- Senate Appropriations
August 15, 2024
08/19/24- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 19, 2024
08/26/24- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 26, 2024
08/29/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
August 29, 2024
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09/28/2024
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 801, Statutes of 2024.
09/28/2024
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/10/2024
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
08/29/2024
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.).
08/29/2024
Assembly
Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
08/28/2024
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
08/28/2024
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.).
08/26/2024
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/23/2024
Senate
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
08/19/2024
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/15/2024
Senate
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
08/15/2024
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 15).
08/05/2024
Senate
In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file.
06/27/2024
Senate
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/26/2024
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 26).
06/18/2024
Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
07/10/2023
Senate
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
06/27/2023
Senate
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
06/20/2023
Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
06/20/2023
Senate
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
06/07/2023
Senate
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
05/31/2023
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/30/2023
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1879.)
05/18/2023
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/18/2023
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18).
04/19/2023
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
03/22/2023
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
03/22/2023
Assembly
Coauthors revised.
03/08/2023
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
03/07/2023
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
02/23/2023
Assembly
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
02/15/2023
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
02/14/2023
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 15, 2023 12:04:02 PM
Record Updated
Oct 1, 2024 12:31:49 PM