BILL NUMBER: AB 1303	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hall

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 1254.3 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1303, as amended, Hall. Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital:
reopening plan: working group.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to
inspect and license health facilities, as defined, including
hospitals.
   This bill would require the department to convene a working group
of stakeholders to assist in the implementation of the plan to reopen
the Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital, in the Watts/Willowbrook area
of south Los Angeles County. The bill would specify the membership of
the working group, and the issues to be considered by the group. The
bill would require the working group to prepare a report of its
findings and recommendations pursuant to the bill.  The bill
would prohibit the use of General Fund moneys for the administration
or operations of the working group, or for the preparation of the
report. 
   The bill would also state the findings and declarations of the
Legislature concerning the need for special legislation.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1254.3 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   1254.3.  (a) The department shall convene a working group of
stakeholders, to assist in the implementation of the plan to reopen
the Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital, located in the
Watts/Willowbrook area of south Los Angeles County.
   (b) The working group shall include, but not be limited to,
representatives of the department, the Los Angeles County Board of
Supervisors, the Regents of the University of California, with the
regents' consent, and any other parties that the department deems
necessary to facilitate the reopening plan.
   (c) The working group shall review and examine issues relating to
the hospital reopening, including, but not limited to, all of the
following:
   (1) Clarification of the respective roles of the county and the
regents.
   (2) Selection of a suitable nonprofit entity to undertake the
daily operation of the hospital, pursuant to a contract with the
University of California and the county.
   (3) Securing appropriate funding, including making recommendations
to the Legislature for necessary statutory changes.
   (4) Development of the hospital's teaching component.
   (d) The working group shall prepare a report of its findings and
recommendations made pursuant to this section. 
   (e) No General Fund moneys shall be used to support the
administration or operations of the working group, or for the
preparation of the required report. 
  SEC. 2.  Due to the unique circumstances concerning the Martin
Luther King, Jr. Hospital within Los Angeles County, the Legislature
finds and declares that a general statute cannot be made applicable
within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California
Constitution. Therefore, this act is necessarily applicable only to
the Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital.