BILL NUMBER: AB 2115	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 31, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Section 32121.5 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to local  hospital   health care 
districts.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2115, as amended, Alejo. Local  hospital  
health care  districts: employment contracts.
   Existing law, the Local Health Care District Law, regulates local
 hospital   health care  districts and
authorizes the  hospital   health care 
districts to exercise specified powers. Existing law authorizes a
local  hospital   health care  district to
enter into an employment contract with a hospital administrator.
   This bill would require a local  hospital  
health care  district  that   , if it 
employs  or contracts for  a hospital administrator  or
chief executive   officer,  to enter into a written
employment contract with the hospital administrator  or chief
executive officer  , thereby imposing a state-mandated local
program.
   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, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 32121.5 of the  
Health and Safety Code   is amended t   o read:

   32121.5.   (a)    Notwithstanding any other
provision of this division, a local  hospital  
health care  district may enter into a contract of employment
with a hospital administrator  or chief executive officer 
 , the duration of which shall not exceed four years, but
which may periodically be renewed upon expiration for not more than
four years  .
    (b) If a local health care district employs or contracts for
a hospital administrator or chief executive officer pursuant to
subdivision (a), the district shall enter into a written employment
agreement with the hospital administrator or chief executive officer,
not to exceed four years, but which may periodically be renewed for
not more than four years.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 32121.5 of the Health and
Safety Code is amended to read:
   32121.5.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a
local hospital district shall, if employing a hospital administrator,
enter into a written contract of employment with the hospital
administrator. The duration of the employment contract shall not
exceed four years, but may periodically be renewed upon expiration
for not more than four years. 
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains 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.