BILL NUMBER: AB 2180	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 14, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to add Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 32495) to
Division 23 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to local health
care districts.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2180, as amended, Alejo. Local health care districts: employee
benefits.
   The Local Health Care District Law authorizes the organization and
management of local hospital districts. That law authorizes the
board of supervisors of a local hospital district to establish,
maintain, and operate, or provide assistance in the operation of, one
or more health facilities or health services, including, but not
limited to, retirement programs, services, and facilities.
   This bill would prohibit the board of directors, a hospital
district, and a health care facility  of  
licensed to  a hospital district from providing to, or on behalf
of, an officer or employee any payment contingent upon severance or
retirement, or a lump sum payment, including one based on service or
merit, a contribution to more than one retirement plan, or any other
retirement benefit, unless the employer makes the same options
available to all officers and employees.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 32495) is added to
Division 23 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 8.  BENEFITS OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES


   32495.  For the purposes of this chapter, the following
definitions shall apply:
   (a) "Employer" includes the board of directors, a hospital
district, and a health care facility  of  
licensed to  a hospital district.
   (b) "Officer or employee" includes the hospital administrator, a
director, policymaking management employee, or medical staff officer,
and any executive or staff of the health care facilities  of
  licensed to  the district.
   32496.  An employer shall not provide to, or on behalf of, an
officer or employee any of the following, unless the employer makes
the same options available to all officers and employees:
   (a) A lump sum payment, including one based on service or merit.
   (b) Any payment contingent upon severance or retirement.
   (c) A contribution to more than one retirement plan or other
supplemental pension plan, whether public or private.
   (d) Any other retirement benefit.