BILL NUMBER: AB 130	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 3, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Ammiano and Wilk)
   (Coauthor: Senator Beall)

                        JANUARY 15, 2013

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 130, as amended, Alejo. Health care districts: chief executive
officers: benefits.
   The Local Health Care District Law governs the organization and
management of local health care districts, formerly known and
sometimes referred to as local hospital districts. Among other
things, that law authorizes the board of supervisors of a local
health care 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. The law also authorizes a local health care
district to enter into a written employment contract with a chief
executive officer.
   This bill would  instead  authorize a local health care
district to enter into an employment contract with a hospital
administrator, including a hospital administrator who is designated
as chief executive officer. The bill would also prohibit a 
local  health care district from entering into, or renewing,
an employment contract with a  chief executive officer
  hospital administrator, including a hospital
administrator who is designated as chief executive officer,  on
or after January 1, 2014, that authorizes retirement plan benefits to
be paid to the  chief executive officer  
hospital administrator  prior to his or her retirement.
   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.  Section 32121.5 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   32121.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
division, a health care district may enter into a contract of
employment with a hospital administrator, including a hospital
administrator who is designated as chief executive officer, the
duration of which shall not exceed four years, but which may
periodically be renewed for a term of not more than four years.
   (b) A contract entered into, or renewed, on or after January 1,
2014, shall not authorize retirement plan benefits to be paid to
 the   a hospital administrator, including a
hospital administrator who is   designated as  chief
executive  officer   officer,  prior to his
or her retirement.