BILL NUMBER: ACR 110	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 5, 2014
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 8, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 8, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fox
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano,
Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown,
Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway,
Cooley, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Fong, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia,
Gatto, Gomez, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández,
Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson,
Perea, John A. Pérez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Rodriguez, Salas,
Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, and
Yamada)

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   Relative to Health Care District Month.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 110, Fox. Health Care District Month.
   This measure would recognize the essential role that health care
districts have in the State of California and proclaims the month of
May 2014 as Health Care District Month in California.



   WHEREAS, Health care districts are public entities that provide
community-based health care services to residents throughout the
state; and
   WHEREAS, Health care districts were created after World War II to
address a shortage of access to acute hospital care for many areas of
the state, particularly the rural areas of California; and
   WHEREAS, The first health care district was formed in 1946 and the
first district hospital opened in 1947. Today, there are 78 health
care districts in California, and 41 health care districts currently
operate 43 district hospitals. Their primary mission has not changed,
which is to provide health care services to the communities that
created them; and
   WHEREAS, District hospitals account for 28 of the state's rural
hospitals and 20 of the state's critical access hospitals; and
   WHEREAS, District hospitals provided $54 million in uncompensated
care, and offered financial support to community programs focused on
the health and well-being of the children and adults in the health
care districts; and
   WHEREAS, Fifty health care districts operate in either a health
professional shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a
medically underserved population area; and
   WHEREAS, Health care districts collectively provide a wide range
of services, which include acute care, emergency care, skilled
nursing and long-term care, community and rural health clinics,
ambulance services, adult day care, senior housing and nutritional
support, chronic disease management, health education, medical
transportation, home health, and hospice; and
   WHEREAS, Health care districts provide services in 40 counties,
employ over 32,000 employees, and handle more than 4,000,000 patient
visits annually; and
   WHEREAS, Health care districts are formed by the will of the
people, with board members locally elected and accountable to their
communities. The health care districts are often supported in part by
local tax dollars in order to improve community health; and
   WHEREAS, Health care districts serve as an integral part of the
"safety net" for the state's underinsured and uninsured residents. In
2012, health care districts treated just over 1 million Medi-Cal
beneficiaries, which represents 10 percent of the statewide total of
Medi-Cal beneficiaries; and
   WHEREAS, Each health care district is uniquely tailored to the
specific needs of the community. Each health care district focuses on
the specific needs of the community in order to ensure that
necessary, quality health care services are being provided to the
community; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes the essential
role that health care districts have in the State of California and
proclaims the month of May 2014 as Health Care District Month in
California; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.