BILL NUMBER: SB 268	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 27, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JANUARY 6, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 18, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Gaines

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2013

   An act to add Section 32132.7 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health care districts, and declaring the urgency thereof,
to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 268, as amended, Gaines. Health care districts: public
contracts: design-build.
   The Local Health Care District Law provides for local health care
districts which govern certain health care facilities. Each health
care district has specific duties and powers respecting the creation,
administration, and maintenance of the districts, including to
purchase, receive, take, hold, lease, use, and enjoy property of
every kind and description  of property  within 
and without the limits of  the district.
   The Local Agency Public Construction Act establishes bidding
procedures for the award of construction contracts by local agencies.
 The 
    The  act authorizes counties, with the approval of the
board of supervisors, to use a design-build procedure for building
contracts in excess of $2,500,000.
   This bill would authorize the Last Frontier Health Care District
to use this design-build process when contracting for the
construction of a building and improvements directly related to a
hospital or health facility building at the Modoc Medical Center.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the Last Frontier Health Care
District. 
   Certain alternative provisions that would authorize that Last
Frontier Health Care District to use a different design-build
procedure, as specified, would become operative only if SB 785 is
enacted and takes effect on or before January 1, 2015, in which case
the other authority described above would no longer be operative.

   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated
local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the
following:
   (1) Utilizing a design-build contract requires a clear
understanding of the roles and responsibilities of each participant
in the process.
   (2) Cost benefits for health care districts are achieved by
shifting the liability and risk for cost containment and project
completion to the design-build entity.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the design-build
process be used by health care districts solely for buildings
associated with hospitals and health care and not for other
infrastructure, including, but not limited to, streets, highways,
public rail transit, roads, bridges, water resources facilities, and
related infrastructure.
  SEC. 2.  Section 32132.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
   32132.7.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other law, upon
approval by the board of directors of the Last Frontier Health Care
District, the design-build procedure described in Section 20133 of
the Public Contract Code may be used to assign contracts for the
construction of a building or improvements directly related to
construction of a hospital or health facility building at the Modoc
Medical Center.
   (b) For purposes of this section, all references in Section 20133
of the Public Contract Code to "county" and "board of supervisors"
shall mean the Last Frontier Health Care District and its board of
directors.
   (c) A hospital building project utilizing the design-build process
authorized by subdivision (a) shall be reviewed and inspected in
accordance with the standards and requirements of the Alfred E.
Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983 (Chapter 1
(commencing with Section 129675) of Part 7 of Division 107).
   SEC. 2.5   .    Section 32132.7 is added to
the   Health and Safety Code   , to read: 

   32132.7.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other law, upon
approval by the board of directors of the Last Frontier Health Care
District, the design-build procedure described in Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 22160) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public
Contract Code may be used to assign contracts for the construction
of a building or improvements directly related to construction of a
hospital or health facility building at the Modoc Medical Center.
   (b) For purposes of this section, all references in Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 22160) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public
Contract Code to "local agency" shall mean the Last Frontier Health
Care District and its board of directors.
   (c) A hospital building project utilizing the design-build process
authorized by subdivision (a) shall be reviewed and inspected in
accordance with the standards and requirements of the Alfred E.
Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983 (Chapter 1
(commencing with Section 129675) of Part 7 of Division 107). 
  SEC. 3.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique circumstances of the Last Frontier Health Care
District.
   SEC. 4.    Section 2.5 of this act shall become
operative on the date that Senate Bill 785 takes effect if Senate
Bill 785 is also enacted and takes effect on or before January 1,
2015, in which case Section 2 of this bill shall become inoperative
on the date that Senate Bill 785 takes effect. 
   SEC. 4.   SEC. 5.   This act is an
urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of
the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts
constituting the necessity are:
   In order to comply with health regulations and meet increasing
demand for health care services, it is necessary that this act take
effect immediately.