BILL NUMBER: SB 563	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 5, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section 129853 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health facilities, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 563, Galgiani. Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development: hospital construction.
   Existing law requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development to pass upon and approve or reject all plans for the
construction or the alteration of any hospital building, as
specified. Existing law requires the office to determine and
establish an application filing fee that will cover the costs of
administering these requirements, and requires the deposit of these
fees into the Hospital Building Fund, which is continuously
appropriated for the use of the office in carrying out these
provisions.
   This bill would require a person or entity requesting a copy of
construction documents maintained by the office to bear the cost of
producing the copy of those documents. The bill would require the
office to provide an estimate of those costs to the requester before
beginning to make those copies. To the extent that this requirement
would increase the costs of administering the above-described
requirements and amounts of moneys from fees deposited into the
Hospital Building Fund, this bill would make an appropriation.
   Appropriation: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 129853 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   129853.  (a) The person or entity requesting a copy of
construction documents maintained by the office shall bear the actual
cost of producing the copy of those documents, including staff time
spent retrieving, inspecting, and handling the documents, copying
costs, and shipping costs.
   (b) The office shall provide an estimate of the costs described in
subdivision (a) to the requester before the office begins to make
those copies.