BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: May 22, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Richard Gordon, Chair
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(Chávez) - As Introduced May 12, 2015
SUBJECT: Health Care District Month.
SUMMARY: Recognizes the essential role that health care
districts have in the State of California and proclaims the
month of May 2015 as Health Care District Month in California.
Specifically, this resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)Health care districts are public entities that provide
community-based health care services to residents throughout
the state and were created after World War II to address a
shortage of access to acute hospital care for many areas of
the state, particularly rural areas of California.
2)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.
3)Health care districts provide services in 40 counties, employ
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over 32,000 employees, and handle more than 4,000,000 patient
visits annually.
4)Health care districts serve as an integral part of the "safety
net" for the state's underinsured and uninsured residents and
in 2012, health care districts treated just over one million
Medi-Cal beneficiaries, which represents 10 percent of the
statewide total of Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
5)Each health care district is uniquely focused on the specific
needs of the community it serves and utilize varying revenues
streams, workforce sizes, services offered, and geographic
locations to cater to the health services most needed by their
communities.
FISCAL EFFECT: None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
Association of California Healthcare Districts
Opposition
None on file
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Analysis Prepared by:Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800