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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 169
Author: Dahle (R), et al.
Amended: 5/12/16 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: Read and adopted, 5/12/16
SUBJECT: Health Care District Month
SOURCE: Association of California Healthcare Districts
DIGEST: This resolution designates the month of May 2016 as
Health Care District Month.
ANALYSIS: This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1)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.
2)Their primary mission has not changed, which is to provide
health services to the communities that created them.
3)District hospitals provided $71 million in charity care in
2013, offering financial support to community programs focused
on the health and well-being of the children and adults in the
districts.
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4)Fifty health care districts operate in a health professional
shortage area, a medically underserved area, or a medically
underserved population.
5)Health care districts collectively provide the following
services: acute care, emergency care, skilled nursing or
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.
6)Health care districts are formed by the will of the people,
with board members elected and accountable to their
communities. Health care districts are often supported in
part by local tax dollars to improve community health.
7)Health care districts serve as an integral part of the safety
net for the state's underinsured or uninsured.
This resolution designates the month of May 2016 as Health Care
District Month.
Prior Legislation
ACR 69 (Chavez, Resolution Chapter 80, Statutes of 2015)
recognized the essential role that health care districts have in
the State of California and proclaimed the month of May 2015 as
Health Care District Month in California.
ACR 110 (Fox, Resolution Chapter 55, Statutes of 2014)
recognized the essential role that health care districts have in
the State of California and proclaimed the month of May 2014 as
Health Care District Month in California.
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FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified5/23/16)
Association of California Healthcare Districts (source)
California Special Districts Association
OPPOSITION: (Verified5/23/16)
None received
Prepared by: Karen Chow / SFA / (916) 651-1520
5/26/16 13:18:18
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