BILL ANALYSIS Ó SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW Senator Mark Leno, Chair 2015 - 2016 Regular Bill No: AB 1607 Hearing Date: June 13, 2016 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Author: |Committee on Budget | |----------+------------------------------------------------------| |Version: |June 13, 2016 As amended | ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- |Urgency: |Yes |Fiscal: |Yes | ---------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Consultant|Michelle Baass | |: | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Medi-Cal Hospitals Quality Assurance Fee Summary: Medi-Cal: hospital quality assurance fee (Urgency). Background: This bill extends the hospital quality assurance fee to January 1, 2018 (it currently sunsets on January 1, 2017). This results in estimated $845 million General Fund savings in 2017-18. SB 239 (Hernandez), Chapter 657, Statutes of 2013 establishes the hospital quality assurance fee. Proposed Law: Fiscal Effect: This bill continuously appropriates the Hospital Quality Assurance Revenue Fund. Support: None on file. Opposed: None on file. -- END -- AB 1607 (Committee on Budget) Page 2 of ?