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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET AND FISCAL REVIEW 
                              Senator Mark Leno, Chair
                                2015 - 2016  Regular 

          Bill No:            AB 1607         Hearing Date:    June 13,  
          2016
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          |Author:   |Committee on Budget                                   |
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          |Version:  |June 13, 2016    As amended                           |
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          |Urgency:  |Yes                    |Fiscal:    |Yes              |
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          |Consultant|Michelle Baass                                        |
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                 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.
          

          
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