BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 1607 Page 1 (Without Reference to File) CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS AB 1607 (Committee on Budget) As Amended June 13, 2016 2/3 vote. Budget Bill Appropriation Takes Effect Immediately. Urgency -------------------------------------------------------------------- |ASSEMBLY: | | April 28, |SENATE: |34-4 |(June 16, 2016) | | | |2016 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- (Vote not relevant) Original Committee Reference: BUDGET SUMMARY: This is the Hospital Quality Assurance Fee Extension Trailer Bill for 2016-17. It contains necessary changes related to the Budget Act of 2016. The Senate amendments delete the Assembly version of this bill, AB 1607 Page 2 and instead: 1)Extends the existing Hospital Quality Assurance Fee by moving the sunset date from January 1, 2017 to January 1, 2018. 2)Requires that moneys in the Hospital Quality Assurance Revenue Fund be continuously appropriated for the purposes of the Act that establishes and authorizes the Hospital Quality Assurance Fee. 3)Is expected to result in approximately $845 million in General Fund savings in the 2017-18 Fiscal Year. COMMENTS: This bill is a budget trailer bill within the overall 2016-17 budget package to implement actions taken affecting the Department of Health Care Services. Analysis Prepared by: Andrea Margolis / Budget / 916-319-2099 FN: 0003440