BILL NUMBER: SB 289 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 23, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Senator Ducheny
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
An act to amend Section 130061 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health facilities.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 289, as amended, Ducheny. Hospitals: seismic safety: periodic
reports.
Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic
Safety Act of 1983, establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Office
of Statewide Health Planning and Development, a program of seismic
safety building standards for certain hospitals constructed on and
after March 7, 1973. Existing law authorizes the office to assess an
application fee for the review of facilities design and construction,
and requires that full and complete plans be submitted to the office
for review and approval.
Existing law requires that, after January 1, 2008, any general
acute care hospital building that is determined to be a potential
risk of collapse or pose significant loss of life be used only for
nonacute care hospital purposes, except that the office may grant an
extension under prescribed circumstances. Under existing law, if an
extension is granted, the hospital owner is required to submit
periodic reports on compliance.
This bill would additionally require, for the report due to the
office no later than June 30, 2011, that the report include, for
each building that is planned for retrofit or replacement, the
number of inpatient beds, and for a building or buildings to be
removed from acute care service, the inpatient and
outpatient services delivered in the building or buildings
and the number of patient visits for each of those services
general acute care inpatient beds and patient days
in the years 2008, 2009, and 2010.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 130061 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
130061. (a) An owner of a general acute care hospital building
that is classified as a nonconforming Structural Performance
Category-1 (SPC-1) building, who has not requested an extension of
the deadline described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 130060,
shall submit a report to the office no later than April 15, 2007,
describing the status of each building in complying with the
requirements of Section 130060. The report shall identify at least
all of the following:
(1) Each building that is subject to subdivision (a) of Section
130060.
(2) The project number or numbers for retrofit or replacement of
each building.
(3) The projected construction start date or dates and projected
construction completion date or dates.
(4) The building or buildings to be removed from acute care
service and the projected date or dates of this action.
(b) An owner of a general acute care hospital building that is
classified as a nonconforming, Structural Performance Category-1
(SPC-1) building, who has requested an extension of the deadline
described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 130060, shall submit a
report to the office no later than June 30, 2009, describing the
status of each building in complying with the requirements of Section
130060. The report shall identify, at a minimum, all of the
following:
(1) Each building that is subject to subdivision (a) of Section
130060.
(2) The project number or numbers for retrofit or replacement of
each building.
(3) The projected construction start date or dates and projected
construction completion date or dates.
(4) The building or buildings to be removed from acute care
service and the projected date or dates of that action.
(c) An owner of a general acute care hospital building that is
classified as a nonconforming, Structural Performance Category-1
(SPC-1) building, who has requested an extension of the deadline
described in subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 130060, shall submit a
report to the office no later than June 30, 2011, describing the
status of each building in complying with the requirements of Section
130060. The report shall identify at least all of the following:
(1) Each building that is subject to subdivision (a) of Section
130060.
(2) The project number or numbers for retrofit or replacement of
each building.
(3) The projected construction start date or dates and projected
construction completion date or dates.
(4) For the building or buildings to be removed from acute care
service, the following information shall be included:
(A) The projected date or dates the building will be removed from
service.
(B) The inpatient and outpatient services currently delivered in
the building or buildings.
(C) The number of patient visits for each of the services listed
in subparagraph (B) in the years 2008, 2009, and 2010.
(d) The office shall make the information required by subdivisions
(a), (b), and (c) available on its Web site within 90 days of
receipt of this information.
(1) For each building that is subject to subdivision (a) of
Section 130060 that is planned for retrofit or replacement, the
report shall identify:
(A) The project number or numbers for retrofit or replacement of
each building.
(B) The projected construction start date or dates and projected
construction completion date or dates.
(C) The number of inpatient beds, by type of unit and type of
service to be provided.
(2) For the building or buildings to be removed from acute care
service, the following information shall be included:
(A) The projected date or dates the building will be removed from
service.
(B) The inpatient services currently delivered in the building or
buildings.
(C) The number of general acute care inpatient beds and patient
days, by type of unit and type of service, for the years 2008, 2009,
and 2010.
(3) Each hospital owner shall also report, for each facility for
which any buildings will be removed from acute care service, any net
change in the number of inpatient beds, by type of unit and type of
service, taking into account beds provided in buildings to be taken
out of service, beds provided in buildings to be retrofitted or
replaced, and beds provided in any other buildings used for general
acute care inpatient services by the facility.
(d) The office shall make the information required by subdivisions
(a) and (b), available on its Internet Web site within 90 days of
receipt of this information.
(e) The office shall make the information required by subdivision
(c) available on its Internet Web site within 180 days of receipt of
this information. The office shall also, to the extent possible, for
service areas containing buildings for which hospital owners report
information pursuant to subdivision (c), include information on the
number of inpatient beds, by type of unit and type of service,
provided by facilities operating buildings that are classified as
SPC-2, SPC-3, SPC-4, and SPC-5.
(e)
(f) Hospitals that have not reported pursuant to this
section are not eligible for the extension provided in subdivision
(f) of Section 130060.