BILL NUMBER: AB 2115	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 9, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 13, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 31, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Alejo

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Section 32121.5 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to local health care districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2115, Alejo. Local health care districts: employment contracts.

   Existing law, the Local Health Care District Law, regulates local
health care districts and authorizes the health care districts to
exercise specified powers. Existing law authorizes a local health
care district to enter into an employment contract with a hospital
administrator.
   This bill would require a local health care district, if it
employs or contracts for a hospital administrator or chief executive
officer, to enter into a written employment contract with the
hospital administrator or chief executive officer, thereby imposing a
state-mandated local program.
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 32121.5 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   32121.5.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
division, a local health care district may enter into a contract of
employment with a hospital administrator or chief executive officer.
   (b) If a local health care district employs or contracts for a
hospital administrator or chief executive officer pursuant to
subdivision (a), the district shall enter into a written employment
agreement with the hospital administrator or chief executive officer,
not to exceed four years, but which may periodically be renewed for
not more than four years.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.