BILL NUMBER: AB 2418	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gordon

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 32121.9 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2418, as introduced, Gordon. Health districts: reporting.
   Existing law, the Local Health Care District Law, requires a local
health care district that leases or transfers its assets to a
corporation in accordance with specified provisions to act as an
advocate for the community to the operating corporation, and to
annually report to the community on the progress made in meeting the
community's health needs.
   This bill would require the annual report to include percentages
of district revenues spent on district administration and on health
care activities.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 32121.9 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   32121.9.  A district that leases or transfers its assets to a
corporation pursuant to this division, including, but not limited to,
subdivision (p) of Section 32121 or Section 32126, shall act as an
advocate for the community to the operating corporation. The district
shall annually report to the community on the progress made in
meeting the community's health needs.  The annual report shall
include   the percentage of district revenues spent on
district administration and the percentage of district revenues spent
on health care activities.