BILL NUMBER:  SB 408
  VETOED	DATE: 10/09/2011




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 408 without my signature.

The bill requires hospitals and other health facilities to file a new
license application with the state not only when there's a change of
ownership, but when far less important changes occur.

New license applications run several hundreds of pages long. Under
the bill, hospitals may be required to file a new license application
for normal day-to-day transactions that do not require such
scrutiny.

My administration will work with interested parties to find the right
balance for state oversight of health facility ownership
transactions.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.