BILL ANALYSIS �
SENATE GOVERNANCE & FINANCE COMMITTEE
Senator Lois Wolk, Chair
BILL NO: AB 2117 HEARING: 6/25/14
AUTHOR: Achadjian FISCAL: No
VERSION: 6/18/14 TAX LEVY: No
CONSULTANT: Weinberger
CENCAL HEALTH AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY
Specifies the role that San Luis Obispo County supervisors
must play in any dissolution of CenCal Health.
Background and Existing Law
The Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo Regional Health Authority
- which uses the name CenCal Health - is a public agency
that is responsible for administering the Medi-Cal program
for residents of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo
Counties. Originally created in 1983 to serve only Santa
Barbara County (AB 1223, Hart, 1982), subsequent
legislation allowed the Authority to expand its
jurisdiction to include San Luis Obispo County (AB 417,
Blakeslee, 2007).
State law gives the San Luis Obispo County Board of
Supervisors the power to appoint five members to CenCal
Health's 13-member governing board and allows CenCal Health
to exercise its powers in San Luis Obispo County.
However, state law exclusively grants the Santa Barbara
County Board of Supervisors the power to order the
Authority's dissolution. CenCal Health officials want the
Legislature to ensure that the San Luis Obispo County Board
of Supervisors plays a role in dissolution proceedings.
Proposed Law
Assembly Bill 2117 allows the San Luis Obispo County Board
of Supervisors to, order the Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo
Regional Health Authority's dissolution by ordinance or
resolution. AB 2117 requires that the Santa Barbara County
Board of Supervisors and the San Luis Obispo County Board
of Supervisors must both order the dissolution of the
Authority, as specified in state law, for the dissolution
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to become effective. The bill directs that the dissolution
becomes effective 180 days after the date of the last
adopted resolution or ordinance ordering the dissolution.
State Revenue Impact
No estimate.
Comments
1. Purpose of the bill . AB 2117 corrects an apparent
omission in the 2007 legislation that allowed CenCal Health
to expand into San Luis Obispo County. AB 417 granted San
Luis Obispo County similar governance powers to those that
state law granted to Santa Barbara County, but made no
change to the statute governing the manner in which the
Authority could be dissolved. AB 2117 simply ensures that
the dissolution of the Authority cannot be ordered
unilaterally by Santa Barbara County supervisors without
equal participation by San Luis Obispo County officials.
2. Gut and amend . As introduced and passed by the
Assembly, AB 2117 contained provisions relating to the
noise element in local agencies' general plans. The Senate
Governance & Finance Committee never heard that version of
the bill. The June 18 amendments deleted AB 2117's
contents and inserted the current language relating to
CenCal Health.
Assembly Actions
Not relevant to the June 18, 2014 version of the bill.
Support and Opposition (6/19/14)
Support : CenCal Health.
Opposition : Unknown.
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