DIVISION 23. HOSPITAL DISTRICTS [32000. - 32499.95.]
Division 23 added by Stats. 1945, Ch. 932.
§§ 32000–32499.95 · 143 sections
CHAPTER 1. Formation of District §§ 32000–32003 · 9 sections
- § 32000 This division shall be known and may be cited as “The Local Health Care District Law.” Any reference in any statute to the Local Hospital District Law shall be…
- § 32000.1 For purposes of this division, both of the following shall apply: (a) Any reference to “hospital district” or “district” shall mean “health care district,” and…
- § 32001 A local hospital district may be organized, incorporated and managed, as provided in this division and may exercise the powers herein granted or necessarily…
- § 32002 The manner of formation of local hospital districts, and the conducting of all hospital district elections, unless otherwise provided in this division shall be…
- § 32002.31 Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail,…
- § 32002.32 The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled…
- § 32002.33 If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time…
- § 32002.34 The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be…
- § 32003 Whenever the formation of a local hospital district is desired, a petition may be presented at a regular meeting of the supervising authority of the county in…
CHAPTER 2. Board of Directors §§ 32100–32155 · 70 sections
ARTICLE 1. Election and Organization §§ 32100–32111 · 21 sections
- § 32100 The elective officers of a local hospital district shall be a board of hospital directors consisting of five members, each of whom shall be a registered voter…
- § 32100.001 The board of hospital directors shall meet on the first Monday subsequent to 30 days after the completion of organization of the district and shall organize by…
- § 32100.01 A petition to increase the number of members of the board of directors of any district providing at least 225 hospital beds from five to seven members may be…
- § 32100.02 The election of directors to fill the additional vacancies on the board created by expansion shall be an election at large. A director elected at the election…
- § 32100.03 If the majority of votes cast in the election specified in Section 32100.01 are in favor of expansion of the board of directors, the board of directors of the…
- § 32100.04 A district which has added additional directors pursuant to Section 32100.01, but has not been divided into zones, may, in the manner provided by Section…
- § 32100.05 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 32100 and 32100.01, the local agency formation commission, in approving either a consolidation of districts or the reorganization…
- § 32100.1 A petition for election of directors by zones may be signed and filed with the board of directors by registered voters residing within a local hospital…
- § 32100.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the term of any member of the board of directors shall expire if he or she is absent from three consecutive regular…
- § 32100.3 (a) Notwithstanding Section 32100, the members of the first board of directors of a health care district formed, after the effective date of the act that added…
- § 32100.5 A hospital district general election shall be held in each local hospital district on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each…
- § 32100.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the voters of the Eden Township Hospital District may file a petition with its board of directors pursuant to the…
- § 32100.7 Notwithstanding Section 32100.01, the Board of Directors of Valley Health System, a local hospital district, may adopt a resolution to increase the number of…
- § 32100.8 (a) The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this section: (1) “Board of supervisors” means the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra…
- § 32101 All registered voters residing within the territory comprising a district organized under this division are qualified electors.
- § 32103 (a) The board of directors shall serve without compensation except that the board of directors, by a resolution adopted by a majority vote of the members of…
- § 32104 The board of directors shall provide for the time and place of holding its regular meetings and the manner of calling the same, and shall establish rules for…
- § 32106 (a) Except as provided in this section, Section 32155, or the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5…
- § 32107 A district may destroy a record pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60200) of Division 1 of Title 6 of the Government Code.
- § 32110 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), no person who is a director, policymaking management employee, or medical staff officer of a hospital owned or…
- § 32111 (a) A member of a health care district’s medical or allied health professional staff who is an officer of the district shall not be deemed to be “financially…
ARTICLE 2. Powers §§ 32121–32140 · 45 sections
- § 32121 Each local district shall have and may exercise the following powers: (a) To have and use a corporate seal and alter it at its pleasure. (b) To sue and be sued…
- § 32121.1 By resolution, the board of directors of a local hospital district may delegate to its administrator the power to employ (subject to the pleasure of the board…
- § 32121.2 Except as provided in this section, by resolution, the board of directors of a local hospital district may authorize the disposition of any surplus property of…
- § 32121.3 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital district, or any affiliated nonprofit corporation upon a finding by the board of directors of the…
- § 32121.4 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation, upon a finding by the board of directors of the…
- § 32121.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, a health care district may enter into a contract of employment with a hospital administrator,…
- § 32121.6 If a health care district enters into a written employment agreement with a hospital administrator, including a hospital administrator who is designated as a…
- § 32121.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the transfer of assets by El Camino Hospital, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation (“El Camino…
- § 32121.8 The El Camino Hospital-Corporation may provide for the operation and maintenance through tenants of the whole or any part of the El Camino Hospital, and for…
- § 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…
- § 32122 The board of directors may purchase all necessary surgical instruments and hospital equipment and equipment for nurses’ homes and all other property necessary…
- § 32123 The board of directors may purchase such real property, and erect or rent and equip such buildings or building, room or rooms as may be necessary for the…
- § 32124 The board of directors may establish a nurses’ training school in connection with the hospital, prescribe a course of study for such training and after the…
- § 32125 (a) The board of directors shall be responsible for the operation of all health care facilities owned or leased by the district, according to the best…
- § 32126 (a) The board of directors may provide for the operation and maintenance through tenants of the whole or any part of any hospital acquired or constructed by it…
- § 32126.3 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the lease in existence immediately preceding January 1, 2006, between the Grossmont Healthcare District…
- § 32126.5 (a) The board of directors of a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation may do any of the following when it determines that the action is…
- § 32127 The hospital district shall establish its own treasury and shall appoint a treasurer charged with the safekeeping and disbursal of the funds in the treasury of…
- § 32127.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors of any district which is licensed to have 85 beds and located within a county of 2,000,000…
- § 32127.2 Exclusively for the purpose of securing state insurance of financing for the construction of new health facilities, the expansion, modernization, renovation,…
- § 32127.3 (a) Exclusively for the purpose of securing federal mortgage insurance, federal loans, federal loans or grants or guaranteed loans issued pursuant to the…
- § 32127.5 (a) Upon the adoption of a resolution of the board of directors of the district so providing, all funds on hand in the treasury of the district may, be paid…
- § 32128 (a) The rules of the hospital, established by the board of directors pursuant to this article, shall include all of the following: (1) Provision for the…
- § 32128.10 No hospital established by the board of directors pursuant to this article which permits sterilization operations for contraceptive purposes to be performed…
- § 32129 Notwithstanding the provisions of the Medical Practice Act, the board of directors of a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation may contract…
- § 32129.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors of a hospital district or any affiliated nonprofit corporation may contract with a physician…
- § 32130 A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness in an amount not to exceed 85 percent of all estimated income and revenue for the current fiscal year,…
- § 32130.1 A district is also authorized, when funds are needed to meet current expenses of maintenance and operation, to borrow money on certificates of indebtedness or…
- § 32130.2 (a) A district may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the district board, issue negotiable promissory notes to acquire funds for any district purposes…
- § 32130.5 The first board of directors of a district may, within a period of two years from and after the formation of the district, pursuant to a resolution adopted by…
- § 32130.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district may do any of the following by resolution adopted by a majority of the district board: (a) (1) Enter…
- § 32131 The board of directors may maintain membership in any local, state or national group or association organized and operated for the promotion of the public…
- § 32132 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, or in Chapter 3.2 (commencing with Section 4217.10) of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the…
- § 32132.5 (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other provision of law, upon approval by the board of directors of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District, the…
- § 32132.6 (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other law, upon approval by its board of directors, a health care district may use the design-build procedure…
- § 32132.7 (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other law, upon approval by the board of directors of the Last Frontier Health Care District, the design-build…
- § 32132.8 (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other law, upon approval by the board of directors of the Mayers Memorial Hospital District, the design-build…
- § 32132.96 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), (c), or (d), a district that is authorized and elects to use the design-build process described in Chapter 4…
- § 32133 At least once each year the board shall engage the services of a qualified accountant of accepted reputation to conduct an audit of the books of the hospital…
- § 32134 The effective date of any contract entered into for the construction and leasing of any hospital building or facilities shall be the date of execution of said…
- § 32136 The board of directors may, without following the bidding provisions in Section 32132 hereof, let contracts for work to be done or for materials and supplies…
- § 32137 The board of directors may, by resolution, change the name of the district. The change in the name of the district shall be effective upon the filing of a…
- § 32138 (a) The board of directors shall acquire electronic data processing and telecommunications goods and services with a cost to the district of more than…
- § 32139 The board of directors shall do all of the following: (a) Adopt an annual budget in a public meeting, on or before September 1 of each year, that conforms to…
- § 32140 Upon filing a petition under federal bankruptcy law, the board of directors shall provide written notice within 10 business days to the local agency formation…
ARTICLE 3. Hearing Procedures §§ 32150–32155 · 4 sections
- § 32150 The board of directors shall adopt reasonable rules and regulations, or bylaws, providing for appellate review of any action, decision, or recommendation of…
- § 32151 The secretary of the board of directors or the hospital administrator shall mail notice of the action or decision to the affected applicant or medical staff…
- § 32154 The board or the hearing officer, if one is appointed, shall have the same power with respect to the issuance of subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum as that…
- § 32155 The board of directors may order that the hearing pursuant to this article, and hearings on the reports of the hospital medical audit or quality assurance…
CHAPTER 3. Assessments §§ 32200–32243 · 12 sections
ARTICLE 1. Annual Assessments §§ 32200–32205 · 5 sections
- § 32200 Any district formed pursuant to this division may be financed by assessment on real and personal property within the district, pursuant to this chapter.
- § 32202 The board of supervisors shall thereupon levy upon the taxable property of the district within its own county a tax sufficient in amount to maintain the…
- § 32203 The tax, exclusive of the levy for the payment of the principal and interest of bonds and any special assessment voted hereunder, and exclusive of the levy for…
- § 32204 The tax shall be computed, entered upon the tax rolls and collected in the same manner as county taxes are computed, entered and collected. Such taxes shall be…
- § 32205 An election on the formation of a hospital district in and around the City of Dos Palos in the County of Merced, may be combined with an election for the…
ARTICLE 2. Capital Outlays §§ 32221–32223 · 3 sections
- § 32221 The board of directors may establish a fund for capital outlays; provided, that no part of said fund shall be used for acquisition of additional patient bed…
- § 32222 At any time after the creation of a capital outlay fund, the board of directors may transfer to such fund any unencumbered surplus funds remaining on hand in…
- § 32223 Whenever a capital outlay fund is established, it shall be used only for such purposes, except the board of directors may, by a four-fifths vote of all…
ARTICLE 3. Special Assessments §§ 32240–32243 · 4 sections
- § 32240 Whenever it is desired that expenditures be made by the district for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, or alteration of work for the purpose of…
- § 32241 An election shall be held to authorize such assessment and may be called by the board of directors of the district in its discretion. Such an election shall be…
- § 32242 The resolution of the board of directors calling an election to decide whether a special assessment shall be levied, in addition to all other matters required…
- § 32243 If two-thirds of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the special assessment, the board of directors shall cause the assessment to be levied in like…
CHAPTER 4. Bonds §§ 32300–32314 · 16 sections
- § 32300 Bonds may be issued by a district for the purpose of acquiring, maintaining, constructing, or altering work, or for the purpose of funding the district’s…
- § 32300.1 In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the legislative body may include: (a) All costs and estimated costs incidental to or connected with the…
- § 32300.2 Bonds may be issued by a district for the purpose of refunding any or all of the outstanding bonds or other indebtedness of the district.
- § 32301 An election shall be held to authorize the issuance of any bonds of a district. The board of directors of a district may call such election at its discretion,…
- § 32302 The resolution of the board of directors calling a bond election, in addition to all of the matters required by this division for a resolution calling an…
- § 32303 The board of directors by resolution entered on its minutes shall prescribe the form of the bonds and of the interest coupons attached thereto, shall fix the…
- § 32304 Bonds first to mature in each issue shall mature not later than five years from the date of issuance thereof; and those last to mature of each issue shall…
- § 32305 The rate of interest to be borne by bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be fixed by the board of directors. The rate shall not exceed 8…
- § 32306 Bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be of such denomination or denominations as the board of directors may prescribe.
- § 32307 All bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be signed by the presiding officer and attested by the secretary of the board of directors of the district, and…
- § 32308 No hospital district shall incur a bonded indebtedness exceeding 10 percent of the assessed value of all the taxable property in the district as shown by the…
- § 32309 The board of directors may, from time to time, sell bonds in such quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise money for the purposes for…
- § 32310 Bonds shall be sold for at least par value. Before making any sales, the board of directors of the district shall, by resolution entered on its minutes,…
- § 32311 At the time appointed, the board of directors shall open the proposals, and may sell the bonds or any portion thereof to the highest responsible bidder or…
- § 32312 The board or boards of supervisors of the county or counties in which the district lies shall, at the time of fixing the general tax levy, sometimes called the…
- § 32314 The board may provide that any bond issued by the district may be subject to call and retirement prior to maturity at such times and prices and upon such other…
CHAPTER 5. Revenue Bonds §§ 32315–32322 · 8 sections
- § 32315 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a local hospital district may issue revenue bonds pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section…
- § 32316 By resolution of the board of directors adopted by a vote of four-fifths of the membership of the board, the district may issue bonds of not more than a…
- § 32317 The resolution adopted pursuant to Section 32316 shall include all of the following: (a) The purpose for which the bonds are proposed to be issued. (b) The…
- § 32318 The resolution adopted pursuant to Section 32316 shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation published in the…
- § 32319 The board of directors may sell the bonds pursuant to the resolution as follows: (a) By giving notice inviting sealed bids and selling to the highest…
- § 32320 No hospital district shall sell revenue bonds until a formal agreement of the sale has been approved by the board of directors, by ordinance, which shall state…
- § 32321 (a) Any ordinance subject to Section 32320 shall be published after adoption once a week for two successive weeks, commencing within 15 days after adoption, in…
- § 32322 If an ordinance enacted pursuant to Section 32320 is subjected to a successful referendum election, or is repealed or rescinded by the board of directors, no…
CHAPTER 5.5. State Loans and Insurance Procurement Assistance §§ 32350–32359 · 9 sections
- § 32350 It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to encourage physicians to practice in rural areas which have insufficient numbers of physicians…
- § 32351 In the event the Chowchilla Memorial Hospital District enters into a joint powers agreement with a hospital district or hospital districts, whereby an…
- § 32352 Loans made pursuant to this article shall be repaid to the state pursuant to a schedule mutually agreed upon by the state department and the hospital district…
- § 32353 The provisions of this section shall apply only to the Chowchilla Memorial Hospital District, and to any other hospital district with a bed capacity of less…
- § 32355 As a condition of eligibility for loans under this chapter, any hospital district having a licensed bed capacity of less than 100 beds and which participates…
- § 32356 Any provisions applicable to the payment of tort claims against a hospital district shall be applicable for the repayment of any loan from the state to a…
- § 32357 Duplicate copies of any reports prepared pursuant to Article 9 (commencing with Section 53890) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the…
- § 32358 The state department shall prepare and adopt regulations establishing the specific criteria to be used for the approval of a loan application of a district…
- § 32359 The Department of General Services shall, without cost or obligation to the state, assist the Chowchilla Memorial Hospital District, and any other hospital…
CHAPTER 7. Claims § 32492 · 1 section
- § 32492 All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
CHAPTER 8. Nonprovider Health Care Districts §§ 32495–32498 · 3 sections
- § 32495 For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Administrative expenses” means expenses relating to the general management of a…
- § 32496 (a) A nonprovider health care district shall not spend more than 20 percent of its annual budget on administrative expenses. (b) A nonprovider health care…
- § 32498 Notwithstanding Section 32496, and prior to payment of any annual budget item described in Section 32496, a nonprovider health care district shall pay any…
CHAPTER 9. Pajaro Valley Health Care District §§ 32498.5–32498.9 · 5 sections
- § 32498.5 (a) A local hospital district designated as the Pajaro Valley Health Care District is hereby formed within the Counties of Santa Cruz and Monterey. The Pajaro…
- § 32498.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, within five years of the date of the first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Pajaro Valley Health Care District, the…
- § 32498.7 (a) The district shall notify the County of Santa Cruz local agency formation commission (LAFCO) of when the district, or any other entity, acquires the…
- § 32498.8 (a) The district shall notify the Santa Cruz County local agency formation commission if the district sells the Watsonville Community Hospital to another…
- § 32498.9 (a) Within one year of the district’s date of formation, the Santa Cruz County local agency formation commission shall develop and determine a sphere of…
CHAPTER 10. Desert Healthcare District Reorganization §§ 32499–32499.4 · 4 sections
- § 32499 (a) The Desert Healthcare District may be expanded in accordance with this chapter. All other provisions of this division shall apply to the Desert Healthcare…
- § 32499.2 (a) Thirty days after the expansion of the district, and notwithstanding Sections 32100.01 and 32100.02, the Board of Directors of the Desert Healthcare…
- § 32499.3 (a) Following the expansion of the Board of Directors of the Desert Healthcare District, and notwithstanding Section 32100.1, the board of directors shall…
- § 32499.4 It is the intent of the Legislature that the Desert Healthcare District maximize the use of its assets to provide direct health services to individuals within…
CHAPTER 11. Imperial Valley Healthcare District §§ 32499.5–32499.95 · 6 sections
- § 32499.5 (a) A local health care district designated as the Imperial Valley Healthcare District is hereby formed within the County of Imperial. All other provisions of…
- § 32499.6 (a) (1) The initial board of directors of the district shall be composed of the following members: (A) One member from and appointed by the Pioneers Memorial…
- § 32499.7 (a) (1) Following appointment, the Board of Directors of the Imperial Valley Healthcare District, notwithstanding Section 32100.1, shall adopt a resolution to…
- § 32499.8 (a) The district shall make annual reports to the Imperial County Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO), by December 31, 2024, and December 31, 2025,…
- § 32499.9 It is the intent of the Legislature that the Imperial Valley Healthcare District maximize the use of its assets to provide direct health care services to…
- § 32499.95 (a) Upon receipt of the recommendation from the Board of Directors of the Imperial Valley Healthcare District pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of…