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PART 4. SPECIAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES [101525. - 101881.]

Part 4 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3.

§§ 101525–101881 · 123 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. Sonoma County Dental Health Authority §§ 101525–101530 · 2 sections
    • § 101525 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is necessary that a special authority be established in Sonoma County in order to meet the problems of the…
    • § 101530 (a) The department shall allocate any funds appropriated for that purpose to the Sonoma County Dental Health Authority for the provision of dental care and…
  2. CHAPTER 2. Monterey County Special Health Care Authority §§ 101550–101650 · 20 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 101550–101565 · 4 sections
      • § 101550 The Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey may by ordinance or resolution order the formation of the Monterey County Special Health Care Authority…
      • § 101555 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Monterey County Special Health Care Authority Act.
      • § 101560 Unless the context otherwise requires, this article governs the construction of this chapter. As used in this chapter: (a) “Authority” means the Monterey…
      • § 101565 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of directors of the authority, members of its community advisory board, members of its professional…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Board of Directors §§ 101575–101620 · 10 sections
      • § 101575 The government of the authority shall be vested in a board of directors that shall consist of nine members, selected as follows: (a) Five members, one from…
      • § 101580 The board at its first meeting, and thereafter annually at the first meeting in January, shall elect a chair who shall preside at all meetings, and a vice…
      • § 101585 The board shall establish rules for its proceedings.
      • § 101590 A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official acts of the board shall require the…
      • § 101595 The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution, or ordinance.
      • § 101600 Except for initial staggered terms that may be established by the board, the term of office of each member shall be four years and, in addition, such time as…
      • § 101605 The bodies that originally nominated or appointed a member whose term has expired shall nominate or appoint the successor for a full term of four years, except…
      • § 101610 Any vacancy on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by nomination or appointment by the bodies that originally nominated or appointed the member…
      • § 101615 The Professional Advisory Board shall review and comment on all proposed policies and actions of the board dealing with arrangements for health care within the…
      • § 101620 The Community Advisory Board shall review and comment on matters relating to the accessibility and availability of services arranged by the board.
    3. ARTICLE 3. Powers of the Board §§ 101625–101650 · 6 sections
      • § 101625 The authority is hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic and shall have power: (a) To have perpetual succession. (b) To sue and be sued in the name…
      • § 101630 Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) The state or any state agency may enter into contracts with the authority for the authority to obtain or…
      • § 101635 All claims for money or damages against the authority are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
      • § 101640 The Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey may by ordinance or resolution order the dissolution of the authority by declaring that there is no need for…
      • § 101645 (a) The board may by ordinance or resolution provide that each director of the authority board be paid a sum not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) remuneration…
      • § 101650 The board shall inform the Monterey County Board of Supervisors in writing of any amendment proposed by the authority to the Monterey County Special Health…
  3. CHAPTER 2.5. Central Coast Hospital Authority §§ 101655–101662 · 8 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 101655–101657 · 3 sections
      • § 101655 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Central Coast Hospital Authority Act.
      • § 101656 The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Natividad Medical Center, currently a constituent department of the County of Monterey, is a designated…
      • § 101657 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Authority” means the Central Coast Hospital Authority established pursuant to this…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Establishment of the Central Coast Hospital Authority §§ 101658–101659 · 2 sections
      • § 101658 (a) Pursuant to this chapter, the board of supervisors may establish, subject to the limitations of paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), the Central Coast…
      • § 101659 (a) Permanent employees of the medical center on the effective date of affiliation shall be deemed qualified for employment or retention and no other…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Board of Trustees § 101660 · 1 section
      • § 101660 (a) The authority shall be governed by a board of trustees. The trustees shall reflect both the expertise necessary to maximize the quality and scope of care…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Powers and Duties of the Authority §§ 101661–101662 · 2 sections
      • § 101661 (a) The authority, in addition to any other powers granted to the authority pursuant to this chapter, shall have the following powers: (1) To have the duties,…
      • § 101662 Pursuant to this section, the board of trustees may find and declare that the authority shall cease to exist. In that event, the board of trustees shall…
  4. CHAPTER 3. Santa Barbara County Special Health Care Authority §§ 101675–101781 · 21 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 101675–101730 · 12 sections
      • § 101675 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Santa Barbara San Luis Obispo Regional Health Authority Act.
      • § 101680 (a) The Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara may, by ordinance or resolution, order the formation of the Santa Barbara Regional Health Authority…
      • § 101685 Unless the context otherwise requires, this article governs the construction of this chapter. As used in this chapter: (a) “Authority” means the Santa Barbara…
      • § 101690 Upon the adoption of an ordinance or resolution by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Luis Obispo authorizing the provision of medical services by…
      • § 101695 The board, at its first meeting, and annually thereafter at the first meeting in January, shall elect a chair who shall preside at all meetings, and a vice…
      • § 101700 The board shall establish rules for its proceedings. There shall be at least four meetings per year. Board members shall be entitled to one hundred fifty…
      • § 101705 A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all official acts of the board shall require the…
      • § 101710 The acts of the board shall be expressed by motion, resolution or ordinance.
      • § 101715 Except for initial staggered terms that may be established by the board, the term of office of each noncounty member shall be two years and, in addition, time…
      • § 101720 Any vacancy on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term by the board of supervisors of the county authorized by Section 101690 to make the appointment…
      • § 101725 Professional advisory and community advisory boards shall review and comment on proposed policies and actions of the board dealing with the arrangements for…
      • § 101730 The board may allow as a charge against the authority, reimbursement to members of professional and community advisory boards, of actually incurred expenses in…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Powers of the Authority §§ 101750–101781 · 9 sections
      • § 101750 The authority is hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic and it shall have power: (a) To have perpetual succession. (b) To sue and be sued in the…
      • § 101750.5 Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 14499.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, for the purposes of Division 3.6 (commencing with Section 810) of…
      • § 101755 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state or any state agency may enter into contracts with the authority for the authority to obtain or arrange…
      • § 101760 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the board of supervisors of the county in which the appellant resides may review major administrative…
      • § 101765 Any licensed provider eligible to receive Medi-Cal reimbursement under law and who enters into a written contract with the authority under terms and conditions…
      • § 101770 All claims for money or damages against the authority are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
      • § 101775 In the formation of the authority pursuant to this chapter, Chapter 6.6 (commencing with Section 54773) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government…
      • § 101780 (a) The boards of supervisors of the County of Santa Barbara and the County of San Luis Obispo may, by ordinance or resolution, order the dissolution of the…
      • § 101781 The Board of Supervisors of either the County of San Luis Obispo or the County of Santa Barbara, or the board of directors of the authority, by ordinance or…
  5. CHAPTER 4. San Luis Obispo County Hospital Authority §§ 101825–101849.4 · 42 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. General § 101825 · 1 section
      • § 101825 The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this chapter: (a) “County” means the County of San Luis Obispo. (b) “Governing board” means the governing…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Hospital Authority §§ 101827–101849.4 · 41 sections
      • § 101827 The board of supervisors of the county may, by ordinance, establish a hospital authority separate and apart from the county for the purpose of effecting a…
      • § 101828 (a) A hospital authority established pursuant to this chapter shall be governed by a board that is comprised of San Luis Obispo County residents and subject to…
      • § 101829 Unless otherwise provided by the board of supervisors by way of resolution, the hospital authority is empowered, or the board of supervisors is empowered on…
      • § 101830 In the event of a change of license ownership, the governing body of the hospital authority shall comply with the obligations of governing bodies of general…
      • § 101831 Any transfer by the county to the hospital authority of the administration, management, and control of General Hospital and the Family Care Centers, whether or…
      • § 101832 Any transfer described in Section 101831 shall not otherwise disqualify the county, or in the case of a change in license ownership, the hospital authority,…
      • § 101833 Any contract executed by and between the county and the hospital authority shall provide that liabilities or obligations of the hospital authority with respect…
      • § 101834 Any liabilities or obligations of the hospital authority with respect to the liquidation or disposition of the hospital authority’s assets upon termination of…
      • § 101835 Any obligation of the hospital authority, statutory, contractual, or otherwise, shall be the obligation solely of the hospital authority and shall not be the…
      • § 101836 Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any transfer of the administration, management, or assets of General Hospital or the Family Care Centers,…
      • § 101837 Notwithstanding the provisions of this article relating to the obligations and liabilities of the hospital authority, a transfer of control or ownership of…
      • § 101838 A transfer of the maintenance, operation, and management or ownership of General Hospital to the hospital authority shall comply with the provisions of Section…
      • § 101839 A transfer of maintenance, operation, and management or ownership to the hospital authority may be made with or without the payment of a purchase price by the…
      • § 101840 The statutory authority of a board of supervisors to prescribe rules that authorize a county hospital to integrate its services with those of other hospitals…
      • § 101841 (a) The hospital authority shall have the power to acquire and possess real or personal property and may dispose of real or personal property other than that…
      • § 101842 Members of the governing board of the hospital authority shall not be vicariously liable for injuries caused by the act or omission of the hospital authority…
      • § 101843 The hospital authority shall be a public agency subject to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act (Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of…
      • § 101844 The county, the hospital authority, the governing board, employees of the county working at General Hospital or the Family Care Centers, and employees of the…
      • § 101845 The hospital authority created pursuant to the chapter may borrow from the county and the county may lend the hospital authority funds or issue revenue…
      • § 101845.1 The hospital authority shall be subject to state and federal taxation laws that are applicable to counties generally.
      • § 101845.2 The hospital authority, the county, or both, may engage in marketing, advertising, and promotion of the medical and health care services made available to the…
      • § 101846 The hospital authority shall not be a “person” subject to suit under the Cartwright Act (Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 16700) of Part 2 of Division 7 of…
      • § 101847 Notwithstanding Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 1125) of Chapter 1 of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code relating to incompatible activities, no…
      • § 101848 The hospital authority may use a computerized management information system in connection with the administration of the medical center.
      • § 101848.1 Information maintained in the management information system or in other filing and records maintenance systems that is confidential and protected by law shall…
      • § 101848.2 The records of the hospital authority, whether paper records, records maintained in the management information system, or records in any other form that relate…
      • § 101848.3 Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board may order that a meeting held solely for the purpose of discussion or taking action on hospital authority…
      • § 101848.4 The governing board may delete the portion or portions containing trade secrets from any documents that were finally approved in the closed session that are…
      • § 101848.45 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the governing board from meeting in closed session as otherwise provided by law.
      • § 101848.5 The provisions of this chapter shall not prevent access to any records by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee in the exercise of its powers pursuant to…
      • § 101848.6 Open sessions of the hospital authority shall constitute official proceedings authorized by law within the meaning of Section 47 of the Civil Code. The…
      • § 101848.7 The hospital authority shall be a public agency for purposes of eligibility with respect to grants and other funding and loan guarantee programs. Contributions…
      • § 101848.8 Contracts by and between the hospital authority and the state and contracts by and between the hospital authority and providers of health care, goods, or…
      • § 101848.9 Provisions of the Evidence Code, the Government Code, including the Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the…
      • § 101848.10 Notwithstanding any other law, Section 1461 shall apply to hearings on the reports of hospital medical audit or quality assurance committees.
      • § 101848.11 The hospital authority shall carry general liability insurance to the extent sufficient to cover its activities.
      • § 101849 In the event the board of supervisors determines that the hospital authority should no longer function for the purposes as set forth in this chapter, the board…
      • § 101849.1 A hospital authority that is created pursuant to this article but which does not obtain the administration, management, and control of General Hospital and the…
      • § 101849.2 The county shall establish baseline data reporting requirements for General Hospital and the Family Care Centers consistent with the Medically Indigent Health…
      • § 101849.3 Upon transfer of General Hospital and the Family Care Centers, the county shall establish baseline data reporting requirements for each of the General Hospital…
      • § 101849.4 From the date of transfer of General Hospital and the Family Care Centers to the hospital authority, the hospital authority shall provide the county with…
  6. CHAPTER 5. Alameda Health System Hospital Authority §§ 101850–101851 · 2 sections
    • § 101850 The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) (1) Due to the challenges facing the Alameda Health System arising from changes in the public and private…
    • § 101851 On or after the effective date of the act adding this section, the eligibility of an employee of the hospital authority described in this section to…
  7. CHAPTER 5.5. Kern County Hospital Authority Act §§ 101852–101856 · 10 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 101852–101852.1 · 2 sections
      • § 101852 (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Kern County Hospital Authority Act. (b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1)…
      • § 101852.1 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Authority” means the Kern Hospital System Authority established pursuant to this…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Establishment of the Kern County Hospital Authority §§ 101853–101853.1 · 2 sections
      • § 101853 (a) Pursuant to this chapter, the board of supervisors may establish by ordinance the Kern County Hospital Authority, which shall be a public agency that is a…
      • § 101853.1 (a) In exercising its powers to employ personnel, the authority shall implement, and the board of supervisors shall adopt, a personnel transition plan. The…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Board of Governors § 101854 · 1 section
      • § 101854 (a) The authority established pursuant to this chapter shall be governed by a board of governors that is appointed, both initially and continually, by the…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Powers and Duties of the Authority §§ 101855–101855.4 · 4 sections
      • § 101855 (a) Subject to any terms, conditions, and limitations as may be imposed by the enabling ordinance, the authority, in addition to any other powers granted…
      • § 101855.1 (a) Transfer of control of the medical center, whether or not the transfer includes the surrendering by the county of the existing general acute care hospital…
      • § 101855.3 In addition to the requirements of any other applicable law, the Kern Medical Center Foundation shall be subject to the California Public Records Act (Division…
      • § 101855.4 (a) The authority shall maintain accounting records and shall report accounting transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles…
    5. ARTICLE 5. Dissolution of the Authority § 101856 · 1 section
      • § 101856 (a) The board of supervisors may find and declare that the authority shall cease to exist. In that event, the board of supervisors shall provide for the…
  8. CHAPTER 6. Other §§ 101860–101881 · 18 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Applicability and Purpose §§ 101860–101860.5 · 2 sections
      • § 101860 If any state agency, including a constitutional corporation, transfers to a private corporation assets for the operation of a hospital by that corporation and…
      • § 101860.5 For the purposes of this chapter, the primary public benefit purpose of the corporation is as stated in its articles of incorporation or bylaws of the…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Public Meetings §§ 101861–101866 · 6 sections
      • § 101861 Meetings of the corporation shall be open and public, and all persons shall be permitted to attend, except as otherwise provided in this article.
      • § 101862 (a) As used in this article, “action taken” means a collective decision made at a meeting, including a decision upon a motion or resolution. Actions shall be…
      • § 101863 (a) Agendas of the meetings shall be posted not less than 72 hours in advance of the meetings in a place freely accessible to the public. Agendas of meetings…
      • § 101864 Closed sessions of meetings may be conducted to consider, discuss, and act upon matters relating to any of the following: (a) Collective bargaining or contract…
      • § 101865 (a) Prior to holding any closed session, the agenda item or items to be discussed in the closed session shall be publicly identified. An item may be identified…
      • § 101866 Announcements that are required to be made pursuant to this article may be made orally or in writing. Any contracts, settlement agreements, or other documents…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Enforcement of Public Meetings § 101868 · 1 section
      • § 101868 (a) Any interested person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declaratory relief or writ of mandate in any court of competent jurisdiction for the…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Records To Be Available §§ 101870–101873 · 4 sections
      • § 101870 For the purposes of this article: (a) “Person” includes any natural person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, firm, or association. (b)…
      • § 101871 (a) Records of the corporation shall be available to the public for inspection or copying upon a request in writing, submitted to the principal office of the…
      • § 101872 Nothing in this article shall be construed to require disclosure of any of the following: (a) Contracts, business and marketing strategies, financial…
      • § 101873 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever at least one member of the members of the corporation is itself a state agency, including a constitutional…
    5. ARTICLE 5. Enforcement of the Disclosure of Records § 101875 · 1 section
      • § 101875 (a) Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declarative relief or writ of mandate in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce his or her…
    6. ARTICLE 6. Application §§ 101878–101881 · 4 sections
      • § 101878 It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this chapter shall apply retroactively to all of the records of any corporation to which this…
      • § 101879 It is also the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of this chapter regarding the holding of meetings of a corporation shall apply prospectively, so…
      • § 101880 The Legislature finds and declares that a corporation subject to this chapter shall continue to be private, notwithstanding this chapter, and in any event,…
      • § 101881 This chapter shall be inapplicable to any corporation in a county of the 2nd class.