CHAPTER 4. San Luis Obispo County Hospital Authority [101825. - 101849.4.]

Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 899, Sec. 1.

§§ 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…