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CA AB2849

Bill

Status

Failed

11/30/2016

Primary Sponsor

Jimmy Gomez

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Origin

State Assembly

2015-2016 Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Section 127340 of the Health and Safety Code to make technical, nonsubstantive changes to provisions regarding hospital community benefits plans
  • Replaces "nonprofit" with "not-for-profit" throughout the section for consistency in terminology
  • Relocates the word "periodically" in subdivision (b) to clarify that not-for-profit hospitals should periodically review and reaffirm their commitment to community health care needs
  • Adds commas after "provided" and "reported" in subdivision (d) for grammatical clarity when listing unreported community benefits
  • Maintains existing legislative findings that not-for-profit hospitals provide community benefits including wellness programs, prevention services, medical research, education, and assistance to homeless and homebound populations

Legislative Description

Hospitals.

Last Action

From committee without further action.

11/30/2016

Committee Referrals

Natural Resources3/17/2016

Full Bill Text

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