California Health and Safety Code

§ 130061.5

HSC § 130061.5 Effective Jul 27, 2021Div. 107 · Part 7 · Ch. 1 · Art. 9

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(1)By enacting this section, the Legislature reinforces its commitment to ensuring the seismic safety of hospitals in California. In order to meet that commitment, this section provides a mechanism for hospitals that lack the financial capacity to retrofit Structural Performance Category-1 (SPC-1) buildings by 2013 to, instead, redirect available capital and borrowing capacity to replace those building by 2020. The mechanism is intended to allow these hospitals to meet the seismic requirements, and provide state agencies and the public with more timely and detailed information about the progress these hospitals are making toward seismic safety compliance.

(2)This section requires hospitals seeking this assistance to demonstrate that their financial condition does not allow them to retrofit these buildings by 2013, and requires them to meet specified benchmarks in order to be eligible for the extended timelines set forth in this section. Failure to meet any of these benchmarks shall result in the hospital being noncompliant and subject the hospital to loss of licensure.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 331. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.