California Assembly Bill AB405 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 405INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Caballero FEBRUARY 23, 2009 An act to amend Section 32132.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care districts. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 405, as introduced, Caballero. Public contracts: health care districts: design-build. Existing law provides for local health care districts which govern certain health care facilities. Each health care district has specific duties and powers respecting the creation, administration, and maintenance of the districts, including to purchase, receive, take, hold, lease, use, and enjoy property of every kind and description of property within the district. Existing law establishes bidding procedures for the award of construction contracts by local agencies. Existing law permits the Sonoma Valley Health Care District, upon the approval of its board of directors, to use a design-build procedure when assigning contracts for the construction of a building and improvements directly related to a hospital or health facility building at the Sonoma Valley Hospital. This bill would allow a health care district, upon approval of its board of directors, to use the design-build procedure to assign contracts for the construction of a building or improvements directly related to the construction of a hospital or health facility building. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Utilizing a design-build contract requires a clear understanding of the roles and responsibilities of each participant in the process. (b) Cost benefits for health care districts are achieved by shifting liability and risk for cost containment and project completion to the design-build entity. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the design-build process be used by health care districts solely for buildings associated with hospitals and health care and not for other infrastructure, including, but not limited to, street, highways, public rail transit, roads, bridges, other water resources facilities, and related infrastructure. SEC. 2. Section 32132.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 32132.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 32132 or any other provision of law, upon approval by  the   its  board of directors  of the Sonoma Valley Health Care District  ,  a health care district may use  the design-build procedure described in Section 20133 of the Public Contract Code  may be used  to assign contracts for the construction of a building or improvements directly related to construction of a hospital or health facility building  at the Sonoma Valley Hospital  . (b) For purposes of this section, all references in Section 20133 of the Public Contract Code to "county" and "board of supervisors" shall mean the  Sonoma Valley Health Care District   health care district  and its board of directors. (c) A hospital building project utilizing the design-build process authorized by subdivision (a) shall be reviewed and inspected in accordance with the standards and requirements of the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 129675) of Part 7 of Division 107).