BILL NUMBER: SB 728INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Hernandez FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to amend Section 128805 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 728, as introduced, Hernandez. Health data reports: contracts. Existing law establishes the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development and sets forth its powers and duties with respect to health facility construction, health policy and planning, and health professions development. Existing law, the Health Data and Advisory Council Consolidation Act, requires the office, under contract with a qualified consulting firm, to conduct a comprehensive review of the financial and utilization reports that hospitals are required to file with the office, and authorizes the office to enter into necessary agreements and contracts. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change. 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. Section 128805 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 128805. The office may enter into agreements and contracts with any person, department, agency, corporation, or legal entity asarenecessary to carry out the functions vested in the office by this chapter or any other law.