Amended IN Assembly April 20, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1471Introduced by Assembly Member PellerinFebruary 17, 2023 An act to amend Section 130068 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hospitals, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1471, as amended, Pellerin. Hospitals: seismic compliance: OConnor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals. Existing law requires hospitals that are seeking an extension for their buildings to submit an application to the Department of Health Care Access and Information by April 1, 2019, subject to certain exceptions. Existing law requires that final seismic compliance be achieved by July 1, 2022, if the compliance is based on a replacement or retrofit plan, or by January 1, 2025, if the compliance is based on a rebuild plan. Notwithstanding the above provisions, existing law authorizes the department to waive the requirements of the act for the OConnor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in the City of San Jose if the hospital or medical center submits, on or before January 15, 2022, a plan for compliance, and the department accepts the plan based on it being feasible to complete and promoting public safety. Existing law requires, if the department accepts the plan, the hospital or medical center to report to the department on its progress to timely complete the plan by specified dates.This bill would extend the deadline for the hospitals or medical centers plan for compliance, and would add additional dates for the hospital or medical center to report to the department on its progress. The bill would apply these provisions retroactively to avoid any period of noncompliance.This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for County of Santa Clara.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 130068 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:130068. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Sections 130060 and 130061, the department may waive the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part, for OConnor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in the City of San Jose if both of the following occur:(1) (A) The hospital or medical center submits to the department, within 30 days following the effective date of this statute, a plan for compliance with the applicable seismic safety standards of this chapter, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.(B) For the OConnor Hospital seismic update, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2023.(C) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Building F (Services Building) Seismic Upgrade, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2025.(D) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Building N (RSC) Tier 2 Upgrades, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before December 31, 2025.(E) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Old Main Demolition and Rebuild project, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2026.(2) The department accepts the plan submitted by the hospital or medical center based on it being feasible to complete and promoting public safety. The department shall not unreasonably reject the plan, unreasonably impose conditions on the acceptance of the plan, or unreasonably withhold or delay acceptance or rejection of the plan.(b) If the department accepts the hospitals or medical centers plan pursuant to subdivision (a), the hospital or medical center shall report to the department, in the manner required by the department, on its progress to timely complete its plan, on or before all of the following dates:(1) April 1, 2023.(2) July 1, 2023.(3) October 1, 2023.(4) January 1, 2024.(5) April 1, 2024.(6) July 1, 2024.(7) October 1, 2024.(8) January 1, 2025.(9) April 1, 2025.(10) July 1, 2025.(11) October 1, 2025.(12) January 1, 2026.(13) April 1, 2026.(14) July 1, 2026.(c) The department may revoke its waiver of the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part, if OConnor Hospital or Santa Clara Valley Medical Center fails to timely report progress that the department reasonably deems is sufficient to complete their respective plans if both of the following are true:(1) The lack of timely reporting, lack of reasonable progress, or both, is not due to unforeseen circumstances outside the control of the County of Santa Clara.(2) If the office intends to revoke the waiver, or any part of the waiver, the department provides at least 90 days written notice to the County of Santa Clara prior to the effective date of the revocation and, during the notice period, the department provides the County of Santa Clara a reasonable opportunity to cure the noncompliance that forms the basis of the intended revocation.(d) The provisions of this section shall be retroactively applied so that there is no period of noncompliance if the passage of the act that added this section overlaps with the reporting requirements set forth elsewhere in this article.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the need to use the OConnor Hospital and the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center to provide medical care to underserved and vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic and the unique financial and project delivery challenges assumed by the County of Santa Clara with the 2019 acquisition of OConnor Hospital.SEC. 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:Due to the inability of the County of Santa Clara to meet the statutory deadlines for hospital seismic upgrades at two of the countys owned and operated public hospitals due to unforeseen circumstances outside the countys control, and to avoid the imposition of statutory fines that would have a significant fiscal impact on the county, this measure needs to become effective at the earliest possible date.
Amended IN Assembly April 20, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1471Introduced by Assembly Member PellerinFebruary 17, 2023 An act to amend Section 130068 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hospitals, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1471, as amended, Pellerin. Hospitals: seismic compliance: OConnor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals. Existing law requires hospitals that are seeking an extension for their buildings to submit an application to the Department of Health Care Access and Information by April 1, 2019, subject to certain exceptions. Existing law requires that final seismic compliance be achieved by July 1, 2022, if the compliance is based on a replacement or retrofit plan, or by January 1, 2025, if the compliance is based on a rebuild plan. Notwithstanding the above provisions, existing law authorizes the department to waive the requirements of the act for the OConnor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in the City of San Jose if the hospital or medical center submits, on or before January 15, 2022, a plan for compliance, and the department accepts the plan based on it being feasible to complete and promoting public safety. Existing law requires, if the department accepts the plan, the hospital or medical center to report to the department on its progress to timely complete the plan by specified dates.This bill would extend the deadline for the hospitals or medical centers plan for compliance, and would add additional dates for the hospital or medical center to report to the department on its progress. The bill would apply these provisions retroactively to avoid any period of noncompliance.This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for County of Santa Clara.Digest Key Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly April 20, 2023
Amended IN Assembly April 20, 2023
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1471
Introduced by Assembly Member PellerinFebruary 17, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Pellerin
February 17, 2023
An act to amend Section 130068 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hospitals, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1471, as amended, Pellerin. Hospitals: seismic compliance: OConnor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.
Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals. Existing law requires hospitals that are seeking an extension for their buildings to submit an application to the Department of Health Care Access and Information by April 1, 2019, subject to certain exceptions. Existing law requires that final seismic compliance be achieved by July 1, 2022, if the compliance is based on a replacement or retrofit plan, or by January 1, 2025, if the compliance is based on a rebuild plan. Notwithstanding the above provisions, existing law authorizes the department to waive the requirements of the act for the OConnor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in the City of San Jose if the hospital or medical center submits, on or before January 15, 2022, a plan for compliance, and the department accepts the plan based on it being feasible to complete and promoting public safety. Existing law requires, if the department accepts the plan, the hospital or medical center to report to the department on its progress to timely complete the plan by specified dates.This bill would extend the deadline for the hospitals or medical centers plan for compliance, and would add additional dates for the hospital or medical center to report to the department on its progress. The bill would apply these provisions retroactively to avoid any period of noncompliance.This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for County of Santa Clara.
Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals. Existing law requires hospitals that are seeking an extension for their buildings to submit an application to the Department of Health Care Access and Information by April 1, 2019, subject to certain exceptions. Existing law requires that final seismic compliance be achieved by July 1, 2022, if the compliance is based on a replacement or retrofit plan, or by January 1, 2025, if the compliance is based on a rebuild plan. Notwithstanding the above provisions, existing law authorizes the department to waive the requirements of the act for the OConnor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in the City of San Jose if the hospital or medical center submits, on or before January 15, 2022, a plan for compliance, and the department accepts the plan based on it being feasible to complete and promoting public safety. Existing law requires, if the department accepts the plan, the hospital or medical center to report to the department on its progress to timely complete the plan by specified dates.
This bill would extend the deadline for the hospitals or medical centers plan for compliance, and would add additional dates for the hospital or medical center to report to the department on its progress. The bill would apply these provisions retroactively to avoid any period of noncompliance.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for County of Santa Clara.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 130068 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:130068. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Sections 130060 and 130061, the department may waive the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part, for OConnor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in the City of San Jose if both of the following occur:(1) (A) The hospital or medical center submits to the department, within 30 days following the effective date of this statute, a plan for compliance with the applicable seismic safety standards of this chapter, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.(B) For the OConnor Hospital seismic update, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2023.(C) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Building F (Services Building) Seismic Upgrade, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2025.(D) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Building N (RSC) Tier 2 Upgrades, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before December 31, 2025.(E) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Old Main Demolition and Rebuild project, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2026.(2) The department accepts the plan submitted by the hospital or medical center based on it being feasible to complete and promoting public safety. The department shall not unreasonably reject the plan, unreasonably impose conditions on the acceptance of the plan, or unreasonably withhold or delay acceptance or rejection of the plan.(b) If the department accepts the hospitals or medical centers plan pursuant to subdivision (a), the hospital or medical center shall report to the department, in the manner required by the department, on its progress to timely complete its plan, on or before all of the following dates:(1) April 1, 2023.(2) July 1, 2023.(3) October 1, 2023.(4) January 1, 2024.(5) April 1, 2024.(6) July 1, 2024.(7) October 1, 2024.(8) January 1, 2025.(9) April 1, 2025.(10) July 1, 2025.(11) October 1, 2025.(12) January 1, 2026.(13) April 1, 2026.(14) July 1, 2026.(c) The department may revoke its waiver of the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part, if OConnor Hospital or Santa Clara Valley Medical Center fails to timely report progress that the department reasonably deems is sufficient to complete their respective plans if both of the following are true:(1) The lack of timely reporting, lack of reasonable progress, or both, is not due to unforeseen circumstances outside the control of the County of Santa Clara.(2) If the office intends to revoke the waiver, or any part of the waiver, the department provides at least 90 days written notice to the County of Santa Clara prior to the effective date of the revocation and, during the notice period, the department provides the County of Santa Clara a reasonable opportunity to cure the noncompliance that forms the basis of the intended revocation.(d) The provisions of this section shall be retroactively applied so that there is no period of noncompliance if the passage of the act that added this section overlaps with the reporting requirements set forth elsewhere in this article.SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the need to use the OConnor Hospital and the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center to provide medical care to underserved and vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic and the unique financial and project delivery challenges assumed by the County of Santa Clara with the 2019 acquisition of OConnor Hospital.SEC. 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:Due to the inability of the County of Santa Clara to meet the statutory deadlines for hospital seismic upgrades at two of the countys owned and operated public hospitals due to unforeseen circumstances outside the countys control, and to avoid the imposition of statutory fines that would have a significant fiscal impact on the county, this measure needs to become effective at the earliest possible date.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 130068 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:130068. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Sections 130060 and 130061, the department may waive the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part, for OConnor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in the City of San Jose if both of the following occur:(1) (A) The hospital or medical center submits to the department, within 30 days following the effective date of this statute, a plan for compliance with the applicable seismic safety standards of this chapter, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.(B) For the OConnor Hospital seismic update, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2023.(C) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Building F (Services Building) Seismic Upgrade, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2025.(D) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Building N (RSC) Tier 2 Upgrades, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before December 31, 2025.(E) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Old Main Demolition and Rebuild project, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2026.(2) The department accepts the plan submitted by the hospital or medical center based on it being feasible to complete and promoting public safety. The department shall not unreasonably reject the plan, unreasonably impose conditions on the acceptance of the plan, or unreasonably withhold or delay acceptance or rejection of the plan.(b) If the department accepts the hospitals or medical centers plan pursuant to subdivision (a), the hospital or medical center shall report to the department, in the manner required by the department, on its progress to timely complete its plan, on or before all of the following dates:(1) April 1, 2023.(2) July 1, 2023.(3) October 1, 2023.(4) January 1, 2024.(5) April 1, 2024.(6) July 1, 2024.(7) October 1, 2024.(8) January 1, 2025.(9) April 1, 2025.(10) July 1, 2025.(11) October 1, 2025.(12) January 1, 2026.(13) April 1, 2026.(14) July 1, 2026.(c) The department may revoke its waiver of the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part, if OConnor Hospital or Santa Clara Valley Medical Center fails to timely report progress that the department reasonably deems is sufficient to complete their respective plans if both of the following are true:(1) The lack of timely reporting, lack of reasonable progress, or both, is not due to unforeseen circumstances outside the control of the County of Santa Clara.(2) If the office intends to revoke the waiver, or any part of the waiver, the department provides at least 90 days written notice to the County of Santa Clara prior to the effective date of the revocation and, during the notice period, the department provides the County of Santa Clara a reasonable opportunity to cure the noncompliance that forms the basis of the intended revocation.(d) The provisions of this section shall be retroactively applied so that there is no period of noncompliance if the passage of the act that added this section overlaps with the reporting requirements set forth elsewhere in this article.
SECTION 1. Section 130068 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
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130068. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Sections 130060 and 130061, the department may waive the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part, for OConnor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in the City of San Jose if both of the following occur:(1) (A) The hospital or medical center submits to the department, within 30 days following the effective date of this statute, a plan for compliance with the applicable seismic safety standards of this chapter, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.(B) For the OConnor Hospital seismic update, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2023.(C) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Building F (Services Building) Seismic Upgrade, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2025.(D) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Building N (RSC) Tier 2 Upgrades, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before December 31, 2025.(E) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Old Main Demolition and Rebuild project, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2026.(2) The department accepts the plan submitted by the hospital or medical center based on it being feasible to complete and promoting public safety. The department shall not unreasonably reject the plan, unreasonably impose conditions on the acceptance of the plan, or unreasonably withhold or delay acceptance or rejection of the plan.(b) If the department accepts the hospitals or medical centers plan pursuant to subdivision (a), the hospital or medical center shall report to the department, in the manner required by the department, on its progress to timely complete its plan, on or before all of the following dates:(1) April 1, 2023.(2) July 1, 2023.(3) October 1, 2023.(4) January 1, 2024.(5) April 1, 2024.(6) July 1, 2024.(7) October 1, 2024.(8) January 1, 2025.(9) April 1, 2025.(10) July 1, 2025.(11) October 1, 2025.(12) January 1, 2026.(13) April 1, 2026.(14) July 1, 2026.(c) The department may revoke its waiver of the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part, if OConnor Hospital or Santa Clara Valley Medical Center fails to timely report progress that the department reasonably deems is sufficient to complete their respective plans if both of the following are true:(1) The lack of timely reporting, lack of reasonable progress, or both, is not due to unforeseen circumstances outside the control of the County of Santa Clara.(2) If the office intends to revoke the waiver, or any part of the waiver, the department provides at least 90 days written notice to the County of Santa Clara prior to the effective date of the revocation and, during the notice period, the department provides the County of Santa Clara a reasonable opportunity to cure the noncompliance that forms the basis of the intended revocation.(d) The provisions of this section shall be retroactively applied so that there is no period of noncompliance if the passage of the act that added this section overlaps with the reporting requirements set forth elsewhere in this article.
130068. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Sections 130060 and 130061, the department may waive the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part, for OConnor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in the City of San Jose if both of the following occur:(1) (A) The hospital or medical center submits to the department, within 30 days following the effective date of this statute, a plan for compliance with the applicable seismic safety standards of this chapter, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.(B) For the OConnor Hospital seismic update, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2023.(C) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Building F (Services Building) Seismic Upgrade, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2025.(D) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Building N (RSC) Tier 2 Upgrades, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before December 31, 2025.(E) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Old Main Demolition and Rebuild project, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2026.(2) The department accepts the plan submitted by the hospital or medical center based on it being feasible to complete and promoting public safety. The department shall not unreasonably reject the plan, unreasonably impose conditions on the acceptance of the plan, or unreasonably withhold or delay acceptance or rejection of the plan.(b) If the department accepts the hospitals or medical centers plan pursuant to subdivision (a), the hospital or medical center shall report to the department, in the manner required by the department, on its progress to timely complete its plan, on or before all of the following dates:(1) April 1, 2023.(2) July 1, 2023.(3) October 1, 2023.(4) January 1, 2024.(5) April 1, 2024.(6) July 1, 2024.(7) October 1, 2024.(8) January 1, 2025.(9) April 1, 2025.(10) July 1, 2025.(11) October 1, 2025.(12) January 1, 2026.(13) April 1, 2026.(14) July 1, 2026.(c) The department may revoke its waiver of the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part, if OConnor Hospital or Santa Clara Valley Medical Center fails to timely report progress that the department reasonably deems is sufficient to complete their respective plans if both of the following are true:(1) The lack of timely reporting, lack of reasonable progress, or both, is not due to unforeseen circumstances outside the control of the County of Santa Clara.(2) If the office intends to revoke the waiver, or any part of the waiver, the department provides at least 90 days written notice to the County of Santa Clara prior to the effective date of the revocation and, during the notice period, the department provides the County of Santa Clara a reasonable opportunity to cure the noncompliance that forms the basis of the intended revocation.(d) The provisions of this section shall be retroactively applied so that there is no period of noncompliance if the passage of the act that added this section overlaps with the reporting requirements set forth elsewhere in this article.
130068. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Sections 130060 and 130061, the department may waive the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part, for OConnor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in the City of San Jose if both of the following occur:(1) (A) The hospital or medical center submits to the department, within 30 days following the effective date of this statute, a plan for compliance with the applicable seismic safety standards of this chapter, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.(B) For the OConnor Hospital seismic update, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2023.(C) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Building F (Services Building) Seismic Upgrade, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2025.(D) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Building N (RSC) Tier 2 Upgrades, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before December 31, 2025.(E) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Old Main Demolition and Rebuild project, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2026.(2) The department accepts the plan submitted by the hospital or medical center based on it being feasible to complete and promoting public safety. The department shall not unreasonably reject the plan, unreasonably impose conditions on the acceptance of the plan, or unreasonably withhold or delay acceptance or rejection of the plan.(b) If the department accepts the hospitals or medical centers plan pursuant to subdivision (a), the hospital or medical center shall report to the department, in the manner required by the department, on its progress to timely complete its plan, on or before all of the following dates:(1) April 1, 2023.(2) July 1, 2023.(3) October 1, 2023.(4) January 1, 2024.(5) April 1, 2024.(6) July 1, 2024.(7) October 1, 2024.(8) January 1, 2025.(9) April 1, 2025.(10) July 1, 2025.(11) October 1, 2025.(12) January 1, 2026.(13) April 1, 2026.(14) July 1, 2026.(c) The department may revoke its waiver of the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part, if OConnor Hospital or Santa Clara Valley Medical Center fails to timely report progress that the department reasonably deems is sufficient to complete their respective plans if both of the following are true:(1) The lack of timely reporting, lack of reasonable progress, or both, is not due to unforeseen circumstances outside the control of the County of Santa Clara.(2) If the office intends to revoke the waiver, or any part of the waiver, the department provides at least 90 days written notice to the County of Santa Clara prior to the effective date of the revocation and, during the notice period, the department provides the County of Santa Clara a reasonable opportunity to cure the noncompliance that forms the basis of the intended revocation.(d) The provisions of this section shall be retroactively applied so that there is no period of noncompliance if the passage of the act that added this section overlaps with the reporting requirements set forth elsewhere in this article.
130068. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, including, but not limited to, Sections 130060 and 130061, the department may waive the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part, for OConnor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in the City of San Jose if both of the following occur:
(1) (A) The hospital or medical center submits to the department, within 30 days following the effective date of this statute, a plan for compliance with the applicable seismic safety standards of this chapter, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.
(B) For the OConnor Hospital seismic update, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2023.
(C) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Building F (Services Building) Seismic Upgrade, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2025.
(D) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Building N (RSC) Tier 2 Upgrades, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before December 31, 2025.
(E) For the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Old Main Demolition and Rebuild project, the plan shall provide for compliance on or before July 1, 2026.
(2) The department accepts the plan submitted by the hospital or medical center based on it being feasible to complete and promoting public safety. The department shall not unreasonably reject the plan, unreasonably impose conditions on the acceptance of the plan, or unreasonably withhold or delay acceptance or rejection of the plan.
(b) If the department accepts the hospitals or medical centers plan pursuant to subdivision (a), the hospital or medical center shall report to the department, in the manner required by the department, on its progress to timely complete its plan, on or before all of the following dates:
(1) April 1, 2023.
(2) July 1, 2023.
(3) October 1, 2023.
(4) January 1, 2024.
(5) April 1, 2024.
(6) July 1, 2024.
(7) October 1, 2024.
(8) January 1, 2025.
(9) April 1, 2025.
(10) July 1, 2025.
(11) October 1, 2025.
(12) January 1, 2026.
(13) April 1, 2026.
(14) July 1, 2026.
(c) The department may revoke its waiver of the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part, if OConnor Hospital or Santa Clara Valley Medical Center fails to timely report progress that the department reasonably deems is sufficient to complete their respective plans if both of the following are true:
(1) The lack of timely reporting, lack of reasonable progress, or both, is not due to unforeseen circumstances outside the control of the County of Santa Clara.
(2) If the office intends to revoke the waiver, or any part of the waiver, the department provides at least 90 days written notice to the County of Santa Clara prior to the effective date of the revocation and, during the notice period, the department provides the County of Santa Clara a reasonable opportunity to cure the noncompliance that forms the basis of the intended revocation.
(d) The provisions of this section shall be retroactively applied so that there is no period of noncompliance if the passage of the act that added this section overlaps with the reporting requirements set forth elsewhere in this article.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the need to use the OConnor Hospital and the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center to provide medical care to underserved and vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic and the unique financial and project delivery challenges assumed by the County of Santa Clara with the 2019 acquisition of OConnor Hospital.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the need to use the OConnor Hospital and the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center to provide medical care to underserved and vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic and the unique financial and project delivery challenges assumed by the County of Santa Clara with the 2019 acquisition of OConnor Hospital.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the need to use the OConnor Hospital and the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center to provide medical care to underserved and vulnerable populations during the COVID-19 pandemic and the unique financial and project delivery challenges assumed by the County of Santa Clara with the 2019 acquisition of OConnor Hospital.
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SEC. 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:Due to the inability of the County of Santa Clara to meet the statutory deadlines for hospital seismic upgrades at two of the countys owned and operated public hospitals due to unforeseen circumstances outside the countys control, and to avoid the imposition of statutory fines that would have a significant fiscal impact on the county, this measure needs to become effective at the earliest possible date.
SEC. 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:Due to the inability of the County of Santa Clara to meet the statutory deadlines for hospital seismic upgrades at two of the countys owned and operated public hospitals due to unforeseen circumstances outside the countys control, and to avoid the imposition of statutory fines that would have a significant fiscal impact on the county, this measure needs to become effective at the earliest possible date.
SEC. 3. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
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Due to the inability of the County of Santa Clara to meet the statutory deadlines for hospital seismic upgrades at two of the countys owned and operated public hospitals due to unforeseen circumstances outside the countys control, and to avoid the imposition of statutory fines that would have a significant fiscal impact on the county, this measure needs to become effective at the earliest possible date.