CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 870Introduced by Senator CaballeroFebruary 17, 2023 An act relating to health facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 870, as introduced, Caballero. Health facilities: rural hospitals.Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, as defined. Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature to designate certain rural general acute care hospitals as primary health service hospitals, to facilitate the diversification of the small, rural hospital in various ways, such as serving as a focal point for the promotion of health and the delivery of health care services within the rural community. Existing law requires a general acute care hospital to meet requirements relating to the hospitals location, proximity to another general acute care hospital, and number of acute care beds, to be eligible for designation as a primary health service hospital.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to aid in the prevention of rural hospital closures.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to aid in the prevention of rural hospital closures.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 870Introduced by Senator CaballeroFebruary 17, 2023 An act relating to health facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 870, as introduced, Caballero. Health facilities: rural hospitals.Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, as defined. Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature to designate certain rural general acute care hospitals as primary health service hospitals, to facilitate the diversification of the small, rural hospital in various ways, such as serving as a focal point for the promotion of health and the delivery of health care services within the rural community. Existing law requires a general acute care hospital to meet requirements relating to the hospitals location, proximity to another general acute care hospital, and number of acute care beds, to be eligible for designation as a primary health service hospital.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to aid in the prevention of rural hospital closures.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 870
Introduced by Senator CaballeroFebruary 17, 2023
Introduced by Senator Caballero
February 17, 2023
An act relating to health facilities.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 870, as introduced, Caballero. Health facilities: rural hospitals.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, as defined. Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature to designate certain rural general acute care hospitals as primary health service hospitals, to facilitate the diversification of the small, rural hospital in various ways, such as serving as a focal point for the promotion of health and the delivery of health care services within the rural community. Existing law requires a general acute care hospital to meet requirements relating to the hospitals location, proximity to another general acute care hospital, and number of acute care beds, to be eligible for designation as a primary health service hospital.This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to aid in the prevention of rural hospital closures.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, as defined. Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature to designate certain rural general acute care hospitals as primary health service hospitals, to facilitate the diversification of the small, rural hospital in various ways, such as serving as a focal point for the promotion of health and the delivery of health care services within the rural community. Existing law requires a general acute care hospital to meet requirements relating to the hospitals location, proximity to another general acute care hospital, and number of acute care beds, to be eligible for designation as a primary health service hospital.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to aid in the prevention of rural hospital closures.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to aid in the prevention of rural hospital closures.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to aid in the prevention of rural hospital closures.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to aid in the prevention of rural hospital closures.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to aid in the prevention of rural hospital closures.
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