CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 356Introduced by Assembly Member PatelJanuary 30, 2025 An act to relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 356, as introduced, Patel. Facility fees.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, a violation of those provisions is a misdemeanor.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the imposition of facility fees on consumers by health facilities to maintain high-cost equipment, regardless of whether the consumers receive care using this high-cost equipment.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 address the imposition of facility fees on consumers by health facilities to maintain high-cost equipment, regardless of whether the consumers receive care using this high-cost equipment. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 356Introduced by Assembly Member PatelJanuary 30, 2025 An act to relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 356, as introduced, Patel. Facility fees.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, a violation of those provisions is a misdemeanor.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the imposition of facility fees on consumers by health facilities to maintain high-cost equipment, regardless of whether the consumers receive care using this high-cost equipment.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 356 Introduced by Assembly Member PatelJanuary 30, 2025 Introduced by Assembly Member Patel January 30, 2025 An act to relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 356, as introduced, Patel. Facility fees. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, a violation of those provisions is a misdemeanor.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the imposition of facility fees on consumers by health facilities to maintain high-cost equipment, regardless of whether the consumers receive care using this high-cost equipment. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, a violation of those provisions is a misdemeanor. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the imposition of facility fees on consumers by health facilities to maintain high-cost equipment, regardless of whether the consumers receive care using this high-cost equipment. ## 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 address the imposition of facility fees on consumers by health facilities to maintain high-cost equipment, regardless of whether the consumers receive care using this high-cost equipment. 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 address the imposition of facility fees on consumers by health facilities to maintain high-cost equipment, regardless of whether the consumers receive care using this high-cost equipment. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the imposition of facility fees on consumers by health facilities to maintain high-cost equipment, regardless of whether the consumers receive care using this high-cost equipment. SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the imposition of facility fees on consumers by health facilities to maintain high-cost equipment, regardless of whether the consumers receive care using this high-cost equipment. ### SECTION 1.