CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 588Introduced by Senator Ochoa BoghFebruary 20, 2025 An act relating to health facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 588, as introduced, Ochoa Bogh. Health facilities: freestanding emergency center pilot program.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes a general acute care hospital, as defined, to offer special services, including, but not limited to, emergency medical services.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to implement a pilot project to authorize a freestanding emergency center in the Desert Health District.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 implement a pilot project to authorize a freestanding emergency center in the Desert Health District.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 588Introduced by Senator Ochoa BoghFebruary 20, 2025 An act relating to health facilities. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 588, as introduced, Ochoa Bogh. Health facilities: freestanding emergency center pilot program.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes a general acute care hospital, as defined, to offer special services, including, but not limited to, emergency medical services.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to implement a pilot project to authorize a freestanding emergency center in the Desert Health District.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 588
Introduced by Senator Ochoa BoghFebruary 20, 2025
Introduced by Senator Ochoa Bogh
February 20, 2025
An act relating to health facilities.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 588, as introduced, Ochoa Bogh. Health facilities: freestanding emergency center pilot program.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes a general acute care hospital, as defined, to offer special services, including, but not limited to, emergency medical services.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to implement a pilot project to authorize a freestanding emergency center in the Desert Health District.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes a general acute care hospital, as defined, to offer special services, including, but not limited to, emergency medical services.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to implement a pilot project to authorize a freestanding emergency center in the Desert Health District.
## 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 implement a pilot project to authorize a freestanding emergency center in the Desert Health District.
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 implement a pilot project to authorize a freestanding emergency center in the Desert Health District.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to implement a pilot project to authorize a freestanding emergency center in the Desert Health District.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to implement a pilot project to authorize a freestanding emergency center in the Desert Health District.
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