California Health and Safety Code

§ 101850

HSC § 101850 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 101 · Part 4 · Ch. 5

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares the following:

(a)(1) Due to the challenges facing the Alameda Health System arising from changes in the public and private health industries, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors has determined that a transfer of governance of the Alameda Health System to an independent governing body, a hospital authority, is needed to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and economy of the community health services provided at the medical center. The board of supervisors has further determined that the creation of an independent hospital authority strictly and exclusively dedicated to the management, administration, and control of the medical center, in a manner consistent with the county’s obligations under Section 17000 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, is the best way to fulfill its commitment to the medically indigent, special needs, and general populations of Alameda County. To accomplish this, it is necessary that the board of supervisors be given authority to create a hospital authority. Because there is no general law under which this authority could be formed, the adoption of a special act and the formation of a special authority is required.

(2)The following definitions apply for purposes of this section:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 269, Sec. 1. (AB 722) Effective January 1, 2024.