California Health and Safety Code

§ 127340

HSC § 127340 Effective Sep 29, 1996Div. 107 · Part 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a)Private not-for-profit hospitals meet certain needs of their communities through the provision of essential health care and other services. Public recognition of their unique status has led to favorable tax treatment by the government. In exchange, nonprofit hospitals assume a social obligation to provide community benefits in the public interest.

(b)Hospitals and the environment in which they operate have undergone dramatic changes. The pace of change will accelerate in response to health care reform. In light of this, significant public benefit would be derived if private not-for-profit hospitals reviewed and reaffirmed periodically their commitment to assist in meeting their communities’ health care needs by identifying and documenting benefits provided to the communities which they serve.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 353. Effective September 29, 1996.