Chapter 1 - General Provisions

California Health and Safety Code — §§ 1179.10-1179.11

Sections (6)

Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 305, Sec. 1. Effective August 3, 1995.

(a)The Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency shall establish an Office of Rural Health, or an alternative organizational structure, in one of the departments of the Health and Welfare Agency to promote a strong working relationship between state government and local and federal agencies, universities, private and public interest groups, rural consumers, health care providers, foundations, and other offices of rural health, as well as to develop health initiatives and maximize the use of existing resources without duplicating existing effort. The office or alternative organizational structure shall serve as a key information and referral source to promote coordinated planning for the delivery of health services in rural California.

(b)To the extent funds are appropriated by the Legislature, these efforts may include:

(1)Educating the public and recommending appropriate public policies regarding the viability of rural health care in California.

(2)Monitoring and working with state and federal agencies to assess the impact of proposed rules and regulations on rural areas.

(3)Promoting community involvement and community support in maintaining, rebuilding, and diversifying local health services in rural areas.

(4)Encouraging and evaluating the use of advanced communications technology to provide access to health promotion and disease prevention information, specialty expertise, clinical consultation, and continuing education for health professionals.

(5)Encouraging the development of regional health care and public health networks and collaborative efforts, including, but not limited to, emergency transportation networks.

(6)Working with state and local agencies, universities, and private and public interest groups to promote research on rural health issues.

(7)Soliciting the assistance of other offices or programs of rural health in California to carry out the duties of this part.

(8)Disseminating information and providing technical assistance to communities, health care providers, and consumers of health care services.

(9)Promoting strategies to improve health care professional recruitment and retention in rural areas.

(10)Encouraging innovative responses by public and private entities to address rural health issues.

§ 1179.10

This part shall be known and may be cited as the Children’s Hospital Bond Act of 2004.

§ 1179.11

As used in this part, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a)“Authority” means the California Health Facilities Financing Authority established pursuant to Section 15431 of the Government Code.

(b)“Children’s hospital” means either:

(1)A University of California general acute care hospital described below:

(A)University of California, Davis Children’s Hospital.

(B)Mattel Children’s Hospital at University of California, Los Angeles.

(C)University Children’s Hospital at University of California, Irvine.

(D)University of California, San Francisco Children’s Hospital.

(E)University of California, San Diego Children’s Hospital.

(2)A general acute care hospital that is, or is an operating entity of, a California nonprofit corporation incorporated prior to January 1, 2003, whose mission of clinical care, teaching, research, and advocacy focuses on children, and that provides comprehensive pediatric services to a high volume of children eligible for governmental programs and to children with special health care needs eligible for the California Children’s Services program and:

(A)Provided at least 160 licensed beds in the categories of pediatric acute, pediatric intensive care and neonatal intensive care in the fiscal year ending between June 30, 2001, and June 29, 2002, as reported to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development on or before July 1, 2003.

(B)Provided over 30,000 total pediatric patient (census) days, excluding nursery acute days, in the fiscal year ending between June 30, 2001, and June 29, 2002, as reported to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development on or before July 1, 2003.

(C)Provided medical education of at least eight (rounded to the nearest integer) full-time equivalent pediatric or pediatric subspecialty residents in the fiscal year ending between June 30, 2001, and June 29, 2002, as reported to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development on or before July 1, 2003.

(c)“Committee” means the Children’s Hospital Bond Act Finance Committee created pursuant to Section 1179.32.

(d)“Fund” means the Children’s Hospital Fund created pursuant to Section 1179.20.

(e)“Grant” means the distribution of money in the fund by the authority to children’s hospitals for projects pursuant to this part.

(f)“Program” means the Children’s Hospital Program established pursuant to this part.

(g)“Project” means constructing, expanding, remodeling, renovating, furnishing, equipping, financing, or refinancing of a children’s hospital to be financed or refinanced with funds provided in whole or in part pursuant to this part. “Project” may include reimbursement for the costs of constructing, expanding, remodeling, renovating, furnishing, equipping, financing, or refinancing of a children’s hospital where such costs are incurred after January 31, 2003. “Project” may include any combination of one or more of the foregoing undertaken jointly by any participating children’s hospital that qualifies under this part.

§ 1179.100

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this part that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax purposes, subject to designated conditions, the Treasurer may maintain separate accounts for the investment of bond proceeds and for the investment of earnings on those proceeds. The Treasurer may use or direct the use of those proceeds or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or other payment required under federal law or take any other action with respect to the investment and use of those bond proceeds required or desirable under federal law to maintain

the tax-exempt status of those bonds and to obtain any other advantage under federal law on behalf of the funds of this state.

§ 1179.101

The people hereby find and declare that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this part are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that article.

§ 1179.102

Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the provisions of this part are severable. If any provision of this part or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.