As a public agency, the Grossmont Healthcare District advocates with local and state legislators, on issues that affect our residents, our community partners, and District or hospital operations as led by our Board of Directors. The District has provided comment regarding the following legislation:
Assembly Bills 2023
AB 40: Requiring local emergency medical services agencies to establish an ambulance patient offload time standard of no more than 30 minutes 90% of the time
AB 557: Establishing modified remote meeting procedures within the Brown Act for local agencies meeting during specified emergencies
AB 869: Allowing smaller rural hospitals and some district hospitals a five-year extension on the 2030 seismic safety compliance deadline
AB 918: Creates the Imperial Valley Healthcare District (IVHD) to provide healthcare services across Imperial County, gives the district various powers and responsibilities, and dissolves Pioneers Memorial Healthcare District (PMHD) and Heffernan Memorial Healthcare District (HMHD)
AB 1028: Removing the requirement that health practitioners make a report to law enforcement when they suspect a patient has suffered physical injury caused by assaultive or abusive conduct
AB 1473: Requiring hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) training in California high schools, as a graduation requirement
Senate Bills 2023
SB 525: Establishing a new minimum wage of $25 per hour for workers in covered healthcare settings
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