SB 138: Hospitals: seismic safety.

Session Year: 2015-2016
House: Senate

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Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals constructed on and after March 7, 1973.

Existing law provides that, after January 1, 2008, a general acute care hospital building that is determined to be a potential risk of collapse or to pose significant loss of life in the event of seismic activity be used only for nonacute care hospital purposes, except that the office may grant a 5-year extension under prescribed circumstances. Existing law also authorizes the office to grant an additional 2-year extension in specified circumstances.

This bill would authorize a critical access hospital located in the City of Tehachapi to resubmit to the office its application for an extension to January 1, 2020, as specified.

Existing law requires a pupil to attend the courses of physical education for a total period of time of not less than 400 minutes each 10 schooldays unless the pupil is excused or exempted from that requirement.

This bill would authorize the governing board of a school district to exempt a 4-year or senior high school pupil from attending courses of physical education if the pupil is engaged in high school rodeo after regular school hours. The bill would also make a conforming change, correct cross-references, and make nonsubstantive changes.

Discussed in Hearing