SECTIONS 1179.10-1179.11 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 1179.10-1179.11

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.