SB 156 is sponsored by Nielsen, Gallagher, James (Republican), and Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (Democratic).

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California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 1 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 156 — Health facilities: emergency medical services.

Last action October 12, 2019 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 839, Statutes of 2019.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 23, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 92% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
3 sponsors

1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.
Bipartisan support

Sponsored across 2 parties (1 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate various health facilities, including general acute care hospitals. Existing law requires the department to issue a special permit, in addition to a license, to a health facility to offer one or more special services, such as an emergency center, if specified requirements are met, including that the department finds that the standards of care and services are adequate and appropriate. Existing regulations generally require emergency medical services and care to be provided within a hospital. Existing law provides that a special permit issued under these provisions expires on the expiration date of the license, which occurs 12 months from the date of the issuance of the license. This bill would make legislative findings relating to the impact of the Camp Fire in 2018 on the County of Butte, including the destruction of Feather River Hospital in that county. Pursuant to those provisions, the bill would require the department to issue a special permit to allow a general acute care hospital to offer emergency stabilization services at a location that is neither inside nor contiguous to the hospital if the hospital provides satisfactory evidence to the department that, among other things, the hospital has a written transfer agreement with the hospital closest to the location where emergency stabilization services will be provided, and satisfactory evidence to the department that this location meets certain requirements, including that the location is in the town of Paradise within the County of Butte and serves the same area previously served by Feather River Hospital. The bill would require that the special permit application fee be $15,000. The bill would require this special permit to expire 2 years from the date of its issuance, and would authorize the special permit to be renewed every 2 years, for a combined period not to exceed 6 years from the initial date of issuance. The bill would impose certain requirements on the hospital to renew a special permit under these provisions. The bill would authorize the department to implement these provisions through an All Facilities Letter or similar instruction, without taking regulatory action. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2028. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Butte.

Bill Text

Chaptered 10/12/19 - Chaptered Current pdf October 12, 2019
Enrolled 09/13/19 - Enrolled pdf September 13, 2019
Amended 09/05/19 - Amended Assembly pdf September 05, 2019
Amended 07/05/19 - Amended Assembly pdf July 05, 2019
Amended 04/30/19 - Amended Senate pdf April 30, 2019
Amended 04/11/19 - Amended Senate pdf April 11, 2019
Amended 03/19/19 - Amended Senate pdf March 19, 2019
Introduced 01/23/19 - Introduced pdf January 23, 2019
SB156 View text html

Action History

October 12, 2019
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 839, Statutes of 2019.
October 12, 2019
Approved by the Governor.
September 18, 2019
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
September 11, 2019
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3865.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
September 11, 2019
Ordered to special consent calendar.
September 10, 2019
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
September 10, 2019
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3253.) Ordered to the Senate.
September 05, 2019
Ordered to third reading.
September 05, 2019
Read third time and amended.
August 15, 2019
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 14, 2019
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14).
July 05, 2019
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
July 03, 2019
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 2).
May 30, 2019
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
May 21, 2019
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
May 20, 2019
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1153.) Ordered to the Assembly.
May 14, 2019
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 13, 2019
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
May 03, 2019
Set for hearing May 13.
April 30, 2019
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
April 29, 2019
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 848.) (April 24).
April 11, 2019
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
April 09, 2019
Set for hearing April 24.
March 27, 2019
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
March 19, 2019
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
January 31, 2019
Referred to Com. on RLS.
January 24, 2019
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
January 23, 2019
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Nielsen

Co-sponsors (2)

Gallagher, James Republican
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB156 Nielsen et al. Concurrence

September 11, 2019

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	27	0	0	0
Democratic	10	0	0	0
Republican	3	0	0	0
Total	40	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Rubio	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Morrell	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Moorlach	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Allen	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Chang	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

SB 156 Nielsen Senate Third Reading By Gallagher

September 10, 2019

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	52	0	0	0
Democratic	22	0	0	0
Republican	5	0	0	0
Total	79	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (79)

Member	Party	Vote
Mathis	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Diep	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Bloom	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Kamlager-Dove	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Brough	—	Yea
Gloria	—	Yea
Obernolte	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Weber	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Frazier	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

August 14, 2019

Passed 18 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	13	0	0	0
Total	18	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (18)

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Brough	—	Yea
Obernolte	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Diep	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

July 02, 2019

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	10	0	0	0
Democratic	4	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	15	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
Burke	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading SB156 Nielsen et al.

May 20, 2019

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	27	0	0	0
Democratic	9	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	38	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (38)

Member	Party	Vote
Rubio	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Morrell	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Moorlach	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Allen	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Chang	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

April 24, 2019

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	0	0	0
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	9	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (9)

Member	Party	Vote
Pan	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 156 do?: Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate various health facilities, including general acute care hospitals. Existing law requires the department to issue a special permit, in addition to a license, to a health facility to offer one or more special services, such as an emergency center, if specified requirements are met, including that the department finds that the standards of care and services are adequate and appropriate. Existing regulations generally require emergency medical services and care to be provided within a hospital. Existing law provides that a special permit issued under these provisions expires on the expiration date of the license, which occurs 12 months from the date of the issuance of the license. This bill would make legislative findings relating to the impact of the Camp Fire in 2018 on the County of Butte, including the destruction of Feather River Hospital in that county. Pursuant to those provisions, the bill would require the department to issue a special permit to allow a general acute care hospital to offer emergency stabilization services at a location that is neither inside nor contiguous to the hospital if the hospital provides satisfactory evidence to the department that, among other things, the hospital has a written transfer agreement with the hospital closest to the location where emergency stabilization services will be provided, and satisfactory evidence to the department that this location meets certain requirements, including that the location is in the town of Paradise within the County of Butte and serves the same area previously served by Feather River Hospital. The bill would require that the special permit application fee be $15,000. The bill would require this special permit to expire 2 years from the date of its issuance, and would authorize the special permit to be renewed every 2 years, for a combined period not to exceed 6 years from the initial date of issuance. The bill would impose certain requirements on the hospital to renew a special permit under these provisions. The bill would authorize the department to implement these provisions through an All Facilities Letter or similar instruction, without taking regulatory action. The bill would repeal its provisions on January 1, 2028. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Butte.
Who sponsors SB 156?: SB 156 is sponsored by Nielsen, Gallagher, James (Republican), and Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 156?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 23, 2019. Enacted.
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Identifier: SB 156
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2019-2020 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: January 23, 2019
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Nielsen

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