Alameda Health System Hospital Authority: physician services.
Existing law authorizes the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County to establish the Alameda Health System Hospital Authority for the management, administration, and control of the medical center in that county. Existing law prohibits the hospital authority, before January 1, 2024, from entering into a contract with any other person or entity, including, but not limited to, a subsidiary or other entity established by the authority, to replace services being provided by physicians and surgeons who are employed by the hospital authority and in a recognized collective bargaining unit as of March 31, 2013, with services provided by that other person or entity without clear and convincing evidence that the needed medical care can only be delivered cost effectively by that other person or entity.
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AB 1538
California AB 1538 (20172018)
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Alameda Health System Hospital Authority: physician services.
California AB 1538 (20172018) — Alameda Health System Hospital Authority: physician services.
Existing law authorizes the Board of Supervisors of Alameda County to establish the Alameda Health System Hospital Authority for the management, administration, and control of the medical center in that county. Existing law prohibits the hospital authority, before January 1, 2024, from entering into a contract with any other person or entity, including, but not limited to, a subsidiary or other entity established by the authority, to replace services being provided by physicians and surgeons who are employed by the hospital authority and in a recognized collective bargaining unit as of March 31, 2013, with services provided by that other person or entity without clear and convincing evidence that the needed medical care can only be delivered cost effectively by that other person or entity.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-27 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2017-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2017-05-04 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 5. Page 1709.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-06-08 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2017-06-29 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2017-07-10 In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-07-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-07-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-08-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 2337.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-09-05 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 10. Page 2940.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2017-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 263, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/286d0538-c4f5-40bf-a4f3-eb79358c514e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).