Plain English Breakdown
The official summary states no reimbursement is required for a 'specified reason' but does not list what that specific reason is.
Expanding Design-Build Rules for Health Care Districts
This law allows any health care district in California to use the design-build method when building hospitals or related facilities, expanding a right that was previously limited to three specific districts.
What This Bill Does
- Expands authority from three named districts to allow any health care district to use the design-build process for constructing hospital buildings or directly related improvements.
- Requires information submitted by entities bidding on these projects to be verified under penalty of perjury.
- Expands the legal definition of the crime of perjury to include false statements made in bids from newly authorized districts.
Who It Names or Affects
- Any health care district that wants to build a hospital or related facility building using this process.
- Companies and entities submitting proposals for these construction projects.
- The Sonoma Valley Health Care District, Last Frontier Health Care District, and Mayers Memorial Hospital District.
Terms To Know
- Design-build
- A procedure used when contracting for the construction of a building or improvements directly related to a hospital or health facility building.
- Perjury
- The crime expanded by this bill to include false statements made in design-build bids verified under penalty of perjury.
Limits and Unknowns
- No state reimbursement is required for costs created by this act, though the specific reason is not detailed in the provided text.
- The effective date of when these rules begin is not listed in the provided source material.