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a. Receive annual update on the status of compliance with the Structural Performance Category ratings of the buildings on the Natividad Medical Center campus, and on the services provided in each building, as required by Assembly Bill (AB) 1882 (Chapter 584), Statutes of 2022 until compliance with the seismic safety standards outlined in the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983 is achieved.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Receive annual update on the status of compliance with the Structural Performance Category ratings of the buildings on the Natividad Medical Center campus, and on the services provided in each building, as required by Assembly Bill (AB) 1882 (Chapter 584), Statutes of 2022 until compliance with the seismic safety standards outlined in the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983 is achieved.
SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION
The Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act (HFSSA) of 1983 established a program of seismic safety building standards. The act requires an owner of a general acute care inpatient hospital, no later than January 1, 2030, to either demolish, replace, or change to nonacute care use all hospital buildings not in substantial compliance with the regulations and standards developed pursuant to the act, or seismically retrofit all acute care inpatient hospital buildings so that they are in substantial compliance with those regulations and standards.
AB 1882 seeks to raise awareness of a general acute care hospital's compliance with the seismic safety regulations or standards outlined in the Alfred E Alquist (HFSSA) through public notices, hospital campus postings, Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) website, and annual status updates until compliance is achieved. This bill also requires an annual status update report on the Structural Performance Category ratings and Nonstructural Performance Category ...
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