Bill Text: CA AB2297 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 2297 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Health facilities: reliable alternative clean energy technologies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-08-14 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2297 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2297-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2297	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 4, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 23, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to add Section 1250.07 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2297, as amended, Levine. Health facilities: reliable
alternative clean energy technologies.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health
facilities by the State Department of Public Health. A violation of
these provisions is a crime. Existing law requires certain health
facilities to test diesel backup generators in accordance with
specified provisions.
   This bill would authorize  these  health
facilities  , as defined,  to use reliable alternative clean
energy technologies as primary or backup power sources if the
technology meets reliability requirements set forth by federal and
state regulators. The bill would require the Office of Statewide
Health Planning and Development to submit to the California Building
Standards Commission building standards for the use of reliable
alternative clean energy technologies for essential power systems, to
be adopted in the  next triennial edition of the 
California Building Standards Code.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 1250.07 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   1250.07.  (a) A health facility, as defined in 
subdivision (e) of  Section  41514.1,  
1250,  may use reliable alternative clean energy technologies
as primary or backup power sources if the technology meets
reliability requirements set forth by federal and state regulators.
   (b) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development shall
submit to the California Building Standards Commission building
standards for the use of reliable alternative clean energy
technologies for essential power systems to be adopted in the
 next triennial edition of the  California Building
Standards Code, if the alternative clean energy technologies meet
federal requirements.