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California offers technical help and grants as hospitals ready seismic compliance plans
Summary
HCAI and OSHPD walked rural and critical access hospitals through new Seismic Compliance Plan requirements, AB 869 delay eligibility and the Small and Rural Hospital Relief Program reimbursement grants, and offered one-on-one technical assistance to limit project scope and cost.
Californias Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) and the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) spent the workshops opening session walking rural and critical access hospitals through the Seismic Compliance Plan requirement and related funding options.
OSHPDs presenters said the compliance plan requires two tables for each hospital: a building-level decision table (for retrofit, relocation or demolition) and a 10-milestone construction timeline. "This has been required since 1998," OSHPD project staff said, stressing that the current change is how plans are submitted and tracked rather than new technical standards.
HCAI staff urged hospitals to use the agencys templates and to select at least 10 "critical" milestones…
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