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LAFCO directs staff to study nonprofit hospital community benefits after legal briefing
Summary
After a legal overview of state requirements under SB 697 and OSHPD rules, LAFCO voted to continue the item and directed staff to begin preliminary data collection and outreach to hospitals and state agencies to assess compliance and possible local responses.
Teresa Stricker, LAFCO general counsel, told commissioners on April 20 that state law requires nonprofit hospitals to conduct community health needs assessments every three years, produce community benefit plans with community input, and file annual reports with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. "State law requires non profit hospitals in California to provide community benefits that serve the public interest in exchange for their tax exempt status," Stricker said, and she listed typical qualifying activities including disease prevention, medical education and charity care.
Stricker…
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