Assembly BillPassed first houseHealth and Safety
AB 356: Health care districts: County of San Diego.
What AB 356 does, verified December 13, 2025
The bill requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information to convene a working group to study and make recommendations on providing health care services in the northern region of the County of San Diego. The working group must include representatives from certain health care districts and issue a report to the legislature by June 1, 2026, with its findings and recommendations. The bill repeals these provisions on June 1, 2030. The bill also makes legislative findings and declarations regarding the necessity of a special statute for the northern region of the County of San Diego.
Bill journey
✓IntroducedComplete
✓In CommitteeComplete
✓First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. (2025-05-28)Alert me
Author and sponsors
Full contact details, staff, and committees with Connect, $16/moUnlockRecent actions22 total · showing 5
| Jul. 10, 2025 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. |
| Jun. 26, 2025 | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
| Jun. 24, 2025 | In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. |
| Jun. 18, 2025 | Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and L. GOV. |
| Jun. 04, 2025 | In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. |
Latest bill textAmended version, June 26, 2025 · 469 words
| Amended IN Senate June 26, 2025 |
| Amended IN Assembly May 28, 2025 |
| Amended IN Assembly April 09, 2025 |
| Amended IN Assembly March 17, 2025 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 356
| Introduced by Assembly Member Patel (Coauthor: Assembly Member Boerner) |
January 30, 2025 |
An act to add and repeal Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 127575) of Part 2 of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 356, as amended, Patel. Health care districts: County of San Diego.
Existing law, The Local Health Care District Law, authorizes the organization, incorporation, and management of local health care districts. Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information to oversee and administer various health programs related to health care infrastructure, such as health policy and planning, health professions development, and facilities design review and construction, among others.
This bill would require the department to convene a working group to study and make recommendations regarding the provision of health care services in the northern San Diego region. The bill would require that the working group include representatives of certain health care districts, among other entities, and that it issue a report to the Legislature, on or before June 1, 2026, with its findings and recommendations. The bill would repeal these provisions on June 1, 2030.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the northern region of the County of San Diego.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 127575) is added to Part 2 of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:CHAPTER 3. Health Care Districts: County of San Diego
127575.
This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Health Care Districts: County of San Diego Act.127576.
(a) The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall convene a working group to study and make recommendations regarding the provision of health care services in health care districts in the northern region of the County of San Diego.(b) The working group shall include representatives of each of the following areas:
(1) The Palomar Health Care District.
(2) The Fallbrook Health Care District.
(3) The Tri-City Health Care District.
(4) The San Diego Local Agency Formation Commission.
(4)
(5)
The San Diego Delegation of the California Legislature.(5)
(6)
Hospitals operating in the County of San Diego.(6)
(7)
Trade associations representing health care districts.(7)
(8)
Trade associations representing hospitals.(8)
(9)
Trade associations representing special districts.(9)
(10)
Those representing labor interests engaged in health care in the northern region of the County of San Diego and any other relevant stakeholder interests, as determined by the department.Text of AB 356 as amended, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions