Sunday, October 08, 2006

Hospital Seismic Retrofit Deadline Extended Two Years

SB1661 grants a two-year contruction extension for hospitals trying to meet California's strict seismic regulations for acute care hospital space. It appears that PPH can now delay submission to OSHPD of its plans for the new hospital until Jan 1, 2009, and not complete construction until 2015!

SB1661 was signed by the governor on 9/29/06.
http://info.sen.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_1661&sess=CUR&house=B&site=sen

Full text of bill:http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1651-1700/sb_1661_bill_20060929_chaptered.pdf

History:http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1651-1700/sb_1661_bill_20060929_history.html

Senate Analysis: The bill authorizes OSHPD to grant the additional extension if the hospital building subject to the extension meets certain criteria:
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