SB306 Extends Deadline For SPC-1 Buildings To 2020
OSPHD has recently posted information about SB306 on its website. http://www.oshpd.ca.gov/fdd/sb1953/index.html (Near the bottom of the page under "Legislative Changes.")
The legislation was approved by the Governor on 10/13/2007. The bill:
1. Permits a hospital owner to comply with seismic safety deadlines and requirements in current law by replacing all of its buildings subject to seismic retrofit by January 1, 2020, rather than retrofitting by 2013, and then replacing them by 2030, if the hospital owner meets all of the following conditions:
A. The hospital owner has requested an extension of the 2008 and 2013 seismic safety deadlines.
B. OSHPD certifies that the hospital owner lacks the financial capacity to meet seismic standards, providing the hospital owner provides specified financial information to OSHPD by January 1, 2009, including information filed annually with OSHPD that shows that the owner meets all of the following financial conditions: [Cannot afford to retrofit, and maintains Medi-Cal contract and a list of items. See the legislation for details.]
2. Permits OSHPD to approve extension of the deadlines for a hospital that is classified as a nonconforming Structural Performance Category (SPC)-1 building, and is owned by a county, city, or county and city, that has requested an extension of the July 1, 2008 deadline to file a declaration by June 30, 2009, if the owner files a declaration with the office that as of the date of that filing the owner lacks the financial capacity to meet the January 1, 2008 deadline for that building. Requires the declaration to set forth the commitment of the hospital to replace those buildings by 2020 with other buildings that meet SPC-5.
This appears to be the reason why the conditions for re-evaluation using the HAZUS software have changed! The re-evaluation to SPC-1E was not needed!
It just may be that the life of the McLeod tower at Palomar Medical Center was extended to 2020 by SB306! PPH is a public hospital district, and it may not fall under item 2, but it would be surprising if it did not fall under item 1.
The legislative history is available though: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html
The bill was first introduced 2/16/07 , and approved by the Governor on 10/13/07.
PPH was tracking the bill: http://www.pph.org/default.aspx?nd=1074.
The legislation was approved by the Governor on 10/13/2007. The bill:
1. Permits a hospital owner to comply with seismic safety deadlines and requirements in current law by replacing all of its buildings subject to seismic retrofit by January 1, 2020, rather than retrofitting by 2013, and then replacing them by 2030, if the hospital owner meets all of the following conditions:
A. The hospital owner has requested an extension of the 2008 and 2013 seismic safety deadlines.
B. OSHPD certifies that the hospital owner lacks the financial capacity to meet seismic standards, providing the hospital owner provides specified financial information to OSHPD by January 1, 2009, including information filed annually with OSHPD that shows that the owner meets all of the following financial conditions: [Cannot afford to retrofit, and maintains Medi-Cal contract and a list of items. See the legislation for details.]
2. Permits OSHPD to approve extension of the deadlines for a hospital that is classified as a nonconforming Structural Performance Category (SPC)-1 building, and is owned by a county, city, or county and city, that has requested an extension of the July 1, 2008 deadline to file a declaration by June 30, 2009, if the owner files a declaration with the office that as of the date of that filing the owner lacks the financial capacity to meet the January 1, 2008 deadline for that building. Requires the declaration to set forth the commitment of the hospital to replace those buildings by 2020 with other buildings that meet SPC-5.
This appears to be the reason why the conditions for re-evaluation using the HAZUS software have changed! The re-evaluation to SPC-1E was not needed!
It just may be that the life of the McLeod tower at Palomar Medical Center was extended to 2020 by SB306! PPH is a public hospital district, and it may not fall under item 2, but it would be surprising if it did not fall under item 1.
The legislative history is available though: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/bilinfo.html
The bill was first introduced 2/16/07 , and approved by the Governor on 10/13/07.
PPH was tracking the bill: http://www.pph.org/default.aspx?nd=1074.
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