(a) The following entities are eligible to apply for a Grant under the Children's Hospital Program of 2018:
(1) A Children's Hospital.
(2) Children's Hospitals Applying Jointly.
(3) An Eligible Hospital.
(A) The Eligible Hospital shall have been granted full approval as a CCS hospital by the California Department of Health Care Services.
(b) The entities specified in subdivision (a) shall be eligible to apply if all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The Applicant, or the California nonprofit corporation of which the Applicant is an operating entity, has a current, valid general acute care hospital license from the California Department of Public Health.
(2) The Most Recent Audited Financial Statements of the Applicant, or the California nonprofit corporation of which the Applicant is an operating entity, does not contain any Going Concern Qualifications.
(3) The Applicant has submitted to the Authority a completed Application as specified in Section 7004 or Section 7004.1, as applicable.
(4) If the Applicant proposes to use Grant funds for a Project other than equipment acquisition, the Applicant shall provide evidence that either:
(A) The Applicant, or the California nonprofit corporation of which the Applicant is an operating entity, owns the property.
(B) The Applicant, or the California nonprofit corporation of which the Applicant is an operating entity, is a lessee under a lease agreement that satisfies Section 7014.
(5) The Applicant provides the Authority documentation that confirms the Project itself or the Project as a component of a larger project will ultimately benefit the health and welfare of California's critically ill children.
(6) If the Children's Hospital(s) proposes to use Grant funds for the acquisition of real property, the Children's Hospital shall provide either (6)(A) or (6)(B):
(A) A valid, current and enforceable contingent purchase and sale agreement between the Children's Hospital or the California nonprofit corporation of which the Children's Hospital is an operating entity and the owner of the property.
(B) An option agreement between the Children's Hospital or the California nonprofit corporation of which the Children's hospital is an operating entity and the owner of the property.
(C) The Children's Hospital shall provide evidence of any executed extensions, if applicable, to keep the contingent purchase and sale agreement or the option agreement current through the Final Allocation.
(c) If an Applicant does not meet all the conditions described in (b) above, the Applicant shall be deemed ineligible, but may apply at a time when the Applicant is able to meet the conditions provided that Applications are currently being accepted.
(d) Children's Hospitals shall not be eligible for Grant funds allocated to Eligible Hospitals, except as provided for in Health and Safety Code Section 1179.86, subdivision (c) and Section 7003.1, subdivision (d).
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Sections 1179.82, 1179.85 and 1179.87, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1179.85, 1179.87 and 1179.91, Health and Safety Code.
History
1. New section filed 4-12-2019 as an emergency; operative 4-12-2019 (Register 2019, No. 15). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-9-2019 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New section, including amendment of subsections (a)(3)(A) and (b)(6), new subsections (b)(6)(A)-(C) and amendment of subsection (c), refiled 10-7-2019 as an emergency; operative 10-10-2019 (Register 2019, No. 41). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-8-2020 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. New section, including 10-7-2019 amendments, refiled 1-8-2020 as an emergency; operative 1-9-2020 (Register 2020, No. 2). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-8-2020 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 1-8-2020 order transmitted to OAL 12-3-2019 and filed 1-16-2020 (Register 2020, No. 3).
This database is current through 4/12/24 Register 2024, No. 15.
