For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) “Authority” means the Kern Hospital System Authority established pursuant to this chapter.
(b) “Board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the County of Kern.
(c) “Board of governors” means the governing body of the authority.
(d) “County” means the County of Kern.
(e) “Enabling ordinance” means the county ordinance enacted by the board of supervisors pursuant to this chapter to establish the authority, as it may be amended from time to time.
(f) “Legacy employees” means employees of the county who retired from the medical center prior to the date of transfer of control of the medical center, employees of the county who are initially transferred to the authority on the date of transfer of control of the medical center, and employees first hired by or retired from the authority during the 24-month period following the date of transfer of control of the medical center.
(g) “Medical center” means the assets and liabilities comprising the Kern Medical Center, including, without limitation, a licensed acute care hospital and related public health care programs, facilities, care organizations, physician practice plans and delivery systems, which may be hospital-based or nonhospital-based, as specified by the board of supervisors or the authority now or in the future, as the case may be, depending on which entity controls the medical center.
(h) “New employees” means employees first hired by the authority after the 24-month period following the date of transfer of control of the medical center.
(i) “Transfer of control of the medical center” means the transfer by the county to the authority of the maintenance, operation, management, and personnel of the medical center, whether by lease, transfer of ownership, or other means, as provided by, and subject to, any conditions and limitations specified by the board of supervisors in the enabling ordinance.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 790, Sec. 2. (AB 1350) Effective January 1, 2016.)