(a) Upon the filing of an application for the formation of, annexation to, detachment from, consolidation of, or dissolution of a local health care district created pursuant to Division 23 (commencing with Section 32000) of the Health and Safety Code or of an application for a reorganization including any of those changes of organization or the initiation by the commission of any of those changes of organization or any reorganization including any of those changes of organization, the commission shall notify all state agencies that have oversight or regulatory responsibility over, or a contractual relationship with, the local health care district that is the subject of the proposed change of organization or reorganization, of its receipt of the application or the initiation by the commission of the proposed change of organization or reorganization and the proposal, including, but not limited to, the following:
(1) The State Department of Health Care Services, including, but not limited to, the Medi-Cal Division.
(2) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, including, but not limited to, the Cal-Mortgage Loan Insurance Division.
(3) The California Health Facilities Financing Authority.
(4) The State Department of Public Health, including, but not limited to, the Licensing and Certification Division.
(b) A state agency shall have 60 days from the date of receipt of notification by the commission to comment on the proposal. The commission shall consider all comments received from any state agency in making its decision.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 353, Sec. 2. (AB 1725) Effective January 1, 2018.)