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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 356: Health care districts: County of San Diego.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 356 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Health care districts: County of San Diego. Primary sponsor: Darshana R. Patel (D). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (July 10, 2025): From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law, The Local Health Care District Law, authorizes the organization, incorporation, and management of local health care districts. Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information to oversee and administer various health programs related to health care infrastructure, such as health policy and planning, health professions development, and facilities design review and construction, among others.

This bill would require the department to convene a working group to study and make recommendations regarding the provision of health care services in the northern San Diego region. The bill would require that the working group include representatives of certain health care districts, among other entities, and that it issue a report to the Legislature, on or before June 1, 2026, with its findings and recommendations. The bill would repeal these provisions on June 1, 2030.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the northern region of the County of San Diego.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Darshana R. PatelPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly76
Tasha BoernerCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly77

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
  2. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
  3. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  4. Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and L. GOV.
  5. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 4. Page 1970.)
  7. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1756.)
  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
  10. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  12. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page