65E - CA SENATE BILL CALOPTIMA BOARD

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SB4 —2— commission, the qualifications for individual members, the manner of appointment, and how long they will serve. Pursuant to this authority, the County of Orange, by ordinance, established a commission to provide health care services under the Medi -Cal program. This bill would codify those provisions of the enabling ordinance that prescribe the membership composition, the qualifications for individual members, tenure of the members, and the procedure for removing a member of the governing body of the commission established in the County of–O e- Orange, known as the Orange County Health Authority. The bill would authorize the governing body of the commission established in the County of Orange, subject to a '/, vote of the full membership of the governing body, to increase the number of public members, or the number of current CalOptima members or family members of current CalOptima members who may serve as a member of the governing body, subject to an affirmative vote by a majority of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange. The bill would prescribe the duties and responsibilities of the governing body, including to serve the public interest of the CalOptima members and to ensure the operational well-being and fiscal solvency of the Orange County Health Authority, and would require the Orange County Health Authority to work to earn the public's trust through its commitment to accountability, responsiveness, transparency, reliability, and cooperation. These provisions would remain in effect until January 1, 2023, and as of that date would be repealed. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Orange. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State -mandated local program: no. The people of the State of California do enact as follows 1 SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to codify certain 2 provisions of the enabling ordinance enacted by the Board of 3 Supervisors of the County of Orange that prescribe the composition 4 of the governing body of the Orange County Health Authority, 5 which is a county organized health system, known as CalOptima, 6 that arranges for the provision of health care services under the 7 Medi -Cal program. The Legislature does not intend that the 8 codification in statute of the composition of the governing body 93 65E-3