Health facilities: licensing and certification fees.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of health facilities, as defined. Existing law prescribes the method for determining licensing and certification fees for health facilities, and requires the department to annually post on its internet website a list of the estimated fees. This bill would establish the Health Facility Licensure Fee Advisory Committee, to be comprised of at least 11 members, appointed by the State Public Health Officer, who are representatives of facilities subject to the fees. The bill would require the committee, prior to the publication date of the estimated fees, to review the list of estimated fees. The bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.