AB 2527 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Hospital applications: coordinated processing.

Summary

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information to administer various programs related to health facilities with regard to, among other things, health data, financing, and design review and construction. This bill would require the 2 departments to coordinate and act concurrently, to the extent practicable and consistent with applicable law, in the review and processing of any hospital application requiring approval from both departments, as specified. The bill would require each department to commence review of a hospital application upon receipt of a complete application and payment of any applicable fee. The bill would prohibit the automatic imposition of a waiting period, but the bill would authorize imposition of a reasonable waiting period if the applicant has demonstrated a documented pattern of failure to honor a payment obligation for prior submissions.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 20, 2026 Last action May 14, 2026

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What changed between versions

03/16/26 - Amended Assembly → AB2527 · 1 edit

MINOR

No substantive policy changes occurred between these two versions. The diff reflects a reformatting of the same bill text from a traditional legislative document layout (with line numbers, page headers, and footers) to a web-published format with navigation elements. All operative provisions, including the new Section 1276.07 on coordinated hospital application processing and the technical amendments to Section 1317 on emergency services, remain identical in content.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was republished in a web-based format replacing the traditional legislative document layout. Navigation elements (home, accessibility, FAQ, search, etc.) were added and line numbers/page headers were removed. No changes to any operative language.

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Committee

Amendments

May 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

In committee: Held under submission.

lower

May 6, 2026

Committee

In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

lower

Apr 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

lower

Mar 17, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Introduced

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

lower

Mar 16, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

lower

Feb 21, 2026

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors