加州圣迭戈县拟修订医疗费用留置权条例：10月27日一读，要求停追讨并撤销县医疗服务计划旧留置权
位于加利福尼亚州圣迭戈县的圣迭戈市，县政委员会（Board of Supervisors）于10月27日首次审议一项修订县行政法规的条例草案：取消以留置权追讨卫生与公众服务费用的授权，并要求立即停止一切相关追讨、撤销县医疗服务计划（County Medical Services）下已登记的旧留置权；草案定于11月17日再次提交县政委员会审议表决。（GSM 据圣迭戈县公布的拟议条例摘要报道）
草案修订县行政法规第238条：删除卫生与公众服务局副首席行政官（Deputy Chief Administrative Officer）及收入与追回办公室（Office of Revenue and Recovery）主任依据《福利与机构法典》（Welfare and Institutions Code）第17109条、以签署并登记留置权方式确保费用偿付的授权。同时，草案要求上述两名官员立即停止一切追讨活动，并采取措施撤销本条例生效日期之前依县医疗服务计划登记的全部现存留置权。
两次审议均于上午9时在县行政中心（1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92101）327室举行，10月27日一读时接受公众证词。县府工作人员建议县政委员会认定该条例依《加州环境质量法》指引第15061(b)(3）条免于环境审查，并属第15278(b)(5）条所指非工程项目。条例摘要依《政府法典》第25124条公布，草案全文可在县政委员会书记官办公室网站查阅。
California's San Diego County Weighs Ordinance to Stop Health-Cost Lien Collection and Revoke County Medical Services Liens
In San Diego, a city in San Diego County, California, the Board of Supervisors on October 27 first considered a proposed ordinance amending the County Administrative Code relating to liens for Health and Human Services costs: it would remove the authorization to secure payment through liens and direct officials to immediately cease all collection activities and revoke existing liens recorded under the County Medical Services program. The ordinance is scheduled to return to the Board for consideration for adoption on November 17. (GSM, based on the County of San Diego's published summary of the proposed ordinance)
The amendments update Administrative Code Section 238 to remove the authorization for the Health and Human Services Deputy Chief Administrative Officer and the Director of the Office of Revenue and Recovery to secure payment by requiring execution and filing of liens consistent with Welfare and Institutions Code Section 17109. They would also direct both officials to immediately cease all collection activities and take measures to revoke any existing lien recorded under the County Medical Services program before the ordinance's effective date.
Both hearings are set for 9 a.m. in Room 327 of the County Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Highway, San Diego, CA 92101, with public testimony received at the October 27 first reading. Staff recommend the Board find the ordinance exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, as it is not a project under Section 15278(b)(5). The summary was published pursuant to Government Code Section 25124, and the full text is available through the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.
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