AB 533 – Expands Design-Build Authority for Health Care Districts

Existing law authorizes only certain specified health care districts to use the design-build procedure described in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 22160) of Part 3 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code for the construction of a building or improvements directly related to a hospital or health facility building.

AB 533 expands this authority by allowing any health care district, upon approval by its board of directors, to use the design-build procedure in those circumstances. AB 533 also requires any hospital building project using the design-build procedure to be reviewed and inspected in accordance with the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983.

(AB 533 adds Section 32132.6 to the Health and Safety Code.)