Hospital equity reporting.

Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information to oversee various aspects of the health care market, including oversight of hospital facilities and community benefit plans. Existing law requires a private, not-for-profit hospital to adopt and update a community benefits plan that describes the activities the hospital has undertaken to address identified community needs within its mission and financial capacity, including health care services rendered to vulnerable populations. Existing law defines "vulnerable populations" for these purposes to mean a population that is exposed to medical or financial risk by virtue of being uninsured, underinsured, or eligible…