Hospitals: community benefits.

Existing law requires certain private not-for-profit acute hospitals to, every 3 years, complete a community needs assessment, as defined, and to annually adopt and update a community benefits plan, as defined. Existing law exempts certain hospitals from these provisions, including small and rural hospitals. Existing law requires a hospital to file a report on its community benefits plan and the activities undertaken to address community needs with the Statewide Office of Health Planning and Development. Existing law requires the office to make those reports available to the public.