Recent Quakes Pose Hurdles for Delaying Seismic Rules
At a Senate Health Committee hearing this week, Chair Elaine Alquist (D-Santa Clara) and others said they would be reluctant to approve legislation further delaying hospitals' compliance deadline for state seismic safety rules, citing recent earthquakes in Chile and Haiti. State officials said that 139 hospital buildings statewide are classified as unlikely to meet the 2013 deadline.
- "Rumblings on Seismic Compliance" (Payers & Providers, 3/4).