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Apr. 2, 2000
Legislation offered to mitigate seismic safety compliance
Sacramento - A package designed to mitigate the financial and patient care consequences of California's hospital seismic-safety program has been introduced in the Legislature. Approximately 2,600 buildings at California's 473 acute-care hospitals are in need of some type of seismic upgrading.




Sacramento - A package designed to mitigate the financial and patient care consequences of California's hospital seismic-safety program has been introduced in the Legislature. Approximately 2,600 buildings at California's 473 acute-care hospitals are in need of some type of seismic upgrading.
The state's hospitals face about $24 billion in new construction and retrofitting costs by 2030 to comply with SB 1953, seismic-safety legislation passed after the 1994 Northrid...
The state's hospitals face about $24 billion in new construction and retrofitting costs by 2030 to comply with SB 1953, seismic-safety legislation passed after the 1994 Northrid...
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