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. The authority is hereby declared to be a body corporate and
politic and shall have power:
(a) To have perpetual succession.
(b) To sue and be sued in the name of the authority in all actions
and proceedings in all courts and tribunals of competent
jurisdiction.
(c) To adopt a seal and alter it at pleasure.
(d) To take by grant, purchase, gift, devise, or lease, to hold,
use, and enjoy, and to lease, convey, or dispose of, real and
personal property of every kind, within or without the boundaries of
the authority, necessary or convenient to the full exercise of its
powers. The board may lease, mortgage, sell, or otherwise dispose of
any real or personal property within or without the boundaries of the
authority necessary to the full or convenient exercise of its
powers.
(e) To make and enter into contracts with any public agency or
person for the purposes of this chapter.
(f) To appoint and employ an executive director and other
employees as may be necessary, including legal counsel, establish
their compensation, and define their powers and duties. The board
shall prescribe the amounts and forms of fidelity bond of its
officers and employees. The cost of these bonds shall be borne by the
authority. The employees and each of them shall serve at the
pleasure of the board. The authority may also contract for the
services of an independent contractor.
(g) To incur indebtedness.
(h) To purchase supplies, equipment, materials, property, or
services.
(i) To establish policies relating to its purposes.
(j) To acquire or contract to acquire, rights-of-way, easements,
privileges, or property of every kind within or without the
boundaries of the authority, and construct, equip, maintain, and
operate any and all works or improvements within or without the
boundaries of the authority necessary, convenient, or proper to carry
out any of the provisions, objects, or purposes of this chapter, and
to complete, extend, add to, repair, or otherwise improve any works
or improvements acquired by it.
(k) To make contracts and enter into stipulations of any nature
upon the terms and conditions that the board finds are for the best
interest of the authority for the full exercise of the powers granted
in this chapter.
(l) To accept gifts, contributions, grants, or loans from any
public agency or person for the purposes of this chapter.
The authority may do any and all things necessary in order to
avail itself of gifts, contributions, grants, or loans, and cooperate
under any federal or state legislation in effect on January 25,
1982, or enacted after that date.
(m) To invest any surplus money in its treasury in the same manner
as the County of Monterey and according to the same laws.
(n) To negotiate with service providers rates, charges, fees, and
rents, and to establish classifications of health care systems
operated by the authority.
(o) To develop and implement health care delivery systems to
promote quality care and cost efficiency.
(p) To provide health care delivery systems for any or all of the
following:
(1) For all persons who are eligible to receive medical benefits
under the Medi-Cal Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of
Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code) in
Monterey County through waiver, pilot project, or otherwise.
(2) For all persons in Monterey County who are eligible to receive
medical benefits under both Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social
Security Act.
(3) For all persons from Monterey County or any city in that
county who are eligible to receive health care under Parts 4.5
(commencing with Section 16700) and 5 (commencing with Section 17000)
of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(q) To insure against any accident or destruction of its health
care system or any part thereof. It may insure against loss of
revenues from any cause. The district may also provide insurance as
provided in Part 6 (commencing with Section 989) of Division 3.6 of
Title 1 of the Government Code.
(r) To exercise powers that are expressly granted and powers that
are reasonably implied from those express powers and necessary to
carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(s) To do any and all things necessary to carry out the purposes
of former Division 1 (commencing with Section 1).