Eastern Plumas Healthcare is a healthcare district—but do you know what that means and how it affects what we do and the community that we serve? Healthcare Districts are public entities that provide community-based health care services to residents throughout the state. They respond to the needs in their District by providing a range of services, which may include a hospital, clinic, skilled nursing facility or emergency medical services; as well as education and wellness programs. Each of California’s Healthcare Districts is governed by a locally elected Board of Trustees who are directly accountable to the communities they serve.

Voters created 78 Healthcare Districts to fulfill local health care needs, primarily in underserved communities. Of these, 54 serve the state’s rural areas—many of these are in isolated areas where they are the only local healthcare provider. Healthcare Districts provide access to essential health services and are directly accountable at the community level. As a result, tens of millions of Californians have been able to access care that would otherwise be out of reach.

No one knows the needs of a community more than the people who live there. By creating tailored Healthcare Districts to meet local needs for medical services, community members are working together to effectively address a shared concern, ensuring medical services are available that save lives, keep families healthy, and increase and protect individuals’ quality of life. The core mission of Healthcare Districts is simple: to provide critical health care services to the communities that created them.
Healthcare Districts meet the needs of:
• Communities with severe health care provider shortages
• Uninsured Californians
• Low-income seniors, adults, and children through Medi-Cal
• Underserved populations

Healthcare Districts are governed by and directly accountable to the communities they serve. This close connection to voters ensures openness and transparency. Residents not only vote to create Healthcare Districts, they also elect the public boards that oversee the spending of their local tax dollars in pursuit of improved community health. Healthcare Districts must submit annual financial reports to the California State Controller and obey all state laws governing public records, record keeping, elections, and public access to documents.