Any contract executed by and between the county and the hospital authority shall provide that liabilities or obligations of the hospital authority with respect to its activities pursuant to the contract shall be the liabilities or obligations of the hospital authority, and shall not become the liabilities or obligations of the county. Any contract executed by and between the county and the hospital authority shall provide for the indemnification of the county by the hospital authority for liabilities as specifically set forth in the contract, except that the contract shall include a provision that the county shall remain liable for its own negligent acts. Indemnification by the hospital authority shall not be construed as divesting the county from its ultimate responsibility for compliance with § 17000 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 899, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)