CA Health & Safety Code Section 129210

(a)

The office’s authorization to insure health facility construction, improvement, and expansion loans under this chapter shall be limited to a total of not more than three billion dollars ($3,000,000,000).

(b)

Notwithstanding the limitation in subdivision (a), the office may exceed the specific dollar limitation in either of the following instances:

(1)

Refinancing a preexisting loan, if the refinancing results in savings to the health facility and increases the probability that a loan can be repaid.

(2)

The need for financing results from earthquakes or other natural disasters.