AB 1215 (Flora, R-Ripon)
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Introduced on Feb. 21. April 22 hearing in the Assembly Business and Professions Committee canceled at the author's request.
AB 1215 would expand medical staff membership under Section 2282 of the Business and Professions Code to dentists, podiatrists, clinical psychologists, nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, and nurse midwives.
SB 679 (Weber Pierson, D-San Diego)
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Passed the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee on April 21. April 29 hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
SB 679 would require health care facilities or peer review bodies to annually report data on physician and medical resident terminations, staff privilege applications, approvals, and revocations — stratified by race and gender — to the Civil Rights Department and Medical Board of California. The Civil Rights Department would then be required to publish this information on its website, not disclose the names of the health care facilities, and remove any personally identifiable information.