AB 242 (Wood, D-Healdsburg)
Support
Passed the Senate on Sept. 5. Pending governor's action.
AB 242 would make the authority permanent for critical access hospitals to hire physicians directly by eliminating the sunset to the pilot program that was set to expire this year.
SB 784 (Becker, D-San Mateo)
Support
Two-year bill
SB 784 would authorize health care districts, as well as nonprofit corporations with a health care district as its sole corporate member, that own or control a general acute care hospital to directly employ physicians and surgeons.