AB 1359 (Schiavo, D-Santa Clarita)
Oppose Unless Amended
On the Senate inactive file
AB 1359 would require four days of unpaid sick leave for health care workers, in addition to paid sick leave available under existing law.
AB 2319 (Wilson, D-Suisun City)
Follow
Passed the Assembly Health Committee on April 2. To be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
AB 2319 would expand provisions of the California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act (Chapter 533, Statutes of 2019). Specifically, it would require hospitals to provide implicit bias training to all employees regularly assigned to positions that interact with perinatal patients. Hospitals would be required to document each employee’s implicit bias training in accordance with regulations adopted by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). CDPH would also be required to assess hospital compliance during relicensing inspections and authorized to assess administrative penalties. CDPH would be required to annually post on its website any facilities issued administrative penalties.
AB 2975 (Gipson, D-Gardena)
Oppose Unless Amended
Passed the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee on April 17. To be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
AB 2975 would require the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (better known as Cal/OSHA) Standards Board to amend the existing Workplace Violence Prevention in Health Care regulation to require metal detection screening monitored by trained security personnel at the hospital’s main public entrance, emergency department entrance, and labor and delivery entrance, if separately accessible to the public.
ACA 6 (Haney, D-San Francisco)
Oppose
Failed in Senate Elections and Constitutional Amendments Committee on Sept. 11. Reconsideration granted.
ACA 6 would require the University of California (UC) system to submit all service contracts to the State Personnel Board, in effect banning the UC health system from using registry nurses and temporary staff.
ACA 14 (Ortega, D- Hayward)
Oppose
Placed on the Assembly Appropriations Committee suspense file on April 10
ACA 14 would require the University of California (UC) system to submit all service contracts to the State Personnel Board, in effect banning the UC health system from using registry nurses and temporary staff.
SCA 8 (Durazo, D-Los Angeles)
Oppose
Introduced on Sept. 13. Pending referral to a Senate policy committee.
SCA 8 would require the University of California (UC) system to submit all service contracts to the State Personnel Board, in effect banning the UC health system from using registry nurses and temporary staff.