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AB 2311 would allow a health care district that owns or controls a general acute care hospital to employ licensed physicians and charge for their services, and it would prohibit the district from interfering with the doctors’ professional judgment.
Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee Support Letter
Senate Health Committee Support Letter
SB 951 would require a 60-day notice to employees laid off due to changes in the workforce related to the use of artificial intelligence or other automated technology and would impose a daily civil penalty of $500 for noncompliance. Amendments taken in the Assembly Appropriations Committee specify the technology cessation notice requirement applies to contractors and...
SB 947 would require an employer that primarily relies upon automated decision systems (ADS) to make employment-related decisions to provide employees with written notice explaining how those systems were used. It would also require human review and corroborating evidence to support an employment-related decision made with the assistance of an ADS. In addition, the bill would...
AB 2575 would allow a worker providing direct patient care to override the output of a clinical decision support system and prohibit a hospital from taking adverse action against the worker even when a patient is harmed. Senate Health Committee Coalition Oppose Letter Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee Coalition Oppose Letter Senate Privacy, Digital...
AB 1961 would authorize an employer to seek a workplace violence restraining order on behalf of a group or class of employees if a credible threat of violence is generally directed at the employer’s workplace or at the employer’s employees.
Senate Judiciary Committee Support Letter
SB 903 would regulate the use of artificial intelligence by licensed professionals providing psychotherapy services. It would also prohibit advertising or offering psychotherapy services through AI unless those services are conducted by a licensed professional. Furthermore, the bill would prohibit AI from making independent therapeutic decisions in client communications. Assembly Business and Professions Committee Oppose...
SB 1257 would have required the California attorney general (AG) to publish an annual report on immigration enforcement incidents at certain “safe locations,” including health care providers, and share the report with the Legislature and governor. The bill would have also allowed the AG to impose civil penalties or take other enforcement actions to ensure compliance...
SB 1202 would have required the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to create a public data dashboard that tracks Medi-Cal applications, enrollment, redeterminations, disenrollments/terminations, and related demographic data, including specific metrics tied to federal work or community engagement requirements and exemptions. It would have also required DHCS, counties, and Medi-Cal managed care plans to conduct coordinated outreach and education — with...
AB 2729 would create the Employer Responsibility for Medi-Cal Trust Fund to consist of new taxes and deposits, including employer penalties, to be used to fund the Medi-Cal program. The bill was amended by the Assembly Appropriations Committee to include an urgency clause when the suspense file was heard on May 14. Because the bill has...
SB 1088 would update California’s laws on Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment forms, including validating electronic signatures and forms executed out of state, and ensuring such decisions are voluntary and not a condition of care or admission.
