Hospital Member

AB 2301 (Soria, D-Merced)

AB 2301 would establish a pilot program, through Jan. 1, 2036, allowing 10 California community college districts to offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The bill would require that the California community colleges chancellor prioritize developing these programs at community college districts in underserved or high-poverty areas. The Legislative Analyst’s Office would be required...

AB 2311 (Schiavo, D-Santa Clarita)

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. 

Assembly Health Committee Support Letter

SB 947 (McNerney, D-Stockton)

SB 947 would require an employer that uses automated decision systems (ADS) for purposes of making employment-related decisions to provide written notice to its employees about how the ADS was used in the decision making It would also require an independent investigation to corroborate the basis of an employment-related decision made with the assistance of an...

AB 2575 (Ortega, D-Hayward)

AB 2575 would require the notification to workers that artificial intelligence (AI) or a clinical decision support system was being used in the provision of patient care. The bill would also allow the worker to override the output AI tool, if in the judgment of the worker acting in their scope of practice, an override is appropriate for the patient, or as necessary to comply...

AB 1961 (Ahrens, D-Cupertino)

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.  

AB 1898 (Shultz, D-Burbank)

AB 1898 would require an employer to provide a written notice to an employee that a workplace artificial intelligence tool was used to assist the employer in making employment-related decisions or to surveil the workplace.  

SB 903 (Padilla, D-San Deigo)

SB 903 would prohibit licensed professionals from using artificial intelligence (AI) in therapy sessions unless the patient consents. It also bans advertising or offering therapy services through AI unless they are conducted by a licensed professional. Furthermore, the bill prohibits AI from making independent therapeutic decisions in client communications.   

AB 2256 (Chen, R-Brea)

AB 2256 would define and protect the title “radiologist assistant,” establish qualification requirements, and clarify the supervised scope of practice for radiologist assistants without creating a new state licensure category.