CHA-supported SB 726 (Ashburn, R-Bakersfield) is one of three physician-employment bills introduced in the Legislature this year. SB 726 would revise and extend a pilot project created under SB 376 (Chapter 411, Statutes of 2003) authorizing the direct employment of physicians by qualified rural and district hospitals. The SB 376 pilot project will sunset Dec. 31, 2010.
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