BILL NUMBER: SB 577	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Burton

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2001

   An act relating to health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 577, as introduced, Burton.  Health: complementary medicine.
   Existing law regulates the practice of medicine in the state.
   This bill would require the State Department of Health Services to
conduct a study and report to the Legislature regarding the types of
complementary medicine available in the state, the regulation of
complementary medicine and complementary medicine practitioners, an
evaluation of options for oversight of the complementary medicine
industry, and ways to promote consumer access.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  (a) The State Department of Health Services shall
conduct a study based on existing literature, information, and data
on the scope of complementary medicine in California.  The study
shall include:
   (1) A report on the types of complementary medicine therapies
available in the state.
   (2) A report on existing regulation of complementary medicine and
complementary medicine practitioners.
   (3) An evaluation of options for oversight of the complementary
medicine industry in order to protect providers and consumers.
   (4) A report recommending ways to promote consumer access to a
broad range of healing and health care information.
   (b) The study shall be submitted to the Legislature no later than
October 1, 2002.