BILL NUMBER: AB 1140	CHAPTERED  09/29/02

	CHAPTER  1089
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 29, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 29, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 22, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 20, 2002
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 3, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 24, 2002
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 10, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Thomson

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to add Section 2717 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to nursing, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1140, Thomson.  Nursing:  workforce planning.
   Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, provides for the licensure
and regulation by the Board of Registered Nursing of the practice of
registered nurses.  Under existing law, all moneys received pursuant
to the provisions of this act are deposited into the Board of
Registered Nursing Fund, which is continuously appropriated.
   This bill would require the board to obtain workforce data from
its licensees for purposes of work force planning and produce reports
on the issue at least biennially.  The bill would authorize the
board to expend the sum of $145,000 from the Board of Registered
Nursing Fund for this purpose.  Because the bill would authorize the
expenditure of revenues in a continuously appropriated fund for a new
purpose, it would make an appropriation.  The bill would require the
board to implement these provisions before July 1, 2003.
   Appropriation:  yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 2717 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   2717.  (a) The board shall collect and analyze workforce data from
its licensees for future workforce planning.  The board may collect
the data at the time of license renewal or from a scientifically
selected random sample of its licensees.  The board shall produce
reports on the workforce data it collects, at a minimum, on a
biennial basis.  The board shall maintain the confidentially of the
information it receives from licensees under this section and shall
only release information in an aggregate form that cannot be used to
identify an individual.  The workforce data collected by the board
shall include, at a minimum, employment information such as hours of
work, number of positions held, time spent in direct patient care,
clinical practice area, type of employer, and work location.  The
data shall also include future work intentions, reasons for leaving
or reentering nursing, job satisfaction ratings, and demographic
data.
   (b) Aggregate information collected pursuant to this section shall
be placed on the board's Internet Web site.
   (c) The board is authorized to expend the sum of one hundred
forty-five thousand dollars ($145,000) from the Board of Registered
Nursing Fund in the Professions and Vocations Fund for the purpose of
implementing this section.
   (d) This section shall be implemented by the board on or before
July 1, 2003.