BILL NUMBER: AB 800	CHAPTERED  09/22/05

	CHAPTER  313
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 22, 2005
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 22, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2005
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 22, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 2, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 4, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Yee

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2005

   An act to add Section 123147 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health care.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 800, Yee  Medical records: patient's spoken language.
   Existing law provides for access by a patient to his or her health
records and requires that a patient's clinical laboratory test
results be conveyed in plain language and in oral, written, or
electronic form.
   This bill would require all health facilities and all primary care
clinics, except long-term care facilities meeting certain criteria,
to include a patient's principal spoken language on the patient's
health records.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 123147 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   123147.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), all health
facilities, as defined in Section 1250, and all primary care clinics
that are either licensed under Section 1204 or exempt from licensure
under Section 1206, shall include a patient's principal spoken
language on the patient's health records.
   (b) Any long-term health care facility, as defined in Section
1418, that already completes the minimum data set form as specified
in Section 14110.15 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, including
documentation of a patient's principal spoken language, shall be
deemed to be in compliance with subdivision (a).