BILL ANALYSIS AB 2386 Page 1 CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS AB 2386 (Gilmore and Cook) As Amended May 28, 2010 Majority vote ----------------------------------------------------------------- |ASSEMBLY: |75-0 |(May 13, 2010) |SENATE: |34-0 |(July 1, 2010) | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Original Committee Reference: HEALTH SUMMARY : Allows a hospital to enter into an agreement with the Armed Forces of the United States (Armed Forces) to authorize a physician, surgeon, physician assistant, or registered nurse (health care professional) to provide medical care in the hospital under specified circumstances. The Senate amendments require a physician and surgeon, physician assistant, or registered nurse: 1)Who is authorized to practice medicine pursuant to this bill to disclose, while working, on a name tag in at least 18-point type, his or her name and license status, his or her state of licensure, and a statement that he or she is a member of the Armed Forces. 2)Who enters into an agreement with a hospital pursuant to this bill, to register with the board that licenses his or her respective health care profession in this state on a form provided by that board. AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill authorized a hospital to enter in an agreement with the Armed Forces to authorize a health care professional to provide medical care in the hospital if the health care professional holds a valid license in good standing to provide medical care in the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the United States; the medical care would be provided as part of a training or educational program designed to improve the combat readiness of the health care professional; and the agreement complies with specified federal law, guidelines, and regulations. Stated that if a hospital chooses to enter into an agreement specified above, no board that licenses health care professionals may require the specified health care professional to obtain or maintain any license to practice his or her profession or provide services in California. Stated that the provisions of this bill will become AB 2386 Page 2 inoperative as of January 1, 2016. FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs. COMMENTS : According to the author, this bill would provide the statutory framework to allow military health care professionals to improve their skills prior to being deployed to war. The author states that a similar successful model was achieved in Nevada in 2009, in which a program was created at the UMC Trauma Center near Nellis Air Force Base. The program was very popular and mutually beneficial to the hospital because the Air Force was able to provide fully-trained and certified physicians free of charge. In 2009, the Nevada State Legislature passed Senate Bill 302, which is similar to this bill. Senate Bill 302 authorized a hospital to enter into an agreement with the Armed Forces to allow a medical officer to provide medical care in the hospital under specified conditions. Analysis Prepared by : Martin Radosevich / HEALTH / (916) 319-2097 FN: 0005181