BILL NUMBER: SB 1031	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Corbett

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2010

   An act to relating to medicine.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1031, as introduced, Corbett. Medical malpractice insurance:
volunteer physicians and surgeons.
   Under existing law, the Medical Practice Act, the Medical Board of
California is responsible for the certification and regulation of
physicians and surgeons. Existing law requires the board, in
conjunction with the Health Professions Education Foundation, to
study the issue of providing medical malpractice insurance to
volunteer physicians and surgeons and to report its findings to the
Legislature by January 1, 2008.
   The bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to implement
the findings of that study.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to implement the
findings of the study described in Section 2023 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to providing medical malpractice insurance
to physicians and surgeons who provide voluntary, unpaid services.