BILL NUMBER:  SB 442
  VETOED	DATE: 10/09/2011




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 442 without my signature.

Inquiring into a patient's cultural, religious, or spiritual beliefs
is good hospital practice, but not one that needs to be mandated by
the state, nor applied only to non-English or limited
English-speaking patients.

With basic requirements for language assistance already set in law, I
believe specific improvements to hospital policies should be done at
the local level where people deal with real problems based on direct
experience.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.