AB 297, as amended, Chesbro. Primary care clinics.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license, regulate, and inspect clinics, as defined, including primary care clinics, as defined. Existing law authorizes a primary care clinic to submit verification of Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) certification to thebegin delete Division ofend delete Licensing and Certificationbegin insert Divisionend insert within the department for entry into the electronic Licensing Management System for purposes of data collection and extraction for licensing and certification fee calculations.
This bill wouldbegin delete make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisionsend deletebegin insert
additionally authorize a primary care clinic to submit verification of certification from the National Committee for Quality Assurance or the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care to the Licensing and Certification Division for those purposesend insert.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 1204.5 of the Health and Safety Code is
2amended to read:
A primary care clinic may submit verification of
4begin insert certification from theend insert Joint Commission on Accreditation of
5Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)begin delete certificationend deletebegin insert, the National
6Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), or the Accreditation
7Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC),end insert to thebegin delete Division Licensing and Certificationbegin insert
Divisionend insert within the State Department
8ofend delete
9of Public Health for entry into the electronic Licensing
10Management System for purposes of data collection and extraction
11for licensing and certification fee calculations.
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