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 the Licensing and Certification Division 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 would additionally authorize a primary care clinic to submit verification of certification from thebegin delete National Committee for Quality Assurance or theend delete Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care to the Licensing and
Certification Division for those purposes.
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
4certification from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of
5Healthcare Organizationsbegin delete (JCAHO), the National Committee for begin insert (JCAHO)end insert or the Accreditation
6Quality Assurance (NCQA),end delete
7Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), to the
8Licensing and Certification Division within the State Department
9of Public Health for entry into the electronic Licensing
10Management System for purposes of data collection and extraction
11for licensing and certification fee calculations.
O
97