BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ó



                                                                  AB 496
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          Date of Hearing:   May 1, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                    AB 496 (Gordon) - As Amended:  April 10, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                              Business,  
          Professions and Consumer Protection           Vote: 10-1

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill reestablishes and expands the Task Force on Culturally  
          and Linguistically Competent Physicians and Dentists (Task  
          Force) to consider the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and  
          transgender (LGBT) groups and report findings to the legislature  
          and appropriate licensing boards by January 1, 2016, and further  
          requires the Cultural and Linguistic Physician Competency  
          Program (Program) to address the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and  
          transgender groups of interest to local medical societies.
           
           FISCAL EFFECT  

          $110,000 annually for two years.  Approximately half of the  
          costs would come from the Medical Board and half from the Dental  
          Board.   

           COMMENTS  

           Rationale  . The author proposes to reauthorize the Task Force to  
          include input from relevant lesbian, gay, bisexual and  
          transgender interest groups and medical societies.  The Task  
          Force previously met between 2001 and 2003 and published a  
          report with several comprehensive suggestions for increasing the  
          cultural and linguistic competency of physicians and dentists.  
          This bill is sponsored by Equality California and supported by  
          numerous LGBT stakeholder groups, provider organizations, and  
          individuals.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Debra Roth / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 










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