AB 2102, as amended, Ting. Licensees: data collection.
Existing law requires the Board of Registered Nursing, the Physician Assistant Board, the Respiratory Care Board of California, and Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California to regulate and oversee the practice the healing arts within their respective jurisdictions.
This bill would require these boards to collect and report specific demographic data relating to its licensees, subject to a licensee’s discretion to report his or her race or ethnicity, to Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. The bill would requirebegin delete the Board of Registered Nursingend deletebegin insert these boardsend insert to collect this data at least biennially,begin delete and would require those other boards to collect this dataend delete
at thebegin delete timeend deletebegin insert timesend insert ofbegin insert bothend insert issuing an initial licensebegin delete orend deletebegin insert and issuingend insert a renewal license.
This bill would also deletebegin insert anend insert obsoletebegin delete provisionsend deletebegin insert provisionend insert.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature finds and declares the following:
2(a) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
3prepares an annual report to the Legislature on the gaps in the
4health care workforce in California.
5(b) The Employment Development Department’s Labor Market
6Information Division and state licensing boards share data with
7the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
8(c) All regulatory boards collect information about their
9licensees through the licensing process.
10(d) California’s regulated health professions collect
information
11that is often limited and not always regularly updated.
12(e) The information collected is inconsistent among the various
13regulatory agencies using different definitions and categories.
14(f) The collection of demographic data on certain allied health
15professions will allow for the consistent determination of
16geographic areas in the state where there are shortages of health
17care workers with cultural and linguistic competency.
Section 2717 of the Business and Professions Code is
19amended to read:
(a) The board shall collect and analyze workforce data
21from its licensees for future workforce planning. The board may
22collect the data at the time of license renewal or from a
23scientifically selected random sample of its licensees. The board
24shall produce reports on the workforce data it collects, at a
25minimum, on a biennial basis. The board shall maintain the
26confidentiality of the information it receives from licensees under
27this section and shall only release information in an aggregate form
28that cannot be used to identify an individual. The workforce data
29collected by the board shall include, at a minimum, employment
30information such as hours of work, number of positions held, time
31spent in direct patient care, clinical practice area, type of employer,
32and work location. The data shall
also include future work
33intentions, reasons for leaving or reentering nursing, job satisfaction
34ratings, and demographic data.
35(b) Aggregate information collected pursuant to this section
36shall be placed on the board’s Internet Web site.
37(c) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the board shall collect,
38at least biennially,begin insert at the times ofend insertbegin insert both issuing an initial license
P3 1and issuing a renewal license,end insert all of the following data on nurses
2licensed under this chapter:
3(A) Location of practicebegin insert, including city, county, and ZIP Codeend insert.
4(B) Race or ethnicity, subject to paragraph (3).
5(C) Gender.
6(D) Languages spoken.
7(E) Educational background.
8(2) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
9to paragraph (1) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
10Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
11inclusion of the data into the annual report required by Section
12128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
13(3) A licensee may, but is not required to, report his or her race
14or ethnicity to the board.
15(d) The board is authorized to expend the sum of one hundred
16forty-five thousand dollars ($145,000) from the Board of Registered
17Nursing Fund in the Professions and Vocations Fund for the
18purpose of implementing this section.
Section 2852.5 is added to the Business and Professions
20Code, to read:
(a) The board shall collect,begin insert at least biennially,end insert at the
22begin delete timeend deletebegin insert timesend insert ofbegin insert bothend insert issuing an initial licensebegin delete orend deletebegin insert and issuingend insert a renewal
23license, all of the following data on vocational nurses licensed
24under this chapter:
25(1) Location of practicebegin insert, including city, county, and ZIP Codeend insert.
26(2) Race or ethnicity, subject to subdivision (c).
27(3) Gender.
28(4) Languages spoken.
29(5) Educational background.
30(b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
31to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
32Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
33inclusion of the data into the annual report required by Section
34128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
35(c) A licensee may, but is not required to, report his or her race
36or ethnicity to the board.
Section 3518.1 is added to the Business and Professions
38Code, to read:
(a) The board shall collect,begin insert at least biennially,end insert at the
40begin delete timeend deletebegin insert timesend insert ofbegin insert bothend insert issuing an initial licensebegin delete orend deletebegin insert and issuingend insert a renewal
P4 1license, all of the following data on physician assistants licensed
2under this chapter:
3(1) Location of practicebegin insert, including city, county, and ZIP Codeend insert.
4(2) Race or ethnicity, subject to subdivision (c).
5(3) Gender.
6(4) Languages spoken.
7(5) Educational background.
8(b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
9to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
10Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
11inclusion of the data into the annual report required by Section
12128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
13(c) A licensee may, but is not required to, report his or her race
14or ethnicity to the board.
Section 3770.1 is added to the Business and Professions
16Code, to read:
(a) The board shall collect,begin insert at least biennially,end insert at the
18begin delete timeend deletebegin insert timesend insert ofbegin insert bothend insert issuing an initial licensebegin delete orend deletebegin insert and issuingend insert a renewal
19license, all of the following data on respiratory therapists licensed
20under this
chapter:
21(1) Location of practicebegin insert, including city, county, and ZIP Codeend insert.
22(2) Race or ethnicity, subject to subdivision (c).
23(3) Gender.
24(4) Languages spoken.
25(5) Educational background.
26(b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
27to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
28Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
29inclusion of the data into the annual report required by Section
30128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
31(c) A licensee may, but is not required to, report his or her race
32or ethnicity to the board.
Section 4506 is added to the Business and Professions
34Code, to read:
(a) The board shall collect,begin insert at least biennially,end insert at the
36begin delete timeend deletebegin insert timesend insert ofbegin insert bothend insert issuing an initial licensebegin delete orend deletebegin insert and issuingend insert a renewal
37license, all of the following data on psychiatric technicians licensed
38under this chapter:
39(1) Location of practicebegin insert, including city, county, and ZIP Codeend insert.
40(2) Race or ethnicity, subject to subdivision (c).
P5 1(3) Gender.
2(4) Languages spoken.
3(5) Educational background.
4(b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
5to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
6Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
7inclusion of the data into the annual report required by Section
8128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
9(c) A licensee may, but is not required to, report his or her race
10or ethnicity to the board.
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