BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 2102 Page 1 Date of Hearing: April 30, 2014 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Mike Gatto, Chair AB 2102 (Ting) - As Amended: April 24, 2014 Policy Committee: Business and Professions Vote: 10-3 Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: No Reimbursable: No SUMMARY This bill requires the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN), the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT), the Physician Assistant Board (PAB), and the Respiratory Care Board of California (RCBC) to collect demographic data on their respective licensees and provide that data to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD). FISCAL EFFECT Potential one-time costs of up to $90,000 (various fee-supported special funds) if programming changes are necessary to the information technology (IT) system supporting licensure functions. COMMENTS 1)Purpose . This bill will require various boards to report demographic information on their licensees to OSHPD, in order to allow OSHPD to collect more complete and consistent data on California's health care workforce. With that data, policy makers will ideally be better able to identify geographic areas of the state where there are shortages of certain health care workers with cultural and linguistic competencies. This bill is sponsored by the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network and the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California. 2)Background . OSHPD collects data about the state's health care workforce, and provides data and analysis to inform state health workforce policy. The author's office reports that the specific boards listed above were chosen because the Medical AB 2102 Page 2 Board of California and Dental Board of California already collect this demographic information, and the remaining boards in this bill represent those professionals who work closely with patients. 3)Amendments specify the data is to be collected every two years to coincide with the license renewal cycle, and make race and ethnicity reporting optional. Analysis Prepared by : Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916) 319-2081