BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SCR 4| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: SCR 4 Author: Pan (D) Amended: As introduced Vote: 21 SUBJECT : Physician Anesthesiologist Week SOURCE : California Society of Anesthesiologists DIGEST : This resolution designates the week of January 11 to January 17, 2015, as Physician Anesthesiologist Week. ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative findings: 1.Annually in the United States, more than 100 million operations and procedures are performed with anesthesia and physician anesthesiologists play a critical role in a patient's well-being before, during, and after surgical procedures and make patient safety their top priority. 2.A physician anesthesiologist's duties include evaluating a patient's current health prior to receiving anesthesia to ensure the best outcome, administering anesthesia, monitoring the patient during surgery, and assessing the patient after the procedure is completed. This spectrum of patient care constitutes the perioperative surgical home. 3.The American Society of Anesthesiologists has identified the perioperative surgical home as an innovative model in patient care where the physician anesthesiologist directs the CONTINUED SCR 4 Page 2 anesthesia care team to provide support to the patient throughout all aspects of surgical care and procedures; and there is up to a 20 percent reduction in adverse events when physician anesthesiologists lead the anesthesia care team. This resolution designates the week of January 11 to January 17, 2015, as Physician Anesthesiologist Week. FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No SUPPORT : (Verified 1/12/15) California Society of Anesthesiologists (source) ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The resolution's sponsor, California Society of Anesthesiologists, writes: "Supervision of anesthesia care by a physician anesthesiologist, a medical doctor who specializes in anesthesiology, is vital before, during and after surgery to ensure that every patient receives the safest and highest quality of care, and experiences the best possible outcomes. Patients receive that care and optimal outcomes when physician anesthesiologists deliver anesthesia or lead an Anesthesia Care Team." MW:m 1/12/15 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END ****