BILL NUMBER: SB 435	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pan

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to add Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 24300) to
Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 435, as introduced, Pan.  Medical home: health care delivery
model.
   Existing law requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development to perform various functions and duties with respect to
health policy and planning and health professions development.
Existing law states the Legislature's finding that there is a need to
improve the effectiveness of health care delivery systems. Existing
law generally defines a medical home as a single provider, facility,
or team that coordinates and individual's health care serevices.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to establish the "patient centered medical home" health
care delivery model.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 24300) is added to
Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 3.5.  PATIENT CENTERED MEDICAL HOME HEALTH CARE
DELIVERY MODEL


   24300.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation
to establish the "patient centered medical home" health care delivery
model.