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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                             Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
                            2015 - 2016  Regular  Session

          SB 1033 (Hill) - Medical professionals:  probation
          
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          |Version: May 10, 2016           |Policy Vote: B., P. & E.D. 7 -  |
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          |Urgency: No                     |Mandate: No                     |
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          |Hearing Date: May 27, 2016      |Consultant: Brendan McCarthy    |
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          Bill  
          Summary:  SB 1033 would require physicians, osteopathic  
          physicians, podiatrists, acupuncturists, chiropractors, and  
          naturopathic doctors to notify patients of their probationary  
          status before a patient visit occurs.


          *********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
             The following information is revised to reflect amendments 
                      adopted by the committee on May 27, 2016




          Fiscal  
          Impact:  
           Ongoing costs of about $1 million per year for additional  
            disciplinary hearings for physicians licensed by the Medical  
            Board (Contingent Fund of the Medical Board of California).  
            See below.

           Ongoing costs in the tens of thousands per year, on average,  







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            for additional disciplinary hearings by the Osteopathic  
            Medical Board (Osteopathic Medical Board of California  
            Contingent Fund).

           Ongoing costs in the low tens thousands per year, on average,  
            for additional disciplinary hearings by the Board of Podiatric  
            Medicine (Board Podiatric Medicine Fund).

           Ongoing costs in the tens of thousands per year, on average,  
            for additional disciplinary hearings by the Board of  
            Chiropractic Examiners (State Board of Chiropractic Examiners  
            Fund).

           Minor average annual costs for additional disciplinary  
            hearings by the Naturopathic Medical Committee (Naturopathic  
            Doctors Fund).


          Committee  
          Amendments:  require disclosure of information only for  
          probationary orders entered after January 1, 2017.


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