BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: August 3, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Lorena Gonzalez, Chair
SB 1238
(Pan) - As Amended March 29, 2016
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill, notwithstanding a prohibition on biomedical research
on prisoners, allows records-based, statistical research
involving inmates, using existing information, and specifies
criteria that must be met for the use or disclosure of
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individually identifiable records.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Negligible state fiscal effect. There may be a slight increase
in research and analytical effort based on reducing barriers to
analyzing and publishing data, but any cost is anticipated to be
absorbable.
COMMENTS:
Purpose. The author explains this bill is necessary in order to
publish and share findings of the California Correctional Health
Care Services with respect to treatment and management of health
issues. The author explains the current prohibition on medical
research in inmates is so broad that it creates barriers to
sharing cutting-edge research and best practices, which can in
turn further the practice of correctional health care. The bill
is sponsored by the California Correctional Health Care Services
(CCHCS; the federal receivership in charge of California's
correctional health care system) and has no opposition.
Analysis Prepared by:Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916)
319-2081
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