BILL ANALYSIS Ó SB 1238 Page 1 Date of Hearing: August 3, 2016 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Lorena Gonzalez, Chair SB 1238 (Pan) - As Amended March 29, 2016 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Policy |Health |Vote:|17 - 0 | |Committee: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------+-------------------------------+-----+-------------| | |Public Safety | |7 - 0 | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------+-------------------------------+-----+-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 SB 1238 Page 2 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 SB 1238 Page 3