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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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