BILL NUMBER: AB 834	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Solorio

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act relating to the healing arts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 834, as introduced, Solorio. Health care practitioners: peer
review.
   Existing law requires peer review bodies, as defined, to file
reports with the applicable state licensing agency of specified
health care practitioners upon the occurrence of specified events,
including, without limitation, a licensee being denied staff
privileges for a medical disciplinary reason.
   This bill would declare the Legislature's intent to enact
legislation revising the health care practitioner peer review process
in California to improve patient safety and care.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation revising the current health care practitioner peer review
process in California in order to improve patient safety and care.