BILL NUMBER:  AB 1235
  VETOED	DATE: 09/30/2010




To the Members of the California State Assembly:
I am returning Assembly Bill 1235 without my signature.
It is with sincere disappointment that I am unable to sign this
hospital peer review measure.  I vetoed two bills on this subject
last year, with a clear message for the interested stakeholders to
work together, along with my Administration, on this extremely
complicated and complex issue.  Unfortunately, this consensus did not
occur.  As California stands ready to implement health reform, we
need hospitals and physicians to work in new and more efficient ways.
  I believe both parties are working to provide quality care to
patients ? but there are better ways to work together.  Litigation
and protracted contract disputes are not going to be mechanisms to
achieve this common goal.
I would encourage the author to keep working with these parties in
the coming year ? this problem must be addressed.  I believe that a
final consensus product that first, and most importantly, protects
patients while also allowing hospitals and physicians to work
together, can be reached.
Sincerely,

Arnold Schwarzenegger