BILL NUMBER: AB 1310	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hernandez

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to add Section 857 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to healing arts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1310, as introduced, Hernandez. Healing arts: database.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various
healing arts professions and vocations by boards within the
Department of Consumer Affairs. Under existing law, there exists the
Healthcare Workforce Development Division within the Office of
Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) that supports
health care accessibility through the promotion of a diverse and
competent workforce and provides analysis of California's health care
infrastructure. Under existing law, there is also the Health Care
Workforce Clearinghouse, established by OSHPD, that serves as the
central source for collection, analysis, and distribution of
information on the health care workforce employment and educational
data trends for the state.
   This bill would require the department to add and label as
"mandatory" specified fields on an application for initial licensure
or a renewal form for applicants applying to specified healing arts
boards. The bill would require the department, in consultation with
the division and the clearinghouse, to select a database and to add
some of the data collected in these applications and renewal forms to
the database and to submit the data to the clearinghouse annually on
or before January 1. The bill would require the clearinghouse to
prepare a written report relating to the data and to submit the
report annually to the Legislature no later than March 1, commencing
March 1, 2012.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 857 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   857.  (a) The department shall add and label as "mandatory" the
following fields on an application for initial licensure or renewal
for a person applying to a board described in subdivision (c):
   (1) First name, middle name, and last name.
   (2) Last four digits of social security number.
   (3) Complete mailing address.
   (4) Educational background and training, including, but not
limited to, degree, related school name and location, and year of
graduation, and, as applicable, the highest professional degree
obtained, related professional school name and location, and year of
graduation.
   (5) Birth date and place of birth.
   (6) Sex.
   (7) Race and ethnicity.
   (8) Location of high school.
   (9) Mailing address of primary practice, if applicable.
   (10) Number of hours per week spent at primary practice location,
if applicable.
   (11) Description of primary practice setting, if applicable.
   (12) Primary practice information, including, but not limited to,
primary specialty practice, practice location ZIP Code, and county.
   (13) Information regarding any additional practice, including, but
not limited to, a description of practice setting, practice location
ZIP Code, and county.
   (b) The department, in consultation with the Healthcare Workforce
Development Division and the Health Care Workforce Clearinghouse,
shall select a database and shall add the data specified in
paragraphs (5) to (13) of subdivision (a), inclusive, to that
database.
   (c) The following boards are subject to subdivision (a):
   (1) The Acupuncture Board.
   (2) The Dental Hygiene Committee of California.
   (3) The Dental Board of California.
   (4) The Medical Board of California.
   (5) The Bureau of Naturopathic Medicine.
   (6) The California Board of Occupational Therapy.
   (7) The State Board of Optometry.
   (8) The Osteopathic Medical Board of California.
   (9) The California State Board of Pharmacy.
   (10) The Physical Therapy Board of California.
   (11) The Physician Assistant Committee, Medical Board of
California.
   (12) The California Board of Podiatric Medicine.
   (13) The Board of Psychology.
   (14) The Board of Registered Nursing.
   (15) The Respiratory Care Board of California.
   (16) The Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board.
   (17) The Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
of the State of California.
   (d) (1) The department shall collect the specified data in the
database pursuant to subdivision (b) and shall submit that data to
Health Care Workforce Clearinghouse annually on or before January 1.
   (2) The Health Care Workforce Clearinghouse shall prepare a
written report containing the findings of this data and shall submit
the written report annually to the Legislature no later than March 1,
commencing March 1, 2012.