BILL NUMBER: AB 1310 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 29, 2009
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 2, 2009
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 2, 2009
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hernandez
FEBRUARY 27, 2009
An act to add Section 857 to the Business and Professions Code,
and to add Section 128051.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to healing arts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1310, as amended, 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 Medical Board of California
and the Board of Registered Nursing certain healing
arts boards to add and label as "mandatory" specified
fields on an application for initial licensure or a renewal form for
applicants applying to those boards collect specified
information from their licensees and would require those boards and
the Department of Consumer Affairs to, as much as practicable, work
with OSHPD to transfer that data to the Health Care Workforce
Clearinghouse . The bill would further require
the department OSHPD , in consultation
with the division and the clearinghouse
department , to select a database and to also add
some of the collected 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) Each Every healing arts
board specified in subdivision (c) shall add and label as
"mandatory" the following fields on an application for initial
licensure or renewal for a person applying to that board:
(1) First name, middle name, and last name.
(2) Last four digits of social security number.
(3) Complete
mailing address. (f) shall, in a manner deemed
appropriate by the board, collect the following information from
persons licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise subject to
regulation by that board:
(4)
(1) 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)
(2) Birth date and place of birth.
(6)
(3) Sex.
(7)
(4) Race and ethnicity.
(8)
(5) Location of high school.
(9) Mailing address of primary practice, if applicable.
(10)
(6) Number of hours per week spent at primary practice
location, if applicable.
(11)
(7) Description of primary practice setting, if
applicable.
(12)
(8) Primary practice information, including, but not
limited to, primary specialty practice, practice location ZIP Code,
and county.
(13)
(9) 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), inclusive, of subdivision (a) to that
database.
(c) The following boards are subject to subdivision (a):
(1) The Medical Board of California.
(2) The Board of Registered Nursing.
(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.
(b) The information collected pursuant to this section shall be
used for the purpose of measuring and evaluating the state's health
care workforce development needs. For this purpose, the department
and the boards specified in subdivision (f) shall, as much as
practicable, work with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development to transfer the data collected pursuant to this section
to the Health Care Workforce Clearinghouse.
(c) Personally identifiable information collected pursuant to this
section shall be confidential and not subject to public inspection.
(d) A board that collects information pursuant to this section
shall state in a conspicuous manner that reporting the information is
not a condition of license renewal, and that no adverse action will
be taken against any licensee that does not report any information.
(e) A board that collects information pursuant to this section
shall do so in a manner that minimizes any fiscal impact, which may
include, but is not limited to, sending the request for information
in a renewal notice, a regular newsletter, via electronic mail, or
posting the request on the board's Internet Web site, and by allowing
licensees to provide the information to the board electronically.
(f) The following boards are subject to this section:
(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.
(18) The Board of Behavioral Sciences.
SEC. 2. Section 128051.5 is added to the
Health and Safety Code , to read:
128051.5. (a) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development shall, in consultation with the Healthcare Workforce
Development Division and the Department of Consumer Affairs, select a
database and shall add the data collected pursuant to Section 857 of
the Business and Professions Code to that database.
(b) 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.