BILL ANALYSIS
AB 2386
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 2386 (Gilmore and Cook)
As Amended May 11, 2010
Majority vote
HEALTH 18-0
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|Ayes:|Monning, Fletcher, |
| |Carter, Conway, De La |
| |Torre, De Leon, Emmerson, |
| |Eng, Gaines, Hayashi, |
| |Hernandez, Jones, Bonnie |
| |Lowenthal, Nava, |
| |V. Manuel Perez, Salas, |
| |Smyth, Audra Strickland |
| | |
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SUMMARY : Allows a hospital to enter into an agreement with the
Armed Forces of the United States (Armed Forces) to authorize a
physician, surgeon, physician assistant, or registered nurse
(health care professional) to provide medical care in the
hospital under specified circumstances. Specifically, this
bill :
1)Authorizes a hospital to enter in an agreement with the Armed
Forces to authorize a health care professional to provide
medical care in the hospital if the health care professional
holds a valid license in good standing to provide medical care
in the District of Columbia or any state or territory of the
United States; the medical care is provided as part of a
training or educational program designed to improve the combat
readiness of the health care professional; and the agreement
complies with specified federal law, guidelines, and
regulations.
2)States that if a hospital chooses to enter into an agreement
specified above, no board that licenses health care
professionals may require the specified health care
professional to obtain or maintain any license to practice his
or her profession or provide services in California.
3)States that the provisions of this bill will become
inoperative as of January 1, 2016.
AB 2386
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FISCAL EFFECT : None
COMMENTS : According to the author, this bill would provide the
statutory framework to allow military health care professionals
to improve their skills prior to being deployed to war. The
author states that a similar successful model was achieved in
Nevada in 2009, in which a program was created at the UMC Trauma
Center near Nellis Air Force Base. The program was very popular
and mutually beneficial to the hospital because the Air Force
was able to provide fully-trained and certified physicians free
of charge. In 2009, the Nevada State Legislature passed Senate
Bill 302, which is similar to this bill. Senate Bill 302
authorized a hospital to enter into an agreement with the Armed
Forces to allow a medical officer to provide medical care in the
hospital under specified conditions.
Analysis Prepared by : Martin Radosevich / HEALTH / (916)
319-2097
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