BILL ANALYSIS
AB 2386
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 2386 (Gilmore and Cook)
As Amended May 28, 2010
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |75-0 |(May 13, 2010) |SENATE: |34-0 |(July 1, 2010) |
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Original Committee Reference: HEALTH
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.
The Senate amendments require a physician and surgeon, physician
assistant, or registered nurse:
1)Who is authorized to practice medicine pursuant to this bill
to disclose, while working, on a name tag in at least 18-point
type, his or her name and license status, his or her state of
licensure, and a statement that he or she is a member of the
Armed Forces.
2)Who enters into an agreement with a hospital pursuant to this
bill, to register with the board that licenses his or her
respective health care profession in this state on a form
provided by that board.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill authorized 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
would be 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. Stated 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. Stated that the provisions of this bill will become
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inoperative as of January 1, 2016.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
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 FN:
0005181