BILL NUMBER: SB 761	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 1, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Aanestad

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend  Section 1000 of the Business and
Professions Code,   and repeal Section 128160 of the
Health and Safety Code,   relating to  chiropractors
  health care workforce  .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 761, as amended, Aanestad.  Chiropractors. 
 Health manpower pilot projects.  
   Existing law allows the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development to approve experimental health workforce pilot projects
in specified fields. Under existing law, pilot projects in rural and
central city areas are given priority.  
   This bill would permit these pilot projects to be approved only if
they focus on the health care needs of geriatric and disabled
patients and patients with mental health treatment needs. It would
delete certain fields from the list of those authorized for approved
pilot projects.  
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of
chiropractors by the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners. 

   This bill would make nonsubstantive and technical changes to those
provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 128160 of the   Health
and Safety Code   , as amended by Section 52 of Chapter 31
of the Statutes of 2008, is amended to read: 
   128160.  (a)  Pilot projects   A pilot
project, if it addresses the health care needs of geriatric and
disabled patients and patients with mental health treatment needs,
 may be approved in the following fields:
   (1)  Expanded role medical   Medical 
auxiliaries.
   (2)  Expanded role nursing.   Nursing. 
   (3)  Expanded role dental assistants, dental hygienists,
dental hygienists in alternative practice, or dental hygienists in
extended functions.   Pharmacy personnel. 
   (4)  Maternal child care personnel.   Mental
health professionals. 
   (5)  Pharmacy personnel.   Other health care
personnel,   including, but not limited to, chiropractic
personnel, podiatric personnel, geriatric care personnel, therapy
personnel, and health care technicians.  
   (6) Mental health personnel.  
   (7) Other health care personnel including, but not limited to,
veterinary personnel, chiropractic personnel, podiatric personnel,
geriatric care personnel, therapy personnel, and health care
technicians. 
   (b) Projects that operate in rural and central city areas shall be
given priority.
   SEC. 2.    Section 128160 of the   Health
and Safety Code   , as added by Section 9 of Chapter 415 of
the Statutes of 1995, is repealed.  
   128160.  (a)  Pilot projects may be approved in the following
fields:
   (1)  Expanded role medical auxiliaries.
   (2)  Expanded role nursing.
   (3)  Expanded role dental auxiliaries.
   (4)  Maternal child care personnel.
   (5)  Pharmacy personnel.
   (6)  Mental health personnel.
   (7)  Other health care personnel including, but not limited to,
veterinary personnel, chiropractic personnel, podiatric personnel,
geriatric care personnel, therapy personnel, and health care
technicians.
   (b)  Projects that operate in rural and central city areas shall
be given priority.  
  SECTION 1.   Section 1000 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
   1000.  The law governing practitioners of chiropractic is found in
an initiative act entitled "An act prescribing the terms upon which
licenses may be issued to practitioners of chiropractic, creating the
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners and declaring its powers and
duties, prescribing penalties for violation hereof, and repealing all
acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith," which was adopted by
the electors November 7, 1922.