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          Date of Hearing:   May 7, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                   AB 1886 (Eggman) - As Amended:  April 22, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              Business and  
          Professions  Vote:                            9-4

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill removes time limitations for Web site posting of  
          specified public disciplinary information about licensees of the  
          Medical Board of California (MBC), thereby requiring such  
          information to be posted on MBC's Web site for as long as that  
          information is public. 

          The information includes a revocation, suspension, probation, or  
          limitation on practice, as specified; a malpractice judgment or  
          arbitration award reported to MBC after January 1, 1993;  
          discipline from a board of another state or jurisdiction; and  
          any misdemeanor conviction that results in a disciplinary action  
          or an accusation that is not subsequently withdrawn or  
          dismissed.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor and absorbable costs to MBC to retain and display data for  
          a longer time period.

           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  .  This bill will require MBC to post indefinitely on its  
          website certain public data related to physician and surgeon  
          discipline, including suspensions and probation, malpractice  
          judgments, discipline from other states, and certain misdemeanor  
          convictions, that is currently taken down after ten years.  This  
          bill is sponsored by MBC, which asserts the bill is needed to  
          increase transparency and allow consumers to access records  
          about physicians.  The MBC's 2013 Sunset Review report  
          recommended this change. 








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          Examples provided by MBC of lack of information that may be  
          misleading to consumers include doctors placed on probation for  
          sexual misconduct, sexual battery, and child molestation for  
          which information is not reflected on MBC's website due to the  
          current statutory time restrictions on posting information.  

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916) 319-2081