AB 2102, as introduced, Ting. Licensees: data collection.
Existing law requires the Board of Registered Nursing, the Physician Assistant Board, the Respiratory Care Board of California, and Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California to regulate and oversee the practice the healing arts within their respective jurisdictions.
This bill would require these boards to annually collect and report specific demographic data relating to its licensees to Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
This bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature finds and declares the following:
2(a) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
3prepares an annual report to the Legislature on the gaps in the
4health care workforce in California.
P2 1(b) The Employment Development Department’s Labor Market
2Information Division and state licensing boards share data with
3the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
4(c) All regulatory boards collect information about their
5licensees through the licensing process.
6(d) California’s regulated health professions collect
information
7that is often limited and not always regularly updated.
8(e) The information collected is inconsistent among the various
9regulatory agencies using different definitions and categories.
10(f) The collection of demographic data on certain allied health
11professions will allow for the consistent determination of
12geographic areas in the state where there are shortages of health
13care workers with cultural and linguistic competency.
Section 2717 of the Business and Professions Code is
15amended to read:
(a) The board shall collect and analyze workforce data
17from its licensees for future workforce planning. The board may
18collect the data at the time of license renewal or from a
19scientifically selected random sample of its licensees. The board
20shall produce reports on the workforce data it collects, at a
21minimum, on a biennial basis. The board shall maintain the
22confidentiality of the information it receives from licensees under
23this section and shall only release information in an aggregate form
24that cannot be used to identify an individual. The workforce data
25collected by the board shall include, at a minimum, employment
26information such as hours of work, number of positions held, time
27spent in direct patient care, clinical practice area, type of employer,
28and work location. The data shall
also include future work
29intentions, reasons for leaving or reentering nursing, job satisfaction
30ratings, and demographic data.
31(b) Aggregate information collected pursuant to this section
32shall be placed on the board’s Internet Web site.
33(c) The board is authorized to expend the sum of one hundred
34forty-five thousand dollars ($145,000) from the Board of
35Registered Nursing Fund in the Professions and Vocations Fund
36for the purpose of implementing this section.
37(d) This section shall be implemented by the board on or before
38July 1, 2003.
P3 1(c) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the board shall annually
2collect all of the following data on nurses licensed under this
3chapter:
4(A) Location of practice.
end insertbegin insert5(B) Race.
end insertbegin insert6(C) Ethnicity.
end insertbegin insert7(D) Languages spoken.
end insertbegin insert8(E) Educational background.
end insertbegin insert
9(2) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
10to paragraph (1) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
11Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
12inclusion
of the data into the annual report required by Section
13128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
Section 2852.5 is added to the Business and Professions
15Code, to read:
(a) The board shall annually collect all of the following
17data on vocational nurses licensed under this chapter:
18(1) Location of practice.
19(2) Race.
20(3) Ethnicity.
21(4) Languages spoken.
22(5) Educational background.
23(b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
24to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
25Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
26inclusion of the data
into the annual report required by Section
27128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
Section 3518.1 is added to the Business and Professions
29Code, to read:
(a) The board shall annually collect all of the following
31data on physician assistants licensed under this chapter:
32(1) Location of practice.
33(2) Race.
34(3) Ethnicity.
35(4) Languages spoken.
36(5) Educational background.
37(b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
38to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
39Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
P4 1inclusion of the
data into the annual report required by Section
2128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
Section 3770.1 is added to the Business and Professions
4Code, to read:
(a) The board shall annually collect all of the following
6data on respiratory therapists licensed under this chapter:
7(1) Location of practice.
8(2) Race.
9(3) Ethnicity.
10(4) Languages spoken.
11(5) Educational background.
12(b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
13to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
14Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
15inclusion of the
data into the annual report required by Section
16128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
Section 4506 is added to the Business and Professions
18Code, to read:
(a) The board shall annually collect all of the following
20data on psychiatric technicians licensed under this chapter:
21(1) Location of practice.
22(2) Race.
23(3) Ethnicity.
24(4) Languages spoken.
25(5) Educational background.
26(b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
27to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
28Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
29inclusion of the
data into the annual report required by Section
30128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
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