AB 2102, as amended, 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 collect and report specific demographic data relating to its licensees, subject to a licensee’s discretion to report his or her race or ethnicity, to Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. The bill would require these boards to collect this data at least biennially, at the times of both issuing an initial license and issuing a renewal license.
This bill would also delete an obsolete provision.
end deleteVote: 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.
5(b) The Employment Development Department’s Labor Market
6Information Division and state licensing boards share data with
7the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
8(c) All regulatory boards collect information about their
9licensees through the licensing process.
10(d) California’s regulated health professions collect information
11that is often limited and not always regularly updated.
12(e) The information collected is inconsistent among the various
13regulatory agencies using different definitions and categories.
14(f) The collection of demographic data on certain allied health
15professions will allow for the consistent determination of
16geographic areas in the state where there are shortages of health
17care workers with cultural and linguistic competency.
Section 2717 of the Business and Professions Code is
19amended to read:
(a) The board shall collect and analyze workforce data
21from its licensees for future workforce planning. The board may
22collect the data at the time of license renewal or from a
23scientifically selected random sample of its licensees. The board
24shall produce reports on the workforce data it collects, at a
25minimum, on a biennial basis. The board shall maintain the
26confidentiality of the information it receives from licensees under
27this section and shall only release information in an aggregate form
28that cannot be used to identify an individual. The workforce data
29collected by the board shall include, at a minimum, employment
30information such as hours of work, number of positions held, time
31spent in direct
patient care, clinical practice area, type of employer,
32and work location. The data shall also include future work
33intentions, reasons for leaving or reentering nursing, job satisfaction
34ratings, and demographic data.
P3 1(b) Aggregate information collected pursuant to this section
2shall be placed on the board’s Internet Web site.
3(c) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the board shall collect,
4at least biennially, at the times of both issuing an initial license
5and issuing a renewal license, all of the following data on nurses
6licensed under this chapter:
7(A) Location of practice, including city, county, and ZIP Code.
8(B) Race or ethnicity, subject to paragraph (3).
9(C) Gender.
10(D) Languages spoken.
11(E) Educational background.
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12(F) Classification of primary practice site among the types of
13practice sites specified by the board, including, but not limited to,
14clinic, hospital, managed care organization, or private practice.
15(2) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
16to paragraph (1) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
17Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
18inclusion of the data into the annual report required by
Section
19128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
20(3) A licensee may, but is not required to, report his or her race
21or ethnicity to the board.
22(d) The board is authorized to expend the sum of one hundred
23forty-five thousand dollars ($145,000) from the Board of
24Registered Nursing Fund in the Professions and Vocations Fund
25for the purpose of implementing this section.
Section 2852.5 is added to the Business and Professions
27Code, to read:
(a) The board shall collect, at least biennially, at the
29times of both issuing an initial license and issuing a renewal
30license, all of the following data on vocational nurses licensed
31under this chapter:
32(1) Location of practice, including city, county, and ZIP Code.
33(2) Race or ethnicity, subject to subdivision (c).
34(3) Gender.
35(4) Languages spoken.
36(5) Educational background.
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37(6) Classification of primary practice site among the types of
38practice sites specified by the board, including, but not limited to,
39clinic, hospital, managed care organization, or private practice.
P4 1(b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
2to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
3Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
4inclusion of the data into the annual report required by Section
5128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
6(c) A licensee may, but is not required to, report his or her race
7or ethnicity to the board.
Section 3518.1 is added to the Business and Professions
9Code, to read:
(a) The board shall collect, at least biennially, at the
11times of both issuing an initial license and issuing a renewal
12license, all of the following data on physician assistants licensed
13under this chapter:
14(1) Location of practice, including city, county, and ZIP Code.
15(2) Race or ethnicity, subject to subdivision (c).
16(3) Gender.
17(4) Languages spoken.
18(5) Educational background.
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19(6) Classification of primary practice site among the types of
20practice sites specified by the board, including, but not limited to,
21clinic, hospital, managed care organization, or private practice.
22(b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
23to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
24Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
25inclusion of the data into the annual report required by Section
26128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
27(c) A licensee may, but is not required to, report his or her race
28or ethnicity to the board.
Section 3770.1 is added to the Business and Professions
30Code, to read:
(a) The board shall collect, at least biennially, at the
32times of both issuing an initial license and issuing a renewal
33license, all of the following data on respiratory therapists licensed
34under this chapter:
35(1) Location of practice, including city, county, and ZIP Code.
36(2) Race or ethnicity, subject to subdivision (c).
37(3) Gender.
38(4) Languages spoken.
39(5) Educational background.
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P5 1(6) Classification of primary practice site among the types of
2practice sites specified by the board, including, but not limited to,
3clinic, hospital, managed care organization, or private practice.
4(b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
5to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
6Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
7inclusion of the data into the annual report required by Section
8128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
9(c) A licensee may, but is not required to, report his or her race
10or ethnicity to the board.
Section 4506 is added to the Business and Professions
12Code, to read:
(a) The board shall collect, at least biennially, at the
14times of both issuing an initial license and issuing a renewal
15license, all of the following data on psychiatric technicians licensed
16under this chapter:
17(1) Location of practice, including city, county, and ZIP Code.
18(2) Race or ethnicity, subject to subdivision (c).
19(3) Gender.
20(4) Languages spoken.
21(5) Educational background.
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22(6) Classification of primary practice site among the types of
23practice sites specified by the board, including, but not limited to,
24clinic, hospital, managed care organization, or private practice.
25(b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
26to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
27Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
28inclusion of the data into the annual report required by Section
29128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
30(c) A licensee may, but is not required to, report his or her race
31or ethnicity to the board.
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