Bill Text: CA AB2102 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Bill 2102 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Licensees: data collection.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-18 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 420, Statutes of 2014. [AB2102 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB2102-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 2102	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  420
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 21, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 4, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 2, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 24, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Ammiano and Skinner)

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 2717 of, and to add Sections 2852.5,
3518.1, 3770.1, and 4506 to, the Business and Professions Code,
relating to healing arts.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2102, Ting. Licensees: data collection.
   Existing law requires the Board of Registered Nursing, the
Physician Assistant Board, the Respiratory Care Board of California,
and the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of
the State of California to regulate and oversee the practice of
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 the
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.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares the following:
   (a) The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
prepares an annual report to the Legislature on the gaps in the
health care workforce in California.
   (b) The Employment Development Department's Labor Market
Information Division and state licensing boards share data with the
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
   (c) All regulatory boards collect information about their
licensees through the licensing process.
   (d) California's regulated health professions collect information
that is often limited and not always regularly updated.
   (e) The information collected is inconsistent among the various
regulatory agencies using different definitions and categories.
   (f) The collection of demographic data on certain allied health
professions will allow for the consistent determination of geographic
areas in the state where there are shortages of health care workers
with cultural and linguistic competency.
  SEC. 2.  Section 2717 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   2717.  (a) The board shall collect and analyze workforce data from
its licensees for future workforce planning. The board may collect
the data at the time of license renewal or from a scientifically
selected random sample of its licensees. The board shall produce
reports on the workforce data it collects, at a minimum, on a
biennial basis. The board shall maintain the confidentiality of the
information it receives from licensees under this section and shall
only release information in an aggregate form that cannot be used to
identify an individual. The workforce data collected by the board
shall include, at a minimum, employment information such as hours of
work, number of positions held, time spent in direct patient care,
clinical practice area, type of employer, and work location. The data
shall also include future work intentions, reasons for leaving or
reentering nursing, job satisfaction ratings, and demographic data.
   (b) Aggregate information collected pursuant to this section shall
be placed on the board's Internet Web site.
   (c) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the board shall collect,
at least biennially, at the times of both issuing an initial license
and issuing a renewal license, all of the following data on nurses
licensed under this chapter:
   (A) Location of practice, including city, county, and ZIP Code.
   (B) Race or ethnicity, subject to paragraph (3).
   (C) Gender.
   (D) Languages spoken.
   (E) Educational background.
   (F) Classification of primary practice site among the types of
practice sites specified by the board, including, but not limited to,
clinic, hospital, managed care organization, or private practice.
   (2) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
to paragraph (1) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
inclusion of the data into the annual report required by Section
128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (3) A licensee may, but is not required to, report his or her race
or ethnicity to the board.
   (d) The board is authorized to expend the sum of one hundred
forty-five thousand dollars ($145,000) from the Board of Registered
Nursing Fund in the Professions and Vocations Fund for the purpose of
implementing this section.
  SEC. 3.  Section 2852.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   2852.5.  (a) The board shall collect, at least biennially, at the
times of both issuing an initial license and issuing a renewal
license, all of the following data on vocational nurses licensed
under this chapter:
   (1) Location of practice, including city, county, and ZIP Code.
   (2) Race or ethnicity, subject to subdivision (c).
   (3) Gender.
   (4) Languages spoken.
   (5) Educational background.
   (6) Classification of primary practice site among the types of
practice sites specified by the board, including, but not limited to,
clinic, hospital, managed care organization, or private practice.
   (b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
inclusion of the data into the annual report required by Section
128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (c) A licensee may, but is not required to, report his or her race
or ethnicity to the board.
  SEC. 4.  Section 3518.1 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   3518.1.  (a) The board shall collect, at least biennially, at the
times of both issuing an initial license and issuing a renewal
license, all of the following data on physician assistants licensed
under this chapter:
   (1) Location of practice, including city, county, and ZIP Code.
   (2) Race or ethnicity, subject to subdivision (c).
   (3) Gender.
   (4) Languages spoken.
   (5) Educational background.
   (6) Classification of primary practice site among the types of
practice sites specified by the board, including, but not limited to,
clinic, hospital, managed care organization, or private practice.
   (b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
inclusion of the data into the annual report required by Section
128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (c) A licensee may, but is not required to, report his or her race
or ethnicity to the board.
  SEC. 5.  Section 3770.1 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   3770.1.  (a) The board shall collect, at least biennially, at the
times of both issuing an initial license and issuing a renewal
license, all of the following data on respiratory therapists licensed
under this chapter:
   (1) Location of practice, including city, county, and ZIP Code.
   (2) Race or ethnicity, subject to subdivision (c).
   (3) Gender.
   (4) Languages spoken.
   (5) Educational background.
   (6) Classification of primary practice site among the types of
practice sites specified by the board, including, but not limited to,
clinic, hospital, managed care organization, or private practice.
   (b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
inclusion of the data into the annual report required by Section
128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (c) A licensee may, but is not required to, report his or her race
or ethnicity to the board.
  SEC. 6.  Section 4506 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   4506.  (a) The board shall collect, at least biennially, at the
times of both issuing an initial license and issuing a renewal
license, all of the following data on psychiatric technicians
licensed under this chapter:
   (1) Location of practice, including city, county, and ZIP Code.
   (2) Race or ethnicity, subject to subdivision (c).
   (3) Gender.
   (4) Languages spoken.
   (5) Educational background.
   (6) Classification of primary practice site among the types of
practice sites specified by the board, including, but not limited to,
clinic, hospital, managed care organization, or private practice.
   (b) The board shall annually provide the data collected pursuant
to subdivision (a) to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and
Development in a manner directed by the office that allows for
inclusion of the data into the annual report required by Section
128052 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (c) A licensee may, but is not required to, report his or her race
or ethnicity to the board.