Bill Text: CA AB2790 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Reporting of crimes: mandated reporters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-08-11 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2790 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB2790-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 17, 2022 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Wicks |
February 18, 2022 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law requires specified health practitioners who have knowledge of or observe a patient who the practitioner knows or reasonably suspects has suffered from a wound or injury inflicted by a firearm or inflicted upon the person as the result of assaultive or abusive conduct to report to a law enforcement agency, as specified. A violation of these provisions is a crime.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 11160 of the Penal Code is amended to read:11160.
(a) A health practitioner, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 11162.5, employed by a health facility, clinic, physician’s office, local or state public health department, local government agency, or a clinic or other type of facility operated by a local or state public health department who, in the health practitioner’s professional capacity or within the scope of the health practitioner’s employment, provides medical services for a physical condition to a patient whom the health practitioner knows or reasonably suspects is a person(1)A person suffering from a wound or other physical injury inflicted by the person’s own act or inflicted by another where the injury is by means of a firearm.
(2)A person suffering from a wound or other physical injury inflicted upon the person where the injury is the result of assaultive or abusive conduct.
(d)For the purposes of this section, “assaultive or abusive conduct” includes any of the following offenses:
(1)Murder, in violation of Section 187.
(2)Manslaughter, in violation of Section 192 or 192.5.
(3)Mayhem, in violation of Section 203.
(4)Aggravated mayhem, in violation of Section 205.
(5)Torture, in violation of Section 206.
(6)Assault with intent to commit mayhem, rape, sodomy, or oral copulation, in violation of Section 220.
(7)Administering controlled substances or anesthetic to aid in commission of a felony, in violation of Section 222.
(8)Battery, in violation of Section 242.
(9)Sexual battery, in violation of Section 243.4.
(10)Incest, in violation of Section 285.
(11)Throwing any vitriol, corrosive acid, or caustic chemical with intent to injure or disfigure, in violation of Section 244.
(12)Assault with a stun gun or taser, in violation of Section 244.5.
(13)Assault with a deadly weapon, firearm, assault weapon, or machinegun, or by means likely to produce great bodily injury, in violation of Section 245.
(14)Rape, in violation of Section 261 or former Section 262.
(15)Procuring a person to have sex with another person, in violation of Section 266, 266a, 266b, or 266c.
(16)Child abuse or endangerment, in violation of Section 273a or 273d.
(17)Abuse of spouse or cohabitant, in violation of Section 273.5.
(18)Sodomy, in violation of Section 286.
(19)Lewd and lascivious acts with a child, in violation of Section 288.
(20)Oral copulation, in violation of Section 287 or former Section 288a.
(21)Sexual penetration, in violation of Section 289.
(22)Elder abuse, in violation of Section 368.
(23)An attempt to commit any crime specified in paragraphs (1) to (22), inclusive.
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SEC. 2.
Section 11161 of the Penal Code is amended to read:11161.
Notwithstanding Section 11160, the following shall apply to every physician or surgeon who has underSEC. 3.
Section 11161.8 of the Penal Code is amended to read:11161.8.
(a) Every person, firm, or corporation conducting any hospital in the state, or the managing agent thereof, or the person managing or in charge of such hospital, or in charge of any ward or part of such hospital, who receives a patient transferred from a health facility, as defined in Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code or from a community care facility, as defined in Section 1502 of the Health and Safety Code, who exhibits a physical injury or condition which, in the opinion of the admitting physician, reasonably appears to be the result ofAny
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SEC. 4.
Section 11163.2 of the Penal Code is amended to read:11163.2.
(a) In any court proceeding or administrative hearing, neither the physician-patient privilege nor the psychotherapist privilege applies to the information required to be reported pursuant to this article.SEC. 5.
Section 11163.3 of the Penal Code is amended to read:11163.3.
(a) A county may establish an interagency domestic violence death review team to assist local agencies in identifying and reviewing domestic violence deaths, including homicides and suicides, and facilitating communication among the various agencies involved in domestic violence cases. Interagency domestic violence death review teams have been used successfully to ensure that incidents of domestic violence and abuse are recognized and that agency involvement is reviewed to develop recommendations for policies and protocols for community prevention and intervention initiatives to reduce and eradicate the incidence of domestic violence.SEC. 6.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.(a)A health practitioner, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 11162.5, employed by a health facility, clinic, physician’s office, local or state public health department, local government agency, or a clinic or other type of facility operated by a local or state public health department who, in the health practitioner’s professional capacity or within the scope of the health practitioner’s employment, provides medical services for a physical condition to a patient whom the health practitioner knows or reasonably suspects is a person described as follows, shall immediately make a report in accordance with subdivision (b):
(1)A person suffering from a wound or other physical injury inflicted by the person’s own act or inflicted by another where the injury is by means of a firearm.
(2)A person suffering
from a wound or other physical injury inflicted upon the person where the injury is the result of assaultive or abusive conduct.
(b)A health practitioner, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 11162.5, employed by a health facility, clinic, physician’s office, local or state public health department, local government agency, or a clinic or other type of facility operated by a local or state public health department shall make a report regarding persons described in subdivision (a) to a local law enforcement agency as follows:
(1)A report by telephone shall be made immediately or as soon as practically possible.
(2)A written report shall be prepared on the standard form developed in compliance with paragraph (4), and adopted by the Office of Emergency Services, or on a form developed and adopted by another state agency that otherwise fulfills the requirements of the standard form. The completed form shall be sent to a
local law enforcement agency within two working days of receiving the information regarding the person.
(3)A local law enforcement agency shall be notified and a written report shall be prepared and sent pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) even if the person who suffered the wound, other injury, or assaultive or abusive conduct has expired, regardless of whether or not the wound, other injury, or assaultive or abusive conduct was a factor contributing to the death, and even if the evidence of the conduct of the perpetrator of the wound, other injury, or assaultive or abusive conduct was discovered during an autopsy.
(4)The report shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(A)The name of the injured person, if known.
(B)The injured person’s whereabouts.
(C)The character and extent of the person’s injuries.
(D)The identity
of any person the injured person alleges inflicted the wound, other injury, or assaultive or abusive conduct upon the injured person.
(c)For the purposes of this section, “injury” does not include any psychological or physical condition brought about solely through the voluntary administration of a narcotic or restricted dangerous drug.
(d)For the purposes of this section, “assaultive or abusive conduct” includes any of the following offenses:
(1)Murder, in violation of Section 187.
(2)Manslaughter, in violation of Section 192 or 192.5.
(3)Mayhem, in violation of Section 203.
(4)Aggravated mayhem, in violation of Section 205.
(5)Torture, in violation of Section 206.
(6)Assault with intent to commit mayhem, rape, sodomy, or oral copulation, in violation of Section 220.
(7)Administering controlled substances or anesthetic to aid in commission of a felony, in violation of Section 222.
(8)Battery, in violation of Section 242.
(9)Sexual battery, in violation of Section 243.4.
(10)Incest, in violation of Section 285.
(11)Throwing any vitriol, corrosive acid, or caustic chemical with intent to injure or disfigure, in violation of Section 244.
(12)Assault with a stun gun or taser, in violation of Section 244.5.
(13)Assault with a deadly weapon, firearm, assault weapon, or machinegun, or by means likely to produce great bodily injury, in violation of Section 245.
(14)Rape, in violation of Section 261 or former Section 262.
(15)Procuring a person to have sex with another person, in violation of Section 266, 266a, 266b, or
266c.
(16)Child abuse or endangerment, in violation of Section 273a or 273d.
(17)Abuse of spouse or cohabitant, in violation of Section 273.5.
(18)Sodomy, in violation of Section 286.
(19)Lewd and lascivious acts with a child, in violation of Section 288.
(20)Oral copulation, in violation of Section 287 or former Section 288a.
(21)Sexual penetration, in violation of Section 289.
(22)Elder abuse, in violation of Section 368.
(23)An attempt to commit a crime specified in paragraphs (1) to (22), inclusive.
(e)When two or more persons who are required to report
are present and jointly have knowledge of a known or suspected instance of violence that is required to be reported pursuant to this section, and when there is an agreement among these persons to report as a team, the team may select by mutual agreement a member of the team to make a report by telephone and a single written report, as required by subdivision (b). The written report shall be signed by the selected member of the reporting team. Any member who has knowledge that the member designated to report has failed to do so shall thereafter make the report.
(f)The reporting duties under this section are individual, except as provided in subdivision (e).
(g)A supervisor or administrator shall not impede or inhibit the reporting duties required under this section and a person making a report pursuant to this section shall not be subject to any sanction for making the report. However, internal procedures to facilitate reporting and apprise supervisors
and administrators of reports may be established, except that these procedures shall not be inconsistent with this article. The internal procedures shall not require an employee required to make a report under this article to disclose the employee’s identity to the employer.
(h)For the purposes of this section, it is the Legislature’s intent to avoid duplication of information.
(i)For purposes of this section only, “employed by a local government agency” includes an employee of an entity under contract with a local government agency to provide medical services.