Bill Text: CA AB297 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Primary care clinics.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-05 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 583, Statutes of 2013. [AB297 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB297-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 297	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2013

   An act to amend Section 1204.5 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health care facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 297, as introduced, Chesbro. Primary care clinics.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to
license, regulate, and inspect clinics, as defined, including primary
care clinics, as defined. Existing law authorizes a primary care
clinic to submit verification of Joint Commission on Accreditation of
Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) certification to the Division of
Licensing and Certification within the department for entry into the
electronic Licensing Management System for purposes of data
collection and extraction for licensing and certification fee
calculations.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 1204.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   1204.5.   Primary   A primary  care
 clinics   clinic  may submit verification
of Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare 
Organization   Organizations  (JCAHO) certification
to the  Division of  Licensing and Certification 
Division  within the State Department of Public Health for
entry into the electronic Licensing Management System for purposes of
data collection and extraction for licensing and certification fee
calculations.