Bill Text: CA AB893 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 893 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-08-28 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. [AB893 Detail]

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 893

Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia

February 16, 2017

An act relating to healing arts.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 893, as introduced, Eduardo Garcia. Healing acts: employment.

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, restricts the employment of physicians and surgeons or doctors of podiatric medicine by a corporation or other artificial legal entity to entities that do not charge for professional services rendered to patients and are approved by the Medical Board of California, subject to specified exemptions. Existing law, until January 1, 2024, also authorizes a federally certified critical access hospital to employ those medical professionals and to charge for professional services rendered by those medical professionals if the medical staff concur by an affirmative vote that the professional’s employment is in the best interest of the communities served by the hospital and the hospital does not direct or interfere with the professional judgment of a physician and surgeon, as specified. Existing law requires, on and after July 1, 2017, and until July 1, 2023, require a federally critical access hospital employing those medical professionals under this authorization to submit a report, on or before July 1 of each year, to the office as specified.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to subsequently amend this bill to include provisions that would authorize rural hospitals to employ physicians and surgeons or doctors of podiatric medicine and to charge for professional services rendered by those medical professionals.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to subsequently amend this measure to include provisions that would authorize rural hospitals to employ physicians and surgeons or doctors of podiatric medicine and to charge for professional services rendered by those medical professionals.