SB 1271 — Midwifery: workforce data: availability to be a clinical preceptorship.

Summary

Midwifery: workforce data: availability to be a clinical preceptorship.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 09/27/26 - Chaptered html September 27, 2026
• Amended 08/21/26 - Amended Assembly html August 21, 2026
• Amended 08/13/26 - Amended Assembly html August 13, 2026
• Amended 06/09/26 - Amended Assembly Current pdf June 09, 2026
• Amended 05/14/26 - Amended Senate pdf May 14, 2026
• Amended 03/25/26 - Amended Senate pdf March 25, 2026
• Introduced 02/20/26 - Introduced pdf February 20, 2026
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This bill amends 1 section(s) of the California codes: Section 502 of the Business and Professions Code.

• Section 502 of the Business and Professions Code

  biennially. biennially. Area (8) (9) (10) (11) site among the types of practice sites specified by the board, (12) (13) (14) quarterly → SEC. 1.5. Section 502 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: the time the license or registration is issued and at biennially thereafter. issuance and issuances and (A) the time the license or registration is issued and at biennially thereafter. issuance and issuances and (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A) and until July 1, 2027, the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board is not required to request workforce data at the time the license or registration is issued. On and after July 1, 2027, the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board shall request the workforce data at the time the license or registration is issued. Primary and secondary area (8) Hours worked in inpatient care. (9) Hours worked in outpatient care. (10) (11) (12) Hours worked providing direct outpatient primary care services. (13) (14) site, (15) Whether the licensee or registrant accepts Medicaid. (16) Whether the licensee or registrant offers a formal sliding fee scale. (17) (18) (19) monthly (h) (1) Pursuant to the workforce data collection requirement in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), the Medical Board of California shall, by April 1, 2027, request all of the following, as applicable, from a licensed midwife in the form and manner prescribed by the board:(A) The licensed midwife’s eligibility to serve as a clinical preceptor for student midwives enrolled in a midwifery education program approved by the Medical Board of California, including whether they have met the minimum requirements to become a clinical preceptor.(B) If the licensed midwife responds that they are eligible to serve as a clinical preceptor pursuant to subparagraph (A), both of the following:(i) Whether the licensed midwife is currently available, or anticipates becoming available within the next two years, to serve as a clinical preceptor for student midwives.(ii) The primary practice setting or settings in which the licensed midwife would offer to serve as a clinical preceptor, including, but not limited to, home births, freestanding birth centers, hospital-based or integrated maternity settings, rural or frontier community settings, or federally qualified health centers, as defined by Section 1396(d)(l)(2) of Title 42 of the United States Code.(C) If the licensed midwife responds that they are currently available pursuant to subparagraph (B), the maximum number of student midwives the licensed midwife is currently able to supervise concurrently and the county or counties in the state in which the licensed midwife currently practices and within which they would be available for clinical preceptorship.(D) If the licensed midwife responds that they are not currently available pursuant to subparagraph (B), the primary reason or reasons for their unavailability.(2) (A) The Medical Board of California shall maintain the confidentiality of the information it receives from licensed midwives under this subdivision and shall only release information in an aggregate form that cannot be used to identify an individual other than as specified in subparagraph (B).(B) The Medical Board of California shall quarterly provide the individual licensed midwife data it collects pursuant to this subdivision to the Department of Health Care Access and Information in a manner directed by the Department of Health Care Access and Information for the purpose of statewide midwifery workforce planning, analysis, and public reporting. The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall maintain the confidentiality of the licensed midwife information it receives and shall only release information in an aggregate form that cannot be used to identify an individual licensed midwife.(C) On or before June 30, 2029, the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall submit a report to the Legislature, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, detailing the findings of the Department of Health Care Access and Informa

  amended

• Section 502 of the Business and Professions Code

  SEC. 4.

  amended

Action History

1. September 04, 2026

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

2. August 28, 2026

   Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

3. August 27, 2026

   Ordered to special consent calendar.

4. August 25, 2026

   In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

5. August 25, 2026

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

6. August 21, 2026

   Ordered to third reading.

7. August 21, 2026

   Read third time and amended.

8. August 21, 2026

   Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.

9. August 17, 2026

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

10. August 13, 2026

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

11. August 13, 2026

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 13).

12. August 13, 2026

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

13. August 05, 2026

    August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

14. July 01, 2026

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

15. July 01, 2026

    Coauthors revised.

16. June 16, 2026

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

17. June 09, 2026

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

18. May 26, 2026

    Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH.

19. May 20, 2026

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

20. May 19, 2026

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4352.) Ordered to the Assembly.

21. May 18, 2026

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

22. May 14, 2026

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

23. May 14, 2026

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4271.) (May 14).

24. May 08, 2026

    Set for hearing May 14.

25. May 04, 2026

    May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

26. April 24, 2026

    Set for hearing May 4.

27. April 23, 2026

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 4011.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

28. April 15, 2026

    Set for hearing April 22.

29. April 13, 2026

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3841.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

30. April 09, 2026

    Set for hearing April 13.

31. April 08, 2026

    Re-referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and HEALTH.

32. March 25, 2026

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

33. March 04, 2026

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

34. February 23, 2026

    Read first time.

35. February 23, 2026

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

36. February 20, 2026

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

• Caballero · Cosponsor
• Wahab · Cosponsor
• Bonta · Cosponsor
• Eloise Gómez Reyes · Primary

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