California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 250 — Telehealth: marriage and family therapist interns and trainees.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 50, Statutes of 2015.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2015. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Under existing law, "telehealth" is defined as the mode of delivering health care services and public health via information and communication technologies to facilitate the diagnosis, consultation, treatment, education, care management, and self-management of a patient's health care while the patient is at the originating site and the health care provider is at a distant site, and "health care provider" is defined as a person who is licensed under specified provisions of law relating to healing arts. Existing law requires a health care provider prior to the delivery of health care services via telehealth to inform the patient about the use of telehealth and obtain verbal or written consent from the patient for the use of telehealth. Existing law, the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, provides for the registration of marriage and family therapist interns and regulates marriage and family therapist trainees. Existing law requires applicants for a marriage and family therapist license to complete specified experience subject to certain limitations, including no more than a certain number of hours providing counseling services via telehealth. Existing law requires all marriage and family therapist trainees and registrants to be supervised at all times by a supervisor, as defined, responsible for ensuring that the extent, kind, and quality of counseling performed is consistent with the training and experience of the person being supervised. Existing law requires the supervisor to be responsible to the board for compliance with all laws, rules, and regulations governing the practice of marriage and family therapy. This bill would expand the definition of health care provider to include a marriage and family therapist intern or trainee, as specified. The bill would also authorize a marriage and family therapist intern and trainee to provide services via telehealth if he or she is supervised as required by the act, and is acting within the scope authorized by the act and in accordance with any regulations governing the use of telehealth promulgated by the Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 50, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2084.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1492.).

  7. Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.

  8. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15).

  9. Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.

  10. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  11. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1453.)

  12. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  13. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  14. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 5).

  15. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  16. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  17. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

  18. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.

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

  20. From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.

  21. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Obernolte · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Obernolte

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 250 OBERNOLTE Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69001
Democratic 4000
Republican 5001
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Not Voting
Eggman — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Salas — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Campos — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Levine — Yea
Gray — Yea
Low — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Medina — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Consent Calendar 2nd

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34003
Democratic 3000
Total 37003
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hall — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lara — Not Voting
Mendoza — Not Voting
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Not Voting
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 250 OBERNOLTE Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 68002
Democratic 4000
Republican 6000
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chu — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Campos — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Gray — Yea
Linder — Not Voting
Atkins — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Low — Yea
Lopez — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chang — Yea
Medina — Not Voting
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14002
Republican 2000
Democratic 1000
Total 17002
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Maienschein — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Nazarian — Not Voting
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 1000
Total 14000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Holden — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

healthcare health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 250 do?
Under existing law, "telehealth" is defined as the mode of delivering health care services and public health via information and communication technologies to facilitate the diagnosis, consultation, treatment, education, care management, and self-management of a patient's health care while the patient is at the originating site and the health care provider is at a distant site, and "health care provider" is defined as a person who is licensed under specified provisions of law relating to healing arts. Existing law requires a health care provider prior to the delivery of health care services via telehealth to inform the patient about the use of telehealth and obtain verbal or written consent from the patient for the use of telehealth. Existing law, the Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Act, provides for the registration of marriage and family therapist interns and regulates marriage and family therapist trainees. Existing law requires applicants for a marriage and family therapist license to complete specified experience subject to certain limitations, including no more than a certain number of hours providing counseling services via telehealth. Existing law requires all marriage and family therapist trainees and registrants to be supervised at all times by a supervisor, as defined, responsible for ensuring that the extent, kind, and quality of counseling performed is consistent with the training and experience of the person being supervised. Existing law requires the supervisor to be responsible to the board for compliance with all laws, rules, and regulations governing the practice of marriage and family therapy. This bill would expand the definition of health care provider to include a marriage and family therapist intern or trainee, as specified. The bill would also authorize a marriage and family therapist intern and trainee to provide services via telehealth if he or she is supervised as required by the act, and is acting within the scope authorized by the act and in accordance with any regulations governing the use of telehealth promulgated by the Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Who sponsors AB 250?
AB 250 is sponsored by Obernolte.
What is the current status of AB 250?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 09, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 250?
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