AB 241 — Implicit bias: continuing education: requirements.
Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 417, Statutes of 2019.
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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 18, 2019. Enacted.
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Enacted
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11 sponsors
1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.
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Bipartisan support
Sponsored across 2 parties (5 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 6 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Under the act, a physician and surgeon is required to demonstrate satisfaction of continuing education requirements, including cultural and linguistic competency in the practice of medicine, as specified. This bill, by January 1, 2022, would require all continuing education courses for a physician and surgeon to contain curriculum that includes specified instruction in the understanding of implicit bias in medical treatment. The bill, by January 1, 2022, would require associations that accredit these continuing education courses to develop standards to comply with these provisions. Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, regulates the practice of nursing by the Board of Registered Nursing. The act requires persons licensed by the board to complete specified courses of instruction, including instruction regarding alcoholism and substance dependency and spousal abuse. This bill would require the Board of Registered Nursing, by January 1, 2022, to adopt regulations requiring all continuing education courses for its licensees to contain curriculum that includes specified instruction in the understanding of implicit bias in treatment. Beginning January 1, 2023, the bill would require continuing education providers to comply with these provisions and would require the board to audit education providers for compliance with these provisions, as specified. Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, authorizes the Physician Assistant Board to require a licensee to complete not more than 50 hours of continuing education every two years as a condition of license renewal. This bill would require the Physician Assistant Board, by January 1, 2022, to adopt regulations requiring all continuing education courses for its licensees to contain curriculum that includes specified instruction in the understanding of implicit bias in treatment. Beginning January 1, 2023, the bill would require continuing education providers to comply with these provisions and would require the board to audit continuing education providers for compliance with these provisions.
Bill Text
- Chaptered 10/02/19 - Chaptered Current pdf October 02, 2019
- Enrolled 09/06/19 - Enrolled pdf September 06, 2019
- Amended 08/28/19 - Amended Senate pdf August 28, 2019
- Amended 07/01/19 - Amended Senate pdf July 01, 2019
- Amended 06/17/19 - Amended Senate pdf June 17, 2019
- Amended 04/30/19 - Amended Assembly pdf April 30, 2019
- Amended 04/04/19 - Amended Assembly pdf April 04, 2019
- Amended 03/19/19 - Amended Assembly pdf March 19, 2019
- Introduced 01/18/19 - Introduced pdf January 18, 2019
- AB241 View text html
Action History
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Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 417, Statutes of 2019.
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Approved by the Governor.
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Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 4. Page 3013.).
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In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2460.).
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
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Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 5. Page 1625.)
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 8).
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Coauthors revised.
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Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Read second time and amended.
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From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 23).
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Coauthors revised.
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In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
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Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
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From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
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Referred to Com. on B. & P.
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From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
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Read first time. To print.
Sponsors
- Kamlager-Dove · Primary
- Jones-Sawyer · Cosponsor
- Ash Kalra · Cosponsor
- McCarty · Cosponsor
- Weber · Cosponsor
- Buffy Wicks · Cosponsor
- Scott D. Wiener · Cosponsor
- Skinner · Cosponsor
- Robert Garcia · Cosponsor
- Mia Bonta · Cosponsor
- Jeff Gonzalez · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 111 not signed on · 1 voted No
Sponsors (1)
- Kamlager-Dove
Co-sponsors (10)
- Jones-Sawyer
- Kalra, Ash Democratic
- McCarty
- Weber
- Wicks, Buffy Democratic
- Wiener, Scott D. Democratic
- Skinner
- Garcia, Robert Democratic
- Bonta, Mia Democratic
- Gonzalez, Jeff Republican
Not signed on (111)
111 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 111 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 44 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Democratic | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 68 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| % of votes cast | 86% | 5% | 0% | 9% |
How each member voted (79)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Brough | — | Yea |
| Mayes | — | Yea |
| Frazier | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Diep | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Gloria | — | Yea |
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Voepel | — | Yea |
| Chiu | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Friedman | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Kamlager-Dove | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Low | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Cooper | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Chu | — | Yea |
| O'Donnell | — | Yea |
| Weber | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Melendez | — | Nay |
| Obernolte | — | Nay |
| Kiley | — | Nay |
| Fong | — | Not Voting |
| Mathis | — | Not Voting |
| Bigelow | — | Not Voting |
| Cunningham | — | Not Voting |
| Cristina Garcia | — | Yea |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | Yea |
| Jim Patterson | — | Not Voting |
| Luz Rivas | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Wendy Carrillo | — | Yea |
| Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca | Democratic | Yea |
| Berman, Marc | Democratic | Yea |
| Boerner, Tasha | Democratic | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Cervantes, Sabrina | Democratic | Yea |
| Gabriel, Jesse | Democratic | Yea |
| Gipson, Mike A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Grayson, Timothy S. | Democratic | Yea |
| Irwin, Jacqui | Democratic | Yea |
| Kalra, Ash | Democratic | Yea |
| Limón, Monique | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Petrie-Norris, Cottie | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Ramos, James C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Rubio, Blanca E. | Democratic | Yea |
| Wicks, Buffy | Democratic | Yea |
| Chen, Phillip | Republican | Yea |
| Choi, Steven S. | Republican | Nay |
| Flora, Heath | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gallagher, James | Republican | Not Voting |
| Lackey, Tom | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 34 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 85% | 0% | 0% | 15% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Rubio | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Wieckowski | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Bradford | — | Yea |
| Wilk | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Roth | — | Yea |
| Hueso | — | Yea |
| Leyva | — | Yea |
| Dodd | — | Yea |
| Moorlach | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Allen | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Hertzberg | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Bates | — | Yea |
| Glazer | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Chang | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Borgeas | — | Not Voting |
| Morrell | — | Not Voting |
| Mark Stone | — | Not Voting |
| Archuleta, Bob | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Durazo, Maria Elena | Democratic | Yea |
| Gonzalez, Lena A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Hurtado, Melissa | Democratic | Yea |
| Jackson, Corey A. | Democratic | Yea |
| McGuire, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Stern, Henry I. | Democratic | Yea |
| Umberg, Thomas J. | Democratic | Yea |
| Wiener, Scott D. | Democratic | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Not Voting |
| Grove, Shannon | Republican | Not Voting |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Not Voting |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (9)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Dodd | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Glazer | — | Yea |
| Wilk | — | Yea |
| Chang | — | Yea |
| Pan | — | Yea |
| Leyva | — | Yea |
| Archuleta, Bob | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 38 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Democratic | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Republican | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 64 | 5 | 0 | 11 |
| % of votes cast | 80% | 6% | 0% | 14% |
How each member voted (80)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Mayes | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Smith | — | Yea |
| Cunningham | — | Yea |
| Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Gloria | — | Yea |
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Chiu | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Friedman | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Kamlager-Dove | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Low | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Cooper | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Chu | — | Yea |
| O'Donnell | — | Yea |
| Weber | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Voepel | — | Nay |
| Obernolte | — | Nay |
| Kiley | — | Nay |
| Melendez | — | Nay |
| Burke | — | Not Voting |
| Brough | — | Not Voting |
| Mathis | — | Not Voting |
| Bigelow | — | Not Voting |
| Frazier | — | Not Voting |
| Diep | — | Not Voting |
| Cristina Garcia | — | Yea |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca | Democratic | Yea |
| Berman, Marc | Democratic | Yea |
| Boerner, Tasha | Democratic | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Carrillo, Juan | Democratic | Yea |
| Cervantes, Sabrina | Democratic | Yea |
| Fong, Mike | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Gabriel, Jesse | Democratic | Yea |
| Gipson, Mike A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Grayson, Timothy S. | Democratic | Yea |
| Irwin, Jacqui | Democratic | Yea |
| Kalra, Ash | Democratic | Yea |
| Limón, Monique | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Petrie-Norris, Cottie | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Ramos, James C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Rubio, Blanca E. | Democratic | Yea |
| Wicks, Buffy | Democratic | Yea |
| Chen, Phillip | Republican | Yea |
| Choi, Steven S. | Republican | Nay |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Not Voting |
| Flora, Heath | Republican | Not Voting |
| Gallagher, James | Republican | Yea |
| Lackey, Tom | Republican | Yea |
| Patterson, Joe | Republican | Not Voting |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 72% | 6% | 0% | 22% |
How each member voted (18)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Gonzalez | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Diep | — | Nay |
| Brough | — | Not Voting |
| Obernolte | — | Not Voting |
| Bigelow | — | Not Voting |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Carrillo, Juan | Democratic | Yea |
| Fong, Mike | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Gabriel, Jesse | Democratic | Yea |
| Petrie-Norris, Cottie | Democratic | Yea |
| Rivas, Robert | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 70% | 0% | 0% | 30% |
How each member voted (20)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Gloria | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Low | — | Yea |
| Chiu | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Brough | — | Not Voting |
| Obernolte | — | Not Voting |
| Cunningham | — | Not Voting |
| Fong, Mike | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Gipson, Mike A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Grayson, Timothy S. | Democratic | Yea |
| Irwin, Jacqui | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Chen, Phillip | Republican | Not Voting |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Not Voting |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 241 do?
- Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. Under the act, a physician and surgeon is required to demonstrate satisfaction of continuing education requirements, including cultural and linguistic competency in the practice of medicine, as specified. This bill, by January 1, 2022, would require all continuing education courses for a physician and surgeon to contain curriculum that includes specified instruction in the understanding of implicit bias in medical treatment. The bill, by January 1, 2022, would require associations that accredit these continuing education courses to develop standards to comply with these provisions. Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, regulates the practice of nursing by the Board of Registered Nursing. The act requires persons licensed by the board to complete specified courses of instruction, including instruction regarding alcoholism and substance dependency and spousal abuse. This bill would require the Board of Registered Nursing, by January 1, 2022, to adopt regulations requiring all continuing education courses for its licensees to contain curriculum that includes specified instruction in the understanding of implicit bias in treatment. Beginning January 1, 2023, the bill would require continuing education providers to comply with these provisions and would require the board to audit education providers for compliance with these provisions, as specified. Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, authorizes the Physician Assistant Board to require a licensee to complete not more than 50 hours of continuing education every two years as a condition of license renewal. This bill would require the Physician Assistant Board, by January 1, 2022, to adopt regulations requiring all continuing education courses for its licensees to contain curriculum that includes specified instruction in the understanding of implicit bias in treatment. Beginning January 1, 2023, the bill would require continuing education providers to comply with these provisions and would require the board to audit continuing education providers for compliance with these provisions.
- Who sponsors AB 241?
- AB 241 is sponsored by Kamlager-Dove, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Ash (Democratic), McCarty, Weber, Wicks, Buffy (Democratic), Wiener, Scott D. (Democratic), Skinner, Garcia, Robert (Democratic), Bonta, Mia (Democratic), and Gonzalez, Jeff (Republican).
- What is the current status of AB 241?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 18, 2019. Enacted.
- Where can I track AB 241?
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