California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 389 — Hospitals: language assistance services.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 327, Statutes of 2015.

  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 18, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

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 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals. A violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law requires those hospitals to adopt and review annually a policy for providing language assistance services to patients with language or communication barriers, as defined. Existing law requires a hospital to annually transmit to the department a copy of its updated policy and to include a description of its efforts to ensure adequate and speedy communication between patients with language or communication barriers and staff. This bill would require a general acute care hospital and the department to make the hospital's updated policy available annually to the public on their respective Internet Web sites. The bill would also require a general acute care hospital to post on its Internet Web site a notice, in English and in the other most commonly spoken languages in the hospital's service area, of the availability of language assistance services. Because a violation of these provisions by a health facility would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 327, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3013.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2990.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2581.).

  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 27).

  10. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  11. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17).

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

  14. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  15. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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

  17. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1223.)

  18. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  19. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22).

  20. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. Read second time and amended.

  22. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 7).

  23. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  24. From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  25. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Chau · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Chau

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 389 CHAU Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69002
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Not Voting
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Chau — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Burke — Yea
Salas — Yea
Harper — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Brough — Yea
Chu — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Kim — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — 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

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3rd Reading AB389 Chau By Pan

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hill — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Pan — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hall — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Hueso — 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 →

Do pass as amended

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Beall — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6001
Total 6001
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Beall — Yea

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AB 389 CHAU Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 77 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 67003
Democratic 4000
Republican 6000
Total 77003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Burke — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Cooper — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Harper — Yea
Chau — Yea
Salas — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Chang — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kim — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Levine — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Gray — Yea
Holden — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Daly — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Campos — Not Voting
Gomez — Not Voting
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. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Chang — Yea
Daly — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

Passed 18 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 1000
Unaffiliated 15001
Republican 2000
Total 18001
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Maienschein — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wood — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Roger Hernández — Not Voting
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 389 do?
(1) Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals. A violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law requires those hospitals to adopt and review annually a policy for providing language assistance services to patients with language or communication barriers, as defined. Existing law requires a hospital to annually transmit to the department a copy of its updated policy and to include a description of its efforts to ensure adequate and speedy communication between patients with language or communication barriers and staff. This bill would require a general acute care hospital and the department to make the hospital's updated policy available annually to the public on their respective Internet Web sites. The bill would also require a general acute care hospital to post on its Internet Web site a notice, in English and in the other most commonly spoken languages in the hospital's service area, of the availability of language assistance services. Because a violation of these provisions by a health facility would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 389?
AB 389 is sponsored by Chau.
What is the current status of AB 389?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 18, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 389?
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