California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

AB 2024 — Critical access hospitals: employment.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 496, Statutes of 2016.

  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 16, 2016. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    1 primary, 5 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 9 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

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 establishes the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, which succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Department of Public Health relating to health planning and research development. This bill, until January 1, 2024, would also authorize a federally certified critical access hospital to employ those medical professionals and 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. The bill would require the office, on or before July 1, 2023, to provide a report to the Legislature containing data on the impact of this authorization on federally certified critical access hospitals and their ability to recruit and retain physicians and surgeons, as specified. The bill would, 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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 496, Statutes of 2016.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6538.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5414.).

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

  8. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11).

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

  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  12. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 6).

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

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

  15. Referred to Com. on RLS.

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

  17. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4679.)

  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. Ordered to second reading.

  20. Withdrawn from committee.

  21. Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Page 4554.)

  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  23. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  25. Read second time and amended.

  26. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 5).

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

  28. From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.

  29. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Bigelow · Cosponsor
  • Dahle · Cosponsor
  • James Gallagher · Cosponsor
  • Obernolte · Cosponsor
  • Wood · Primary
  • Beth Gaines · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 5 co-sponsors · 116 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Wood

Co-sponsors (5)

Not signed on (116)

116 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Votes

AB 2024 WOOD Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 68002
Democratic 5000
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
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kim — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Levine — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Gray — Not Voting
Chang — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dodd — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Salas — Yea
Harper — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Williams — 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
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic 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 AB2024 Wood By Hernandez

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35001
Democratic 3000
Total 38001
% of votes cast 97%0%0%3%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Block — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Pan — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Hall — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Huff — Yea
Beall — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Do pass as amended

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Beall — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Beall — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

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AB 2024 WOOD Assembly Third Reading

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69001
Democratic 5000
Republican 5000
Total 79001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Burke — Yea
Harper — Yea
Kim — Yea
Campos — Yea
Levine — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Gray — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic 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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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16002
Republican 1000
Total 17002
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Maienschein — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Burke — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Not Voting
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Not Voting
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

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

Passed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13001
Republican 2000
Total 15001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Brough — Not Voting
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Ting — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Holden — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2024 do?
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 establishes the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, which succeeds to and is vested with all the duties, powers, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Department of Public Health relating to health planning and research development. This bill, until January 1, 2024, would also authorize a federally certified critical access hospital to employ those medical professionals and 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. The bill would require the office, on or before July 1, 2023, to provide a report to the Legislature containing data on the impact of this authorization on federally certified critical access hospitals and their ability to recruit and retain physicians and surgeons, as specified. The bill would, 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.
Who sponsors AB 2024?
AB 2024 is sponsored by Bigelow, Dahle, Gallagher, James (Republican), Obernolte, Wood, and Beth Gaines.
What is the current status of AB 2024?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 16, 2016. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 2024?
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