SB 779 — Primary Care Clinic Data Modernization Act.

Summary

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of clinics, including primary care clinics and specialty clinics, by the State Department of Public Health. A violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law excludes certain facilities from those provisions, including a clinic that is operated by a primary care community or free clinic and that is operated on separate premises from the licensed clinic and is only open for limited services of no more than 40 hours a week, also referred to as an intermittent clinic. Existing law imposes various reporting requirements on clinics, including requiring a clinic to provide a verified report to the Department of Health Care Access and Information including information relating to the previous calendar year, such as the number of patients served and specified descriptive information, medical and other health services provided, total clinic operating expenses, and gross patient charges by payer category. Existing law specifies that the reporting requirements apply to all primary care clinics. Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information to be the single state agency designated to collect certain health facility or clinic data for use by all state agencies, as prescribed. Commencing January 1, 2027, this bill would repeal and recast these reporting requirements, including, but not limited to, extending their application to intermittent clinics operated by licensed clinics. The bill would establish specific reporting requirements for specialty clinics, as defined. The bill would require an organization that operates, conducts, owns, or maintains a primary care clinic or intermittent clinic, and its officers, to file specified reports with the Department of Health Care Access and Information for every primary care clinic and every intermittent clinic that it operates, conducts, owns, or maintains, on or before the 15th day of February each year, including, but not limited to, a report of all mergers and acquisitions, a detailed labor report, and a report of quality and equity measures. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations necessary to implement these reporting requirements and to require the first annual reports to be submitted on or before February 15, 2028, using information relating to the calendar year beginning January 1, 2027. Because a violation of certain provisions of the bill by a primary care clinic or intermittent clinic would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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

• Chaptered 10/08/23 - Chaptered Current pdf October 08, 2023
• Enrolled 09/19/23 - Enrolled pdf September 19, 2023
• Amended 09/08/23 - Amended Assembly pdf September 08, 2023
• Amended 07/13/23 - Amended Assembly pdf July 13, 2023
• Amended 04/17/23 - Amended Senate pdf April 17, 2023
• Amended 03/30/23 - Amended Senate pdf March 30, 2023
• Amended 03/27/23 - Amended Senate pdf March 27, 2023
• Introduced 02/17/23 - Introduced pdf February 17, 2023
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Action History

1. October 08, 2023

   Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 505, Statutes of 2023.

2. October 08, 2023

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 21, 2023

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

4. September 14, 2023

   Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 2844.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

5. September 13, 2023

   In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

6. September 13, 2023

   Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 48. Noes 17. Page 3400.) Ordered to the Senate.

7. September 08, 2023

   Ordered to third reading.

8. September 08, 2023

   Read third time and amended. (Ayes 57. Noes 16. Page 3124.)

9. September 08, 2023

   Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 3123.)

10. September 05, 2023

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

11. September 01, 2023

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (September 1).

12. August 16, 2023

    August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

13. July 13, 2023

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

14. July 12, 2023

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (July 11).

15. June 15, 2023

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

16. June 01, 2023

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

17. May 31, 2023

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 8. Page 1385.) Ordered to the Assembly.

18. May 18, 2023

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

19. May 18, 2023

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1183.) (May 18).

20. May 12, 2023

    Set for hearing May 18.

21. May 01, 2023

    May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.

22. April 21, 2023

    Set for hearing May 1.

23. April 18, 2023

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

24. April 18, 2023

    Withdrawn from committee.

25. April 17, 2023

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

26. April 13, 2023

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 711.) (April 12).

27. March 30, 2023

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

28. March 28, 2023

    Set for hearing April 12.

29. March 27, 2023

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

30. March 01, 2023

    Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.

31. February 21, 2023

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.

32. February 17, 2023

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

• Henry I. Stern · Primary
• Lola Smallwood-Cuevas · Cosponsor
• Liz Ortega · Cosponsor

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