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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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Overview
This bill updates the definition of ‘health professional shortage area’ (HPSA) in California law. It expands the criteria for designating an HPSA to include areas designated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as well as areas identified by the California Department of Health Care Access and Information. The bill also requires boards regulating health professionals to collect more detailed workforce data, including information about patient care hours, sliding fee scales, and demographic information, and to report this data monthly to the Department of Health Care Access and Information.
Key provisions
- Expands the definition of ‘health professional shortage area’ to include designations by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and California’s Department of Health Care Access and Information.
- Requires boards to collect detailed workforce data from licensees and registrants, including information on patient care hours, sliding fee scales, and demographic information.
- Mandates monthly reporting of workforce data to the Department of Health Care Access and Information.
- Authorizes the Department of Health Care Access and Information to revoke designations of HPSAs.
- Requires boards to maintain the confidentiality of collected data.
- Specifies that providing workforce data cannot be a condition for license renewal.
- Establishes a sunset date of January 1, 2035, for certain provisions.
- Includes legislative findings regarding limitations on public access to information.
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