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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                             Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
                            2015 - 2016  Regular  Session

          AB 2024 (Wood) - Critical access hospitals:  employment
          
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          |Version: June 9, 2016           |Policy Vote: B., P. & E.D. 8 -  |
          |                                |          0, HEALTH 8 - 0       |
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          |Urgency: No                     |Mandate: No                     |
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          |Hearing Date: August 11, 2016   |Consultant: Brendan McCarthy    |
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          *********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
             The following information is revised to reflect amendments 
                     adopted by the committee on August 11, 2016






          Bill  
          Summary:  AB 2024 would provide an exemption from the ban on the  
          corporate practice of medicine to allow federally certified  
          critical access hospitals to directly employ physicians until  
          January 1, 2024.


          Fiscal  
          Impact:  
           Potential one-time costs of $70,000 to develop information  
            technology systems to collect specified data from  
            participating hospitals by the Office of Statewide Health  
            Planning and Development (California Health Data Planning  







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           Potential ongoing costs of $130,000 per year to develop data  
            standards for reporting by participating hospitals, collect  
            and review data submitted by participating hospitals, and  
            eventually develop the required report (California Health Data  
            Planning Fund).


          Author  
          Amendments:  Modify the reporting requirements


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