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          Date of Hearing:  May 4, 2016


                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS


                               Lorena Gonzalez, Chair


          AB  
          2745 (Holden) - As Amended April 25, 2016


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          Urgency:  No  State Mandated Local Program:  YesReimbursable:   
          No


          SUMMARY:


          This bill makes a number of minor changes to the Medical  
          Practice Act related to physicians, midwives, and  
          polysomnographic technicians.  Provisions of this bill with a  
          potential fiscal impact include: 


          1)Authorizing the Medical Board of California (Medical Board) to  
            place a midwife license or polysomnographic technician  







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            registration on probation and establish a fee for monitoring a  
            licensee on probation. 


          2)Clarifying, for a physician applicant for a limited license,  
            that the licensee must pay renewal fees in addition to initial  
            licensure fees.


           FISCAL EFFECT:


          1)Costs and revenues to the Medical Board of California are  
            likely to be minor (Contingent Fund of the Medical Board of  
            California).  


          2)Potential minor information technology costs, if changes are  
            needed to the BreEZe licensing system as a result of this bill  
            (Contingent Fund of the Medical Board of California). 


          COMMENTS:


          1)Purpose. According to the author, this is a clean-up bill to  
            ensure that the MBC's authority to perform their duties is  
            clearly defined and aligned with current law. This bill is  
            sponsored by the Medical Board and has no opposition.  



          2)Background.  The MBC is responsible for licensing and  
            regulating allied health licensees, including licensed  
            midwives and polysomnographic technologists, technicians and  
            trainees.  There are certain provisions in the Medical  
            Practice Act that apply to physicians and surgeons that the  
            MBC also relies upon when regulating the aforementioned allied  
            health licensees.  As such, the author believes it is  
            necessary to clarify the MBC's authority to do the following,  







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            which this bill addresses:

             a)   Revoke or deny a license for registered sex offenders; 
             b)   Allow allied health licensees to petition for license  
               reinstatement; and,
             c)   Allow the MBC to use probation as a disciplinary option  
               for allied health licenses, and to procure payment for the  
               costs of probation monitoring.
          


          Analysis Prepared by:Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916)  
          319-2081