BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 2745 Page 1 Date of Hearing: May 4, 2016 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Lorena Gonzalez, Chair AB 2745 (Holden) - As Amended April 25, 2016 ----------------------------------------------------------------- |Policy |Business and Professions |Vote:|16 - 0 | |Committee: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |-------------+-------------------------------+-----+-------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 AB 2745 Page 2 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, AB 2745 Page 3 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