CURRENT BILL STATUS
 

MEASURE :  S.B. No. 396
AUTHOR(S) :  Kuehl (Coauthor: Assembly Member Washington).
TOPIC :  Corrections:  medical services.
HOUSE LOCATION :  ASM
+LAST AMENDED DATE  :  09/12/2001
 

TYPE OF BILL :
                Active
                Non-Urgency
                Non-Appropriations
                Majority Vote Required
                Non-State-Mandated Local Program
                Fiscal
                Non-Tax Levy

LAST HIST. ACT. DATE:  09/12/2001
LAST HIST. ACTION   :  Assembly Rule 69(b) suspended. Read third time. Amended.
 To third reading.
FILE :  ASM THIRD READING
FILE DATE :  09/13/2001
ITEM : 72
 

TITLE :  An act to add Section 2873.4 to the Business and
 Professions Code, and to amend Section 5007.5 of the
 Penal Code, relating to corrections.
 

CURRENT BILL STATUS
 

MEASURE :  S.B. No. 396
AUTHOR(S) :  Kuehl.
TOPIC :  Corrections:  medical services.
HOUSE LOCATION :  ASM
+LAST AMENDED DATE  :  06/04/2001
 

TYPE OF BILL :
                Active
                Non-Urgency
                Non-Appropriations
                Majority Vote Required
                Non-State-Mandated Local Program
                Fiscal
                Non-Tax Levy

LAST HIST. ACT. DATE:  08/30/2001
LAST HIST. ACTION   :  Joint Rule 61(a) (10) & (11) suspended.
COMM. LOCATION :  ASM APPROPRIATIONS
HEARING DATE :  09/06/2001

TITLE :  An act to add Section 2873.4 to the Business and
 Professions Code, and to add Section 5002.5 to, and to
 repeal Section 5007.5 of, the Penal Code, relating to
 corrections.

MEASURE :  S.B. No. 396
AUTHOR(S) :  Kuehl.
TOPIC :  Corrections:  medical services.
HOUSE LOCATION :  ASM
+LAST AMENDED DATE  :  06/04/2001
 

TYPE OF BILL :
                Active
                Non-Urgency
                Non-Appropriations
                Majority Vote Required
                Non-State-Mandated Local Program
                Fiscal
                Non-Tax Levy

LAST HIST. ACT. DATE:  08/22/2001
LAST HIST. ACTION   :  Placed on  APPR. suspense file.
COMM. LOCATION :  ASM APPROPRIATIONS
COMM. ACTION DATE   :  08/22/2001
COMM. ACTION :  Set, first hearing.  Referred to Appropriations suspense
 file.

TITLE :  An act to add Section 2873.4 to the Business and
 Professions Code, and to add Section 5002.5 to, and to
 repeal Section 5007.5 of, the Penal Code, relating to
 corrections.
 

BILL NUMBER: SB 396 AMENDED
 BILL TEXT

 AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 4, 2001
 AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 14, 2001
 AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 2, 2001
 AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 24, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kuehl

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2001

   An act to add Section 2873.4 to the Business and Professions Code,
and to add Section 5002.5 to, and to repeal Section 5007.5 of, the
Penal Code, relating to corrections.
 

 LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
 

   SB 396, as amended, Kuehl.  Corrections:  medical services.
   Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of various
occupations and professions, each administered by a board, as
defined, including the Board of Registered Nursing and the Board of
Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technician Examiners of the State of
California.
   The bill would establish guidelines for the decisionmaking
authority of Medical Technical Assistants  who are Licensed
Vocational Nurses  and Senior Medical Technical Assistants
who are Licensed Vocational Nurses  with respect to the care and
treatment of inmates.
   Under existing law, the Department of Corrections is vested with
powers and duties necessary for operating the California prison
system.
   This bill would require the department to ensure by January 1,
2005, that all of its medical facilities are accredited by a health
care organization specializing in accrediting health care facilities
in correctional settings. The bill would require the department to
provide the Legislature with an annual report, as specified.
   Existing law authorizes the Director of Corrections to charge a $5
fee for each inmate-initiated medical visit of an inmate, and
requires that the moneys received be expended to reimburse the
department for direct provision of inmate health care services.
   This bill would repeal this provision.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  yes.
State-mandated local program:  no.
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 

  SECTION 1.  Section 2873.4 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, to read:
   2873.4.  Medical Technical Assistants  who are Licensed
Vocational Nurses  and Senior Medical Technical Assistants
who are Licensed Vocational Nurses  shall not make any decision
concerning access to care and the kind of care or treatment an inmate
should receive.  Neither shall a Medical Technical Assistant
who is a Licensed Vocational Nurse  nor a Senior Medical
Technical Assistant  who is a Licensed Vocational Nurse
make any decision as to whether an inmate should be examined by a
clinician  , unless that decision is necessary to provide
emergency care and is within the scope of the nurse's license
 . Medical Technical Assistants  who are Licensed
Vocational Nurses  and Senior Medical Technical Assistants
who are Licensed Vocational Nurses  may collect subjective and
objective patient data and convey that information to either a
registered nurse or  medical staff member of a higher
professional status than a registered nurse, including  a
physician who may then make appropriate treatment decisions based on
that information.
  SEC. 2.  Section 5002.5 is added to the Penal Code, to read:
   5002.5.  Not later than January 1, 2005, the Department of
Corrections shall ensure that all of its medical facilities are
accredited by a health care organization specializing in accrediting
health care facilities in correctional settings.  The department
shall provide the Legislature with an annual report on its progress
in obtaining this accreditation.
  SEC. 3.  Section 5007.5 of the Penal Code is repealed.