Jerry Hill
- Democratic
Author
Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties regarding the licensure and regulation of registered nurses. The act requires the board to appoint an executive officer to perform duties delegated by the board. The act on January 1, 2018, repeals the provisions establishing the board and the executive officer position. This bill would extend the repeal date of those provisions to January 1, 2022. The act prescribes various fees to be paid by licensees and applicants for licensure, and requires these fees to be credited to the Board of Registered Nursing Fund, which is a continuously appropriated fund as it pertains to fees collected by the board. This bill would delete the continuous appropriation, thereby subjecting all moneys in the fund to appropriation by the Legislature. The act requires the board, by February 1, 2016, to contract with the California State Auditor's Office to conduct a performance audit of the board's enforcement program, as specified. This bill would repeal the performance audit provisions. The act authorizes the board to take disciplinary action against certified or licensed nurses or to deny an application for a certificate or license for various acts and offenses. This bill would require the California Research Bureau to prepare and deliver a report to the Legislature by January 1, 2019, that evaluates to what extent employers voluntarily report disciplined nurses to the board and that offers options for consistent and reasonable reporting mechanisms. The act provides for an intervention program to identify and rehabilitate registered nurses whose competency may be impaired due to abuse of alcohol and other drugs, or due to mental illness. The act authorizes a registered nurse under current investigation by the board to request entry into the intervention program by contacting the board. The act authorizes the board to close an investigation of a registered nurse who enters the program under specified circumstances and requires the board to reopen the investigation only if the registered nurse withdraws or is terminated from the program. Under the act, neither acceptance nor participation in the intervention program precludes the board from investigating or continuing to investigate, or taking disciplinary action or continuing to take disciplinary action against, any registered nurse for any unprofessional conduct committed before, during, or after participation in the intervention program. This bill would delete those provisions providing for the suspension of a current investigation while a registered nurse is in the program and, instead, would authorize the board to investigate at its discretion complaints against registered nurses participating in the intervention program. The bill would prohibit disciplinary action with regard to acts committed before or during participation in the intervention program, unless the registered nurse withdraws or is terminated from the intervention program. The act requires a person renewing his or her license to submit proof satisfactory to the board that, during the preceding 2-year period, he or she has been informed of the developments in the registered nurse field or in any special area of practice engaged in by the licensee, occurring since the last renewal thereof, either by pursuing a course or courses of continuing education in the registered nurse field or relevant to the practice of the licensee, and approved by the board, or by other means deemed equivalent by the board. The act requires the board to adopt regulations establishing standards for continuing education for licensees, as specified, including a requirement that the standards be established in a manner to ensure that a variety of alternative forms of continuing education are available to licensees. This bill would require the board, by January 1, 2019, to deliver a report to the appropriate legislative policy committees detailing a comprehensive plan for approving and disapproving continuing education opportunities, and, by January 1, 2020, to report to the appropriate legislative committees on its progress implementing this plan. The bill would require that the alternative forms of continuing education available to licensees include online forms of continuing education. Existing law requires insurers that provide liability insurance to certain licensees, including persons licensed by the board, to report to the licensing agency certain settlement or arbitration awards over $3,000. This bill would increase the report threshold to $10,000 for a person licensed under the act. The bill would define "insurer" for those purposes.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 520, Statutes of 2017.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2835.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3039.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1).
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
August 30 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
Joint Rule 61(a)(10) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 2747.)
July 11 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1338.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1190.) (May 25).
Set for hearing May 25.
May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 15.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 826.) (April 24).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
Set for hearing April 24.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB799 | HTML |
| 02/17/17 - Introduced | |
| 04/17/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/20/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/01/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/26/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/03/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/24/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/15/17 - Enrolled | |
| 10/05/17 - Chaptered |
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