Joaquin Arambula
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 31
Author
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of general acute care hospitals and acute psychiatric hospitals by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law requires emergency services and care to be provided, as specified, at a licensed health facility that maintains and operates an emergency department to provide emergency services to the public when the health facility has appropriate facilities and qualified personnel available to provide the services or care. Existing law requires emergency services and care, including screening, examination, and evaluation to determine if a psychiatric emergency medical condition exists and the care and treatment necessary to relieve or eliminate the psychiatric emergency medical condition, to be provided to any person requesting the services or care. A knowing and intentional violation of these provisions is a crime. This bill would require a psychiatric unit within a general acute care hospital, a psychiatric health facility, or an acute psychiatric hospital to accept the transfer of a person with a psychiatric emergency medical condition from a health facility that operates an emergency department and to provide emergency services and care to treat that person, regardless of whether the facility operates an emergency department, if specified criteria are met. The bill would also require a facility accepting a transfer of a person pursuant to those provisions to comply with specified requirements. The bill would exclude state psychiatric hospitals and specified psychiatric health facilities from its provisions. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 438, Statutes of 2021.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2903.).
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 2875.)
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2451.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1356.)
Ordered to third reading.
From Consent Calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB451 | HTML |
| 02/08/21 - Introduced | |
| 08/31/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/10/21 - Enrolled | |
| 10/01/21 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/02/21- Assembly Health | |
| 04/12/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 04/21/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/07/21- Senate Health | |
| 06/23/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/01/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/07/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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