Avelino Valencia
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 68
Author
Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons. Existing law requires the board to adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of physicians and surgeons. Existing law provides that these standards may be met by educational activities that serve to maintain, develop, or increase the knowledge, skills, and professional performance that a physician and surgeon uses to provide care, or to improve the quality of care to patients, which may include educational activities that are designed to improve the physician-patient relationship. This bill would specify that these educational activities may also include activities that are designed to improve the quality of physician-patient communication. Existing law requires continuing education courses to contain curriculum that includes cultural and linguistic competency in the practice of medicine. Under existing law, associations that accredit continuing medical education courses are required to develop standards. Existing law authorizes the associations to update the standards, as needed, in conjunction with an advisory group that has expertise in cultural and linguistic competency issues. This bill would require the advisory group to be informed of federal and state threshold language requirements, as specified, and would require the authorized updates to be for the purpose of meeting the needs of California's changing demographics and properly addressing language disparities, as they emerge.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 330, Statutes of 2023.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2354.).
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 13. Noes 0.) (June 5). 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 79. Noes 0. Page 1363.)
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Coauthors revised.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB470 | HTML |
| 02/06/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/13/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/07/23 - Enrolled | |
| 10/07/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/24/23- Assembly Business and Professions | |
| 04/18/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 06/02/23- Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development | |
| 06/28/23- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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