Anthony Portantino
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 25
Author
Existing law requires a physician and surgeon to report in writing immediately to the local health officer, the name, date of birth, and address of every patient at least 14 years of age or older whom the physician and surgeon has diagnosed as having a disorder characterized by lapses of consciousness. Existing law requires the local health officer to report this information in writing to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law authorizes the department to refuse to issue to, or renew a driver's license of, a person who has a disorder characterized by lapses of consciousness or who has experienced, within the last 3 years, either a lapse of consciousness or an episode of marked confusion caused by any condition that may bring about recurrent lapses. This bill would delete these existing provisions on January 1, 2030, and instead would authorize, until January 1, 2037, a physician and surgeon to report in writing immediately to the department the name, date of birth, and address of every patient at least 15 years of age, or 14 years of age if the patient has a junior permit, whom the physician and surgeon has diagnosed as having any condition severe enough to be likely to impair the patient's ability to operate a motor vehicle if a physician and surgeon reasonably and in good faith believes that reporting the patient will serve the public interest. This bill would require a physician and surgeon to report in writing every above-described patient whom the physician and surgeon has diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. This bill would also require, until January 1, 2037, the department, in cooperation with the State Department of Public Health, to guide reporting so that diagnosed cases reported are only those where there is reason to believe that the patients' conditions are likely to impair their ability to operate a motor vehicle. The bill would also exempt, until January 1, 2037, a health care provider or health care entity from specified liability, including, among others, civil or criminal liability, for making or not making, or in relation to or arising from making or not making, the report. This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles, by January 1, 2035, to submit a report to the Legislature evaluating the impact of transitioning to a discretionary reporting system. The bill would require the department's report, among other things, to compare the number of reports submitted by physicians and surgeons to the department, before and after this transition. The bill would repeal the department's reporting requirement on January 1, 2037. This bill would, beginning on January 1, 2037, revert to the physician and surgeon reporting requirements in existing law, except the bill would provide a specific definition of "disorders characterized by lapses of consciousness."
Vetoed by the Governor.
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5296.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 6276.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
From inactive file.
Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Davies.
Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Davies.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (September 1).
August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Coauthors revised.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1253.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1167.) (May 18).
Set for hearing May 18.
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 11. Noes 0. Page 892.) (April 25).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 25.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 689.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
Set for hearing April 11.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 11.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB357 | HTML |
| 02/08/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/29/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/17/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/27/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/06/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/23/24 - Enrolled |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/07/23- Senate Transportation | |
| 04/21/23- Senate Judiciary | |
| 05/13/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/23/23- Assembly Transportation | |
| 06/30/23- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 08/14/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 09/05/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 05/08/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/14/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 10/16/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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