CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1048Introduced by Assembly Member ArambulaFebruary 16, 2017 An act to amend Section 1254.7 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1048, as introduced, Arambula. Health facilities: pain management.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of health facilities. Existing law requires a health facility to, as a condition of licensure, include pain as an item to be assessed at the same time vital signs are taken and to ensure that pain assessment is performed in a consistent manner that is appropriate to the patient.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1254.7 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1254.7. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that pain be assessed and treated promptly, effectively, and for as long as pain persists.(b) Every A health facility licensed pursuant to this chapter shall, as a condition of licensure, include pain as an item to be assessed at the same time as vital signs are taken. The health facility shall ensure that pain assessment is performed in a consistent manner that is appropriate to the patient. The pain assessment shall be noted in the patients chart in a manner consistent with other vital signs.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1048Introduced by Assembly Member ArambulaFebruary 16, 2017 An act to amend Section 1254.7 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1048, as introduced, Arambula. Health facilities: pain management.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of health facilities. Existing law requires a health facility to, as a condition of licensure, include pain as an item to be assessed at the same time vital signs are taken and to ensure that pain assessment is performed in a consistent manner that is appropriate to the patient.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1048
Introduced by Assembly Member ArambulaFebruary 16, 2017
Introduced by Assembly Member Arambula
February 16, 2017
An act to amend Section 1254.7 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1048, as introduced, Arambula. Health facilities: pain management.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of health facilities. Existing law requires a health facility to, as a condition of licensure, include pain as an item to be assessed at the same time vital signs are taken and to ensure that pain assessment is performed in a consistent manner that is appropriate to the patient.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of health facilities. Existing law requires a health facility to, as a condition of licensure, include pain as an item to be assessed at the same time vital signs are taken and to ensure that pain assessment is performed in a consistent manner that is appropriate to the patient.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1254.7 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1254.7. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that pain be assessed and treated promptly, effectively, and for as long as pain persists.(b) Every A health facility licensed pursuant to this chapter shall, as a condition of licensure, include pain as an item to be assessed at the same time as vital signs are taken. The health facility shall ensure that pain assessment is performed in a consistent manner that is appropriate to the patient. The pain assessment shall be noted in the patients chart in a manner consistent with other vital signs.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1254.7 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1254.7. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that pain be assessed and treated promptly, effectively, and for as long as pain persists.(b) Every A health facility licensed pursuant to this chapter shall, as a condition of licensure, include pain as an item to be assessed at the same time as vital signs are taken. The health facility shall ensure that pain assessment is performed in a consistent manner that is appropriate to the patient. The pain assessment shall be noted in the patients chart in a manner consistent with other vital signs.
SECTION 1. Section 1254.7 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
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1254.7. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that pain be assessed and treated promptly, effectively, and for as long as pain persists.(b) Every A health facility licensed pursuant to this chapter shall, as a condition of licensure, include pain as an item to be assessed at the same time as vital signs are taken. The health facility shall ensure that pain assessment is performed in a consistent manner that is appropriate to the patient. The pain assessment shall be noted in the patients chart in a manner consistent with other vital signs.
1254.7. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that pain be assessed and treated promptly, effectively, and for as long as pain persists.(b) Every A health facility licensed pursuant to this chapter shall, as a condition of licensure, include pain as an item to be assessed at the same time as vital signs are taken. The health facility shall ensure that pain assessment is performed in a consistent manner that is appropriate to the patient. The pain assessment shall be noted in the patients chart in a manner consistent with other vital signs.
1254.7. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that pain be assessed and treated promptly, effectively, and for as long as pain persists.(b) Every A health facility licensed pursuant to this chapter shall, as a condition of licensure, include pain as an item to be assessed at the same time as vital signs are taken. The health facility shall ensure that pain assessment is performed in a consistent manner that is appropriate to the patient. The pain assessment shall be noted in the patients chart in a manner consistent with other vital signs.
1254.7. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that pain be assessed and treated promptly, effectively, and for as long as pain persists.
(b) Every A health facility licensed pursuant to this chapter shall, as a condition of licensure, include pain as an item to be assessed at the same time as vital signs are taken. The health facility shall ensure that pain assessment is performed in a consistent manner that is appropriate to the patient. The pain assessment shall be noted in the patients chart in a manner consistent with other vital signs.