Amended IN Senate June 25, 2024 Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2024 Amended IN Assembly March 11, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1991Introduced by Assembly Member BontaJanuary 30, 2024An act to amend Section 502 of add Section 850.2 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1991, as amended, Bonta. Licensee and registrant records. renewal: National Provider Identifier.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts professions and vocations by boards established within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and establishes the standards for licensure or certification of health professionals. Existing law makes certain violations of specified provisions relating to healing arts by a licensee or registrant a crime.This bill would require a healing arts board, as defined, to require a licensee or registrant who electronically renews their license or registration to provide to that board the licensees or registrants National Provider Identifier. The bill would provide that a violation of the bills requirements is not a crime.Existing law establishes uniform requirements for the reporting and collection of workforce data from health care-related licensing boards. Existing law requires certain boards that regulate healing arts licensees or registrants to request specified workforce data from their respective licensees and registrants and requires the data to be requested at the time of electronic license or registration renewal, as specified. Existing law provides that a licensee or registrant is not required to provide the specified workforce data as a condition for license or registration renewal, and that those individuals who do not provide that data are not subject to discipline.This bill would, instead, require certain boards that regulate healing arts licensees or registrants to collect workforce data from their respective licensees or registrants, and would require that data to be required at the time of electronic license or registration renewal, as specified. The bill would, instead, require a licensee or registrant to provide the specified workforce data as a condition for license or registration renewal and would prohibit certain boards, notwithstanding that condition, from denying an application for license or registration renewal solely because the licensee or registrant failed to provide any of the workforce data. The bill would delete the provision that specifies that a licensee or registrant shall not be subject to discipline for not providing that information.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 850.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, immediately following Section 850.1, to read:850.2. (a) For purposes of this section, healing arts board means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.(b) A healing arts board shall require a licensee or registrant who electronically renews their license or registration to provide to that board the licensees or registrants National Provider Identifier.(c) A violation of this section shall not constitute a crime.SECTION 1.Section 502 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:502.(a)Notwithstanding any other law, both of the following apply:(1)The Board of Registered Nursing, the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California, the Physician Assistant Board, and the Respiratory Care Board of California shall collect workforce data from their respective licensees and registrants as specified in subdivision (b) for future workforce planning at least biennially. The data shall be collected at the time of electronic license or registration renewal for those boards that utilize electronic renewals for licensees or registrants.(2)All other boards that are not listed in paragraph (1) that regulate healing arts licensees or registrants under this division shall collect workforce data from their respective licensees and registrants as specified in subdivision (b) for future workforce planning at least biennially. The data shall be required at the time of electronic license or registration renewal for those boards that utilize electronic renewals for licensees or registrants.(b)In conformance with specifications under subdivision (d), the workforce data collected or required by each board about its licensees and registrants shall include, at a minimum, all of the following information:(1)Anticipated year of retirement.(2)Area of practice or specialty.(3)City, county, and ZIP Code of practice.(4)Date of birth.(5)Educational background and the highest level attained at time of licensure or registration.(6)Gender or gender identity.(7)Hours spent in direct patient care, including telehealth hours as a subcategory, training, research, and administration.(8)Languages spoken.(9)National Provider Identifier.(10)Race or ethnicity.(11)Type of employer or classification of primary practice site among the types of practice sites specified by the board, including, but not limited to, clinic, hospital, managed care organization, or private practice.(12)Work hours.(13)Sexual orientation.(14)Disability status.(c)Each board shall maintain the confidentiality of the information it receives from licensees and registrants under this section and shall only release information in an aggregate form that cannot be used to identify an individual other than as specified in subdivision (e).(d)The Department of Consumer Affairs, in consultation with the Department of Health Care Access and Information, shall specify for each board subject to this section the specific information and data that will be collected or requested pursuant to subdivision (b). The Department of Consumer Affairs identification and specification of this information and data shall be exempt until June 30, 2023, from the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(e)Each board, or the Department of Consumer Affairs on its behalf, shall, beginning on July 1, 2022, and quarterly thereafter, provide the individual licensee and registrant data it collects pursuant to this section to the Department of Health Care Access and Information in a manner directed by the Department of Health Care Access and Information, including license or registration number and associated license or registration information. The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall maintain the confidentiality of the licensee and registrant information it receives and shall only release information in an aggregate form that cannot be used to identify an individual.(f)(1)A licensee or registrant shall be required to provide the information listed in subdivision (b) as a condition for license or registration renewal.(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a board described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall not deny an application for license or registration renewal solely because the licensee or registrant failed to provide any of the information listed in subdivision (b).(g) This section does not alter or affect mandatory reporting requirements for licensees or registrants established pursuant to this division, including, but not limited to, Sections 1715.5, 1902.2, 2425.3, and 2455.2.
Amended IN Senate June 25, 2024 Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2024 Amended IN Assembly March 11, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1991Introduced by Assembly Member BontaJanuary 30, 2024An act to amend Section 502 of add Section 850.2 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1991, as amended, Bonta. Licensee and registrant records. renewal: National Provider Identifier.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts professions and vocations by boards established within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and establishes the standards for licensure or certification of health professionals. Existing law makes certain violations of specified provisions relating to healing arts by a licensee or registrant a crime.This bill would require a healing arts board, as defined, to require a licensee or registrant who electronically renews their license or registration to provide to that board the licensees or registrants National Provider Identifier. The bill would provide that a violation of the bills requirements is not a crime.Existing law establishes uniform requirements for the reporting and collection of workforce data from health care-related licensing boards. Existing law requires certain boards that regulate healing arts licensees or registrants to request specified workforce data from their respective licensees and registrants and requires the data to be requested at the time of electronic license or registration renewal, as specified. Existing law provides that a licensee or registrant is not required to provide the specified workforce data as a condition for license or registration renewal, and that those individuals who do not provide that data are not subject to discipline.This bill would, instead, require certain boards that regulate healing arts licensees or registrants to collect workforce data from their respective licensees or registrants, and would require that data to be required at the time of electronic license or registration renewal, as specified. The bill would, instead, require a licensee or registrant to provide the specified workforce data as a condition for license or registration renewal and would prohibit certain boards, notwithstanding that condition, from denying an application for license or registration renewal solely because the licensee or registrant failed to provide any of the workforce data. The bill would delete the provision that specifies that a licensee or registrant shall not be subject to discipline for not providing that information.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate June 25, 2024 Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2024 Amended IN Assembly March 11, 2024
Amended IN Senate June 25, 2024
Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2024
Amended IN Assembly March 11, 2024
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1991
Introduced by Assembly Member BontaJanuary 30, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Bonta
January 30, 2024
An act to amend Section 502 of add Section 850.2 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1991, as amended, Bonta. Licensee and registrant records. renewal: National Provider Identifier.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts professions and vocations by boards established within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and establishes the standards for licensure or certification of health professionals. Existing law makes certain violations of specified provisions relating to healing arts by a licensee or registrant a crime.This bill would require a healing arts board, as defined, to require a licensee or registrant who electronically renews their license or registration to provide to that board the licensees or registrants National Provider Identifier. The bill would provide that a violation of the bills requirements is not a crime.Existing law establishes uniform requirements for the reporting and collection of workforce data from health care-related licensing boards. Existing law requires certain boards that regulate healing arts licensees or registrants to request specified workforce data from their respective licensees and registrants and requires the data to be requested at the time of electronic license or registration renewal, as specified. Existing law provides that a licensee or registrant is not required to provide the specified workforce data as a condition for license or registration renewal, and that those individuals who do not provide that data are not subject to discipline.This bill would, instead, require certain boards that regulate healing arts licensees or registrants to collect workforce data from their respective licensees or registrants, and would require that data to be required at the time of electronic license or registration renewal, as specified. The bill would, instead, require a licensee or registrant to provide the specified workforce data as a condition for license or registration renewal and would prohibit certain boards, notwithstanding that condition, from denying an application for license or registration renewal solely because the licensee or registrant failed to provide any of the workforce data. The bill would delete the provision that specifies that a licensee or registrant shall not be subject to discipline for not providing that information.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various healing arts professions and vocations by boards established within the Department of Consumer Affairs, and establishes the standards for licensure or certification of health professionals. Existing law makes certain violations of specified provisions relating to healing arts by a licensee or registrant a crime.
This bill would require a healing arts board, as defined, to require a licensee or registrant who electronically renews their license or registration to provide to that board the licensees or registrants National Provider Identifier. The bill would provide that a violation of the bills requirements is not a crime.
Existing law establishes uniform requirements for the reporting and collection of workforce data from health care-related licensing boards. Existing law requires certain boards that regulate healing arts licensees or registrants to request specified workforce data from their respective licensees and registrants and requires the data to be requested at the time of electronic license or registration renewal, as specified. Existing law provides that a licensee or registrant is not required to provide the specified workforce data as a condition for license or registration renewal, and that those individuals who do not provide that data are not subject to discipline.
This bill would, instead, require certain boards that regulate healing arts licensees or registrants to collect workforce data from their respective licensees or registrants, and would require that data to be required at the time of electronic license or registration renewal, as specified. The bill would, instead, require a licensee or registrant to provide the specified workforce data as a condition for license or registration renewal and would prohibit certain boards, notwithstanding that condition, from denying an application for license or registration renewal solely because the licensee or registrant failed to provide any of the workforce data. The bill would delete the provision that specifies that a licensee or registrant shall not be subject to discipline for not providing that information.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 850.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, immediately following Section 850.1, to read:850.2. (a) For purposes of this section, healing arts board means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.(b) A healing arts board shall require a licensee or registrant who electronically renews their license or registration to provide to that board the licensees or registrants National Provider Identifier.(c) A violation of this section shall not constitute a crime.SECTION 1.Section 502 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:502.(a)Notwithstanding any other law, both of the following apply:(1)The Board of Registered Nursing, the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California, the Physician Assistant Board, and the Respiratory Care Board of California shall collect workforce data from their respective licensees and registrants as specified in subdivision (b) for future workforce planning at least biennially. The data shall be collected at the time of electronic license or registration renewal for those boards that utilize electronic renewals for licensees or registrants.(2)All other boards that are not listed in paragraph (1) that regulate healing arts licensees or registrants under this division shall collect workforce data from their respective licensees and registrants as specified in subdivision (b) for future workforce planning at least biennially. The data shall be required at the time of electronic license or registration renewal for those boards that utilize electronic renewals for licensees or registrants.(b)In conformance with specifications under subdivision (d), the workforce data collected or required by each board about its licensees and registrants shall include, at a minimum, all of the following information:(1)Anticipated year of retirement.(2)Area of practice or specialty.(3)City, county, and ZIP Code of practice.(4)Date of birth.(5)Educational background and the highest level attained at time of licensure or registration.(6)Gender or gender identity.(7)Hours spent in direct patient care, including telehealth hours as a subcategory, training, research, and administration.(8)Languages spoken.(9)National Provider Identifier.(10)Race or ethnicity.(11)Type of employer or classification of primary practice site among the types of practice sites specified by the board, including, but not limited to, clinic, hospital, managed care organization, or private practice.(12)Work hours.(13)Sexual orientation.(14)Disability status.(c)Each board shall maintain the confidentiality of the information it receives from licensees and registrants under this section and shall only release information in an aggregate form that cannot be used to identify an individual other than as specified in subdivision (e).(d)The Department of Consumer Affairs, in consultation with the Department of Health Care Access and Information, shall specify for each board subject to this section the specific information and data that will be collected or requested pursuant to subdivision (b). The Department of Consumer Affairs identification and specification of this information and data shall be exempt until June 30, 2023, from the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(e)Each board, or the Department of Consumer Affairs on its behalf, shall, beginning on July 1, 2022, and quarterly thereafter, provide the individual licensee and registrant data it collects pursuant to this section to the Department of Health Care Access and Information in a manner directed by the Department of Health Care Access and Information, including license or registration number and associated license or registration information. The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall maintain the confidentiality of the licensee and registrant information it receives and shall only release information in an aggregate form that cannot be used to identify an individual.(f)(1)A licensee or registrant shall be required to provide the information listed in subdivision (b) as a condition for license or registration renewal.(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a board described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall not deny an application for license or registration renewal solely because the licensee or registrant failed to provide any of the information listed in subdivision (b).(g) This section does not alter or affect mandatory reporting requirements for licensees or registrants established pursuant to this division, including, but not limited to, Sections 1715.5, 1902.2, 2425.3, and 2455.2.
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 850.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, immediately following Section 850.1, to read:850.2. (a) For purposes of this section, healing arts board means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.(b) A healing arts board shall require a licensee or registrant who electronically renews their license or registration to provide to that board the licensees or registrants National Provider Identifier.(c) A violation of this section shall not constitute a crime.
SECTION 1. Section 850.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, immediately following Section 850.1, to read:
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850.2. (a) For purposes of this section, healing arts board means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.(b) A healing arts board shall require a licensee or registrant who electronically renews their license or registration to provide to that board the licensees or registrants National Provider Identifier.(c) A violation of this section shall not constitute a crime.
850.2. (a) For purposes of this section, healing arts board means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.(b) A healing arts board shall require a licensee or registrant who electronically renews their license or registration to provide to that board the licensees or registrants National Provider Identifier.(c) A violation of this section shall not constitute a crime.
850.2. (a) For purposes of this section, healing arts board means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.(b) A healing arts board shall require a licensee or registrant who electronically renews their license or registration to provide to that board the licensees or registrants National Provider Identifier.(c) A violation of this section shall not constitute a crime.
850.2. (a) For purposes of this section, healing arts board means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.
(b) A healing arts board shall require a licensee or registrant who electronically renews their license or registration to provide to that board the licensees or registrants National Provider Identifier.
(c) A violation of this section shall not constitute a crime.
(a)Notwithstanding any other law, both of the following apply:
(1)The Board of Registered Nursing, the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California, the Physician Assistant Board, and the Respiratory Care Board of California shall collect workforce data from their respective licensees and registrants as specified in subdivision (b) for future workforce planning at least biennially. The data shall be collected at the time of electronic license or registration renewal for those boards that utilize electronic renewals for licensees or registrants.
(2)All other boards that are not listed in paragraph (1) that regulate healing arts licensees or registrants under this division shall collect workforce data from their respective licensees and registrants as specified in subdivision (b) for future workforce planning at least biennially. The data shall be required at the time of electronic license or registration renewal for those boards that utilize electronic renewals for licensees or registrants.
(b)In conformance with specifications under subdivision (d), the workforce data collected or required by each board about its licensees and registrants shall include, at a minimum, all of the following information:
(1)Anticipated year of retirement.
(2)Area of practice or specialty.
(3)City, county, and ZIP Code of practice.
(4)Date of birth.
(5)Educational background and the highest level attained at time of licensure or registration.
(6)Gender or gender identity.
(7)Hours spent in direct patient care, including telehealth hours as a subcategory, training, research, and administration.
(8)Languages spoken.
(9)National Provider Identifier.
(10)Race or ethnicity.
(11)Type of employer or classification of primary practice site among the types of practice sites specified by the board, including, but not limited to, clinic, hospital, managed care organization, or private practice.
(12)Work hours.
(13)Sexual orientation.
(14)Disability status.
(c)Each board shall maintain the confidentiality of the information it receives from licensees and registrants under this section and shall only release information in an aggregate form that cannot be used to identify an individual other than as specified in subdivision (e).
(d)The Department of Consumer Affairs, in consultation with the Department of Health Care Access and Information, shall specify for each board subject to this section the specific information and data that will be collected or requested pursuant to subdivision (b). The Department of Consumer Affairs identification and specification of this information and data shall be exempt until June 30, 2023, from the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(e)Each board, or the Department of Consumer Affairs on its behalf, shall, beginning on July 1, 2022, and quarterly thereafter, provide the individual licensee and registrant data it collects pursuant to this section to the Department of Health Care Access and Information in a manner directed by the Department of Health Care Access and Information, including license or registration number and associated license or registration information. The Department of Health Care Access and Information shall maintain the confidentiality of the licensee and registrant information it receives and shall only release information in an aggregate form that cannot be used to identify an individual.
(f)(1)A licensee or registrant shall be required to provide the information listed in subdivision (b) as a condition for license or registration renewal.
(2)Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a board described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) shall not deny an application for license or registration renewal solely because the licensee or registrant failed to provide any of the information listed in subdivision (b).
(g) This section does not alter or affect mandatory reporting requirements for licensees or registrants established pursuant to this division, including, but not limited to, Sections 1715.5, 1902.2, 2425.3, and 2455.2.