CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1067Introduced by Senator Smallwood-CuevasFebruary 12, 2024 An act to add Section 871 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1067, as introduced, Smallwood-Cuevas. Healing arts: expedited licensure process: medically underserved area or population.Existing law establishes various boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs to license and regulate various health professionals. Existing law requires specified boards to expedite the licensure process of an applicant who can demonstrate that they intend to provide abortions within their scope of practice and specifies the documentation an applicant is required to provide to demonstrate their intent.This bill would require each healing arts board, as defined, to develop a process to expedite the licensure process by giving priority review status to the application of an applicant for a license who demonstrates that they intend to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population, as defined. The bill would authorize an applicant for a license to demonstrate their intent to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population by providing proper documentation, including, but not limited to, a letter from an employer, located in a medically underserved area or which serves a medically underserved population, indicating that the applicant has accepted employment and stating the start date.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 871 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:871. (a) Each healing arts board shall develop a process to expedite the licensure process by giving priority review status to the application of an applicant for a license who demonstrates that they intend to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population, as defined in Section 128552 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) An applicant for a license may demonstrate their intent to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population by providing proper documentation, including, but not limited to, a letter from an employer, located in a medically underserved area or which serves a medically underserved population, indicating that the applicant has accepted employment and stating the start date.(c) As used in this section, healing arts board means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1067Introduced by Senator Smallwood-CuevasFebruary 12, 2024 An act to add Section 871 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1067, as introduced, Smallwood-Cuevas. Healing arts: expedited licensure process: medically underserved area or population.Existing law establishes various boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs to license and regulate various health professionals. Existing law requires specified boards to expedite the licensure process of an applicant who can demonstrate that they intend to provide abortions within their scope of practice and specifies the documentation an applicant is required to provide to demonstrate their intent.This bill would require each healing arts board, as defined, to develop a process to expedite the licensure process by giving priority review status to the application of an applicant for a license who demonstrates that they intend to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population, as defined. The bill would authorize an applicant for a license to demonstrate their intent to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population by providing proper documentation, including, but not limited to, a letter from an employer, located in a medically underserved area or which serves a medically underserved population, indicating that the applicant has accepted employment and stating the start date.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1067
Introduced by Senator Smallwood-CuevasFebruary 12, 2024
Introduced by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas
February 12, 2024
An act to add Section 871 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1067, as introduced, Smallwood-Cuevas. Healing arts: expedited licensure process: medically underserved area or population.
Existing law establishes various boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs to license and regulate various health professionals. Existing law requires specified boards to expedite the licensure process of an applicant who can demonstrate that they intend to provide abortions within their scope of practice and specifies the documentation an applicant is required to provide to demonstrate their intent.This bill would require each healing arts board, as defined, to develop a process to expedite the licensure process by giving priority review status to the application of an applicant for a license who demonstrates that they intend to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population, as defined. The bill would authorize an applicant for a license to demonstrate their intent to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population by providing proper documentation, including, but not limited to, a letter from an employer, located in a medically underserved area or which serves a medically underserved population, indicating that the applicant has accepted employment and stating the start date.
Existing law establishes various boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs to license and regulate various health professionals. Existing law requires specified boards to expedite the licensure process of an applicant who can demonstrate that they intend to provide abortions within their scope of practice and specifies the documentation an applicant is required to provide to demonstrate their intent.
This bill would require each healing arts board, as defined, to develop a process to expedite the licensure process by giving priority review status to the application of an applicant for a license who demonstrates that they intend to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population, as defined. The bill would authorize an applicant for a license to demonstrate their intent to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population by providing proper documentation, including, but not limited to, a letter from an employer, located in a medically underserved area or which serves a medically underserved population, indicating that the applicant has accepted employment and stating the start date.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 871 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:871. (a) Each healing arts board shall develop a process to expedite the licensure process by giving priority review status to the application of an applicant for a license who demonstrates that they intend to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population, as defined in Section 128552 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) An applicant for a license may demonstrate their intent to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population by providing proper documentation, including, but not limited to, a letter from an employer, located in a medically underserved area or which serves a medically underserved population, indicating that the applicant has accepted employment and stating the start date.(c) As used in this section, healing arts board means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.
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 871 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:871. (a) Each healing arts board shall develop a process to expedite the licensure process by giving priority review status to the application of an applicant for a license who demonstrates that they intend to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population, as defined in Section 128552 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) An applicant for a license may demonstrate their intent to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population by providing proper documentation, including, but not limited to, a letter from an employer, located in a medically underserved area or which serves a medically underserved population, indicating that the applicant has accepted employment and stating the start date.(c) As used in this section, healing arts board means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.
SECTION 1. Section 871 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
871. (a) Each healing arts board shall develop a process to expedite the licensure process by giving priority review status to the application of an applicant for a license who demonstrates that they intend to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population, as defined in Section 128552 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) An applicant for a license may demonstrate their intent to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population by providing proper documentation, including, but not limited to, a letter from an employer, located in a medically underserved area or which serves a medically underserved population, indicating that the applicant has accepted employment and stating the start date.(c) As used in this section, healing arts board means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.
871. (a) Each healing arts board shall develop a process to expedite the licensure process by giving priority review status to the application of an applicant for a license who demonstrates that they intend to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population, as defined in Section 128552 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) An applicant for a license may demonstrate their intent to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population by providing proper documentation, including, but not limited to, a letter from an employer, located in a medically underserved area or which serves a medically underserved population, indicating that the applicant has accepted employment and stating the start date.(c) As used in this section, healing arts board means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.
871. (a) Each healing arts board shall develop a process to expedite the licensure process by giving priority review status to the application of an applicant for a license who demonstrates that they intend to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population, as defined in Section 128552 of the Health and Safety Code.(b) An applicant for a license may demonstrate their intent to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population by providing proper documentation, including, but not limited to, a letter from an employer, located in a medically underserved area or which serves a medically underserved population, indicating that the applicant has accepted employment and stating the start date.(c) As used in this section, healing arts board means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.
871. (a) Each healing arts board shall develop a process to expedite the licensure process by giving priority review status to the application of an applicant for a license who demonstrates that they intend to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population, as defined in Section 128552 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) An applicant for a license may demonstrate their intent to practice in a medically underserved area or serve a medically underserved population by providing proper documentation, including, but not limited to, a letter from an employer, located in a medically underserved area or which serves a medically underserved population, indicating that the applicant has accepted employment and stating the start date.
(c) As used in this section, healing arts board means any board, division, or examining committee in the Department of Consumer Affairs that licenses or certifies health professionals.