CaliforniaGeneral acute care and acute psychiatric hospitals must check medical staff procedure skills
The signed bill says governing bodies at general acute care and acute psychiatric hospitals must have medical staff check members’ procedure skills when they apply and every three years afterward.
What it does
At general acute care and acute psychiatric hospitals, governing bodies must have medical staff check members’ procedure skills when they first apply and every three years after. The state health department cannot demand routine reappointments more often than every three years.
In licensed general or specialized hospitals with at least five physicians and surgeons on the medical staff, hospital board rules must call for reappointments at least once every three years.
Physician and surgeon staffs at health facilities must have members show a committee they can perform procedures competently when they first apply and at least once every three years afterward.
Argument forGeneral acute care and acute psychiatric hospitals could spend less time on routine reappointments because the state health department cannot require them more often than every three years.
Argument againstPatients might wait longer for weak procedure skills to be spotted if physician and surgeon staffs use the allowed three-year gap between checks.
More detail
Governing bodies at general acute care and acute psychiatric hospitals must require procedure skill checks. The state health department cannot demand routine reappointments more often than every three years. The checks cover all medical staff members at those hospitals. Each medical staff member must show an appropriate staff committee that they can perform surgical or other procedures competently. Skill checks occur when members first apply and every three years afterward. The limit on department demands applies to routine reappointments.
Hospital boards must set a medical staff reappointment schedule in their rules. This covers licensed general or specialized hospitals with at least five physicians and surgeons on the medical staff. The rules must call for reappointments at least once every three years.
Physician and surgeon staffs must check members’ ability to perform procedures. This covers members of physician and surgeon staffs at health facilities. An appropriate staff committee must be satisfied that each member can perform surgical and other procedures competently. The first check occurs when a member applies to join. Later checks occur at least once every three years.
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
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- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Sep 30Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 876, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 30Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 14Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 31Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6974.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 1199 Patterson Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 27From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 27).Minor
- Vote recorded With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 26Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6563.)
- Aug 13Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.Minor
- Aug 11In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Aug 10Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5321.).Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 4Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Aug 3From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Jul 2From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jul 1
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 22From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 15Re-referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and HEALTH.Minor
- Jun 12Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Jun 12Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Jun 11From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Major
- 2025
- Jun 9From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Major
- Jun 4Referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- May 28In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- May 27Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1740.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 1199 Patterson Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- May 22Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- May 21From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 21).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- May 14In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- May 5Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- May 1Read second time and amended.Major
- Apr 30From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 29).Major
- Apr 29
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 18Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- Mar 17From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 10Referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- Feb 24Read first time.Minor
- Feb 22From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- Feb 21Introduced. To print.Introduced
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