Tribal health programs: health care practitioners.
Under existing federal law, licensed health professionals employed by a tribal health program are required to be exempt, if licensed in any state, from the licensing requirements of the state in which the tribal health program performs specified services. A tribal health program is defined as an Indian tribe or tribal organization that operates any health program, service, function, activity, or facility funded, in whole or part, by the Indian Health Service.
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20112012
AB 1896
California AB 1896 (20112012)
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Tribal health programs: health care practitioners.
California AB 1896 (20112012) — Tribal health programs: health care practitioners.
Under existing federal law, licensed health professionals employed by a tribal health program are required to be exempt, if licensed in any state, from the licensing requirements of the state in which the tribal health program performs specified services. A tribal health program is defined as an Indian tribe or tribal organization that operates any health program, service, function, activity, or facility funded, in whole or part, by the Indian Health Service.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1896 CHESBRO Assembly Third Reading — 69–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent #14 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Chesbro — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2012-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
2012-03-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2012-03-27 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & C.P. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. referral-committee
2012-04-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-04-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 4660.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-05-17 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2012-06-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-06-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2012-07-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4223.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-07-02 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2012-07-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:20 p.m.
2012-07-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-07-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 119, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/959a6ae1-5409-4023-a3b2-dd37a01a7572. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).