(1) The California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990 provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of persons or agencies that provide hospice, which is a type of interdisciplinary health care that includes palliative care to individuals experiencing the last phases of life due to the existence of a terminal disease and supportive care to the primary caregivers and family of the hospice patient. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor.
California SB 294 (20172018) — Hospice: services to seriously ill patients.
(1) The California Hospice Licensure Act of 1990 provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of persons or agencies that provide hospice, which is a type of interdisciplinary health care that includes palliative care to individuals experiencing the last phases of life due to the existence of a terminal disease and supportive care to the primary caregivers and family of the hospice patient. A violation of the act is a misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB294 Hernandez et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hernandez — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
2017-02-23 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2017-03-24 Set for hearing April 5.
2017-03-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 624.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-13 Set for hearing April 24.
2017-04-24 April 24 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1181.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-05-26 Published May 26 at 10 a.m.
2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1321.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-12 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2017-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-06-29 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-07-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2474.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-07-06 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2017-07-10 Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
2017-07-10 Ordered to the Assembly.
2017-07-11 In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2017-07-17 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
2017-07-17 Ordered to third reading.
2017-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
2017-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3151.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2835.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2017-10-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 515, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce39ec7e-63c9-4eda-80f4-022dcad20295. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).