Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, authorizes the Medical Board of California to grant approval of the employment of licensees on a salary basis by licensed charitable institutions, foundations, or clinics if no charge for professional services is made, in accordance with specified requirements. Existing law provides an exception to the prohibition on charging for professional services for a federally certified critical access hospital that employs licensees and charges for professional services rendered by those licensees to patients under specified conditions, including that the medical staff concur by an affirmative vote that the licensee's employment is in the best interest of the communities served by the hospital. Existing law makes that exception operative only until January 1, 2024.
California AB 242 (20232024) — Critical access hospitals: employment.
Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, authorizes the Medical Board of California to grant approval of the employment of licensees on a salary basis by licensed charitable institutions, foundations, or clinics if no charge for professional services is made, in accordance with specified requirements. Existing law provides an exception to the prohibition on charging for professional services for a federally certified critical access hospital that employs licensees and charges for professional services rendered by those licensees to patients under specified conditions, including that the medical staff concur by an affirmative vote that the licensee's employment is in the best interest of the communities served by the hospital. Existing law makes that exception operative only until January 1, 2024.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Wood — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-01-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-01-14 From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.
2023-02-02 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2023-03-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-03-30 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-04-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1178.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-04-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-03 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E. D. and HEALTH. referral-committee
2023-06-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2357.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-05 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2023-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 641, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e471ad1-31e6-4227-b4c3-cb30ac22bf18. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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