By Hamdy M. Masri On March 14, 2022, the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) published its 2022 Sunset Review Report in preparation for its third Sunset Review Oversight Hearing before the Assembly Business and Professions Committee and the Senate Continue reading
By Frannie Winters AB 646 (Low), as amended January 24, 2022, is a two-year bill that would add section 493.5 to the Business and Professions Code to require a licensing board under the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), including the Continue reading
By Sarah Dahm AB 2194 (Ward), as introduced February 15, 2022, would add sections 4202 and 4231 to the Business and Professions Code to require that one hour of the 30 continuing education hours required for license renewal as a Continue reading
By Andrea Lavelle At the March 24th Board of Trustees meeting, Chief Administrative Officer Steve Mazer provided an update on the recent Odyssey case management system breach that exposed over 300,000 State Bar case records. Mazer gave an overview of Continue reading
By Yusra Serhan On December 24, 2021, the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) published notice of its intent to adopt Rule 1300.84.03; amend and renumber Rules 1300.84.06; amendment to Rules 1300.84.2 and 1300.84.3; and renumber Rules 1300.84.06 to 1300.84.1, Continue reading
By Benjamin L. Sheinman On April 7, 2022, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) voted 5–0 to approve D.22-04-035. This decision, proposed by Commissioner Rechtschaffen, revised the Commission’s Supplier Diversity Program, set forth in General Order (GO) 156, to incorporate Continue reading
By Summer M. Bosse AB 2839 (Villapudua), as amended March 17, 2022, would amend section 22370 of the Financial Code as it relates to the California Financing Law’s Pilot Program for Increased Access to Responsible Small Dollar Loans. The Pilot Continue reading
By Allison Plette SB 245 (Gonzalez), known as Abortion Accessibility Act, as amended February 14, 2022, and as it relates to the Department of Insurance, adds section 10123.1961 to the Insurance Code to expand access to reproductive health care by Continue reading
By Tala Hughes SB 920 (Hurtado), as amended on March 29, 2022, would amend sections 2220.5 and 2330 of, and add section 2220.8 to the Business and Professions Code regarding the Medical Board of California’s (MBC) ability to request records Continue reading
By Hunter W. Collins On February 24, 2022, the Department of Managed Health Care’s (DMHC) Health Equity and Quality Committee (Committee) held its first meeting via Zoom. AB 133 (Committee on Budget) (Chapter 143, Statutes of 2021), which became effective Continue reading
