Bill Text: CA SB779 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Primary Care Clinic Data Modernization Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 505, Statutes of 2023. [SB779 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB779-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
September 08, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
July 13, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Senate
April 17, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Senate
March 30, 2023 |
Amended
IN
Senate
March 27, 2023 |
Introduced by Senator Stern (Coauthor: Senator Smallwood-Cuevas) (Coauthor: Assembly Member Ortega) |
February 17, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
This bill would revise those reporting requirements, including specifying the type of descriptive information required to be reported. The bill would extend application of the reporting requirements to intermittent clinics, as specified.
The
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Primary Care Clinic Data Modernization Act.SEC. 2.
The Legislature finds and declares as follows:SEC. 3.
Section 1216 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1216.
(a) Every clinic holding a license(3)For primary care clinics participating in the Medi-Cal program or county indigent programs, include the following:
(A)Number of assigned members per Medi-Cal managed care plan and county indigent program.
(B)Number of assigned members per Medi-Cal managed care plan and county indigent program that had one or more clinic visits.
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)Average weekly number of clinic operating hours and whether or not the clinic is licensed or intermittent.
(8)
(2)In order to facilitate timely enforcement of this section, the Department of Health Care Access and Information shall, on or before March 1 of each year, send a written notice of violation to every clinic that fails to file a timely report pursuant to this section or Section 127285 or 128905, either for itself or for any intermittent clinic it operates. The department shall also provide the State Department of Public Health with a list of every clinic that receives a written notice of violation and notify the State Department of Public Health when a clinic on the list completes and files all delinquent reports. The department shall make these notices and lists, including notifications of when a clinic on the list completes and files all delinquent reports, available on its internet website.
(e)(1)This section shall apply to all licensed primary care clinics, and to all intermittent clinics operated by those licensed primary care clinics, notwithstanding subdivision (h) of Section 1206.
(2)An intermittent clinic subject to this section shall begin filing the annual report described in subdivision (a) on or before February 15, 2025, using information relating to the calendar year beginning January 1, 2024.
SEC. 4.
Section 1216.1 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:1216.1.
(a) Commencing January 1, 2027, every clinic holding a license and, notwithstanding subdivision (h) of Section 1206, every intermittent clinic operated by a licensed clinic and exempt from licensure shall file with the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) a verified report pursuant to Sections 127285, 128905, and 128910.SEC. 4.SEC. 5.
Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 128900) is added to Part 5 of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:CHAPTER 2. Primary Care Clinic and Specialty Clinic Data
128900.
The following definitions apply for purposes of this chapter:(d)
(e)
(f)
128905.
(a) Commencing January 1, 2027, every clinic holding a license and, notwithstanding subdivision (h) of Section 1206, every intermittent clinic operated by a licensed clinic and exempt from licensure shall, on or before the 15th day of February each year, file with the department, upon forms to be furnished by the department, a verified report showing the following information relating to the previous calendar year:An
128910.
Commencing January 1, 2027, an organization that operates, conducts, owns, or maintains a primary care clinic or intermittent clinic, and the officers thereof, shall, for every primary care clinic and every intermittent clinic that it operates, conducts, owns, or maintains, on or before the 15th day of February each year, file with the department(b)A report of all mergers and acquisitions, including, but not limited to, the following information:
(1)Whether the clinic has been purchased, acquired or merged with any other clinic parent corporation since the prior reporting period.
(2)Information identifying all purchased, acquired, or merged clinics, including all applicable clinic sites.
(c)
(5)Workforce demographic information, including, but not limited to, age, sex, race, ethnicity, languages spoken, disability status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Workers shall not be required to provide the information in this subparagraph and shall not be subject to discipline or any other adverse action for not providing the information listed. Data shall be reported separately for licensed and credentialed persons, and for nonlicensed positions. Data shall be reported only in an aggregate form that cannot be used to identify an individual.
(d)
(e)A report of quality and equity measures. The department shall coordinate with the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with stakeholders, on quality measure data and other information necessary to include in this report. The department shall align reporting with the department’s Health Equity Measures Advisory Committee, the Department of Managed Health Care Health Equity and Quality Committee Recommendations, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Framework for Health Equity.