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Authors Patterson  
Subject Hospitals: employee identification.
Relating To relating to health facilities.
Title An act to add Section 1257.55 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health facilities.
Last Action Dt 2025-06-09
State Amended Senate
Status In Committee Process
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Bill Actions
2025-06-09     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-06-04     Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-05-28     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-05-27     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1740.)
2025-05-22     Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-05-21     From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 21).
2025-05-14     In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-05-05     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-01     Read second time and amended.
2025-04-30     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 29).
2025-03-18     Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-03-17     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-10     Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-02-24     Read first time.
2025-02-22     From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21     Introduced. To print.
Versions
Amended Senate     2025-06-09
Amended Assembly     2025-05-01
Amended Assembly     2025-03-17
Introduced     2025-02-21
Analyses TBD
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Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to license and regulate health facilities, including, among others, general acute care hospitals and acute psychiatric hospitals. A violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law requires a health care practitioner to disclose, while working, their name and license status on a name tag in at least 18-point type, subject to specified exceptions.