Legislative Alert: Urge Legislators to Oppose Bill that would Require Medical Board Investigations for Prescription Drug Deaths On June 26, the Assembly Business and Professions Committee will be considering a bill that would require a coroner to file a report with the medical board when a controlled substance is found to be a contributing factor in a death. June 25, 2013 California Legislation, Legislation Assembly Business and Professions Committee, Controlled Substance, Coroner, Legislation, Legislative Alert, Medical Board, SB 62 0 0 Comment Read More »
Legislative Alert: Urge Your Assembly Member to Support Bill to Close ACA Loophole Please contact your legislators today and urge them to support this important bill, which would increase funding for Medi-Cal providers and incentivize large companies to provide adequate employer-sponsored coverage. June 12, 2013 California Legislation, Legislation, Medi-Cal, Resources AB 880, ACA, Legislative Alert, Medi-Cal 0 0 Comment Read More »
Legislative Alert: Urge your Legislator to OPPOSE Bills to Expand Scope of Nonphysician Practitioners Urge your assembly members to OPPOSE SB 491, SB 492 and SB 493 today! These bills would provide nurse practitioners with independent practice, allow optometrists to perform surgical and nonsurgical primary care beyond their scope of practice, and create a new advanced practice pharmacist who can prescribe medication and administer immunizations. Ultimately, these bills will put patients at risk and lower the quality of care provided in our state. June 12, 2013 California Legislation, Legislation Hernandez, Legislative Alert, SB 491, SB 492, SB 493, Scope of Practice 0 0 Comment Read More »
