Health Care

• AB 89 (Levine) This bill requires an applicant for licensure as a psychologist to show completion of at least six hours of coursework or applied experience in suicide risk assessment and intervention after January 1, 2020.

An act to add Section 2915.4 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to psychologists.

• AB 156 (Wood) Deletes references to the federal transitional reinsurance program in the individual and small group market, and revises the enrollment periods for individual health benefit plans offered outside of the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange or Covered California) and through the Exchange for policy years beginning on or after 2019.

An act to amend Sections 1357.503, 1385.03, 1399.849, and 1399.859 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 10181.3, 10753.05, 10965.3, and 10965.13 of the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage.

• AB 205 (Wood) Requires Medi-Cal managed care (MCMC) plans, including county mental health plans (MHPs) and Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery Systems (DMC-ODS) to maintain a network of providers within specified time and distance standards, with differing requirements by provider type and county. Requires, if a MCMC plan cannot meet the time and distance standards, the MCMC plan to submit a request for alternative access standards. Requires MCMC plans, MHPs, and DMC-ODS to comply with the appointment time standards in existing Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 (Knox-Keene) regulation standards. Sunsets these requirements on January 1, 2022. Implements changes required by the federal Medicaid managed care rule for state fair hearings involving MCMC beneficiaries, and appeals to MCMC plans.

An act to amend Sections 10950, 10951, 10952, and 10959 of, to add Section 10951.5 to, to add Article 6.3 (commencing with Section 14197) to Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division 9 of, and to repeal Section 14197 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

• AB 265 (Wood) Prohibits prescription drug manufacturers from offering discounts or other reduction in an individual’s out-of-pocket expenses associated with his or her insurance coverage, if a lower cost therapeutically equivalent generic drug is available. Specifies a number of exceptions that allow discounts even if a lower cost therapeutically equivalent generic drug is available.

An act to add Division 114 (commencing with Section 132000) to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.

• AB 275 (Wood) Extends the timeline and notice periods that long-term care (LTC) facilities are required to give residents, their families, the Department of Public Health (DPH), the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the Office of the State LTC Ombudsman when they are planning to close. Clarifies and strengthens requirements to medically and socially assess residents in order to prevent and reduce transfer trauma. Requires LTC facilities, as part of their relocation plans, to provide specific information regarding the number of residents who do not have the capacity to make decisions for themselves, the availability of alternative LTC beds in the community, and the reason for the proposed closure, among other things.

An act to amend Sections 1336, 1336.1, 1336.2, and 1336.3 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to care facilities.

• AB 395 (Bocanegra) Modifies the specific controlled substances authorized for use in narcotic replacement therapy (NRT) to include medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and replaces references to controlled substances with references to medications; conforms the number of patients a physician can treat under office-based narcotic treatment program (OBNTP) to federal law; and conforms billing requirements for Drug Medi-Cal (DMC)substance use disorder (SUD) services to current Medi-Cal billing requirements.

An act to amend Sections 11220, 11839.1, 11839.2, 11839.3, 11839.5, and 11839.6 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 14021.6 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to substance use treatment providers.

• AB 401 (Aguiar-Curry) This measure authorizes a remote dispensing site pharmacy to use a telepharmacy system, and would require the Board of Pharmacy (Board) to issue a remote dispensing site pharmacy license; requires a remote dispensing site pharmacy to be located in a medically underserved area; authorizes a pharmacist to serve as a supervising pharmacist to provide telepharmacy services for up to two remote dispensing site pharmacies; authorizes a licensed remote dispensing site pharmacy to order dangerous drugs and devices and controlled substances and authorizes a registered pharmacy technician to receive and sign for the delivered order; authorizes a registered pharmacy technician to work at a remote dispensing site pharmacy and to perform tasks under the supervision of a pharmacist using a telepharmacy system; and, authorizes a pharmacist at a supervising pharmacy to supervise up to two pharmacy technicians at each remote dispensing site pharmacy in addition to any pharmacy technicians being supervised at the supervising pharmacy.

An act to amend Sections 4059.5 and 4107 of, to add Sections 4044.3, 4044.6, 4044.7, and 4169.1 to, to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 4130) to Chapter 9 of Division 2 of, and to add and repeal Section 4180.5 of, the Business and Professions Code, and to add Section 1211 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 443 (Salas) Makes a number of changes to the Optometry Practice Act including broadening the scope of practice for optometrists by permitting an optometrist to conduct additional procedures on their patients.

An act to amend Sections 1209, 3041, 3041.1, 3041.2, 3041.3, 3056, 3057, 3110, and 3152 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts, and making an appropriation therefor.

• AB 470 (Arambula) Requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to consult with specified stakeholders to inform the updates to the performance outcomes system for specialty mental health services (SMHS) developed for Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) and under the Special Terms and Conditions (STCs) of the Medi-Cal SMHS Waiver.

An act to add Section 14707.7 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

• AB 508 (Santiago) This bill repeals provisions of law authorizing boards to cite and fine, or deny licensure or licensure renewal, to a health care practitioner if he or she is in default on a United States Department of Health and Human Services education loan.

An act to repeal Section 685 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 575 (Jones-Sawyer) Expands the definition of health practitioner, for purposes of the mandated elder and dependent adult abuse reporter law, to include substance use disorder counselor. Defines “substance use disorder counselor” as a person providing counseling services in an alcoholism or drug abuse recovery and treatment program, as specified.

An act to amend Section 15610.37 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to elder and dependent adult abuse.

• AB 602 (Bonta) Prohibits the practice of submitting reimbursement claims for diabetes test devices that were obtained other than from the manufacturer or authorized distributor. Directs the California State Board of Pharmacy (Board) to make doing so “unprofessional conduct” for a licensee. The Board may also embargo products was not purchased from the manufacturer or an authorized distributor following the same procedures as currently allowed for counterfeit drugs or dangerous devices. Manufacturers of nonprescription diabetes test devices are required to make available on their website and to the Board, the names of authorized distributors, and to update both within 30 days of making changes. Requires pharmacies to retain records of sale for three years.

An act to amend Sections 4057, 4081, and 4301 of, and to add Sections 4025.2, 4084.1, and 4160.5 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to pharmacy, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 651 (Muratsuchi) Extends the time frame the Attorney General (AG) has to approve or reject the proposed sale of a nonprofit health facility from 60 to 90 days, requires the public notice of a hearing regarding the proposed sale be provided in English, the primary languages spoken at the facility, and the threshold languages for Medi-Cal as determined by the Department of Health Care Services for the county in which the facility is located. Requires the AG to consider whether the sale will have a significant effect on the availability and accessibility of cultural interests provided by the facility in the affected community.

An act to amend Sections 5914, 5915, 5916, 5917, 5920, 5921, 5922, and 5923 of, and to add Section 5926 to, the Corporations Code, relating to health facilities.

• AB 658 (Waldron) This bill directs the California Department of Public Health to suspend the clinical laboratory license renewal fee for two years and annually adjust all licensing fees thereafter according to existing law.

An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 1300.1 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to clinical laboratories.

• AB 994 (Muratsuchi) This bill allows the board of directors of the Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) to use design-build contracting for construction of buildings.

An act to add and repeal Section 32132.9 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care districts.

• AB 1048 (Arambula) Authorizes a pharmacist to dispense opioids as partial fills if requested by the prescribing physician or patient, and removes the requirement that pain be assessed at the same time as vital signs.

An act to add Section 4052.10 to the Business and Professions Code, to amend Sections 1254.7 and 1371.1 of, and to add Section 1367.43 to, the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 10123.145 of, and to add Section 10123.203 to, the Insurance Code, relating to health care.

• AB 1102 (Rodriguez) This bill increases the maximum criminal fine, from $20,000 to $75,000, for violations of whistleblower protection laws that apply to patients, employees and other health care workers of hospitals.

An act to amend Section 1278.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health facilities.

• AB 1119 (Limón) Authorizes the disclosure of patient information and records of individuals with developmental and mental health disabilities who are voluntarily or involuntarily detained, including those detained under the Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Act, during the provision of emergency services and care, as defined, including the communication of patient information between a physician and surgeon, licensed psychologist, social worker with a master’s degree in social work, licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed professional clinical counselor, nurse, emergency medical personnel at the scene of an emergency or in an emergency medical transport vehicle, or other professional person or emergency medical personnel at a health facility, as specified. Makes other technical and non-substantive changes.

An act to amend Section 5328 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public social services.

• AB 1153 (Low) Authorizes a doctor of podiatric medicine (DPM) to treat ulcers on the lower portion of the leg. Specifically, this bill expands the scope of practice of a DPM who has training or experience in wound care to include treatment of ulcers resulting from local and systemic etiologies on the leg no further proximal than the tibial tubercle.

An act to amend Section 2472 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 1188 (Nazarian) This bill increases from $10 to $20 the additional license renewal fee collected by the Board of Psychology (BOP) from licensed psychologists and by the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) from licensed marriage and family therapists (LMFTs) and licensed clinical social workers (LCSWs) for the Licensed Mental Health Service Provider Education Program (Loan Program); adds licensed professional clinical counselors (LPCCs) to the definition of “licensed mental health service provider” for participation in the Loan Program; and requires the BBS to collect the additional $20 licensure renewal fee from LPCCs. This is an urgency measure.

An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 2987.2, 4984.75, and 4996.65 of, and to add Section 4999.121 to, the Business and Professions Code, and to amend, repeal, and add Section 128454 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health professions development, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1229 (Low) Extends the operation of the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT) until January 1, 2021; authorizes the Governor to appoint an executive officer until January 1, 2020; specifies that, if the BVNPT becomes inoperative or is repealed, the director of the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) is authorized to assume the duties of the BVNPT; requires the BVNPT to submit specified reports to the Legislature until 2020; authorizes the DCA director to evaluate the BVNPT’s licensing program; requires BVNPT staff to meet periodically with the DCA’s Division of Investigation; and authorizes the DCA director to determine the need for and to implement necessary changes to the BVNPT’s enforcement program.

An act to amend Sections 2841, 2847.1, 2867.5, 2894, 4501, and 4503 of, to add Sections 2841.2, 2841.3, 2847.6, 4501.2, and 4503.1 to, and to add and repeal Sections 2847.3, 2847.7, and 2847.8 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 1277 (Daly) Requires the Dental Board of California (DBC) to amend through emergency regulations, the minimum standards for infection control, consistent with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recommendations for procedure water quality and adopt final regulations on or before December 31, 2018.

An act to add Section 1601.6 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to dentistry.

• AB 1340 (Maienschein) Requires the Medical Board of California (MBC) to consider including in its continuing education requirements a course in integrating mental and physical health care in primary care settings, especially as it pertains to early identification of mental health issues and exposure to trauma in children and young adults and their appropriate care and treatment.

An act to add Section 2191.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 1387 (Arambula) This bill eliminates the requirement that licensed home medical device retail facilities be inspected annually if the licensed facility is accredited by an approved accrediting organization.

An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 111656.1 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.

• AB 1410 (Wood) Extends the sunset date of the Emergency Medical Air Transportation Act (EMATA) to January 1, 2022. Renames the EMATA Fund as the Emergency Medical Air Transportation and Children’s Coverage Fund (EMATCC Fund). Authorizes the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to use money from the EMATCC Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to fund children’s health care coverage in addition to specified purposes related to emergency medical air transportation. Extends to January 1, 2020, the $4 assessment of penalties collected from every conviction for a violation of the Vehicle Code or local ordinance adopted pursuant to the Vehicle Code, other than a parking offense, to be used for purposes of the EMATCC Fund.

An act to amend Section 76000.10 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 10752 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to penalty assessments.

• AB 1411 (Cristina Garcia) Establishes the Preserving Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2017 which defines a “rehabilitation innovation center” as a not-for-profit or government-owned rehabilitation facility that meets specified requirements, and makes various findings and declarations regarding the importance of supporting these institutions so they can continue to lead the nation’s efforts to provide cutting-edge medical care to the most complex rehabilitation patients.

An act to add Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 1797.8) to Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care facilities.

• AB 1456 (Low) Extends from three years to five years the ability of the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the Department of Public Health to waive the licensure requirements for psychologists who are gaining qualifying experience for licensure in this state and are working in settings defined as “exempt” (state settings) and makes conforming licensure provisions for psychologists and clinical social workers working in the state correctional system.

An act to amend Section 1277 of the Health and Safety Code, to amend Section 5068.5 of the Penal Code, and to amend Section 5751.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to professional licensure, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1538 (Bonta) Makes changes to the statutes which govern conditions in which the Alameda Health System (AHS) can privatize services provided by physicians and surgeons.

An act to amend Section 101850 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to hospital authorities, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1688 (Committee on Health) Repeals an Alameda County program that did not require Medi-Cal utilization controls when a county hospital based utilization review committee has been established to determine the level of authorization for payment. Makes various changes to implement provisions of the federal Medicaid managed care rules related to record retention, health plan penalties, external quality review programs and health plan accreditation. Renames the California Mental Health Planning Council (CMHPC) as the California Behavioral Health Planning Council (CBHPC), and makes conforming changes to broaden the duties of the renamed Council to incorporate substance use disorders.

An act to amend Section 128456 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 4033, 5400, 5514, 5604.2, 5610, 5614.5, 5664, 5701.1, 5750, 5771, 5771.1, 5771.3, 5771.5, 5772, 5814, 5820, 5821, 5845, 5848, 5892, 5897, 14094.18, 14102.5, 14124.1, 14149.8, 14304, 14459.5, 14459.6, and 14682.1 of, and to repeal Sections 14133.5 and 14133.51 of, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public health.

• AB 1706 (Committee on Business and Professions) Requires legislative review of the Board of Chiropractic Examiners (BCE) before January 1, 2022; extends the operation of the Speech-Language Pathology Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board (SLPAHADB), Physical Therapy Board of California (PTBC) and California Board of Occupational Therapy (CBOT) until 2022; and makes changes to the entities’ practice acts intended to improve their efficiency and effectiveness.

An act to amend Sections 146, 1000, 2531, 2531.75, 2533.1, 2533.4, 2534, 2538.10, 2538.28, 2538.29, 2538.30, 2538.34, 2538.35, 2538.38, 2570.18, 2570.19, 2602, 2607.5, 2653, 2682, 2688, and 2689 of, to amend and renumber Section 2538.19 of, to amend and repeal Section 2648.7 of, and to repeal Section 2688.5 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 1707 (Low) Delays the date by which the Dental Board of California (DBC) must determine an alternative way, other than the current exam, to measure registered dental assistant (RDA) competency.

An act to amend Section 1752.1 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• AB 1708 (Low) Extends the sunsets for the California Board of Optometry (Board) and its authority to appoint an executive officer from January 1, 2018 to January 1, 2022; redefines the term “advertise” to include the Internet for purposes of the Optometry Practice Act; and makes various changes to statute to improve the state’s oversight of the optometry profession and related eye health professions.

An act to amend Sections 3006, 3010.5, 3014.6, 3030, 3057, and 3145 of, to add Sections 2553.7 and 3047 to, and to repeal Section 3057.5 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• AB 1726 (Committee on Health) Authorizes the Department of Public Health (DPH) to release confidential birth and fetal death vital record data to government entities and birth hospitals.

An act to amend Section 102430 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to vital records.

• AB 1728 (Committee on Local Government) This bill requires healthcare districts to adopt an annual budget, adopt a grant funding policy, and establish an Internet Web site.

An act to add Section 32139 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care districts.

• SB 17 (Hernandez) This bill requires health plans and insurers that report rate information through the existing large and small group rate review process to also report specified information related to prescription drug pricing to Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) and California Department of Insurance (CDI). This bill requires DMHC and CDI to compile specified information into a consumer-friendly report that demonstrates the overall impact of drug costs on health care premiums. This bill requires drug manufacturers to notify specified purchasers, in writing at least 90 days prior to the planned effective date, if it is increasing the wholesale acquisition cost (WAC) of a prescription drug by specified amounts. This bill requires drug manufacturers to notify Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) three days after federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval when introducing a new drug to market at a WAC that exceeds the Medicare Part D specialty drug threshold. This bill requires drug manufacturers to provide specified information to OSHPD related to the drug’s price.

An act to amend Sections 1385.045 and 127280 of, to add Section 1367.243 to, to add Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 127675) to Part 2 of Division 107 of, and to repeal Section 127686 of, the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 10181.45 of, and to add Section 10123.205 to, the Insurance Code, relating to health care.

• SB 133 (Hernandez) Requires a health plan or insurer, at the request of a newly covered enrollee or insured under an individual health care service plan contract or health insurance policy, arrange for the completion of covered services as set forth in existing law by a nonparticipating provider if the newly covered enrollee’s or insured’s prior coverage was terminated, as specified, including when a health benefit plan is withdrawn from any portion of a market. Requires a notice as to the process by which an enrollee or insured may request completion of covered services to be provided as part of, accompany, or be sent simultaneously with any termination of coverage notice sent in the circumstances described above.

An act to amend Section 1373.96 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 10133.56 of the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage.

• SB 171 (Hernandez) This bill requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to require Medi-Cal managed care plans to increase contract services payments to designated public hospitals (DPH) by a uniform percentage, and to establish a program under which DPHs may earn performance-based quality incentive payments from plans. This bill implements a federal option to require a Medi-Cal managed care plans to provide a remittance if the plan fails to meet an 85% medical loss ratio (MLR), beginning with contract periods commencing with July 1, 2023. This bill requires DHCS to ensure that all covered mental health benefits and substance use disorder benefits are provided in compliance with federal regulations known as mental health parity.

An act to amend Section 128555 of the Health and Safety Code, and to add Sections 14197.1, 14197.2, and 14197.4 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal, and making an appropriation therefor.

• SB 220 (Pan) Limits the terms of members of the Medi-Cal Children’s Health Advisory Panel (MCHAP) in the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), permits DHCS greater flexibility in appointing three parent positions to MCHAP, and permits a MCHAP member to be removed by DHCS, in consultation with the Chair, if the removal is determined to be necessary by the Director of DHCS.

An act to amend Section 14005.271 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

• SB 223 (Atkins) This bill requires health plans, including Medi-Cal managed care plans and health insurers to include information about the availability of language assistance services, including oral interpretation services in the top 15 languages as determined by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). Requires interpreters to meet specified requirements, requires specified disclosures to the public and Medi-Cal beneficiaries and applies these and existing Medi-Cal provisions on language assistance to Medi-Cal mental health plans.

An act to amend Section 1367.04 of, and to add Section 1367.042 to, the Health and Safety Code, to amend Section 10133.8 of, and to add Section 10133.11 to, the Insurance Code, and to amend Section 14029.91 of, and to add Sections 14029.92 and 14727 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to health care coverage.

• SB 323 (Mitchell) This bill authorizes federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) and rural health clinics (RHCs) to receive reimbursement from county specialty mental health plans and through Drug Medi-Cal outside of the regular Medi-Cal reimbursement structure that applies to FQHCs and RHCs.

An act to amend Section 14132.100 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

• SB 351 (Roth) This bill establishes a license for a hospital satellite compounding pharmacy and allows a general acute care hospital without a consolidated license to obtain multiple site licenses from the Board of Pharmacy.

An act to amend Sections 4029 and 4400 of, and to add Section 4127.15 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• SB 374 (Newman) This bill requires large group, small group, and individual health insurance policies to provide all covered mental health and substance use disorder benefits in compliance with the federal Paul Wellstone and Pete Dominici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) and all rules, regulations, and guidance issued pursuant to MHPAEA.

An act to add Section 10144.4 to the Insurance Code, relating to health insurance.

• SB 523 (Hernandez) This bill imposes a quality assurance fee (QAF) on each transport provided by an emergency medical transport (EMT) provider in accordance with a prescribed methodology. This bill requires the resulting revenue to be placed in a continuously appropriated fund to be used to provide an add-on increase to the Medi-Cal fee-for-service (FFS)EMT rate for three emergency transport reimbursement codes, to pay for state administrative costs, and to provide funding for health care coverage for Californians. This bill takes effect immediately as an urgency bill.

An act to add and repeal Article 3.91 (commencing with Section 14129) of Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

• SB 554 (Stone) This bill establishes the buprenorphine prescribing privileges of the federal Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 in the nurse practitioner and physician assistant practice acts.

An act to add Sections 2836.4 and 3502.1.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• SB 743 (Hernandez) This bill prohibits Medi-Cal managed care plan from restricting the choice of a qualified provider, as defined, from whom a beneficiary enrolled in the managed care plan may receive family planning services covered by Medi-Cal.

An act to add Section 14132.07 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal.

• SB 796 (Hill) This bill extends the sunset dates of the Naturopathic Medicine Committee (NMC) and Respiratory Care Board of California (RCB) until 2022, makes various changes to the Naturopathic Doctors Act and Respiratory Care Practice Act, and requires the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) to review the existing criteria establishing substance abuse testing schedules.

An act to amend Sections 315, 2450.3, 3621, 3623, 3630, 3635, 3644, 3645, 3660, 3680, 3686, 3710, 3716, and 3772 of, and to add Sections 3635.1 and 3635.2 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.

• SB 799 (Hill) This bill extends the sunset date on the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) and makes other statutory changes to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of this regulatory and licensing entity.

An act to amend Sections 801, 2701, 2708, 2770.7, 2811.5, and 2814 of, to add Section 2761.5 to, and to repeal Section 2718 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to healing arts.