New 2013 California Laws of Interest to Physicians The California Legislature had an active year passing many new laws affecting health care in 2013 to go into effect on January 1, 2013. In particular, the Legislature passed bills pertaining to public health, health care coverage, workers' compensation and scope of practice. Below is a list of the many significant new health laws of interest to physicians. January 14, 2013 Advocacy, CMA, Politics and Medicine AB 1083, Ab 137, AB 589, medical school scholarships, 2013 California laws, AB 1301 0 0 Comment Read More »
Governor Brown Signs AB 589 to Create Medical School Scholarship Program On September 17, 2012, Governor Browns signed AB 589 (Perea), which will create a medical school scholarship program for students, helping to increase the physician workforce throughout California. September 17, 2012 Advocacy, News medical school scholarship, AB 589 0 0 Comment Read More »
Legislative Update (2011-2012 Legislative Session) The Legislative Session officially ended early Saturday morning and SFMS/CMA’s Government Relations team was at the Capitol until the very end. In the waning hours of the 2011-2012 Legislative Session, we successfully passed three sponsored bills, killed two bills that would have weakened the protections of MICRA, negotiated key amendments into the Worker’s Compensation bill, and proudly fought to reinstate the Healthy Families program as part of a multi-part deal that died sometime after 1:00 am. September 5, 2012 Advocacy, CMA AB 2109, AB 589, Healthy Families, Legislative Update, 2011-2012 Legislative Session 0 0 Comment Read More »
