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California 20252026

AB 1811

Health professionals.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Healthprofessionals
Introduced / first action
2026-02-10 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • California Physician Corps Program.
  • Health professional shortage areas.

Source-supplied abstracts

(1) Existing federal law requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to designate health professional shortage areas and requires the secretary, in establishing criteria for the designation of those areas, to consider, among other things, the ratio of available health manpower to the number of individuals in an area or population group and indicators of a need for health services, as specified. Existing state law makes references to federally recognized or designated health professional shortage areas in various contexts, including, among others, the California Physician Corps Program, the California Reproductive Health Services Corps, the Oral Health Program, the Virtual Health Hub for Rural Communities Pilot Program, and health professions planning grants. This bill, until January 1, 2035, would define the term "health professional shortage area" to mean (1) an area determined by the Department of Health Care Access and Information to have a shortage of health professionals, (2) a health professional shortage area currently designated or recognized by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, or (3) an area designated or recognized as a health professional shortage area by the United States Department of Health and Human Services on January 1, 2025, regardless of whether that area remains designated or recognized by the United States Department of Health and Human Services as a health professional shortage area. The bill would authorize the Department of Health Care Access and Information to revoke designations, as specified. (2) Existing law requires specified boards, including the Board of Registered Nursing and the Respiratory Care Board of California, to collect certain workforce data from their respective licensees and registrants for future workforce planning at least biennially. Existing law requires other boards that regulate healing arts licensees or registrants to request workforce data from their respective licensees and registrants for future workforce planning at least biennially. Existing law requires the workforce data collected or requested to include specified information, including, among others, the type of employer or classification of primary practice site, as specified. Existing law prohibits a licensee or registrant from being required to provide the information as a condition for license or registration renewal and prohibits licensees or registrants from being subject to discipline for not providing the information. Existing law requires the boards and the Department of Health Care Access and Information to maintain the confidentiality of licensee and registrant information collected pursuant to these provisions and authorizes release of the information only in aggregate form. Existing law requires each board to provide individual licensee and registrant data to the Department of Health Care Access and Information on a quarterly basis, as specified. This bill would require the workforce data to be collected or requested by boards at the time a license or registration is issued, except as specified. The bill would require the information collected or requested by boards to also include, among other things, the hours worked in inpatient care, hours worked in outpatient care, and whether the licensee or registrant offers a formal sliding fee scale. The bill would instead require each board to provide licensee and registrant data on a monthly basis. (3) Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. (4) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 502 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by SB 1271 to be operative only if this bill and SB 1271 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  2. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).

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  3. From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 30).

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  4. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

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  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

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  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  9. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. From Consent Calendar.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  12. From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  15. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  16. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  17. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5054.)

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  18. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  19. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).

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  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  21. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  22. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

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  23. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  24. From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.

  25. Read first time. To print.

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