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California 20252026

AB 2311

Health care districts: employment.

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

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Healthcaredistricts, employment
Introduced / first action
2026-02-19 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, restricts the employment of physicians and surgeons or doctors of podiatric medicine by a corporation or other artificial legal entity to entities that do not charge for professional services rendered to patients and are approved by the Medical Board of California, subject to specified exemptions. Existing law, the Local Health Care District Law, regulates the organization and management of health care districts. Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information and charges it with various duties related to health planning and research development. This bill would, until January 1, 2037, establish an exemption to the general prohibition described above by authorizing health care districts and nonprofit corporations with a health care district as its sole corporate member that own or control a general acute care hospital to employ physicians and surgeons and charge for professional services, provided specified conditions are met, including prohibiting the health care district or nonprofit corporation, and any hospital under its ownership or control, from interfering with, controlling, or otherwise directing the professional judgment of a physician or surgeon. The bill would require a health care district or nonprofit corporation that employs licensees and charges for professional services under the bill to publish an annual report, as provided, on their internet website that includes data about the ability of general acute care hospitals under their ownership and control to recruit and retain physicians and surgeons, as specified.

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Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  2. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.).

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  3. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

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

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  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  7. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  8. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  9. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 1).

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  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  12. Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and HEALTH.

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

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  14. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1.)

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  15. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5153.)

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  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  18. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)

  19. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  20. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 2.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  21. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

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  22. Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P.

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  23. From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  24. Read first time. To print.

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