SB 116: Health omnibus trailer.
This bill aims to improve the regulation and safety of health facilities in California. It establishes regulations for acute psychiatric hospitals, including staffing standards and emergency regulations, and repeals provisions related to the Enhanced Treatment Program (ETP). The bill also removes the skilled nursing facility minimum staffing penalty account from the special deposit fund and authorizes the state controller to use the funds for cash flow loans to the general fund. Additionally, the bill abolishes the internal health information integrity quality improvement account and transfers its funds to the internal departmental quality improvement account. The bill removes administrative fines for unlawful disclosures of confidential medical information from the internal health information integrity quality improvement account and deposits them into the internal departmental quality…
| Jun. 24, 2025 | From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. |
| Mar. 24, 2025 | Referred to Com. on BUDGET. |
| Mar. 20, 2025 | Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 435.) Ordered to the Assembly. |
| Mar. 20, 2025 | In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. |
| Mar. 18, 2025 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |