CNA Sponsored Bills
SB 810 (Leno) Single Payer Health Care
This bill would establish the California Healthcare System (CHS) under which all California residents would be eligible for comprehensive health care benefits. The CHS would, like Medicare, be the public single payer for private providers and patients would choose their doctor and hospital and never receive an insurance bill. It would be financed by eliminating insurance gate keeping and profits and using the billions of dollars in savings to provide care to everyone.
SB 360 (Yee) RN Competency
This bill would require that new grads, registry, per diem and other RNs must validate their competency to their employer for five days before the RN is given patients. States that check off lists for competencies are not valid.
SB 438 (Yee) Children’s Health Care
Among many things, this bill would provide presumptive eligibility for healthcare benefits for children when seeking care. Because 2/3rds of children are already eligible, we can leverage the funds that are spent on checking eligibility to expand programs.
AB 664 (Skinner) Presumptive Eligibility for RNs and Healthcare Workers
This bill would mandate that RNs and other healthcare workers get presumed eligible for workers comp benefits if they acquire MRSA, blood borne illness or suffer a neck and/or back injury.
Snapshot of Other Bills of interest
AB 2 (De La Torre) Health Care Rescissions
Insures that no rescission be carried out unless a patient intentionally misrepresented or intentionally omitted material health information on their application for coverage. Ensuring there is an iron clad standard on the front end will give patients a fighting chance of not being kicked off the insurance rolls at the whim of the insurers. (Support)
AB 98 (De La Torre) Maternity Services
This bill would require health insurance plans to provide coverage for maternity services. (Support)
AB 221 (Portantino) HIV Skin Tests
Would allow HIV counselors within the office of AIDS to perform needle stick tests for HIV. (Oppose)
AB 326 (Garrick) Health Savings Accounts
This bill would conform state tax laws with federal rules and allow a tax deduction in connection with a health savings account. The bill would also allow for the treatment of the account as a tax-exempt trust, and allow for rollovers from Archer Medical Savings Account to a health savings account. (Oppose)
SB 92 (Aanestad) Out of State Carriers
Among many things, this bill would allow for a health carrier domiciled in another state to offer, sell or renew health care service plans to Californians without holding a license, allows for HSAs, removes the requirement that medical assistants and the administration of medication be authorized and supervised by a Nurse Practitioner, Physician or other authorized provider. (Oppose)
SB 155 (Wright) Program Loans for School Nurses
This bill expands the Assumption Program of Loans for Education (APLE) to provide for the assumption of student loans of students who agree to be employed as a school nurse or a school district. (Support)
SB 294 (Negrete McLeod) Nurse Practitioners
This bill would authorize the implementation of tasks that a nurse practitioner can perform under standardized procedures which expands his or her practice. (Watch)
AB 664 - Protects RN Rights
Assembly Committee to Review Bill to Protect RNs' Rights to Workers Comp for Hospital Illness and Injuries
An important bill to assure access to workers' compensation for registered nurses who suffer workplace injuries or contract blood-borne diseases such as MRSA and hepatitis will have its first airing in the Assembly Insurance Committee this week.
