Bill Commons

CA AB 1199

enacted

Medical staff: health care provider credentialing.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1199 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1199 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 876, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1199 about?

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs and charges it with administrative and enforcement duties related to the provision of medical services under the act. The act makes unprofessional conduct subject to discipline by the board the regular practice of medicine in a specified hospital having 5 or more physicians and surgeons on the medical staff without rules established by the board of directors to govern the operation of the hospital. The act requires the rules to include a provision for the organization of physicians and surgeons into a formal medical staff with staff appointments on an annual or biennial basis. This bill would revise that provision to instead require staff reappointments at least every 3 years. Existing law requires that physician and surgeon staff require members of the staff to demonstrate their ability to perform surgical and other procedures competently and to the satisfaction of an appropriate committee or committees of the staff at the time of original application for appointment to the staff and at least every 2 years thereafter. This bill would instead require physician and surgeon staff to require members of the staff to demonstrate their ability at least every 3 years thereafter. Existing law provides for the licensure and inspection of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals and acute psychiatric hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health and makes a violation of those provisions a crime. This bill would require the governing body of a general acute care hospital or an acute psychiatric hospital to require that medical staff establish controls that are designed to ensure the achievement and maintenance of high standards of professional ethical practices, including a requirement that all members of the medical staff be required to demonstrate their ability to perform surgical or other procedures competently and to the satisfaction of an appropriate medical staff committee or committees at the time of original application for appointment to the medical staff and every 3 years thereafter. The bill would prohibit the department from requiring an acute care hospital or acute psychiatric hospital to undertake routine reappointments more frequently than every 3 years. Because a violation of this requirement would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Who sponsors CA AB 1199?

Patterson is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1199.

Description

Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California within the Department of Consumer Affairs and charges it with administrative and enforcement duties related to the provision of medical services under the act. The act makes unprofessional conduct subject to discipline by the board the regular practice of medicine in a specified hospital having 5 or more physicians and surgeons on the medical staff without rules established by the board of directors to govern the operation of the hospital. The act requires the rules to include a provision for the organization of physicians and surgeons into a formal medical staff with staff appointments on an annual or biennial basis. This bill would revise that provision to instead require staff reappointments at least every 3 years. Existing law requires that physician and surgeon staff require members of the staff to demonstrate their ability to perform surgical and other procedures competently and to the satisfaction of an appropriate committee or committees of the staff at the time of original application for appointment to the staff and at least every 2 years thereafter. This bill would instead require physician and surgeon staff to require members of the staff to demonstrate their ability at least every 3 years thereafter. Existing law provides for the licensure and inspection of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals and acute psychiatric hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health and makes a violation of those provisions a crime. This bill would require the governing body of a general acute care hospital or an acute psychiatric hospital to require that medical staff establish controls that are designed to ensure the achievement and maintenance of high standards of professional ethical practices, including a requirement that all members of the medical staff be required to demonstrate their ability to perform surgical or other procedures competently and to the satisfaction of an appropriate medical staff committee or committees at the time of original application for appointment to the medical staff and every 3 years thereafter. The bill would prohibit the department from requiring an acute care hospital or acute psychiatric hospital to undertake routine reappointments more frequently than every 3 years. Because a violation of this requirement would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 876, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pattersonauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-30

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 876, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-30

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-09-14

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-31

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  5. 2026-08-31

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

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2026-08-31

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6974.).

    amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2026-08-27

    From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 27).

    committee-passage

  8. 2026-08-26

    Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.

  9. 2026-08-26

    Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6563.)

  10. 2026-08-13

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.

    referral-committee

  11. 2026-08-11

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  12. 2026-08-10

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

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  13. 2026-08-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5321.).

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  14. 2026-08-04

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  15. 2026-08-03

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

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  16. 2026-07-02

    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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  17. 2026-06-22

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  18. 2026-06-15

    Re-referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and HEALTH.

    referral-committee

  19. 2026-06-12

    Withdrawn from committee.

    withdrawal

  20. 2026-06-12

    Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

    referral-committee

  21. 2026-06-11

    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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  22. 2025-06-09

    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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  23. 2025-06-04

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  24. 2025-05-28

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

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  25. 2025-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1740.)

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  26. 2025-05-22

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  27. 2025-05-21

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 21).

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  28. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  29. 2025-05-05

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    referral-committee

  30. 2025-05-01

    Read second time and amended.

    amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2

  31. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 29).

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  32. 2025-03-18

    Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  33. 2025-03-17

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

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  34. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

    referral-committee

  35. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  36. 2025-02-22

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  37. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 03/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-17Compare
  • 05/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-01Compare
  • 06/09/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-09Compare
  • 06/11/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-11Compare
  • 09/04/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-04Compare
  • 09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
  • AB1199Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-29 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Chen: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Addis: yes
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-05-21 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Hart: yes
  • AB 1199 Patterson Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-05-27 · pass · 76-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Alanis: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]

    2026-06-22 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Niello: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: other
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-07-01 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Rubio: other

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