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REQUIRES ON-SITE LICENSED MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL AT KIDNEY DIALYSIS CLINICS AND ESTABLISHES OTHER STATE REQUIREMENTS. INITIATIVE STATUTE.

 

OFFICIAL TITLE AND SUMMARY

PREPARED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

  • Requires physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant, with six months’ relevant experience, on site during treatment at outpatient kidney dialysis clinics; authorizes exemption for staffing shortage if qualified medical professional is available through telehealth.
  • Requires clinics to disclose to patients all physicians with clinic ownership interests of five percent or more.
  • Requires clinics to report dialysis-related infection data to state.
  • Prohibits clinics from closing or substantially reducing services without state approval.
  • Prohibits clinics from refusing to treat patients based on source of payment.

SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S ESTIMATE OF NET STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FISCAL IMPACT:

  • Increased state and local government costs likely in the tens of millions of dollars annually.

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