Healing arts: reports: claims against licensees.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide information on whether there are any exceptions or exemptions from the reporting requirement, leaving this detail uncertain.

Healing Arts: Reporting Claims Against Licensees

AB-2140 increases the minimum fine from $50 to $100 for failing to report certain claims against licensees in specified healing arts fields.

What This Bill Does

• Increases the minimum fine from $50 to $100 for not reporting a settlement, judgment, or arbitration award over $3,000 involving death or personal injury caused by negligence or unauthorized services by someone licensed by certain health-related boards within 30 days.
• Applies this increase in fines to licensees of the Medical Board and other specified health-related boards.
• Also applies the increased fine for not reporting claims over $10,000 against marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and professional clinical counselors.

Who It Names or Affects

• Licensees from various healing arts boards such as the Medical Board of California, Podiatric Medical Board, and others.
• Marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, and professional clinical counselors.

Terms To Know

Healing Arts

Professions related to health care such as medicine, dentistry, nursing, and psychology.

Licensee

A person who has been granted permission by a professional board to practice in a specific field.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the maximum fine amount.
• It is unclear if there are any exceptions or exemptions from this reporting requirement.

Official Summary Text

AB 2140, as introduced, Johnson.
Healing arts: reports: claims against licensees.
Existing law makes failure of a licensee of the Medical Board of California, the Podiatric Medical Board of California, the Board of Psychology, the Dental Board of California, the Dental Hygiene Board of California, the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, the Board of Registered Nursing, the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians of the State of California, the State Board of Optometry, the Veterinary Medical Board, the Board of Behavioral Sciences, the Physical Therapy Board of California, the California State Board of Pharmacy, the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board, the California Board of Occupational Therapy, the Acupuncture Board, or the Physician Assistant Board, a claimant, or their counsel to report a settlement, judgment, or arbitration award over $3,000 of a claim or action
for damages for death or personal injury caused by negligence, error or omission in practice, or by the unauthorized rendering of professional services, by a person who holds a license, certificate, or other similar authority from one of those boards, who does not possess professional liability insurance as to the claim, within 30 days to the agency that issued the license, certificate, or similar authority, punishable by a fine of not less than $50 or more than $500, as specified.
This bill would increase the minimum fine for a violation of that provision to $100.
Existing law makes failure of a marriage and family therapist, clinical social worker, professional clinical counselor, a claimant, or their counsel to report a settlement, judgment, or arbitration award over $10,000 of a claim or action for damages for death or personal injury caused by negligence, error or omission in practice, or by the unauthorized rendering
of professional services, by a marriage and family therapist, a clinical social worker, or a professional clinical counselor who does not possess professional liability insurance as to that claim, within 30 days to the agency that issued the license, certificate, or similar authority, punishable by a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $500, as specified.
This bill would increase the minimum fine for a violation of that provision to $100.

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