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AB-2311 • 2026

Health care districts: employment.

Health care districts: employment.

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Sponsor
Schiavo
Last action
Official status
Senate - Appropriations
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact details of the conditions required for approval and the specific data points needed for the annual report are referenced as being found elsewhere in the bill text, not fully detailed in this summary.

AB-2311: Health Care District Employment Rules

This law allows certain health care districts to hire doctors and charge for their services until January 1, 2037, if they meet specific conditions.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a temporary exemption allowing health care districts to employ physicians and surgeons.
  • Permits these entities to charge patients for professional medical services provided by employed doctors.
  • Prohibits the district or hospital from controlling or directing a doctor's professional judgment.
  • Requires an annual report on hiring and keeping staff to be posted online.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Health care districts that own or control general acute care hospitals.
  • Nonprofit corporations where a health care district is the only corporate member.
  • Physicians, surgeons, and doctors of podiatric medicine employed by these entities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This exemption ends on January 1, 2037.
  • The law requires specified conditions to be met but does not list all details in this summary.
  • The annual report must include data as specified by the bill.

Bill History

  1. California Legislative Information

    Senate - Appropriations

Official Summary Text

Health care districts: employment.