Menopause.

Education Healthcare

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Papan
Last action: 2026-02-02
Official status: From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on how survey results will be used or shared beyond the required report.

Menopause Surveys for Doctors

This law requires medical boards and health care agencies to assess menopause training among doctors and report on any gaps in this area.

What This Bill Does

It tells the Department of Health Care Access and Information to work with medical boards and higher education entities to check how well doctors are trained in menopause care.
The law requires these groups to make a report by January 1, 2027, about any problems or gaps in menopause training for doctors.
It asks the Medical Board of California and the Osteopathic Medical Board of California to create surveys on menopause training that all doctors must take when renewing their licenses.

Who It Names or Affects

Doctors who need to renew their medical licenses
Medical boards responsible for licensing doctors
Health care access and information departments

Terms To Know

Department of Health Care Access and Information: A state agency that oversees health programs and collects data on healthcare.
Medical Board of California: An organization that licenses and regulates doctors in the state of California.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if a doctor refuses to take the survey.
It is unclear how the results of these surveys will be used or shared beyond the required report.

Bill History

2026-02-02 California Legislative Information
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
2026-01-31 California Legislative Information
Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
In committee: Held under submission.
2025-04-23 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-04-10 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-09 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended.
2025-04-08 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 8).
2025-03-28 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-11 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
2025-03-10 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-05 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
2025-03-04 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-03 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on B. & P.
2025-01-31 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
2025-01-30 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 360, as amended, Papan.
Physicians and surgeons: menopause surveys.
Menopause.
Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information to oversee and administer various health programs and to collect health data. Existing law establishes the Medical Board of California and the Osteopathic Medical Board of California for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons and osteopathic physicians and surgeons. Existing law requires the boards to adopt and administer standards, including for the continuing education of those licensees.
This bill would require the department to work with the Medical Board of California, the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, and state higher education entities to
assess, among other things, physicians and surgeons’ education and training, as specified, relating to menopause diagnosis and treatment. The bill would require the department to prepare a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027, that, among other things, identifies gaps in medical education and training related to menopause and in menopause diagnosis and management practices among physicians and surgeons.
Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, establishes the Medical Board of California for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons. Existing law, the Osteopathic Act, establishes the Osteopathic Medical Board of California for the licensure and regulation of osteopathic physicians and surgeons. Those boards are required to adopt and administer standards, including for the continuing education of those licensees, and each licensee is required to demonstrate satisfaction of the continuing education requirements at specified intervals and as a condition for renewal of a license.
This bill would require the Medical Board of California and the Osteopathic Medical Board of California to develop and administer to a licensed physician and surgeon as part of the license renewal process certain
menopause training surveys. The bill would require the boards to determine the format of the surveys, which would be conducted anonymously, as prescribed. The bill would prohibit the boards from denying an application for license renewal solely on the basis that the applicant failed to complete a survey.

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