SB 491 (Hernandez) Gets Stopped in Assembly Committee on Business Professions and Consumer Protection
A united coalition including the California Medical Association (CMA), the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (Local 206 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO), the California Society of Physical Medicine and Surgery (CSPM&R), the California Neurology Society (CNS), and several others helped to convince the committee that allowing healthcare professionals, no matter how well intentioned, to practice beyond their levels of education and training was unwise and a recipe for disaster. Accordingly, SB 491 failed today to clear the Assembly Committee on Business Professions and Consumer Protection. The name of the game was consumer protection.
In one of our previous blogs we pointed out that nurses and/or nurse practitioners (NPs), once enfranchised to practice medicine without physician supervision, already well disciplined and organized into a proper union would be well poised to negotiate for equal pay. It was not expected that the newly enfranchised nurses would rush to the hinterlands of California where medical back-up in the form of well trained physicians and surgeons would be lacking or that the nurses would rush to places where resources and money were scarce.
One should not expect the nurses to quit this quest. A new campaign should be expected as soon as the old wounds have healed and their regenerative powers have been regained.
References and a footnote
"SB 491 (Hernandez) clears committee," www.politicsofhealthcare.com, 5/17/13
"If the work is equal, shouldn't the pay be equal?" www.politicsofhealthcare.com, 4/26/13
"No, no, no on SB 491, 492, 493," www.politicsofhealthcare.com, 4/18/13
Footnote: notice that in this instance an AFL-CIO union was on the same side as the CMA and other traditional physician organizations -- editor.
A united coalition including the California Medical Association (CMA), the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (Local 206 of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO), the California Society of Physical Medicine and Surgery (CSPM&R), the California Neurology Society (CNS), and several others helped to convince the committee that allowing healthcare professionals, no matter how well intentioned, to practice beyond their levels of education and training was unwise and a recipe for disaster. Accordingly, SB 491 failed today to clear the Assembly Committee on Business Professions and Consumer Protection. The name of the game was consumer protection.
In one of our previous blogs we pointed out that nurses and/or nurse practitioners (NPs), once enfranchised to practice medicine without physician supervision, already well disciplined and organized into a proper union would be well poised to negotiate for equal pay. It was not expected that the newly enfranchised nurses would rush to the hinterlands of California where medical back-up in the form of well trained physicians and surgeons would be lacking or that the nurses would rush to places where resources and money were scarce.
One should not expect the nurses to quit this quest. A new campaign should be expected as soon as the old wounds have healed and their regenerative powers have been regained.
References and a footnote
"SB 491 (Hernandez) clears committee," www.politicsofhealthcare.com, 5/17/13
"If the work is equal, shouldn't the pay be equal?" www.politicsofhealthcare.com, 4/26/13
"No, no, no on SB 491, 492, 493," www.politicsofhealthcare.com, 4/18/13
Footnote: notice that in this instance an AFL-CIO union was on the same side as the CMA and other traditional physician organizations -- editor.
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