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AB 408 would let Medical Board contract for confidential physician health program; bill draws mixed support and opposition
Summary
Assemblymember Marc Berman told the committee AB 408 would authorize the Medical Board of California to contract for a confidential physician health and wellness program to encourage early treatment and monitoring of clinicians with impairing health conditions.
Assemblymember Marc Berman presented AB 408, which would authorize the Medical Board of California to establish a physician health and wellness program that prioritizes early intervention for clinicians with health conditions that may impair practice. Berman and the Medical Board’s executive director said other states’ programs show early detection, evaluation, treatment and monitoring reduce risk to patients and rehabilitate clinicians, and that California has lacked such a program for roughly…
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