California peer review bill stalled
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, May 12, 2005
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The bill, sponsored by the California Medical Association (CMA), stalled after a committee hearing on April 25. For now, the language in the bill that would have made significant changes to the way hospitals conduct peer review hearings in
The committee action allows the various parties more time to negotiate the difficult issues raised in the bill, says Greg Abrams, legal counsel for the CMA. "[It] permits further work on the bill as needed, and assures that the bill will be considered again by the committee at a future time as it gets closer to final form."
Go to
www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0901-0950/sb_932_bill_20050411_amended_sen.html to see what was in the bill.
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