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Patient advocates have long alleged the Medical Board of California is ineffective at policing doctors. But a proposal to beef up its budget and overhaul procedures faces stiff resistance from the doctors' lobby.
A bill would significantly increase fees doctors pay to fund the board, which says it hasn’t had the budget to carry out its mission properly.
A bill would significantly increase fees doctors pay to fund the board, which says it hasn’t had the budget to carry out its mission properly.
A bill would significantly increase fees doctors pay to fund the board, which says it hasn’t had the budget to carry out its mission properly.
A state Senate bill would extend workers’ compensation coverage of post-traumatic stress injuries for firefighters and police officers. But a separate bill to cover paramedics and EMTs is unlikely to be heard.