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    AB-1199
    Health & Public Health

    Hospitals: employee identification.

    Engrossed
    CA
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    2025-2026 Regular Session
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    Key Takeaways

    • Requires hospital employees with patient contact to wear identification tags displaying their role and name.
    • Mandates 18-point type on ID badges showing employee credentials and name in various permitted formats.
    • Allows hospitals flexibility in displaying employee names to protect staff privacy and safety.
    • Applies to all general acute care and psychiatric hospitals except state-operated facilities.

    Summary

    Assembly Member Patterson's hospital employee identification measure would establish uniform standards for name badges worn by staff who interact with patients at California's general acute care and acute psychiatric hospitals, excluding state-operated psychiatric facilities. The legislation requires hospitals to implement policies mandating identification tags that display both the employee's vocational classification or license status and their name in 18-point type or larger.

    The bill provides hospitals flexibility in how employee names appear on identification badges, allowing for four display options: full first and last name, first name with last initial, first initial with last name, or single name only. This approach aims to balance professional identification requirements with employee privacy and safety considerations, particularly in psychiatric settings where existing law permits practitioners to forgo name tags due to security concerns.

    Under the measure, hospitals must ensure all patient-facing employees comply with the identification requirements while on duty. The provisions would be enforced through existing hospital licensing regulations, with violations constituting a criminal offense under current health facility laws. The bill specifies that local agencies will not require state reimbursement for implementation costs, as the changes relate to crime classification under California's constitutional framework.

    Key Dates

    Next Step
    Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Health
    Next Step
    Senate Committee
    Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Health
    Hearing has not been scheduled yet
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AB 1199 Patterson Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
    Assembly Appropriations Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Appropriations Hearing
    Do pass. To Consent Calendar
    Assembly Health Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Health Hearing
    Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
    Introduced
    Assembly Floor
    Introduced
    Introduced. To print.

    Contacts

    Profile
    Shannon GroveR
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    Scott WienerD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    Tim GraysonD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    Monique LimonD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    Maria DurazoD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
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    Shannon GroveR
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Scott WienerD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Tim GraysonD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Monique LimonD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Maria DurazoD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Susan RubioD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Lena GonzalezD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Akilah Weber PiersonD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Joe PattersonR
    Assemblymember
    Bill Author
    Profile
    Caroline MenjivarD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Steve PadillaD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Laura RichardsonD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Suzette ValladaresR
    Senator
    Committee Member

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    Introduced By

    Joe Patterson
    Joe PattersonR
    California State Assembly Member
    40% progression
    Bill has passed all readings in its first house and is ready to move to the other house (5/27/2025)

    Latest Voting History

    View History
    May 27, 2025
    PASS
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
    760379PASS

    Key Takeaways

    • Requires hospital employees with patient contact to wear identification tags displaying their role and name.
    • Mandates 18-point type on ID badges showing employee credentials and name in various permitted formats.
    • Allows hospitals flexibility in displaying employee names to protect staff privacy and safety.
    • Applies to all general acute care and psychiatric hospitals except state-operated facilities.

    Get Involved

    Act Now!

    Email the authors or create an email template to send to all relevant legislators.

    Introduced By

    Joe Patterson
    Joe PattersonR
    California State Assembly Member

    Summary

    Assembly Member Patterson's hospital employee identification measure would establish uniform standards for name badges worn by staff who interact with patients at California's general acute care and acute psychiatric hospitals, excluding state-operated psychiatric facilities. The legislation requires hospitals to implement policies mandating identification tags that display both the employee's vocational classification or license status and their name in 18-point type or larger.

    The bill provides hospitals flexibility in how employee names appear on identification badges, allowing for four display options: full first and last name, first name with last initial, first initial with last name, or single name only. This approach aims to balance professional identification requirements with employee privacy and safety considerations, particularly in psychiatric settings where existing law permits practitioners to forgo name tags due to security concerns.

    Under the measure, hospitals must ensure all patient-facing employees comply with the identification requirements while on duty. The provisions would be enforced through existing hospital licensing regulations, with violations constituting a criminal offense under current health facility laws. The bill specifies that local agencies will not require state reimbursement for implementation costs, as the changes relate to crime classification under California's constitutional framework.

    40% progression
    Bill has passed all readings in its first house and is ready to move to the other house (5/27/2025)

    Key Dates

    Next Step
    Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Health
    Next Step
    Senate Committee
    Referred to the Senate Standing Committee on Health
    Hearing has not been scheduled yet
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AB 1199 Patterson Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
    Assembly Appropriations Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Appropriations Hearing
    Do pass. To Consent Calendar
    Assembly Health Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Health Hearing
    Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
    Introduced
    Assembly Floor
    Introduced
    Introduced. To print.

    Latest Voting History

    View History
    May 27, 2025
    PASS
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
    760379PASS

    Contacts

    Profile
    Shannon GroveR
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    Scott WienerD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    Tim GraysonD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    Monique LimonD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    Profile
    Maria DurazoD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Not Contacted
    Not Contacted
    0 of 13 row(s) selected.
    Page 1 of 3
    Select All Legislators
    Profile
    Shannon GroveR
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Scott WienerD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Tim GraysonD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Monique LimonD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Maria DurazoD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Susan RubioD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Lena GonzalezD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Akilah Weber PiersonD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Joe PattersonR
    Assemblymember
    Bill Author
    Profile
    Caroline MenjivarD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Steve PadillaD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Laura RichardsonD
    Senator
    Committee Member
    Profile
    Suzette ValladaresR
    Senator
    Committee Member