AB-1199
Health & Public Health

Hospitals: employee identification.

Engrossed
CA
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.

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Shannon GroveR
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Scott WienerD
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Tim GraysonD
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Monique LimonD
Senator
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Maria DurazoD
Senator
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Shannon GroveR
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Scott WienerD
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Tim GraysonD
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Monique LimonD
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Maria DurazoD
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Susan RubioD
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Lena GonzalezD
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Akilah Weber PiersonD
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Joe PattersonR
Assemblymember
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Caroline MenjivarD
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Steve PadillaD
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Laura RichardsonD
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Suzette ValladaresR
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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

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

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.
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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