CA AB1577

Health facilities and clinics must meet in good faith with California community colleges and California State Universities with nursing programs upon written request to work toward meeting prelicensure nursing clinical placement needs and adding additional placement slots.

Health facilities and clinics unable to provide additional clinical placement slots must inform the Department of Health Care Access and Information by January 30 annually, specifying reasons such as lack of patient census, insufficient nursing personnel, or unresolved affiliation agreements.

The department must post reported information on its website for five years and can impose administrative penalties not exceeding $1,000 for failure to provide required notice.

Federally qualified health centers are exempt from administrative penalties.

These requirements automatically repeal on January 1, 2032.