CA SB679

Health care facilities and peer review bodies must submit annual reports by March 1 to the Civil Rights Department containing data on physician and surgeon terminations, staff privilege applications, grants, suspensions, and revocations

Reports must include the number of medical residents who were terminated or had staff privileges suspended, with all data stratified by race and gender for those who identified such information

The Civil Rights Department must publish the aggregated and deidentified data on its website by September 1 each year, without disclosing health care facility names or personally identifiable information

Information submitted to the department is confidential and exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records Act, except for the aggregated public report

The bill aims to balance public transparency about potential disparities in physician employment and credentialing decisions while protecting individual and facility privacy