Source: Sacramento Bee
Assemblymember Josh Lowenthal discusses his bill, AB 2223, with the Sacramento Bee. AB 2223 would establish reporting standards for health care staffing contracts at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
“A California lawmaker wants more transparency around how state prisons use contract workers instead of civil service employees after an audit found that several facilities have increasingly relied on private contractors, who often cost the state more in hourly wages, to meet required staffing levels.
Speaker pro Tem Josh Lowenthal, D-Long Beach, said Assembly Bill 2223 is a ‘good governance bill’ that aims to establish regular reporting around the state’s spending on contracts to hire physicians, nurses and other medical staff who are not employed by the state.”