{"id":3121,"date":"2016-06-07T09:03:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T13:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3121"},"modified":"2016-06-07T09:06:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T13:06:08","slug":"calif-senate-nixes-bill-requiring-disclosures-from-disciplined-doctors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=3121","title":{"rendered":"Calif. Senate Nixes Bill Requiring Disclosures From Disciplined Doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Ana B. Ibarra for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p>The California Senate rejected legislation that would have required medical practitioners to notify their patients if they were on probation for serious infractions.<\/p>\n<p>The bill\u2019s supporters said consumers were ill-served by the Senate\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The] vote means that most Californians will remain in the dark when their doctor is on probation for offenses that could jeopardize their health,\u201d said Lisa McGiffert, manager of the Safe Patient Project at Consumers Union. <a href=\"http:\/\/khn.org\/news\/senate-nixes-bill-requiring-disclosures-from-disciplined-doctors\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=30329299&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8-ZD9tDnTRsPVITo9OT9wRd0D_bEn8-Cla-Y5Qt2e7kAiFSK22ZXxrfNW4_sduA0ITdNInjwU5tclmUbivUq4598H5Qw&amp;_hsmi=30329299\" target=\"_blank\">Read article here&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font: 15px\/1.6 'Open Sans', serif; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; widows: 1; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">Kaiser Health News\u00a0is\u00a0a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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