Bill Title: Requires hospitals to establish policies and procedures regarding domestic violence; establishes ongoing training programs on domestic violence for all current and new hospital employees; designates a hospital staff member to coordinate services to victims; provides for the interaction of hospitals with community domestic violence service providers in order to coordinate services to victims of domestic violence; requires hospitals to offer to contact a local advocate when admitting or treating a confirmed or suspected victim of domestic violence.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-04-30 - REFERRED TO HEALTH [A02562 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember Charles Lavine [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Steven Otis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-091	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Michael Miller [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-038	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Marcos Crespo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-085	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Mark Gjonaj [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-080	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Patricia Fahy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-109	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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