Lawmakers talked of overhauling the state's embattled medical board. Did they?

Oct 08, 2021 View Original Article
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    -8% Center

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"Although the bill initially proposed that change, it was removed amid intense lobbying by the California Medical Assn., which also batted back calls for significantly raising fees on medical licenses to beef up enforcement."
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"The bill signed by Newsom requires the medical board to return to the Legislature sooner for its regular review, reducing that timeline from the typical four-year cycle to two years."
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"Newsom's signature on Senate Bill 806 was never in question."
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-2% Liberal
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46% : Although the bill initially proposed that change, it was removed amid intense lobbying by the California Medical Assn., which also batted back calls for significantly raising fees on medical licenses to beef up enforcement.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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