Bill Addressing Overcrowding in EDs Fails To Pass Senate
A bill (AB 2153), by Assembly member Ted Lieu (D-Torrance), that would require acute care hospitals in the state to review crowding levels in their emergency departments every four to six hours failed to pass the California Senate. The bill also would have required hospitals to develop a protocol to handle different stages of crowding.
- "Emergency Department Overcrowding Bill Stalls" (McKinney, Modern Healthcare, 9/2).