Health IT
Gov. Schwarzenegger signed AB 225 by Assembly member Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Montclair), which will create exemptions to an existing law to permit health care providers to accept nonmonetary compensation to facilitate sending and receiving electronic prescription information as required by the 2003 Medicare law (Bill text, 8/31).
Schwarzenegger signed AB 2373 by Assembly member Greg Aghazarian (R-Stockton), which will expand existing law to apply a requirement to use automated drug delivery systems to nursing facilities (Bill text, 8/29).