AB 722: Job Protection for Unionized Doctors at Alameda Health System Extended to 2035

Written By Katharine McDonagh

Alameda Health System (“AHS”) is responsible for providing indigent care within Alameda County. Currently, AHS is prohibited from entering into a contract with a person/entity that would replace services being provided by unionized physicians and surgeons who are employed by AHS, unless there is clear and convincing evidence that the needed medical care can only be delivered cost effectively by the other person/entity. However, this requirement was set to expire on January 1, 2024.

Assembly Bill 722, signed by the Governor on September 30, 2023, extended this law until January 1, 2035. As such, the prohibition on contracting out the jobs of unionized physicians and surgeons remains intact.

For more information, please contact your labor attorney.

Katharine McDonagh https://www.unioncounsel.net/bios/katharine-mcdonagh
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