Commentary
On Sept. 6, 2019, I voted against Assembly Bill (AB) 962 on the floor of the California State Senate. AB 962, authored by Assemblywoman Autumn R. Burke (D-Inglewood), is legislation requiring hospitals to file reports with the state on the diversity of their suppliers. It’s now a few years later, so let’s reflect on the outcome.
If you look AB 962 up on California’s legislative information website, you’ll find that the “bill would require a licensed hospital with operating expenses of $50,000,000 or more, and a licensed hospital with operating expenses of $25,000,000 or more that is part of a hospital system, to annually submit a report to the [Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development] on its minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprise procurement efforts.”…