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AB 360

Menopause.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Diane Papan and 1 co-sponsor

Requires California to assess physicians' menopause training, collect practice data, and report gaps by 2027; licenses renewals include anonymous menopause training surveys.

In committee: Held under submission.
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Bill Summary · AB 360

AB 360 (Papan) — Menopause: physician training surveys and assessment

Status: In committee — Held under submission (last action 2025-05-23)
Introduced: January 30, 2025
Primary subject: Menopause

Purpose / intent

AB 360 directs state health and licensing bodies to assess how well physicians and surgeons are educated and trained to diagnose and manage menopause, to collect practice‑pattern data, and to produce a legislative report with identified gaps and recommended state policy to improve menopause-related education and health outcomes.

Key provisions

  • Adds Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 128570) to Part 3 of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code:
    • The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) must work with the Medical Board of California, the Osteopathic Medical Board of California, and state higher education entities to assess:
    • Physicians’ and surgeons’ education and training regarding menopause diagnosis and management.
    • Trends in practice patterns for menopause diagnosis and treatment disaggregated by specialty, region, provider sex, race/ethnicity, practice setting, and experience.
    • HCAI must prepare and submit a report to the Legislature by January 1, 2027 (in compliance with Gov. Code §9795) that:
    • Identifies gaps in medical education and training and in diagnosis/management practices related to menopause.
    • Recommends state policy to improve education/training and health outcomes for people who experience menopause.
  • Adds Section 2425.5 to the Business and Professions Code:
    • The Medical Board and Osteopathic Medical Board must develop and administer—as part of license renewal—menopause training surveys for licensed physicians and surgeons:
    • An initial survey about the licensee’s prior training relating to menopause.
    • Subsequent surveys regarding training received since the initial survey.
    • Surveys are intended to assess the extent of clinician training on menopause, symptoms, and management options.
    • The boards determine survey format; surveys must be conducted anonymously; boards may adopt regulations to implement the provision.
    • A board may not deny license renewal solely because an applicant failed to complete a survey.

Who is affected

  • Primary: Licensed physicians and surgeons (MDs and DOs) in California, via surveys during license renewal.
  • State agencies: HCAI, Medical Board of California, Osteopathic Medical Board of California, and state higher education entities involved in medical education.
  • Indirectly: Patients experiencing menopause, medical educators, and policymakers who may be affected by subsequent training or policy changes.

Implementation, enforcement, and fiscal notes

  • Surveys are anonymous and cannot be the sole basis for denial of license renewal.
  • The bill does not appropriate funds; it was referred to fiscal committee (fiscal committee: YES; appropriation: NO).
  • Deadline for the HCAI report to the Legislature: January 1, 2027.

Legislative history highlights

  • Introduced Jan 30, 2025; amended in April 2025; moved through Business & Professions and Appropriations committees; held under submission as of May 23, 2025.

Potential impacts

  • Produces state-level data on clinician training and practice patterns related to menopause, potentially informing curriculum, continuing education, and policy changes.
  • May impose administrative tasks on boards and HCAI to design, administer, and analyze surveys and to prepare the report, though no new funding is specified.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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