The DYNAMEX Bill

CAMFT continues to work with other health care provider groups and the CA Chamber of Commerce on AB 5, a labor-backed bill that would classify more workers as employees rather than independent contractors (a codification of the 2018 CA Supreme Court decision in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court of Los Angeles). CAMFT, and other health care provider advocacy groups, fear that AB 5 would adversely affect thousands of private practitioners, both employers and independent contractors. The current coalition is attempting to create exemptions within AB 5 that would redirect health care provider practices back to the pre-Dynamex test to determine employee status. Assemblyman Ash Kalra acknowledged the difficulties associated with AB 5, saying that codifying Dynamex "is like threading 10 needles at once."

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