Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Cancer
Alzheimer's Disease
Other Diseases/Disorders
Medi-Cal
Mental Health
Developmentally Disabled
Tobacco Products
Health Facilities
Health Professionals
Foster Care
Public Social Services
Other Public Health and Safety Legislation
Autism
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
SB 1184* (Kuehl-D) Public health: CD4 count test
Requires clinical labs to report all CD4 count test results, to the local health officer within seven days of the completion of the test.
Chapter 347, Statutes of 2008
AB 237 (Strickland-R) HIV drug treatment: Medi-Cal
Increases a continuous appropriation from the Medical Providers Interim Fund from $2 billion to $4 billion for use by Medi-Cal providers between July 1 and September 1 in any year during which a state budget has not been enacted by June 30.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 272 (Garcia-R) HIV tests
Requires that any woman seeking an annual gynecological examination or family planning appointment be provided with information on HIV and AIDS, and requires that the woman be offered the option of being tested onsite, if available, or provided referral information to other testing locations. Requires, if the woman chooses to be tested for HIV, the physician or other health care professional attending the woman at the time the results are received to ensure that the woman receives information and counseling, as appropriate, to explain the results and the implications for the woman's health, including any follow-up care that is indicated.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1442 (Feuer-D) AIDS testing: clinical laboratories
Requires clinical laboratories that perform tests to screen for HIV, that are classified as waived under the federal Clinical Laboratory and Improvement Amendments of 1988, to enroll in a proficiency testing program and to obtain the appropriate license or registration from the Department of Public Health, as specified.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
AB 1894 (Krekorian-D) Health care coverage: HIV testing
Requires, on or after 1/1/09, health care service plans and health insurers to provide coverage for human immunodeficiency virus testing, regardless of whether the testing is related to a primary diagnosis.
Chapter 631, Statutes of 2008
AB 1984 (Swanson-D) HIV/AIDS testing: prison inmates
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to make available tests for HIV at each state prison for each inmate of a state prison, on a voluntary basis, prior to the inmate's release from prison.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 2899 (Portantino-D) Sexually transmitted diseases: HIV and AIDS: counseling
Allows publicly-funded HIV test sites to advise certain people who have been tested before and are following appropriate public health risk reduction measures, that they do not need any further education services, determine whether a person should be allowed to self-administer any data collection forms required by the Department of Public Heath, and provide prevention education through video, small groups, individual interaction or other methods to small groups or couples.
Chapter 555, Statutes of 2008
Cancer
SB 458 (Torlakson-D) Lung cancer: early detection and treatment
Requests the University of California to establish and administer the Lung Cancer Early Detection and Treatment Research program, to the extent sufficient funding is made available.
(Died on Assembly Floor)
SB 928* (Harman-R) Cancer: tax credit
Provides a new tax credit for donations to cancer research.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 1271 (Cedillo-D) Workers' compensation: cancer presumption
Gives specified federal firefighter contractors and Office of Emergency Services fire and rescue services coordinators, the right to the workers' compensation "cancer presumption" for which certain California public sector firefighters are eligible.
Chapter 747, Statutes of 2008
SB 1348 (Cedillo-D) Breast cancer screening services
Requires the Department of Public Health to extend breast cancer screening to eligible low-income women under the age of 40 who are at elevated risk for the disease.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SCR 89 (Battin-R) Cancer Survivor Beauty and Support Day
Proclaims 12/2/08 as Cancer Survivor Beauty and Support Day where spas and salons can voluntarily provide complimentary services to cancer survivors throughout the state.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SCR 95 (Aanestad-R) Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
Designates the month of September 2008 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
Resolution Chapter 53, Statutes of 2008
SCR 115 (Torlakson-D) California Lung Cancer Awareness Week
Proclaims the first week of August as California Lung Cancer Awareness Week.
Resolution Chapter 112, Statutes of 2008
AB 1001 (Parra-D) California Ovarian Cancer Research Fund
Provides a checkoff on tax returns that allows taxpayers to designate specified amounts to be transferred to the California Ovarian Cancer Research Fund.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 1774 (Lieber-D) Health care coverage: gynecological cancer screening tests
Requires health plans and health insurers to provide coverage for tests for the screening and diagnosis of gynecological cancers when ordered by specified providers and when consistent with national professional standard guidelines.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1935 (Fuller-R) Ovarian Cancer: tax checkoff
Adds the California Ovarian Cancer Research Fund as a voluntary contribution on the personal income tax form upon removal of another checkoff fund from the form.
Chapter 324, Statutes of 2008
AB 2518 (Torrico-D) California Cancer Research Fund: tax checkoff
Adds the California Cancer Research Fund as a voluntary contribution on the personal income tax form for grants to be administered by the University of California for conducting research and treatment on the causes of cancer, as specified.
Chapter 330, Statutes of 2008
AB 2887 (Berg-D) Breast and cervical cancer: early detection screening
Requires digital mammography screening be covered under the "Every Woman Counts" Cancer Detection Program administered by the Department of Public Health when analog mammography is not available. Authorizes the use of digital mammography when both modes of screening are available.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
ACR 15 (Lieber-D) Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Recognizes January 2007 as Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, and encourages all Californians to participate in this observance.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
ACR 121 (Swanson-D) National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week
Designates the week of 4/20 to 4/26/08, inclusive, as National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week," and encourages the private sector and governments to promote policies and programs that week to reduce cancer disparities and improve cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and follow up care for all Californians.
Resolution Chapter 35, Statutes of 2008
Alzheimer's Disease
SB 321 (Alquist-D) State Alzheimer's Disease Strategic Plan
Requires the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee to develop a State Alzheimer's Disease Strategic Plan for 2010 to 2020 by 9/1/09.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 491 (Alquist-D) Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee
Expands the membership of the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee, and requires the Committee to update the 1987 Task Force Report on Alzheimer's and make recommendations to the Secretary of the Health and Human Services Agency and the Legislature.
Chapter 339, Statutes of 2008
Other Diseases/Disorders
SB 147 (Ashburn-R) Valley fever: vaccine
Appropriates $1 million from the General Fund to the Department of Health Services for the 2007-08 fiscal year for Valley Fever research and the development of a vaccine against the disease.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 356 (Negrete McLeod-D) List of reportable diseases and conditions
Structures laboratory reporting of infectious diseases and specimens, and requires the Department of Public Health to consult with the Association of Public Health Laboratory Directors when modifying reporting requirements.
Vetoed
SB 676 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Health: immunizations
Adds a pertussis (whooping cough) booster to the list of immunizations required for 7th grade students prior to school admission.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 772 (Wiggins-D) Lyme disease
Sets an aggregate per meeting limit of $1,000 for specified expenses of the Lyme Disease Advisory Committee. Requires the Committee, commencing 1/1/09, to hold meetings no less than twice a year.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 1058 (Alquist-D) Health facilities: bacterial infections
Establishes the Medical Facility Infection Control and Prevention Act, which requires hospitals to implement specified procedures for screening, prevention, and reporting specified health care-associated infections also known as hospital-associated infections. Requires hospitals to report positive Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other hospital-associated infections test results to the Department of Public Health and requires the department to make specified information public on its Internet web site.
Chapter 296, Statutes of 2008
SB 1184* (Kuehl-D) Public health: CD4 count test
Requires clinical labs to report all CD4 count test results, to the local health officer within seven days of the completion of the test.
Chapter 347, Statutes of 2008
SB 1502 (Steinberg-D) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): tax checkoff
Adds the ALS Lou Gehrig's Disease Research Fund as a voluntary contribution fund check-off on the personal income tax form, as specified.
Chapter 354, Statutes of 2008
SB 1503 (Steinberg-D) Public health: Lou Gehrig's disease
Makes legislative findings and declarations regarding amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and its treatment, and includes ALS Association Certified Centers in the definition of specialty care centers.
Chapter 409, Statutes of 2008
SB 1594 (Steinberg-D) Bleeding disorders: blood clotting products
Establishes standards for provision of blood clotting products for home use in the treatment of hemophilia and other bleeding disorders.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SCR 73 (Negrete McLeod-D) American Heart Month
Establishes February 2008 as American Heart Month, and 2/1/08 as Wear Red Day.
Resolution Chapter 17, Statutes of 2008
SCR 77 (Lowenthal-D) Fall Prevention Awareness Week
Declares the first week of Fall each year, as Fall Awareness Prevention Week, and urges the Department of Aging and the area agencies on aging to incorporate fall prevention in their upcoming state and local area master plans and recommend the Health and Human Services Agency develop standardized definitions and reporting methods that will improve available information on falls. Recommends that fall prevention guidelines be incorporated into state and local planning documents that affect housing, transportation, parks, recreational facilities, and other public facilities.
Resolution Chapter 108, Statutes of 2008
SCR 79 (Machado-D) Guillain-Barre Syndrome Awareness Day
Declares 6/1/08 as Guillain-Barre Syndrome Awareness Day in order to raise public awareness.
Resolution Chapter 46, Statutes of 2008
SCR 98 (Scott-D) Lyme disease
Proclaims the month of May 2008 as Lyme Disease Awareness Month.
Resolution Chapter 43, Statutes of 2008
SCR 105 (Steinberg-D) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month
Proclaims the month of May 2008 as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month, and encourages continued research in order to find treatments and eventually a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and care and support for patients and families.
Resolution Chapter 64, Statutes of 2008
SCR 114 (Cedillo-D) American Stroke Month
Declares May 2008 as American Stroke Month, and urges all Californians to familiarize themselves with the warning signs, symptoms, and risk factors associated with stroke to reduce the devastating effects of stroke on the population.
Resolution Chapter 54, Statutes of 2008
SCR 121 (Ashburn-R) Valley Fever Awareness Month
Proclaims August 2008 as Valley Fever Awareness Month.
Resolution Chapter 105, Statutes of 2008
SCR 129 (Kehoe-D) Psoriasis Awareness Month
Designates August 2008 as Psoriasis Awareness Month.
Resolution Chapter 122, Statutes of 2008
SJR 25 (Negrete McLeod-D) Fibromyalgia
Urges the Congress of the United States to accelerate the federal investment in fibromyalgia research at the National Institutes of Health, to ensure adequate Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement and coverage of firbromyalgia therapies, and to launch a multifaceted public awareness campaign on fibromyalgia.
Resolution Chapter 117, Statutes of 2008
SR 20 (Machado-D) Relative to Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Declares 1/1/08 as Guillain-Barre Syndrome Awareness Day in order to raise public awareness.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SR 33 (Migden-D) Relative to Pain Awareness Month
Recognizes the month of September 2008 as Pain Awareness Month and calls upon all Californians to observe this month by participating in appropriate ceremonies and activities and by learning how to improve the quality of life for people in California suffering from pain.
Adopted by the Senate
AB 66* (Dymally-D) Infant botulism treatment and prevention
Appropriates $1,472,000 from the Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Fund for the purposes of paying contract obligations associated with the production of BabyBIG, an antidote treatment for infant botulism.
Chapter 34, Statutes of 2008
AB 184 (Dymally-D) Public health: viral hepatitis prevention and control
Requires the Department of Public Health to implement a program, on or before 1/1/09, for the prevention of liver cancer and diseases, and the control of viral hepatitis.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 857* (Galgiani-D) Diabetic supplies: sales tax: exemption
Exempts the current sales and use tax exemption for diabetic supplies.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 961 (Hernandez-D) Diabetes
Authorizes the Department of Health Care Services to receive funds to support the California Diabetes Program, and establishes a one- to five-star designation system to recognize donors of $1,000 to more than $50,000 a year. States legislative intent to increase the department's annual Budget Act allocation by an amount that exceeds donations made pursuant to this bill.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1154 (Leno-D) Diabetes
Requires the Department of Public Health, in consultation with the California Health Alliance Commission, to develop a diabetes risk reduction pilot program within 24 counties.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1555 (Lieber-D) Health care services: Chronic Care Model Task Force
Establishes a Chronic Care Model Task Force, and requires the Task Force to develop a Chronic Care Model Plan. Requires the Task Force to establish six workgroups: community-based support, health care system improvements, self-management, delivery system design, decision support, and clinical information systems.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2208 (Price-D) Lupus
Requires the Department of Public Health to conduct a needs assessment relating to lupus, an autoimmune disease, with input from various stakeholders. Requires the department to prepare a report on the findings of the assessment and make the report available to the public, stakeholders, and the Legislature via the Internet by 6/10/11.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2463 (Davis-D) Los Angeles County: hypertension and diabetes: pilot program
Requires the Department of Public Health to provide an allowance to the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, in conjunction with the Diabetic Amputation Prevention Foundation, to conduct a diabetes and hypertension prevention and awareness pilot program in south Los Angeles.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2658 (Horton-R) Disease prevention: reportable diseases
Requires laboratories to submit disease reports on reportable diseases, except HIV, to the local health officer electronically, and requires the Department of Public Health to specify the reporting mechanism and timeliness requirements for laboratory reports.
Chapter 249, Statutes of 2008
AB 2737 (Feuer-D) Communicable disease: involuntary testing
Requires a peace officer, firefighter, or emergency medical personnel who, while acting within the scope of his/her duties, is exposed to an arrestee's blood or bodily fluids, as defined, prior to petitioning the court, ex parte, for an order to withdraw blood from the arrestee for testing for HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C to attempt to obtain voluntary consent from the arrestee. If voluntary informed consent is not given in writing, the court may proceed with the order for testing under specified conditions.
Chapter 554, Statutes of 2008
ACR 76 (Soto-D) Dyslexia Awareness Month
Proclaims October 2007 as Dyslexia Awareness Month.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
ACR 87 (Hayashi-D) Legislative Task Force on Peripheral Neuropathy
Establishes the Legislative Task Force on Peripheral Neuropathy, consisting of specified members, and resolves that the Task Force prepare a report and submit it to the Legislature with suggestions to promote awareness, understanding, and programs to improve treatment for peripheral neuropathy.
Resolution Chapter 153, Statutes of 2008
ACR 92 (Jones-D) Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week
Declares the week of 3/10/08 through 3/17/08 as Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week.
Resolution Chapter 19, Statutes of 2008
ACR 110 (Maze-R) West Nile Virus and Mosquito & Vector Control Awareness Week
Declares 4/21 to 4/25/08, inclusive, as West Nile Virus and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness Week.
Resolution Chapter 20, Statutes of 2008
ACR 112 (Dymally-D) Legislative Task Force on Fibromyalgia
Establishes the Legislative Task Force on Fibromyalgia to promote education and awareness regarding fibromyalgia, and to develop a state strategic plan on fibromyalgia.
Resolution Chapter 154, Statutes of 2008
ACR 129 (Parra-D) Cardiovascular disease
Requests that the Department of Public Health examine current and prospective programs, treatment, education, and awareness of cardiovascular disease, and to report to the Governor and the Legislature, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
ACR 133 (Davis-D) Black Barbershop Health Outreach Month
Recognizes May 2008 as Black Barbershop Health Outreach Month, and encourages outreach on health disparities at all barbershops throughout California.
Resolution Chapter 56, Statutes of 2008
ACR 136 (Walters-R) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month
Declares the month of May 2008 as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
ACR 137 (Galgiani-D) Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Commends the Department of Public Health and the Department of Health Care Services for implementing a pilot program to provide for the chronic disease management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, and establishes the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Day and Month in November 2008.
Resolution Chapter 158, Statutes of 2008
ACR 142 (Sharon Runner-R) Scleroderma Awareness Month
Declares June 2008 as Scleroderma Awareness Month.
Resolution Chapter 76, Statutes of 2008
ACR 155 (Beall-D) Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
Recognizes September 2008 as Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in California, in order to raise awareness of the importance of substance use disorders treatment and to help those suffering from substance use disorders and their families to receive treatment.
Resolution Chapter 165, Statutes of 2008
AJR 30 (Berg-D) Lyme & tick-borne disease prevention, education & research
Respectfully memorializes the Congress and the President of the United States to enact H.R. 741, the Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2007, which provides funding for additional prevention, education, treatment, and research efforts relating to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.
Resolution Chapter 6, Statutes of 2008
AJR 34 (Price-D) National Lupus Awareness Month
Declares the month of October 2007 as National Lupus Awareness Month, and encourages state and federal government entities to promote policies and programs that seek to reduce the incidence of lupus, and improve current methods of prevention, detection treatment, and follow-up care for all Californians.
Resolution Chapter 144, Statutes of 2008
HR 5 (Nakanishi-R) Glaucoma Awareness Month
Recognizes January 2007 as Glaucoma Awareness Month, commends the many organizations dedicated to preserving sight, and encourages participation in vision health screening activities.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
HR 21 (Hernandez-D) Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Day
Declares 9/12/07, as Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Day for the State of California and encourages the citizens of California to become aware of the causes of chronic kidney disease, its risk factors, and contributing health problems.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 26 (Leno-D) World Kidney Day
Recognizes 3/13/08 as World Kidney Day and the important role World Kidney Day plays in helping health care professionals and others in their efforts to stress the importance of early screening and detection of Chronic Kidney Disease.
Adopted by the Assembly
Medi-Cal
SB 32 (Steinberg-D) Health care coverage: children
Expands Medi-Cal and Healthy Families Program eligibility to cover all children with family incomes at or below 300% of the federal poverty level. Establishes a Healthy Family Buy-In Program for children in families with family incomes above 300% federal poverty level. Establishes various presumptive eligibility programs.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
SB 119 (Cedillo-D) Medi-Cal: minors: drug and alcohol treatment
Expands the Drug Medi-Cal Program for youth 12 to 20 years old. Establishes a youth substance abuse treatment benefit within the state's Medi-Cal program, and directs the Department of Health Services to seek federal financial participation to help support the benefit. Implementation is contingent on federal participation.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 260 (Steinberg-D) Medi-Cal
Allows federally qualified health centers to be reimbursed by Medi-Cal for multiple visits by a patient with a single or different health care professional on the same day at a single location, and specifically allows for billing for two visits when a patient has a medical visit and an additional visit with a mental health practitioner or a dental professional.
Vetoed
SB 400* (Corbett-D) Medi-Cal: outpatient prescription drugs
Requires that written prescriptions for drugs under the Medi-Cal program be written on tamper-resistant prescription forms.
Chapter 134, Statutes of 2008
SB 434 (Romero-D) Medi-Cal: long-term care reimbursement: rates
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to establish a stakeholder workgroup to ensure compliance with the intent of the Medi-Cal Long-Term Care Reimbursement Act. Requires the department to deliver the workgroup recommendations to the Legislature and requires the department to seek necessary legislative changes to implement stakeholder recommendations, as specified.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SB 483 (Kuehl-D) Medi-Cal: home and facility care
Clarifies Medi-Cal eligibility for nursing home care and long-term care, pursuant to the federal Deficit Reduction Act, and limits eligibility for these services to individuals with home equity of $750,000 or less.
Chapter 379, Statutes of 2008
SB 648 (Calderon-D) Medi-Cal: juveniles: incarceration
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to suspend rather than terminate the Medi-Cal benefits of an incarcerated minor.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 933 (Wiggins-D) Medi-Cal
Requires the Department of Health Care Services, when negotiating Medi-Cal managed care contracts with County Operated Health Systems, to develop rates that are actuarially sound and to ensure long-term cost reimbursements are passed through to the county health system.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1132 (Migden-D) Medi-Cal: foster care adolescents
Prohibits the Department of Health Care Services from requiring independent foster care adolescents to complete any paperwork qualification or to provide any other information as a condition of continuing to receive the Medi-Cal benefits to which he/she is already entitled at the time of initial eligibility or at annual redetermination.
Vetoed
SB 1147 (Calderon-D) Medi-Cal: eligibility: juvenile offenders
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to develop procedures to ensure that the Medi-Cal eligibility of minors is not terminated when they are incarcerated.
Chapter 546, Statutes of 2008
SB 1332 (Negrete McLeod-D) Medi-Cal: managed care
Establishes a voluntary Medi-Cal managed care pilot program in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties permitting enrollment of seniors and persons with disabilities into managed care plans.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1349 (Cox-R) Mental health services: Medi-Cal funding
Requires the Department of Mental Health to pay interest on fee-for-service claims submitted by county mental health programs that remain unpaid after 90 days.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1682 (Kuehl-D) Medi-Cal: reimbursement rates
Requires rate augmentation to be based upon Medicare rates in effect on 12/31/08, for office visits made on or after 1/1/09.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 1702 (Machado-D) Medi-Cal
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to review and, if necessary, audit Medi-Cal providers who serve an excessive number of out-of-county beneficiaries. Directs the department to determine a threshold level of out-of-county beneficiaries which will trigger a review and exempts certain providers from this mandatory review.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1738 (Steinberg-D) Medi-Cal: Frequent Users of Health Care Pilot Program
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to establish a three-year pilot program to provide Medi-Cal and supplemental services to individuals defined as frequent users of health care. Directs the department to fund six pilot programs, establishes that the services will be provided to reduce the participating individual's use of emergency room services, and provides that implementation of the program is contingent upon federal approval and matching funds.
Vetoed
SB 7X (Aanestad-R) Medi-Cal: reimbursement rates
States the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that increases Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for providers over the next eight years and to make it a budget priority to increase the lowest rates first.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 9X (Runner-R) Medi-Cal: primary care clinics
Directs the Department of Health Care Services to develop a plan for redirecting federal disproportionate share hospital program funds, which currently are paid to public hospitals, to pay for primary care at clinics and prevents the plan's implementation until the Legislature grants specific authorization.
(Failed passage in Senate Health Committee)
AB 53 (Dymally-D) Medi-Cal: acupuncture
Revises Medi-Cal eligibility to allow beneficiaries to receive up to 12 acupuncture services in six months. Current law authorizes only two monthly acupuncture services. Does not modify the annual statutory limit of 24 services.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 88* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 Supplemental Budget Bill: Medi-Cal
Enacts the 2008 Supplemental Budget Bill which, among other provisions includes a net increase of nearly $12 million resulting from (1) an increase of $221 million General Fund monies to address litigation regarding Medi-Cal provider rates, and (2) $209.5 million General Fund in additional savings for the Department of Health Care Services from delaying restoration of Medi-Cal rates to 3/1/08 (rather than 9/1/08). Reduces $6 million General Fund associated with Medi-Cal post-stabilization, this provision of language is scheduled to sunset in two years. Includes budget bill language, under the Medi-Cal Program, to require the department to provide the Legislature with options to enhance the health care delivery system under Medi-Cal for certain adults with disabilities or complex chronic conditions. The intent of this language is to provide Medi-Cal enrollees as specified with the ability to select a medical home that provides primary and preventive care as well as comprehensive and coordinated care management.
Chapter 269, Statutes of 2008 -- Item Veto
AB 237 (Strickland-R) Medi-Cal: HIV drug treatment: developmental services
Increases a continuous appropriation from the Medical Providers Interim Fund, from $2 billion to $4 billion, for use by Medi-Cal providers between July 1 and September 1 in any year during which a state budget has not been passed by June 30.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 273 (Jones-D) Medi-Cal: foster children
Requires children removed from their homes as a result of abuse or neglect, and children removed from their homes as a result of being a "delinquent minor," to receive specified Child Health and Disability Prevention program health assessments and oral health services. Requires the county welfare department, at a hearing to terminate jurisdiction over a dependent child, as specified, to submit a report verifying that assistance in understanding the child's health care needs and locating health care providers that will be able to meet those needs has been provided to the child, and requires the Department of Health Care Services, to the extent federal financial participation is available, to extend Medi-Cal benefits to "independent foster care adolescents," as defined, while in foster care or guardianship, until the child reaches the age of 21 years, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 308* (Galgiani-D) Medi-Cal: HIV drug treatment: developmental services
Provides that transfers to the Medical Providers Interim Payment Fund shall be in an amount sufficient to make continued payments to Medi-Cal providers, as specified.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
AB 570 (Galgiani-D) Medi-Cal reimbursement: intermediate care facilities
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to review the cost reporting, audit, and rate-setting requirements for intermediate care facilities caring for persons with developmental disabilities, and to implement appropriate changes in the Medi-Cal intermediate care facility rates and rate development process.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 585 (Berg-D) Medi-Cal: managed care
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to amend the state Medicaid plan to add targeted case management as a benefit for specified residents of skilled nursing facilities.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 606 (Galgiani-D) Medi-Cal: reimbursement rates
Provides that, commencing 1/1/08, the reimbursement levels for physician and dental services be increased by 5%.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 661 (Berg-D) Medi-Cal: payments to hospitals
Requires critical access hospitals to be reimbursed based on allowable costs for Medi-Cal-covered outpatient services.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 671 (Beall-D) Medi-Cal: frequent users of health services
Expands Medi-Cal eligibility to include individuals who are frequent users of health services, as defined, and who are otherwise uninsured and ineligible for Medi-Cal benefits, provided the individual meets Medi-Cal medically needy income eligibility requirements.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 851 (Brownley-D) Medi-Cal: eligibility
Deletes repeal dates, thereby extending indefinitely, provisions which require the Department of Health Care Services to adopt a federal option under which any employed person with a disability who meets income and resource requirements, shall be eligible for Medi-Cal benefits, subject to the payment of premiums. Authorizes persons who are otherwise eligible under this program but who are temporarily unemployed to elect to remain on Medi-Cal for a period up to 26 weeks. Provides additional resource exemptions in determining Medi-Cal eligibility under these provisions. Extends specified resource exemptions to apply for the beneficiary under any other Medi-Cal program under which the beneficiary later becomes eligible for medical assistance where that eligibility is based on age, blindness, or disability. Requires, no later than 3/1/09, each person to pay a monthly premium that is equal to 5% of his/her personal or spousal countable income. Provides that the above provision shall be implemented only to the extent that federal financial participation is available, and only to the extent that the Department of Health Care Services seeks and obtains a federal waiver.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 855 (Hayashi-D) Medi-Cal: managed care
Requires every Medi-Cal managed care contract entered into by the Department of Health Care Services to include alcohol and drug treatment services.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1149 (Beall-D) Disproportionate share hospitals and trauma centers
Permits acute care general hospitals that are designated Level I trauma centers, are located in seismic zone 4, and meet other specified requirements, to obtain supplemental Medi-Cal reimbursement for debt service incurred on revenue bonds related to construction and renovation costs.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1183* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 Budget Trailer Bill: Medi-Cal
Enacts the Omnibus Health Trailer Bill for the Budget Act of 2008 which, among other provisions, contains statutory changes to the law concerning Medi-Cal. Specifically, it (1) eliminates payment of Medicare Part B premiums on behalf of Medi-Cal enrollees with an unmet share of cost greater than $500 per month, (2) changes the annual reporting for enrollment into the Medi-Cal program for children to semi-annual reporting, (3) provides Medi-Cal program eligibility to all individuals on behalf of whom kinship guardians are receiving aid under any of the Kinship Guardian Assistance Payment Programs, (4) eliminates the sunset date for the Working Disabled Program, (5) provides ancillary services recoupment in institutions for mental disease, (6) makes permanent, the $1,800 annual capitation amount per enrollee in the Denti-Cal program which provides dental resources to Medi-Cal program enrollees, (7) restores approximately $90 million of the $611 million savings in General Fund that resulted from 10% rate reductions enacted in AB 5XXX (Assembly Budget Committee), (8) modifies Medi-Cal specialty pharmacy and rebate contracts, (9) modifies the nursing home rate methodology, and (10) reduces the fee-for-service Medi-Cal payments with inpatient care at hospitals that do not contract with Medi-Cal through the California Medical Assistance Commission.
Chapter 758, Statutes of 2008
AB 1268 (Dymally-D) Medi-Cal: fiscal intermediary services
Requires each contract for services as a fiscal intermediary to allow all providers to file claims by electronic means.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee )
AB 1312 (Emmerson-R) Medi-Cal: health service costs
Increases Medi-Cal reimbursement paid for physician services to 80% of Medicare rates.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1434* (Dymally-D) Medi-Cal: providers: financing
Requires the State Controller to transfer, from the General Fund to the medical Providers Interim Payment Fund, sufficient funds to make continued payments to the Medi-Cal providers, as specified.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
AB 1456 (Laird-D) Medi-Cal: third party liability
Prohibits the amount paid by Medi-Cal from being considered as evidence of past medical damages or for the purpose of reducing a third party's liability to the beneficiary in any third-party action.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 1541 (Nava-D) Medi-Cal: family planning services
Requires Medi-Cal to provide comprehensive family planning services to eligible beneficiaries, and codifies a requirement that all Medi-Cal family planning services conform to the current statutory definitions provided under the Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment Program waiver.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1635 (Strickland-R) Medi-Cal: health opportunity accounts project
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to submit a proposal to the federal government to participate in the federal Medicaid Demonstration Project for Health Opportunity Accounts, created pursuant to the federal Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1637 (DeSaulnier-D) Medi-Cal: nonemergency medical transportation
Specifies that a provider of public transit or paratransit services, as defined, may serve as a provider of Medi-Cal nonemergency transportation services under the Medi-Cal program and shall receive reimbursement for those services on the same terms and conditions as other providers of comparable services.
(Died in Assembly Transportation Committee)
AB 1701 (Dymally-D) Medi-Cal: pilot project: transfer of pediatric patients
Requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to implement a Medi-Cal pilot project to provide pediatric subacute care for a select group of children with complex ventilator medical needs, requires DHCS to establish a supplemental Medi-Cal rate model that would pay the costs required to provide this enhanced level of care, and requires DHCS to conduct an ongoing evaluation of the pilot project. Implements this bill only if DHCS can demonstrate fiscal neutrality within the overall DHCS budget. Sunsets this bill 1/1/13.
Vetoed
AB 1780 (Galgiani-D) Medi-Cal: mental health
Codifies an administrative structure for the review, oversight, appeals processes, reimbursement, and claiming procedures of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment Program.
Chapter 320, Statutes of 2008
AB 1929 (Beall-D) Medi-Cal: disproportionate share hospitals/trauma centers
Authorizes specified hospitals to access supplemental Medi-Cal reimbursement for debt service related to eligible capital projects. Provides supplemental payments to hospitals that meet specified eligibility requirements
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2119 (Galgiani-D) Medical equipment and care: corrections
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, subject to approval by the federal receiver of medical care, to establish a list of durable medical equipment and to determine the maximum allowable reimbursement rates for each item.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2120 (Galgiani-D) Medical telemedicine
Extends, from 1/1/09 to 1/1/13, Medi-Cal coverage for specified telemedicine services.
Chapter 260, Statutes of 2008
AB 2124 (Beall-D) Medi-Cal: alcohol and drug screening and brief intervention
Establishes the Medi-Cal Alcohol and Drug Screening and Brief Intervention Services Program and requires the Department of Health Care Services to administer it in consultation with Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs. The Program would provide alcohol and drug screening and brief intervention services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2229 (Huffman-D) Medi-Cal: dental examinations
Establishes one dental exam per year as a Denti-Cal benefit for residents of long-term care facilities who are 21 years of age and older. Denti-Cal is the dental benefit for eligible Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2257 (Hernandez-D) Medi-Cal: ambulance transportation services
Increases and codifies Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for emergency and non-emergency basic life support and advanced life support transportation, including air ambulance reimbursement rates.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2440 (Laird-D) Medi-Cal: reimbursement codes
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to annually adopt specified disease codes adopted by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by October 1 of the year in which the codes are published, or any date subsequently established by the federal government, and requires the updated codes in the Medi-Cal provider bulletin.
Vetoed
AB 2527 (Berg-D) Medi-Cal: targeted case management
Permits a local governmental agency or a local educational consortium to contract with any private or public entity, rather than nongovernmental entities or the University of California, to provide Medi-Cal targeted case management and Medicaid administrative activities, as specified, for Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
Chapter 464, Statutes of 2008
AB 2535 (Hernandez-D) Medi-Cal: prescription drugs
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to use specified factors in determining the professional (dispensing) fee paid to pharmacies providing prescription drugs to Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2620 (Carter-D) Medi-Cal Drug Program Advisory Board
Requires the Secretary of the Health and Human Services Agency, in collaboration with other relevant state agencies, to establish the Medi-Cal Drug Program Advisory Board to provide transparency with regard to Medi-Cal formulary additions, deletions, and modifications.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 2662 (Dymally-D) Medi-Cal: smoking cessation benefits
Provides that the provision of one form of Medi-Cal covered tobacco cessation services benefits, either pharmacotherapy or counseling, shall not be a precondition to receive the other.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2663 (Dymally-D) Medi-Cal: clinical trials: stem cell investigations
Enacts provisions for the coverage under the Medi-Cal program of routine health care costs for a beneficiary who is diagnosed with any condition that is the subject of a stem cell investigation that seeks to find a potential therapeutic benefit or cure for that condition, and who is accepted in a clinical trial, as provided.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 2784* (Lieber-D) Medi-Cal: hospitals: reimbursements
Defines the term "full service" hospital as meaning a general acute care hospital which, at a minimum, provides the following: basic emergency medical services, medical/surgical services, intensive care services, and perinatal services. Exempts, using this definition, certain rural hospitals, most notably in the communities of Redding and Bakersfield, from reductions in the level of reimbursement they receive under the Medi-Cal Program.
Vetoed
AB 2875 (Lieber-D) Medi-Cal: public social services recipients
Requires the Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Department of Social Services, to make necessary technological and policy changes to update the data sharing, computer programming, and administrative procedures to ensure the continuation of Medi-Cal benefits when a beneficiary reports a change in circumstances to the Food Stamp Program or the CalWORKs program.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 3082 (Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee) Medi-Cal benefits: veterans
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to identify veterans enrolled in the Medi-Cal program, and to assist them in obtaining federal veterans benefits.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
Mental Health
SB 222 (Cogdill-R) Public records: personal information
Provides that the California Public Records Act shall not be construed to require disclosure of any record in the custody of the Department of Mental Health that includes the address, telephone number, or other personal information of a victim of any person who is either a sexually violent predator, based on having been convicted of specified crimes, or is in the custody of the department pending a determination as to whether he or she is a sexually violent predator. Authorizes the department to provide a copy of a record with this information if that record is otherwise subject to disclosure pursuant to the act and if all of the personal information of the victim is redacted. Makes legislative findings that any limitation on the public's right of access to government information made by this bill is necessary to protect the health and safety of a victim of a sexually violent predator.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 1243 (Correa-D) Mentally disordered offenders: recommitment hearing
Allows a prosecutor to file a "mentally disordered offender" recommitment petition, regardless of whether the treating clinician and the Department of Mental Health medical director concludes that the mentally disordered offender patient is in remission, and allows a petition for recommitment to be filed after the preceding commitment has expired, if good cause is shown.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 1349 (Cox-R) Medi-Cal funding: mental health services.
Requires the Department of Mental Health to pay interest on fee-for-service claims submitted by county mental health programs that remain unpaid after 90 days.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1470 (Lowenthal-D) Homeless Youth Prevention and Assistance Act of 2008
Requires the Department of Mental Health and the Department of Housing and Community Development to produce and distribute a statewide prevention and assistance plan for homeless youth.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1606 (Yee-D) Assisted outpatient treatment services
Requires the Department of Mental Health to conduct a study of individuals whose mental health needs are not currently being met, because they do not meet eligibility criteria for involuntary treatment, but have mental health needs that may not be met through access to voluntary services. The study is contingent upon available private funding.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1651 (Steinberg-D) Mentally ill offenders
Creates the Corrections Mental Health Act of 2008, a comprehensive system of care for individuals with serious mental illness who are involved in the state's criminal justice system. Authorizes superior courts to develop and implement mental health courts, requiring those that do opt in to establish a protocol to determine the eligibility of defendants with serious mental illness, including parolees with serious mental illness who are in violation of their parole or receiving new terms, for participation and subsequent diversion. Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to implement a pilot program, until 1/1/14, for the delivery of mental health care for those incarcerated in state prisons, on parole or completing parole.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 509 (Hayashi-D) Suicide prevention
Requires the Department of Mental Health to establish the Office of Suicide Prevention for the purpose of instituting a statewide suicide prevention strategy, to collect and disseminate information on best practices and suicidal death data, and to develop suicide prevention training standards.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
AB 539 (Blakeslee-R) State mental health system
Requires the Director of the Department of Mental Health to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the United States Department of Homeland Security, under which the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement trains, certifies, and authorizes designated Department of Mental Health personnel to perform certain immigration processing functions.
(Failed passage in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1183* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 Budget Trailer Bill: mental health
Enacts the Omnibus Health Trailer Bill for the 2008 Budget Act which, among other provisions, contains necessary statutory changes in mental health to implement the budget. Specifically, it (1) makes clarifying changes to technical assistance contracts under the Department of Mental Health (DMH), (2) requires the DMH to provide the Legislature with a comprehensive estimates package on state hospitals starting 1/10/09, (3) implements a new performance improvement project for early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment programs as administered by the DMH, (4) modifies housing information reporting relative to housing for individuals with mental illness, and (5) requires the DMH to provide the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission with data specified and requested by the Commission.
Chapter 758, Statutes of 2008
AB 1355 (Houston-R) State hospitals for the mentally disordered
Repeals the provisions of existing law setting forth a relative's liability for cost of a patient in a state hospital, and enacts state hospital cost of care liability provisions that are similar to statutory provisions establishing a relative's liability for the costs of services for beneficiaries under the Medi-Cal program.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
AB 1389* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 General Gov't Budget Trailer Bill: mental health
Enacts the 2008 General Government Budget Trailer Bill which, among other provisions, allows the use of funds from the Mental Health Services Fund for loans to the General Fund to be repaid with interest at 110% of the Pooled Money Investment Account rate.
Chapter 751, Statutes of 2008
AB 1780 (Galgiani-D) Mental health managed care contracts
Establishes new administrative requirements for specialty mental health services provided under the Medi-Cal specialty mental health services waiver, including Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment services, pertaining to reimbursement and claiming procedures, denial of reimbursement for expenditures, reviews and oversight, and appeal processes for county mental health providers and their subcontractors.
Chapter 320, Statutes of 2008
AB 1805* (Assembly Budget Committee) Seriously emotionally disturbed children
Authorizes payments for care and supervision of a child classified as seriously emotionally disturbed and placed out-of-home in an out-of-state, for-profit residential facility pursuant to special education provisions.
Vetoed
AB 1872 (Coto-D) Special education: autism spectrum disorders: clearinghouse
Establishes the California Autism Spectrum Disorder Clearinghouse, to be administered by the California Department of Education, for the purpose of providing evidence-based and recommended information and practices regarding the education of pupils with autism spectrum disorders.
Vetoed
AB 1887 (Beall-D) Mental health care coverage
Requires health care service plans and health insurers to expand coverage for mental health services to include all persons with any of the disorders identified in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Exempts Medi-Cal Managed Care plans and Public Employees' Retirement System plans.
Vetoed
AB 1951 (Hayashi-D) Mental health: capital facilities
Allows the acquisition or construction of privately-owned facilities that provide mental health services primarily funded through public funds, including, but not limited to, the Mental Health Services Act, to be funded with the Act's funds.
Vetoed
AB 2055 (Salas-D) Military personnel: Combat Stress Support Team Program
Requires the Military Department to create a northern California and a southern California Combat Stress Support Team to provide emergency crisis counseling, referral and personal support, combat stress evaluations, and mental health support for state military personnel and their families. Each team must consist of a psychologist with training in combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2352 (Fuentes-D) Health services: confidential information
Permits confidential records obtained in the course of providing mental health or developmental disability services to be released to a county social worker, a probation officer, or any other person who is legally authorized to have custody or care of a minor.
Chapter 700, Statutes of 2008
AB 2614 (Houston-R) State hospitals for the mentally disordered
Removes specified patient, family, and estate financial liability for state psychiatric hospital costs if a patient has been deemed incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2652 (Anderson-R) Professional mental health providers: prisoners
Adds marriage and family therapists to the list of mental health professionals who may gain qualifying experience for licensure under the auspices of the state correctional system.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2667 (Hayashi-D) Suicide prevention hotlines
Requires each county to establish and maintain a 24-hour suicide prevention telephone hotline by 1/1/12.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2809 (Leno-D) Mental health counseling: crime victims
Allows a minor who suffers emotional injury, as a direct result of witnessing a violent crime, to be eligible for reimbursement for the costs of outpatient mental health counseling if the minor was in close proximity to the victim when he/she witnessed the crime.
Chapter 587, Statutes of 2008
AB 2828 (Salas-D) Veterans' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Fund
Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to apply to the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration for the purpose of funding community-based organizations to provide substance abuse and mental health services to veterans.
Vetoed
AB 3019 (Carter-D) Corrections: disabled and mentally ill prisoners
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a developmentally disabled prisoner program to identify inmates eligible for Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Act services and create a plan to monitor these individuals to ensure they are identified and receive services from the appropriate regional center. Requires the Department of Mental health to publish, on a monthly basis, statistics on the number of days required to make transfers of mentally incompetent defendants between county and state facilities.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 3083 (Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee) Mental health: veterans
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to seek federal funding for mental health services for veterans, expands the definition of serious mental illness," and requires available services for these illnesses be provided to veterans.
Chapter 591, Statutes of 2008
Developmentally Disabled
SB 725 (Alquist-D) Agnews Developmental Center closure: outpatient clinic
Requires the Department of Developmental Services to continue to provide the specialized health and dental services available through the clinic at the Agnews Developmental Center after the center is closed and until the property is no longer the responsibility of the department.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 747 (Corbett-D) Disabled persons: equal access rights
Expresses the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that will promote increased compliance by businesses to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, state laws that govern access to public facilities, and federal and state regulations adopted pursuant to those laws, through education and certification programs, with the complementary goal of reducing litigation that seeks attorney's fees and damages without facilitating compliance with those laws.
(Died at Assembly Desk)
SB 905 (Runner-R) Physically disabled persons: service dogs
Revises the definition of "service dog" for purposes of the law relative to housing discrimination to those physically disabled persons using the services of a service dog.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 1107 (Correa-D) Mobilehome parks: disabled accommodations
Requires mobilehome park management to allow a homeowner or resident to install accommodations for the disabled on their home or the site, lot, or space on which their home is located, as specified. Allows a mobilehome owner to share their home with a live-in caregiver who provides care pursuant to a written treatment plan without being charged a fee for that person.
Chapter 170, Statutes of 2008
SB 1175 (Steinberg-D) Developmental services: regional center housing
Authorizes the Department of Developmental Services to approve regional center proposals for leasing housing for people with developmental disabilities under specified conditions, and adds these and other residential facilities for people with developmental disabilities to the definition of facilities that can be financed by the California Health Facilities Financing Authority.
Chapter 617, Statutes of 2008
SB 1183 (Wiggins-D) Developmental disabilities: Sonoma County
Requires the Department of Developmental Services to provide medical outpatient services at the Sonoma Developmental Center to consumers residing in the local community and served by the North Bay Regional Center.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1229 (Maldonado-R) Vehicles: special license plates
Provides for the issuance of special license plates approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles for a disabled veteran.
(Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee)
SB 1317 (Steinberg-D) Developmental services
Creates a new category of employment programs for persons with developmental disabilities. Specifies that the new programs will be known as "career opportunity programs" and are intended to provide more meaningful work for the developmentally disabled.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1446* (Romero-D) Disabled students: high school exit exam
Exempts, until 12/31/10, eligible pupils with disabilities from the requirement to pass the high school exit exam as a condition of receiving a high school diploma, and provides the opportunity for eligible pupils with disabilities to receive a diploma.
Vetoed
SB 1608 (Corbett-D) Disabled persons: equal access: civil actions
Enacts several reforms intended to increase voluntary compliance with longstanding state and federal laws requiring access to persons with disabilities in any place of public accommodation.
Chapter 549, Statutes of 2008
SB 1687 (Negrete McLeod-D) Developmental disabilities: business enterprises
Creates the Persons with Developmental Disabilities Business Enterprise Program.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1766 (McClintock-R) Disability access
Requires a person with a disability, prior to filing a complaint based on violations of the state's full and equal access laws, to first notify the owner or manager of a housing or public accommodation of the violations via certified letter that clearly identifies the access problems, and to wait until the end of six months after the owner or business received the letter before commencing a lawsuit.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 1774 (Corbett-D) State Council on Developmental Disabilities
Changes the composition of the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, adding a third representative from university centers for excellence, adding an additional person with developmental disabilities, and allowing heads of state departments to designate their representative.
Chapter 419, Statutes of 2008
AB 88* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 Supplemental Budget Bill: developmental disabilities
Enacts the 2008 Supplemental Budget Bill which, among other provisions, reduces funding by approximately $13 million General Fund associated with family cost participation, purchase of service review/parental responsibility, and savings assumed from Proposition 10 funding availability for Early Start programs.
Chapter 269, Statutes of 2008 -- Item Veto
AB 237 (Strickland-R) Developmental disabilities: Medi-Cal
Increases a continuous appropriation from the Medical Providers Interim Fund, from $2 billion to $4 billion, for use by Medi-Cal providers between July 1 and September 1 in any year during which a state budget has not been passed by June 30.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 322* (Anderson-R) Area agencies on aging and independent living centers
Establishes a continuous appropriation from the Federal Trust Fund for two programs serving the elderly and disabled when the state budget has not been enacted by July 1.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 825 (Silva-R) Developmental disabilities: disclosure of information
Requires a regional center or state developmental center to disclose specified information and records to certain employees of a school district or county office of education, as provided, when disclosure is necessary for a regional center or state developmental center to perform its official duties under existing law.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 1031 (Levine-D) Developmental services
Creates the Lanterman Accessible and Affordable Housing Program within the Department of Developmental Services, an accessible and affordable housing program for the development of community-based housing for persons with developmental disabilities.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1128 (Evans-D) Developmental services: Blue-Ribbon Commission
Establishes a Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act Working Group to study and investigate updating the Lanterman Act and make recommendations to the Legislature.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 1183* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 Budget Trailer Bill: developmentally disabled
Enacts the Omnibus Health Trailer Bill which, among other provisions, contains statutory changes to the law relative to developmental disabilities concerning the Family Cost Participation Program, the Porterville Developmental Center, developmental services and cost containment information, and the Supported Employment Program.
Chapter 758, Statutes of 2008
AB 1704 (La Malfa-R) Developmental services
Makes various changes to the rate structure for the Department of Developmental Services and the Department of Rehabilitation.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1824 (Beall-D) Developmental regional centers: employee liability
Makes permanent the existing qualified civil liability immunity of regional center employees responsible for providing services to the developmentally disabled where the employee exercised, in good faith, their discretion to carry out the intent of the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act. Makes permanent the existing presumption affecting the burden of producing evidence that a regional center employee is presumed to be acting in good faith when participating in filing a complaint or providing information as required by law regarding a consumer's health, safety or well-being, or participating in a judicial proceeding resulting there from.
Chapter 51, Statutes of 2008
AB 1825 (Beall-D) Developmental disabilities services
Establishes a process for resolving disputes between regional centers and publicly-funded generic agencies, such as local education agencies, regarding developmentally disabled services.
Vetoed
AB 1983 (Evans-D) Developmental disabilities: consumer abuse registry
Requires the Department of Developmental Services to develop a registry for tracking and investigating reports of substantiated abuse of developmental center and regional center consumers.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2038 (Lieber-D) Persons with disabilities: victims of crime
Enacts the Crime Victims with Disabilities Act of 2008, revises, and proposes to revise, statutes relating to professional training, reporting, oversight, and representation with the intent to better serve the needs of persons with disabilities who may be crime victims.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2121 (Aghazarian-R) Disabled state parks: passes
Requires the Department of Parks and Recreation to issue, to any disabled Californian who applies for one, a pass that entitles the bearer to use of all state park unit facilities free of charge.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2302* (Bass-D) Teacher credentialing: pupils with autism
Authorizes holders of a Level I education specialist teaching credential for mild to moderate disabilities to provide instruction to pupils with autism spectrum disorder, as specified, until the Commission on Teacher Credentialing adopts relevant regulations for the credential.
Chapter 41, Statutes of 2008
AB 2308 (Karnette-D) Disabled persons: public employment
Allows the State Personnel Board to waive, as a reasonable accommodation, the requirement that candidates for state civil service positions have a high school diploma. This waiver only applies to eligible persons with disabilities who are otherwise qualified for the position.
Vetoed
AB 2352 (Fuentes-D) Health services: confidential information
Permits confidential records obtained in the course of providing mental health or developmental disability services to be released to a county social worker, a probation officer, or any other person who is legally authorized to have custody or care of a minor.
Chapter 700, Statutes of 2008
AB 2424 (Beall-D) Developmental disabilities: education and employment
Makes several changes to the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2529 (Wolk-D) Disabilities: access to buildings
Requires the State Architect, within the Department of General Services, to publish a fee schedule on its web site for individuals seeking certification as a certified access specialist.
Vetoed
AB 2533 (Keene-R) Disability access: remedies
Requires that, before filing a disability access complaint, a person deliver a notice to the person, firm, or corporation who is alleged to have denied or interfered with a right of access guaranteed under existing law. Requires that the notice specify the physical conditions that are alleged to deny or interfere with such a right of access. Requires the person, firm, or corporation receiving the notice to make a good faith effort to remedy any condition reasonably cited in the notice, and prohibits an action for damages or any other remedy unless the person, firm, or corporation fails to take specified actions to remedy the condition.
(Failed passage in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 2608* (Davis-D) Department of Rehabilitation: funding
Provides for a continuous appropriation of funds from the Federal Trust fund to the Department of Rehabilitation in any fiscal year in which the Budget Act is not enacted by July 1 of that year.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2635 (Beall-D) Individuals with severe disabilities: state employment
Revises provisions governing the hiring of disabled persons in state government.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2891 (Levine-D) Developmental services
Creates the Lanterman Accessible and Affordable Housing program within the Department of Developmental Services.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 3019 (Carter-D) Corrections: disabled and mentally ill prisoners
Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a developmentally disabled prisoner program to identify inmates eligible for Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Act services and create a plan to monitor these individuals to ensure they are identified and receive services from the appropriate regional center. Requires the Department of Mental health to publish, on a monthly basis, statistics on the number of days required to make transfers of mentally incompetent defendants between county and state facilities.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
Tobacco Products
SB 4 (Oropeza-D) Smoking ban: state beaches
Prohibits smoking on any state coastal beach or state park unit except in adjacent parking lots. A violation of this section is an infraction and punishable by a $250 fine. Authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation, or another state agency, to develop and post signs to provide notice of the smoking prohibition. New signs could only be posted when existing signs are being replaced.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
SB 24 (Torlakson-D) Tobacco product environmental smoke: fee
Establishes a fee to be paid at retail by consumers of cigars and cigarettes based on the amount and impact of environmental smoke, also known as secondhand smoke, released during smoking of cigarettes and cigars. Requires the Department of Public Health to adopt regulations to establish specific fees per cigar and cigarette to be assessed.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 1418 (Oropeza-D) Public resources: state beaches and parks: smoking ban
Prohibits smoking on any state coastal beach or state park unit, except in adjacent parking lots. A violation of this section will be an infraction and punishable by a $250 fine. Authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation, or another state agency, to develop and post signs to provide notice of the smoking prohibition. New signs could only be posted when existing signs are being replaced.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources Committee)
SB 1598 (Padilla-D) Tenancies: prohibition of smoking of tobacco products
Permits, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a landlord of a residential unit, or his/her agent, to prohibit smoking tobacco products on the rental property, including any dwelling unit or any other exterior or interior area. Requires every lease or rental agreement for a residential unit subject to a smoking ban, entered into on or after 1/1/09, to include a provision that specifies the areas on the property in which smoking is prohibited, and specifies that for any lease or rental agreement entered into before 1/1/09, a prohibition on smoking in any portion of the rental property constitutes a change in the terms of tenancy, such that it requires giving notice of the change pursuant to existing law.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
SJR 30 (Correa-D) World No Tobacco Day
Declares 5/31/08 as World No Tobacco Day.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
AB 2344 (Beall-D) CA Cigarette & Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003
Increases the license fee on retailers engaged in the sale of cigarettes or tobacco products to $185 and requires the retailer to pay the fee annually.
Vetoed
AB 2662 (Dymally-D) Medi-Cal: smoking cessation benefits
Provides that the provision of one form of Medi-Cal covered tobacco cessation services benefits, either pharmacotherapy or counseling, shall not be a precondition to receive the other.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 3010 (Blakeslee-R) Tobacco products: state mental hospitals
Authorizes the Department of Mental Health, at the request of a director of a state mental hospital, to prohibit the possession or use of tobacco products on the grounds of the requesting facility.
Chapter 505, Statutes of 2008
Health Facilities
SB 158 (Florez-D) Hospitals: patient safety and infection
Establishes an infection surveillance, prevention, and control program within the Department of Public Health to provide oversight of hospital prevention and reporting of general acute care hospital-associated infections, expands the responsibilities of the existing Healthcare Associated Infection Advisory Committee, and requires all hospitals to institute a patient safety plan for the purpose of improving the health and safety of patients and reducing preventable patient safety events.
Chapter 294, Statutes of 2008
SB 208 (Runner-R) Correctional treatment center license fees
Exempts county-operated correctional treatment centers from state licensing and inspection fees.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 261 (Romero-D) The Trauma Care Fund: state regional trauma system
Requires the California Emergency Medical Services Agency to establish a statewide trauma registry.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 434 (Romero-D) Medi-Cal: long-term care
Requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to establish a stakeholder workgroup to ensure compliance with the intent of the Medi-Cal Long-Term Care Reimbursement Act, requires DHCS to deliver the workgroup recommendations and DHCS' analysis of their feasibility to the Legislature, and requires DHCS to seek necessary legislative changes to implement stakeholder recommendations that DHCS determines are feasible as part of reauthorization of the Act.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SB 530 (Dutton-R) Alcohol and drug treatment facilities: location
Provides that it is the policy of the state to prevent overconcentration of licensed substance abuse treatment facilities, defines "overconcentration" as occurring when facilities are separated by a distance of 300 feet or less, and establishes a process for providing notice to, and receiving input from, affected cities and counties on license decisions by the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs.
(Died in Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 535 (Kuehl-D) Long-term health care facilities
Redirects the Department of Public Health to establish a web site offering specified on-line information regarding long-term health care facilities.
Vetoed
SB 541 (Alquist-D) Clinics, health facilities, home health agencies & hospices
Increases the maximum penalties levied against hospitals for immediate jeopardy and other specified violations. Requires licensed clinics, health facilities, hospices, and home health agencies to prevent unlawful access to, use, or disclosure of patients' medical information, establishes administrative penalties for violations, and requires the patient and the Department of Public Health be notified of any unlawful access to, use, or disclosure of a patient's medical information.
Chapter 605, Statutes of 2008
SB 743 (Kuehl-D) Hospitals: medical errors
Requires each general acute care hospital, acute psychiatric hospital, and special hospital to conduct an assessment of its processes for detecting, reporting, and remediating preventable medical errors and to prepare and update a plan for reducing the prevalence of preventable medical errors.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
SB 757 (Ridley-Thomas-D) CA Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund
Authorizes the Public Utilities Commission to establish, until 1/1/14, a Community Supplemental Education Demonstration Grant Program and a Telemedicine Demonstration Grant Program, meeting certain requirements, with all funding for the programs coming from the monies repaid to the California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund from the monies loaned by the Fund to the General Fund in the annual Budget Act of 2003. Awards under the grant programs will be for the purpose of providing advanced telecommunications network services to community technology programs and to public libraries that deliver supplemental education services to pupils, and to health care facilities that provide telemedicine services.
(Died in Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)
SB 891 (Correa-D) Health facilities: coronary intervention
Authorizes a pilot program allowing a limited number of acute care hospitals to provide cardiac catheterization services without on-site heart surgery services.
Chapter 295, Statutes of 2008
SB 894 (Ducheny-D) Nonprofit health facility
Allows the Attorney General to withhold consent to a nonprofit health facility transaction in which the nonprofit seller has failed to either market the transaction aggressively or to set aside a portion of the net proceeds of the agreement for the benefit of the affected community.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
SB 992 (Wiggins-D) Substance abuse: adult recovery maintenance facilities
Creates a licensure category for adult recovery maintenance facilities, which are designed to help individuals maintain their newly acquired drug and alcohol sobriety, to be regulated and enforced by the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs. Expresses legislative intent that the licensure and regulation of the adult recovery maintenance facilities is a matter of statewide concern.
Vetoed
SB 1000 (Harman-R) Substance abuse: adult recovery maintenance facilities
Requires any person or entity applying for licensure for an alcoholism or drug recovery facility to certify that the facility complies with local zoning ordinances. Requires the Department of Alcohol and Drug Problems to verify this certification.
(Failed passage in Senate Health Committee)
SB 1058 (Alquist-D) Health facilities: bacterial infections
Establishes the Medical Facility Infection Control and Prevention Act, which requires hospitals to implement specified procedures for screening, prevention, and reporting specified health care-associated infections also known as hospital-associated infections. Requires hospitals to report positive Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other hospital-associated infections test results to the Department of Public Health and requires the department to make specified information public on its Internet web site.
Chapter 296, Statutes of 2008
SB 1151 (Perata-D) Hospitals: lift teams
Requires acute care hospitals to establish a patient protection and health care worker back injury prevention plan that shall include a safe patient handling policy.
Vetoed
SB 1170* (Alquist-D) Intermediate care facilities: staff
Clarifies that regulations governing the licensure and operations of intermediate care facilities for developmentally disabled patients cared for principally by nurses shall be adopted as emergency regulations and be completed by 1/1/09.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1213 (Ducheny-D) Mobile health care units
Requires mobile health care units to notify the Department of Public Health at least 24 hours prior to providing services at a new site, instead of 15 days as in current law, and waives any notice requirement in the event that the mobile clinic is responding to federal, state, or local public health emergencies.
Chapter 360, Statutes of 2008
SB 1221 (Kuehl-D) Health facility financing
Requires health facilities seeking financing from the California Health Facilities Financing Authority, a local government, or a joint powers authority, to demonstrate the satisfaction of California Health Facilities Financing Authority, the local government, or the joint powers authority, the performance of community service.
Vetoed
SB 1260 (Runner-R) Hospital licensing
Requires the Department of Public Health to separately identify each supplemental service, including the address of where each outpatient service is provided and the type of services provided to each outpatient location. Requires, on or before 7/1/10, the Department of Public Health to post and make available on its web site a listing of all outpatient services of licensed hospitals identified on the hospital's license as a supplemental service.
Chapter 396, Statutes of 2008
SB 1268 (Denham-R) Nursing home administrators
Permits the Department of Public Health, upon the request of an applicant who is a member of a recognized church or religious denomination that operates a faith-based skilled nursing facility, and historically prohibits the acquisition of the formal education that would otherwise be required for the applicant to take the licensing examination, to waive the licensing examination educational requirements for that applicant if he/she has completed a program-approved Administrator-in-Training Program.
Chapter 397, Statutes of 2008
SB 1272 (Cox-R) California Health Facility Construction Loan Insurance Law
Provides that health facilities loans made under the Cal-Mortgage program up to $10 million or less, as opposed to $5 million or less, may be insured for up to 95% of the total construction cost.
Chapter 204, Statutes of 2008
SB 1294 (Ducheny-D) Healing arts
Revises and extends, until 1/1/17, a pilot project administered by the Medical Board of California that allows specified hospitals owned and operated by local health care districts to employ physicians and surgeons and charge for professional services rendered by those medical professionals.
(Failed passage in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1351 (Corbett-D) Hospital districts
Requires a healthcare district's board to obtain majority-voter approval before it transfers any hospital to a corporation, regardless of the hospital's value as a percentage of the district's assets. Requires districts to report asset transfers to the Attorney General 30 days prior to a transfer, and includes specified information. Authorizes the Attorney General to review any transfer of health care district assets to private corporations. Requires that a healthcare district that has one or more representative members on the board of directors of a corporation as a result of a voter action prior to, during, or after any transfer or lease of the district's assets to that corporation must obtain majority-voter approval in order to relinquish its representative membership on that corporate board of directors.
Vetoed
SB 1474 (Alquist-D) Chronic dialysis clinics
Requires the Department of Public Health to promulgate regulations that requires the implementation of procedures for the surveillance and reporting of violations of patient rights and sanitary standards at chronic dialysis clinics, as specified, including the imposition of civil penalties against licensees under designated circumstances. Requires the department to promulgate regulations relating to, among other topics, required training, reporting, and information and education activities applicable to dialysis facilities. Requires the department to report specified information to the health committees of the Legislature, on a quarterly basis.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 1688 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Health facilities: level of care
Requires an owner or operator of a for-profit general acute care hospital, which is situated on real property that is owned by a real estate investment trust, and where the owner or operator of the hospital has announced an intention to sell any portion of its interest in the hospital, to maintain and operate the hospital so as to provide a level of care and services that is similar to, or exceeds, the level of care and services that it provided to the community in the preceding calendar year, as determined by the Department of Public Health. Prohibits the owner or operator from decreasing the total amount of expenditures for the hospital by more than 10% from the prior year's expenditures without approval from the department, based upon a finding that the decrease would not adversely impact the level of care and services provided by the hospital.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
SB 1699 (Wiggins-D) Public contracts: health care districts: design-build
Authorizes the Sonoma Valley Health Care District to use design-build contracting for the construction of buildings and improvements directly related to a hospital or health facility building, which shall be reviewed and inspected according to the standards and requirements of the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983.
Chapter 415, Statutes of 2008
SB 1721 (Yee-D) Health facilities: direct care nurses
Requires all direct care registered nurses to receive hospital and patient care orientation, including direct observation during a minimum of five standard nursing shifts by another direct care nurse who has demonstrated competency with the relevant patient population.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1729 (Migden-D) Health facilities: training
Requires all registered nurses, certified nurse assistants, licensed vocational nurses, and physicians working in skilled nursing facilities or congregate living health facilities to participate in a training program focused on preventing and eliminating discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Chapter 550, Statutes of 2008
SB 1734 (Kuehl-D) Hospitals: level of care
Prohibits a real estate investment trust that owns real property, where a licensed general acute care hospital is situated, and where the owner or operator of the hospital has announced an intention to sell any portion of its interest in the hospital, from amending, modifying, or terminating a lease of, or selling any interest in, the real property if this results in a reduction of care provided by the hospital or the closure of the hospital, except with approval from the Department of Public Health based upon specified findings. Requires the department to establish a mediation process to resolve any dispute between the real estate investment trust and operator of the hospital, if the dispute may result in the hospital's closure, or reduction in care provided by the hospital. Authorizes the Director of the department to appoint a temporary manager if certain circumstances exist, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 6X (Runner-R) Hospitals: preventative medical services
States the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that allows hospitals to offer preventative medical services delivered through the hospital's primary care or community-based clinic.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SB 9X (Runner-R) Medi-Cal: clinic funding
Requires the Director of the Department of Health Care Services to provide to the Legislature, no later than 7/1/08, a plan to permit funds to be used for purpose of creating new, and expanding existing, primary care clinics.
(Failed passage in Senate Health Committee)
SB 12X (Runner-R) Health care providers: incentives: legislative intent
Creates the California Health Care Cost and Quality Transparency Committee in the Health and Human Services Agency, with specified powers and duties, including the development of a health care cost and quality transparency plan, which includes various strategies to improve medical data collection and reporting practices.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 13X (Maldonado-R) Health care technology systems: tax credit: loans
Requires the California Health Facilities Financing Authority to establish a low-interest loan program to provide any participating health institution, health facility, hospital, long-term care facility, or licensed physician and surgeon with financing for the costs of purchasing a health care information technology system, as defined. Requires the Authority, by 1/1/10, and on an annual basis thereafter, to provide a report on the status and utilization of this loan program to the Assembly Health Committee and the Senate Health Committee.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 15X (Cogdill-R) Health facility financing: appeals procedure
Declares the intent of the Legislature to establish an appeals procedure for health facility projects that are denied financing by the California Health Facilities Financing Authority.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SB 22X (Battin-R) For-profit clinic facility financing: revenue bonds
Amends the California Health Facilities Financing Authority Act and authorizes the Authority to issue additional revenue bonds in an unspecified amount for the purpose of providing similar loans for financing construction, as defined, of for-profit clinic facilities, as defined. Establishes the For-Profit Clinic Facility Construction Account within the California Health Facilities Financing Authority Fund for deposit of the proceeds from the issuance of these bonds, and continuously appropriates those funds to the authority for the purposes of this bill.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
AB 13 (Brownley-D) Hospitals: staffing
Requires, effective 1/1/10, each general acute care, acute psychiatric, and specialty hospital to adopt and annually review a plan or procedure, for determining that staffing of non-nurse professional and technical personnel covered under hospital building standards and Department of Public Health hospital regulations. Requires the department to review the plan or procedure as well as the hospital's compliance, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 52 (Dymally-D) Health facilities: Office of Hospital Patient Advocate
Establishes the Office of Hospital Patient Advocate within the Department of Public Health. The mission of the Office is to help patients secure quality hospital care. Requires the Hospital Patient Advocate to be appointed by the Governor and to complete specified duties. Requires the department to establish and maintain a toll-free number and web site for receiving complaints related to certain health facilities, and requires the operating budget of the Office to be established in the annual Budget Act.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 113 (Beall-D) Hospitals: emergency medical services: reduction/elimination
Authorizes a county board of supervisors to designate a general acute care hospital as an "essential community facility" (ECF), and creates certain authorizations and requirements related to the ECF designation. Defines an ECF as a hospital that has been determined by the county as essential in promoting the public health and safety. Prohibits a county-owned hospital from being designated as an ECF. Requires an ECF hospital that provides emergency medical services and plans to reduce or eliminate services to notify local health authorities and all health plans that contract with the hospital 180 days in advance of a reduction or closure. Requires an ECF hospital to furnish a performance bond in an amount determined by the county board. A performance bond must be issued by specified insurance companies, pursuant to state and federal law, and requires a hospital that fails to provide the 180 days notice, to provide funds supported by a bond to the county to mitigate the impact of the hospital's closure on the community.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 214 (Fuentes-D) Public Protection and Physician Health Program Act of 2008
Creates the Physician and Surgeon Diversion Program under the Department of Public Health that permits physicians and surgeons to obtain treatment and monitoring of alcohol or substance abuse or a mental disorder. Provides that the program shall be funded from additional license fees collected by the Medical Board of California.
Vetoed
AB 317* (Berg-D) Adult day health care centers: disaster declarations
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to pay for partial days of attendance at an adult day health care center resulting from a disaster for which a Governor-declared state of emergency has been declared, subject to utilization controls set by the department.
Vetoed
AB 327 (Horton-R) Residential facilities
Requires the Department of Social Services, in consultation with, and with the assistance of, the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Department of Mental Health, and other appropriate state and local agencies, to establish and maintain a statewide computerized database that includes, among other things, all community care facilities except foster family homes and homes certified by foster family agencies, and alcoholism and drug abuse treatment and recovery facilities, including identifying services provided by existing licensed and unlicensed residential programs.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 330 (Hayashi-D) Health disparity report
Requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, in conjunction with the Health and Human Services Agency, to develop a health disparity report by 1/1/09, based on patient hospital discharge data.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 364 (Berg-D) Discharge policy: preadmission screening
Requires that a hospital discharge policy inform patients of the availability of home and community-based options prior to discharge. Requires that prior to a transfer of an older adult patient to any skilled nursing facility, the patient be assessed by a preadmission screening to ensure the appropriateness of the proposed skilled nursing facility placement.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 371 (Huffman-D) Health facilities
Requires hospitals applying for tax-exempt public bond financing to have a worker injury prevention plan which includes a safe patient lift policy.
Vetoed
AB 411 (Emmerson-R) Residential care facilities: over-concentration
Permits a city or county to submit to the Director of the Department of Social Services information regarding the proposed location of residential care facilities with six or fewer residents. Allows the Director to suggest the applicant find an alternate location for the facility if he/she finds the submitted information compelling.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 520 (Brownley-D) Hospitals: staffing
Requires hospitals to adopt and annually review a plan for determining staffing levels for certain non-nursing professional and technical personnel.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 570 (Galgiani-D) Intermediate care facilities: Medi-Cal reimbursement
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to review the cost-reporting, audit, and rate-setting requirements for intermediate care facilities caring for persons with developmental disabilities, and to implement appropriate changes in the Medi-Cal intermediate care facility rates and rate development process.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 572 (Berg-D) Adult day health care services
Clarifies existing requirements pertaining to adult day health care center hours of service, core staff, and staff absences, transportation services, and meal requirements.
Chapter 648, Statutes of 2008
AB 661 (Berg-D) Hospitals: Medi-Cal
Requires critical access hospitals to be reimbursed based on allowable costs for Medi-Cal covered outpatient services.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 724 (Benoit-R) Sober living homes
Provides a definition of a "sober living" home, which is defined as a residential property which operates as a cooperative living arrangement, to provide an alcohol and drug free environment for persons recovering from alcoholism or drug abuse, or both, who seek a living environment in which to remain clean and sober, and which meets other specified requirements.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
AB 749 (Wolk-D) Residential care facilities: elderly
Requires, as of 3/1/09, residential care facilities for the elderly licensed by the Department of Social Services to have a specified emergency plan available to residents and local emergency responders. Requires the department to confirm during licensing visits that the plan is on file at the facility.
Chapter 477, Statutes of 2008
AB 759 (Karnette-D) Residential care facilities
Requires every residential care facility for the elderly that is licensed to care for not more than six residents to have an approved, operable automatic fire sprinkler system.
Vetoed
AB 782 (Berg-D) Long-term health care facilities
Addresses a number of issues related to oversight of long-term care facilities, licensed by the Department of Public Health Licensing and Certification Division.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 827 (Hancock-D) Adult day health care
Requires applicants for certification as an adult day care center provider to complete a pre-application process prior to submitting an application for certification.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 978* (Benoit-R) Care facilities
Establishes standards and timelines for enforcing serious health and safety violations at community care facilities.
Chapter 291, Statutes of 2008
AB 1022 (Saldana-D) Continuing care home service
Allows licensed continuing care retirement communities to contract with, and provide services to, elderly persons in their own residences, and exempts the residence from licensing provisions applicable to residential care facilities.
Vetoed
AB 1203 (Salas-D) Health care service plans: noncontracting hospitals
Establishes uniform requirements governing communications between health plans and noncontracting hospitals related to post-stabilization care following an emergency, and prohibits a noncontracting hospital from billing a patient who is a health plan enrollee for post-stabilization services, as specified.
Chapter 603, Statutes of 2008
AB 1304 (Smyth-R) Hospital seismic retrofit
Deems all submissions by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to the California Building Standards Commission pertaining to specified hospital seismic safety reporting requirements to be emergency regulations until 1/1/09.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
AB 1384 (Price-D) Health facilities: public notice
Requires every general acute care hospital or acute psychiatric hospital to provide public notice, as specified, at least 60 days prior to the planned date of the closure of the facility, the reduction or elimination of the level of health services provided by the facility, or the lease, sale, or transfer of management of the facility. Requires these hospitals to provide a report on this change within 18 months of its occurrence.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1442 (Feuer-D) Clinical laboratories
Requires clinical laboratories that perform tests to screen for human immunodeficiency virus, that are classified as waived under the federal Clinical Laboratory and Improvement Amendments of 1988, to enroll in a proficiency testing program and to obtain the appropriate license or registration from the Department of Public Health, as specified.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
AB 1468 (Garrick-R) Hospitals: patient data
Revises the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development data reporting requirements for hospitals by adding the data field "citizenship status" to the Hospital Discharge Abstract Data Record.
(Failed passage in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1558 (Soto-D) Community care facilities: licenses information system
Requires the Director of the Department of Social Services to maintain and update the community care facilities automated licenses information system, authorizes inclusion of administrative or court actions against any facility or staff, and requires the department to make the public information available by prescribed dates, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 1574 (Houston-R) Surgical clinics: licensure
Provides that a clinic, defined as a surgical clinic licensed by the Department of Public Health, an accredited outpatient setting, or an ambulatory surgical center certified to participate in the Medi-Cal program, may purchase drugs at wholesale (for administration or dispending under the direction of a physician) after obtaining a license from the Board of Pharmacy. Specifies Board inspection requirements and requires self-assessments by any clinic licensed by the Board.
Vetoed
AB 1773 (Hayashi-D) Retail food: long-term health care facilities
Requires the Director of the Department of Public Health to review and make determinations concerning the food safety and dietary services requirements for long-term health care facilities, as specified, by 1/1/10.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 1875 (Huff-R) Residential care facilities
Changes the definition of "overconcentration" to mean that a new license may not be issued for a residential care facility if it is located within 1,000 feet of another residential care facility. Requires that notification to a city or county planning agency, by the state or county licensing agency, of an application for a new residential care facility be provided by certified mail.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 1951 (Hayashi-D) Mental health: capital facilities
Allows the acquisition or construction of privately-owned facilities that provide mental health services primarily funded through public funds, including, but not limited to, the Mental Health Services Act, to be funded with the Act's funds.
Vetoed
AB 1999 (Adams-R) Residential care facilities: elderly
Prohibits any owner, employee, agent, or consultant of a residential care facility for the elderly or member of his/her immediate family, or the representative of a public agency or organization operating within the residential care facility for the elderly with state, county, or city authority, or member of his/her immediate family, from purchasing or receiving any item or property with a fair market value of more than $100 from a resident of the facility, unless the transaction is made in the presence of a representative of the Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman. Requires these transactions to be recorded by the facility in the personal record of the resident.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 2010 (DeSaulnier-D) Health: affiliate clinics
Exempts affiliate clinics from provisional license requirements.
Chapter 90, Statutes of 2008
AB 2054* (Plescia-R) Blood centers: sales tax
Exempts from the sales and use tax, the sale of tangible personal property to, or the use of tangible personal property by, a nonprofit organization that recruits blood donors, and that is a member of an organization promoting blood banking services, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 2101 (Wolk-D) Residential care facilities
Requires residential care facilities for the elderly to develop emergency plans and makes specific requirements for providing notices to residents and potential residents in the event of rate increases.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2122 (Plescia-R) Surgical clinics: licensure
Increases uniformity of licensing standards and processes for ambulatory surgical centers.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2128 (Emmerson-R) Health facilities: dietitians
Requires health facilities to employ a full-time, part-time, or consulting dietitian, requires health faculties that employ a dietitian on a less than full-time basis to employ a dietetic services supervisor, establishes educational requirements for dietetic services supervisor personnel, and permits the Department of Public Health to grant program flexibility in meeting these requirements.
Chapter 225, Statutes of 2008
AB 2157 (Horton-R) Skilled nursing facilities
Prohibits a management company from assuming operational control of a skilled nursing or intermediate care facility until the management company has applied to the Department of Public Health for a license, and the department has approved the management company's application.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 2207 (Lieu-D) Emergency rooms: overcrowding
Requires hospitals to modify emergency department and hospital protocols to address overcrowding.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2216 (Gaines-R) Health facilities: diesel generators
Extends, until 1/1/11, a requirement that health care facilities meet the most recent standards set by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations for testing of backup diesel generators, and deletes a requirement that health facility diesel backup generators be started during weeks when the generator is not being tested.
Chapter 232, Statutes of 2008
AB 2244 (Price-D) University of California hospitals
Requires the Department of Public Health, beginning on 1/1/10, to establish a procedure for collecting and reviewing the written staffing plans developed by the University of California general acute care hospitals, acute psychiatric hospitals, and special hospitals, and requires the department to review documentation from each hospital concerning several aspects of its patient classification plan.
Vetoed
AB 2298 (Hayashi-D) Hospitals: community benefit plans: health disparities
Requires each hospital to allocate at least 50% of funds that it allocates to implement its community benefits plan, as specified, to fund programs that have the purpose of eliminating health disparities in race and gender.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 2328* (Price-D) Skilled nursing faculties
Requires skilled nursing facilities to provide written notice, to the public and employees, of an impending sale of the facility, and to post the written notice, as specified, and also requires the Department of Public Health to provide specified information to a trustee or prospective owner or management company of a bankrupt skilled nursing facility.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 2370 (Bass-D) Residential care facilities: elderly
Requires each residential care facilities for the elderly to post information annually regarding the facility's recent history of rate increases and also to disclose the rate increase information to new residents and, upon request, to prospective residents.
Chapter 478, Statutes of 2008
AB 2400 (Price-D) Hospitals: closure
Requires, not less than 30 days prior to closing a general acute care or acute psychiatric hospital, eliminating a supplemental service, as defined in existing regulations, or relocating the provision of a supplemental service to a different campus, hospitals to provide notice to the public and the applicable administering state department.
Chapter 459, Statutes of 2008
AB 2474* (Galgiani-D) Hospitals: provider reimbursement rates
Clarifies hospital inpatient reimbursement for non-Medi-Cal linked California Children's Services patients.
Chapter 496, Statutes of 2008
AB 2565 (Eng-D) Hospitals: brain death
Requires general acute care hospitals to adopt policies for providing a family or next of kin with a reasonably brief period of accommodation from the time that a patient is declared dead by reason of irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain through discontinuation of cardiopulmonary support.
Chapter 465, Statutes of 2008
AB 2614 (Houston-R) Mentally disordered: state hospitals
Removes specified patient, family, and estate financial liability for state psychiatric hospital costs if a patient has been deemed incompetent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2653 (Garcia-R) Hospital access pass
Authorizes a health plan participating in the Healthy Families Program or the Medi-Cal program to request a hospital access pass from the respective administering agency if the health plan is unable to reach an agreement with a hospital in order to meet the geographic accessibility standard.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 2697 (Huffman-D) Boutique hospitals
Requires boutique hospitals, as defined, to contract with an independent consultant to perform a study of their impact on the services, staffing, and finance of surrounding hospitals, prior to their commencement of operations and every three years thereafter, and requires boutique hospitals to file the impact studies with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
Vetoed
AB 2715* (Levine-D) Health facilities: level of care
Requires the owner or operator or both of a for-profit general acute care hospital that is situated on real property owned by a real estate investment trust to maintain and operate the hospital to provide its patients with a level of care and services that is either similar to or exceeds the level of care and services that was generally available to the community served by the hospital in the preceding calendar year, as determined by the Department of Public Health.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 2741 (Torrico-D) Hospitals: management requirements
Requires the Department of Public Health to obtain a health impact analysis of a transaction by which an applicant has acquired, or plans to acquire, ownership or control of a health facility that is exempt from review by the Attorney General.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2787 (Arambula-D) Clinics: hours of operation
Increases the number of hours a clinic may operate, from 20 hours to 30 hours per week, and remain exempt from specified licensing requirements of the Department of Public Health.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2886 (Nakanishi-R) Hospitals: sepsis reduction pilot program
Requires the Department of Public Health to establish a two-year sepsis reduction pilot program in 20 hospitals statewide.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2903 (Huffman-D) Alcohol and drug abuse facilities
Permits the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to require any person or entity applying for licensure to provide specified information to the department before a license is issued.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
AB 2942 (Ma-D) Health facilities: community benefits
Revises and recasts requirements on nonprofit general acute care, acute psychiatric, and special hospitals pertaining to community needs assessments and community benefit plans, requires public hospitals and district hospitals to provide community benefits, and also to complete a community needs assessment and develop and report to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) a community benefits plan, as specified, requires for-profit hospitals which decide to provide community benefits to develop a community benefits statement, community needs assessment, and community benefits plan, or report to OSHPD that they do not provide community benefits, and modifies the definition of community benefit to conform to the proposed definition that applies for federal tax reporting purposes.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 2966 (Lieber-D) Hospitals: construction inspections
Requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to conduct a study to accomplish specified tasks regarding hospital construction inspections.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 2978 (Soto-D) Residential care facilities: overconcentration
Requires private hospitals to provide community benefits, as defined, to the community. Authorizes for-profit hospitals, as defined, to provide community benefits to the community. Requires private hospitals, by 1/1/10, to complete a community needs assessment and, by 4/1/10, to develop a community benefits plan, as specified. Requires for-profit hospitals, if they provide community benefits to the community and report these community benefits, to develop a community health needs assessment. Requires for-profit hospitals that provide community benefits to develop, by 4/1/11, a community benefits plan, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 3010 (Blakeslee-R) State mental hospitals: tobacco products
Authorizes the Department of Mental Health, at the request of a director of a state mental hospital, to prohibit the possession or use of tobacco products on the grounds of the requesting facility.
Chapter 505, Statutes of 2008
AB 3028 (Salas-D) Health facilities
Clarifies that the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) may use electronic means to review and approve hospital building construction and alteration plans, and may use an "over-the-counter" review process. Requires OSHPD, to the extent possible, to use information technology to facilitate timely review of hospital building and alteration plans and inspections of hospital buildings.
Chapter 506, Statutes of 2008
HR 35 (Furutani-D) Relative to Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital
Urges the University of California to expedite negotiations with the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County and the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science to discuss the future management of Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital in the Watts/Willowbrook area of south Los Angeles County.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
Health Professionals
SB 136 (Cedillo-D) Acupuncture: Tui Na
Deletes the term "Asian massage" and, instead, authorizes the holder of an acupuncturist's license to perform or prescribe the use of Tui Na, defined as a hands-on body treatment that uses pressure techniques, including myofascial release, and manual therapy, as specified.
(Died in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee)
SB 254 (Ashburn-R) Emergency medical services: licensure
Revises and recasts provisions to require, as of 1/1/09, the Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) to be responsible for establishing statewide standards for emergency medical technicians (EMT)-Is and EMT-IIs, and to require the authority and local Emergency Medical Services agencies to be jointly responsible for the implementation and enforcement of statewide licensure and discipline of EMT-Is and EMT-IIs, pursuant to regulations adopted by the EMSA. Requires all applicants for EMT-I and EMT-II licensure to have a state and federal criminal history background check.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 583 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Emergency medical technicians: certificates: discipline
Limits the disciplinary actions local emergency agencies may take against emergency medical technicians (EMTs) employed by public safety agencies and establishes an alternative system. Requires the state Emergency Medical System Authority to develop specified procedures for review of EMT discipline, and authorizes local Emergency Medical Services agencies to confirm or impose EMT disciplinary actions.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 697 (Yee-D) Health care providers
Prohibits health care providers from balance billing patients who furnish documentation of enrollment in the Healthy Families Program or the Access for Infants and Mothers Program.
Chapter 606, Statutes of 2008
SB 731 (Oropeza-D) Massage therapy
Provides for certification of massage practitioners and massage therapists by the Massage Therapy Organization, a nonprofit organization that meets specified requirements.
Chapter 384, Statutes of 2008
SB 761 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Healing arts: diversion: investigations
Extends the sunset date, from 7/1/08 to 7/1/10, for the diversion program for physicians and surgeons with certain impairments (i.e. substance abuse) that may affect their performance. Requires the Division of Medical Quality of the Medical Board of California, that oversees the program, to transition investigators who are peace officers into a higher special agent classification.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 797* (Ridley-Thomas-D) Professions and vocations
Authorizes the Department of Consumer Affairs to create advisory committees to the Dental Board of California, the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board, the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians, and the Barbering and Cosmetology Board. Allows the Board of Behavioral Sciences to take disciplinary action against licensees after the current statute of limitation has expired in specified circumstances, and makes other changes to boards and programs under the Department of Consumer Affairs.
Chapter 33, Statutes of 2008
SB 809 (Ashburn-R) Nurse practitioners
Sets forth the activities that a nurse practitioner is allowed to engage in, and deletes the requirement that the Board of Registered Nursing consult with physicians and surgeons in establishing categories of nurse practitioners.
(Died in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee)
SB 843 (Calderon-D) Pharmacists: medical information
Specifies that under the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, a pharmacy may mail specified written communications to a patient, without the patient's authorization, under specified conditions.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 853 (Perata-D) Dentistry: dental assistants and hygienists
Abolishes the Committee on Dental Auxiliaries within the Dental Board of California, transfers the regulation of dental hygienists to a newly created Dental Hygiene Committee and transfers the regulation of registered dental assistants to the Dental Board of California.
Chapter 31, Statutes of 2008
SB 907 (Calderon-D) Physicians and surgeons
Provides that it is not unlawful for a physician or surgeon to provide consideration for a referral for an elective cosmetic procedure if specified conditions are met.
(Died in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee)
SB 963 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Regulatory boards: termination
Extends the sunset date on the following health regulatory boards until 1/1/11: Board of Acupuncture, Board of Psychology, and the Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Chapter 385, Statutes of 2008
SB 981 (Perata-D) Health care coverage: physicians claims
Prohibits non-contracting hospital emergency room physicians from directly billing enrollees of health care service plans licensed by the Department of Managed Health Care under the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 (Knox-Keene), other than allowable copayments and deductibles. Establishes statutory standards and requirements for claims payment and dispute resolution related to non-contracting emergency room physician claims, including an Independent Dispute Resolution Process.
Vetoed
SB 993 (Aanestad-R) Psychologists: scope of practice: prescribing drugs
Revises the Psychology Licensing Law to authorize a "prescribing psychologist," as defined, to prescribe and administer drugs. Requires the Board of Psychology to establish and administer a certification process to grant licensed psychologists the authority to write prescriptions.
(Died in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee)
SB 997 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Emergency medical services
Adds to the Commission on Emergency Medical Services two members, one who is an employee of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and one who is an employee of a city, county, or special district that provides fire protection, each appointed by the Governor from lists of three names provided by the California Professional Firefighters.
Chapter 275, Statutes of 2008
SB 1096 (Calderon-D) Medical information
Allows a pharmacy or an entity authorized by the pharmacy, to mail written communications to a patient pertaining to a prescribed course of treatment, without the patient's authorization, under specified conditions.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 1125 (Denham-R) Polysomnographic Technologist Act
Enacts the Polysomnographic Technologist Act, which provides for the licensing and regulation of polysomnographic technologist by the Respiratory Care Board of California. Prohibits the unlicensed performance of polysomnographic or polysomnographic-related respiratory care services, as defined, except as specified. Provides for certain licensing and regulatory fees to be deposited into the Respiratory Care Fund. Makes a violation of the provisions of the act a crime.
(Died in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee)
SB 1178 (Aanestad-R) Dentistry: registered sex offenders
Requires the Dental Board of California to deny licensure to individuals who are required to register as sex offenders under federal law, and closes loopholes that allow the reinstatement of licenses for sex offenders.
Chapter 517, Statutes of 2008
SB 1205 (Aanestad-R) Veterinary medicine
Establishes an advisory committee to the Veterinary Medical Board to make recommendations to the Board regarding the implementation of rules and regulations by the Board. Makes changes to the registered veterinary technicians committee. Clarifies that the equivalent of education considered by the Board must be educational or a combination of education and clinical experience. Prioritizes cases handled by the Board for purposes of investigation and prosecution. Provides reasonable opportunity for a veterinarian to comply with any deficiencies found during the Board's inspection of their premises and, for the Board to cite for minor infractions, rather than for negligence when a minor violation occurs. Sunsets 1/1/12.
(Failed passage in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee)
SB 1218 (Correa-D) Marriage and family therapy
Updates and recasts the educational curriculum requirements for marriage and family therapists to require persons who begin graduate study after 8/1/12, to increase total unit requirements, increase practicum hours for face-to-face counseling, integrate specified elements, including public mental health practices, throughout the curriculum, repeals current marriage and family therapists educational requirements on 1/1/19, revises requirements for applicants licensed or educated outside of California, and makes technical and conforming changes.
Vetoed
SB 1268 (Denham-R) Nursing home administrators
Permits the Department of Public Health, upon the request of an applicant who is a member of a recognized church or religious denomination that operates a faith-based skilled nursing facility, and historically prohibits the acquisition of the formal education that would otherwise be required for the applicant to take the licensing examination, to waive the licensing examination educational requirements for that applicant if he/she has completed a program-approved Administrator-in-Training Program.
Chapter 397, Statutes of 2008
SB 1270 (Cedillo-D) Pharmacy: Electronic Pedigree Task Force
Requires the Board of Pharmacy to create the Electronic Pedigree Task Force, consisting of representatives from the pharmaceutical industry drug supply chain and the counties, to provide the Board with updates on the implementation of the pedigree requirement. Requires the Task Force to submit annual progress reports to the Board and the Legislature.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1288 (Scott-D) Doctor of Nursing Practice degree
Authorizes the California State University to award a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1294 (Ducheny-D) Healing arts
Revises and extends, until 1/1/17, a pilot project administered by the Medical Board of California that allows specified hospitals owned and operated by local health care districts to employ physicians and surgeons and charge for professional services rendered by those medical professionals.
(Failed passage in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1307 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Pharmacy: pedigree
Establishes a graduated implementation schedule for compliance with the electronic drug pedigree law beginning on 1/1/15, and ending on 7/1/17, as specified.
Chapter 713, Statutes of 2008
SB 1338 (Migden-D) Workers' compensation: personal physician
Deletes the 12/31/09 sunset date in the Labor Code that eliminates the right of workers to predesignate a personal physician for the purposes of workers' compensation.
Vetoed
SB 1379* (Ducheny-D) Physician and surgeon loan repayment
Requires fines and administrative penalties levied against health plans under the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 to be placed in the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund and used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for a physician loan repayment program and the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program, instead of being deposited in the State Managed Care Fund. Requires the Department of Managed Health Care to make a one-time transfer of fine and administrative penalty revenue of $10 million to the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program and $1 million to the loan repayment program.
Chapter 607, Statutes of 2008
SB 1393 (Scott-D) Nursing programs
Makes minor clarifying changes to existing provisions of law relating to registered nursing education programs at the campuses of the California State University and the California Community Colleges.
Chapter 175, Statutes of 2008
SB 1394 (Lowenthal-D) Physician reports: lapses of consciousness
Refines, beginning 1/1/10, the circumstances under which a physician is required to report a patient who has suffered a lapse of consciousness to the Department of Motor Vehicles for a reexamination.
Vetoed
SB 1402 (Corbett-D) Healing arts: reporting requirements
Expands the list of boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs required to provide information on licensees via the Internet, requires insurers to report to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners a settlement or arbitration award over $2,000, and adds chiropractors to the list of licensees required to self-report certain crimes.
Vetoed
SB 1406 (Correa-D) Optometry
Specifies permissible procedures for certified optometrists, and creates the Glaucoma Diagnosis and Treatment Advisory Committee to establish glaucoma certification requirements.
Chapter 352, Statutes of 2008
SB 1415 (Kuehl-D) Patient records: maintenance and storage
Requires physicians, podiatrists, dentists, optometrists, and chiropractors to notify patients, starting 1/1/09, about patient rights pursuant to this bill.
Vetoed
SB 1427 (Calderon-D) Psychologists: prescribing drugs
Enacts the Collaborative Medication Treatment Management Act, which authorizes a prescribing psychologist, as defined, to prescribe drugs for the treatment of specified mental health disorders if certain requirements are met. Requires the Board of Psychology to establish and administer a certification process to grant licensed psychologists the authority to write prescriptions, and requires an applicant for certification as a prescribing psychologist to meet specified education and training requirements, including a preceptorship, under the supervision of a physician.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 1441 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Healing arts practitioners: alcohol and drug abuse
Establishes within the Department of Consumer Affairs the Substance Abuse Coordination Committee to develop uniform standards and controls for programs dealing with licensees with substance abuse problems.
Chapter 548, Statutes of 2008
SB 1454 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Healing arts: outpatient settings
Revises requirements related to health care provider advertising and disclosures, requires the Medical Board of California to adopt regulations regarding supervision levels for settings providing elective cosmetic procedures, as specified, and makes various changes relating to accreditation and reporting procedures of outpatient settings.
(Died on Assembly Floor)
SB 1504 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Antiepileptic drug products: substitution
Prohibits a pharmacist filling a prescription order for an antiepileptic drug or formulation of an antiepileptic drug, prescribed by its trade, brand, or generic name for the treatment or prevention of epileptic seizures, from substituting a drug product pursuant to those provisions without prior notification of the prescriber and the signed consent of the patient or the patient's parent, legal guardian, or spouse.
(Died in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee)
SB 1521 (Cedillo-D) Assumption Program of Loans for school nurse education
Establishes an Assumption Program of Loans for Education for individuals completing training for the school nurse services credential and who agree to work as a school nurse in a qualifying school or school district.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
SB 1526 (Perata-D) Polysomnographic technologists: sleep and wake disorders
Requires the Medical Board of California to develop regulations by 7/10/10, for the employment and designation of certified polysomnographic technologists, technicians, and trainees.
Vetoed
SB 1533* (Ashburn-R) Emergency medical services
Requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority, if certain conditions are met, to maintain a centralized system for monitoring and tracing emergency medical technician (EMT)-I and EMT-II certification status and EMT-Paramedic licensure status to be used by employers and local emergency medical service agencies as part of the background check process. Requires emergency medical service providers to verify that a background check is completed on all EMT-I and EMT-II holders and to submit certification data.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 1535 (Kuehl-D) Medical Board of California
Makes conforming changes to the Medical Practice Act.
(Died in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee)
SB 1579 (Calderon-D) Medical referrals
Allows physicians and surgeons to provide consideration to licensed barbers and cosmetologists for hair restoration consultation referrals.
(Died in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee)
SB 1584 (Padilla-D) Veterinary medicine
Increases the fee amount charged for veterinarian licensing, registered veterinary technician registration, registered veterinary technician schools and creates new fees to be paid by these licensees for services provided to them by the Veterinary Medical Board.
Chapter 529, Statutes of 2008
SB 1620 (Ashburn-R) Community colleges: nursing faculty
Allows temporary clinical nursing faculty at three community college districts, as selected by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to teach an unlimited number of semesters between 7/1/09 and 6/30/12.
(Failed passage in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1621 (Ashburn-R) Nursing education
Makes several modifications regarding eligibility for participation in the State Nursing Assumption Program of Loans for Education-Nursing Faculty.
Chapter 183, Statutes of 2008
SB 1633 (Kuehl-D) Dental services: credit
Prohibits a dentist, or an employee or agent of a dentist, from charging an open-end credit line which is extended by a third party and is arranged for or established in a dental office, for services that the patient has not yet received. It also specifies standards for a dentist, or an employee or agent of a dentist, when arranging credit or a loan for one of its patients, clients or customers.
Vetoed
SB 1640 (Ashburn-R) Medical corporations
Revises and recasts existing law establishing a pilot project that permits a hospital that is owned and operated by a health care district, as defined, to employ physicians and surgeons; authorizes a qualified hospital that meets specified requirements to employ an unlimited number of physicians and surgeons, and charge for professional services rendered by those physicians.
(Failed passage in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee)
SB 1779 (Senate Business, Professions And Economic Development Committee) Healing arts
Makes several nonsubstantive and technical changes to various miscellaneous provisions pertaining to the health-related regulatory boards of the Department of Consumer Affairs. Double-jointed with AB 2445 (Nakanishi-R), SB 823 (Perata-D), SB 1218 (Correa-D), and SB 1402 (Corbett-D).
Vetoed
SB 1780 (Senate Business, Professions And Economic Development Committee) Professions and vocations
Makes various nonsubstantive and technical changes to provisions of law pertaining to regulatory boards of the Department of Consumer Affairs and professions regulated under the Business and Professions Code.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
SB 12X (Runner-R) Health care providers: incentives: legislative intent
Declares the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that establishes incentives for health care providers, including hospitals, clinics, physician groups, physicians, health care service plans, and health insurers, that are designed to improve the quality of health and medical services for health care consumers in this state.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SB 19X (Cogdill-R) Medical corporations
Deletes a prohibition regarding corporations and legal entities having specified rights, and related exceptions, and authorizes corporations and artificial legal entities to have professional rights, privileges, or powers.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 21X* (Cogdill-R) Medical professionals: tax credit
Authorizes a credit against personal income taxes for each taxable year beginning on or after 1/1/08 in an amount equal to 20% of the tax imposed on a medical care professional who provides medical services in a rural area.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 24X (Ashburn-R) Nurse practitioners: scope of practice
Sets forth the activities that a nurse practitioner is authorized to engage in, and deletes the requirement that the Board of Registered Nursing consult with physicians and surgeons in establishing categories of nurse practitioners. Revises the educational requirements for certification as a nurse practitioner, and requires a nurse practitioner to be certified by a nationally recognized certifying body, approved by the Board. Allows a nurse practitioner to prescribe drugs and devices if he/she has been certified by the Board to have satisfactorily completed at least six months of supervised experience in the prescribing of drugs and devices and if such prescribing is consistent with his/her education or established clinical competency. Deletes the requirement for standardized procedures and protocols, and deletes the requirement of physician supervision. Requires that a nurse practitioner be issued a Board number prior to prescribing drugs and devices, and allows revocation or suspension or denial of a Board number for incompetence or gross negligence. Deletes the prohibition against a physician and surgeon supervising more than four nurse practitioners at one time.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SJR 19 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Health professionals: torture
States that the United States Department of Defense guidelines authorizes participation of psychologists and other military health personnel in the interrogation of detainees in Guantanamo Bay and other foreign military prisons operated by the United States in violations of professional ethics. Urges all relevant California licensing boards to notify health professionals licensed in California of their professional obligations under national and International law relating to torture and coercive interrogation, and notify those professionals that those who participate in torture may be subject to prosecution. Requests the United States Department of Defense and the Central Intelligence Agency to remove all California-licensed health professionals from participating in prisoner and detainee interrogations.
Resolution Chapter 114, Statutes of 2008
AB 17* (Emmerson-R) Radiologic technologists
Requires, until 1/1/12, the Department of Public Health, when approving a school for radiologic technologists, to approve a school that it determines has met the requirements in a specified document published by the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology.
(Died in Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee)
AB 55* (Laird-D) Healing arts: referral fees
Conforms state law with federal regulations establishing exemptions from anti-kickback laws for nonmonetary remuneration related to electronic prescribing and electronic health records.
Chapter 290, Statutes of 2008
AB 64 (Berg-D) Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act
Enacts the Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act, and establishes procedures to facilitate out-of-state health and veterinary professionals to assist Californians in an emergency.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 164 (Smyth-R) Immunity: marriage and family therapy schools
Provides a qualified immunity to a person who communicates to a marriage and family therapy school information intended to aid in the evaluation of another persons qualifications, fitness, character, or insurability as a healing arts practitioner.
Chapter 23, Statutes of 2008
AB 185 (Dymally-D) Clinical laboratories: personnel
Expands the duties that unlicensed personnel are authorized to perform in a clinical laboratory, and revises the levels of supervision required when unlicensed personnel perform them.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 211 (Jones-D) Medical information
Requires every provider of health care, as defined, to implement appropriate specified safeguards to protect the privacy of a patient's medical information. Requires every provider of health care to reasonably safeguard confidential medical information from unauthorized or unlawful access, use, or disclosure.
Chapter 602, Statutes of 2008
AB 214 (Fuentes-D) Public Protection and Physician Health Program Act of 2008
Creates the Physician and Surgeon Diversion Program under the Department of Public Health that permits physicians and surgeons to obtain treatment and monitoring of alcohol or substance abuse or mental disorder. Provides that the program be funded from license fees collected by the Medical Board of California.
Vetoed
AB 239 (DeSaulnier-D) Alcoholism and drug abuse counselors
Enacts the Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors Licensing Law and provides for the licensing of these counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Exempts from its provisions persons who engage in the practice of alcoholism and drug abuse counseling as an employee or volunteer at a facility or program administered, licensed or certified by a governmental agency or that contracts with a court, probation department, county jail, or the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and authorizes the board to impose various fees on licensed counselors which is deposited in the Behavioral Sciences Fund and requires that startup funds to implement these provisions be derived as a loan, from that fund's reserve, subject to appropriation by the Legislature.
Vetoed
A similar bill was AB 1367 (DeSaulnier-D) which died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee.
AB 436 (Salas-D) Medical records
Removes the sunset date for the California Office of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) Implementation, established by the Governor's Office within the Health and Human Services Agency, and revises the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 450 (Emmerson-R) Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Appropriates $1,542,000 from the Board of Chiropractic Examiners Fund, in augmentation of the 2007 Budget Act appropriation, to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Provides that the monies appropriated shall be expended only if specified conditions are met.
Chapter 12, Statutes of 2008
A similar bill was AB 1861 (Emmerson-R) which died in Assembly Appropriations Committee.
AB 547 (Ma-D) Medical Board of California: licensure fees
Authorizes the Medical Board of California to reduce its licensing fees below the statutory amount of $790, and requires the Bureau of State Audits to conduct a review of the Board's financial status by 1/1/12.
Vetoed
AB 573 (Horton-R) Nursing education programs: community colleges
Requires any community college district that offers a nursing education program to students to select the students to be enrolled in that program on the basis of its determination of which of those students possess more of the academic and other pertinent characteristics of a successful nursing student. Prohibits a community college district from using a lottery system, or any other random selection method, for choosing candidates for any nursing education program that it offers.
(Died in Assembly Higher Education Committee)
AB 606 (Galgiani-D) Physician and Dental services: Medi-Cal: reimbursement rates
Provides that, commencing 1/1/08, the reimbursement levels for physician and dental services be increased by 5%.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 623 (Lieu-D) Radiologic technology: radiologist assistants
Requires the Department of Public Health to develop a certification process for radiologist assistants. Outlines the requirements for certification for radiologist assistants.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 636 (Levine-D) Acupuncture
Expands the list of techniques which an acupuncturist can use on their patients.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 807 (Hancock-D) Medical treatment: workers' compensation
Specifies that the limits provided under workers' compensation for chiropractic treatment, occupational therapy treatment, and physical therapy will not apply when prescribed as follow-up care after surgery in accordance with evidence-based medical treatment guidelines generally recognized by the national medical community.
(Died in Assembly Insurance Committee)
AB 994 (Parra-D) Health care: nurse training scholarship pilot program
Extends the sunset date of the Associate Degree Nursing Scholarship Pilot Program from 1/1/09 to 1/1/14.
Chapter 426, Statutes of 2008
AB 1044 (Strickland-R) Optometrists: regulation
Clarifies the specifics for the registration and regulation of optometrists who engage in the "temporary practice" of optometry.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1060* (Laird-D) Dentists: tissue banks: licensure
Exempts a licensed dentist who stores human freeze-dried bone and dermis obtained from a licensed tissue bank from tissue bank licensing requirements, if the bone and dermis is used for the sole purpose of implantation into a patient, and stored in accordance with manufacturer instructions.
Chapter 427, Statutes of 2008
AB 1201 (Leno-D) Direct care registered nurses: collective bargaining
Authorizes "direct care registered nurses" employed by non-public health facilities to organize for purposes of collective bargaining.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1329 (Houston-R) Occupational therapists
Establishes the California Board of Occupational Therapy Student Loan Repayment Program for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants who practice for three years in California.
(Died in Senate Education Committee)
AB 1399 (Richardson-D) Pharmacies: prescription labels
Requires a prescription drug label, upon request of a blind or visually impaired customer, to be readable by an assistive technology device for the blind or visually impaired.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1436 (Hernandez-D) Nurse practitioners: scope of practice
Defines the scope of practice of nurse practitioners and authorizes a nurse practitioner to provide comprehensive health care services, as specified.
(Died in Senate Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1444 (Emmerson-R) Physical therapists: scope of practice
Permits patients direct access to a physical therapist without first obtaining a physician referral.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1486 (Charles Calderon-D) Licensed professional counselors
Provides for the licensure or registration and regulation of licensed professional counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences. Authorizes the Board to impose specified fees which would be deposited in the Behavioral Sciences Fund to carry out the provisions of the bill. Provides that the startup costs of the program shall be funded by a loan from the Behavioral Sciences Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1545 (Eng-D) Health professions and vocations
Re-establishes the Dental Board of California, the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board, the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians, and the Board of Barbering and Cosmetology within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Establishes an executive officer for each board, and repeals these provisions on 1/1/12.
Chapter 35, Statutes of 2008
AB 1587 (De La Torre-D) Pharmacy: personal information
Lowers the current restrictions against the use of patients' medical information for "marketing" by establishing that a written communication given to a pharmacy patient during a face-to-face interaction with a pharmacist or pharmacy personnel where a prescription drug is being dispensed is not "marketing" when certain requirements are met.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 1592* (Huff-R) Physicians: personal income taxes
Allows a tax credit in an amount equal to 50% of the "fair market value of uncompensated medical care" provided by a physician during the taxable year to an "eligible individual."
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 1605 (Lieber-D) State Department of Public Health: State Public Health Nurse
Requires the State Public Health Officer to appoint a State Public Health Nurse as part of the executive team of the Department of Public Health, at a level no lower than deputy director, providing such appointment does not displace any other deputy director serving the position of State Public Health Nurse or result in any costs other than those reflected in the existing staff budget for the department.
Vetoed
AB 1643 (Niello-R) Nurse practitioners
Repeals the current prohibition against a physician and surgeon supervising more than four nurse practitioners at one time. Makes other conforming changes.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1692 (Villines-R) Healthy Families Advisory Panel
Requires a member of the Healthy Families Advisory Panel to be a practicing physician and surgeon who is certified in pediatrics by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1760 (Galgiani-D) Veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians
Requires the Veterinary Medical Board to offer the state board examination at least twice a year. Makes other changes related to reciprocity and temporary licensing requirements for out-of-state veterinarians. Clarifies the enforcement actions that may be taken against a registered veterinarian technician. Makes other technical and conforming changes to the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act.
Vetoed
AB 1829* (Ma-D) Nurse-Family Partnership program
Extends, from 1/1/09, to 1/1/11, the sunset of the California Families and Children Account, which contains funds to implement a voluntary nurse home visiting grant program, as the Nurse-Family Partnership program.
Vetoed
AB 1897 (Emmerson-R) Marriage and family therapists: licensure
Allows the Board of Behavioral Sciences to accept a doctors or masters degree from an institution approved by the former Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education or from an institution accredited by specified regional accrediting agencies as a part of meeting the requirements for a marriage and family therapist license or marriage and family therapy intern registration.
Chapter 489, Statutes of 2008
AB 1917 (Dymally-D) Physicians and dentists: county employees
Allows, upon approval by the Los Angeles County board of supervisors, the surviving spouse of a physician or a dentist working in a county jail or a locked county mental health facility, who dies as the result of an injury that is a direct consequence of a violent act perpetrated by an inmate, to receive a specified monthly death benefit allowance.
Vetoed
AB 1922 (Hernandez-D) Healing arts practitioners
Adds marriage and family therapists and clinical social workers to the list of healing arts practitioners defined as "licentiates" under peer review statutes.
Chapter 25, Statutes of 2008
AB 1927 (Galgiani-D) Vocational nursing and psychiatric technicians
Requires the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians to prescribe by regulation the education for which credit is to be given, and the amount of credit that is to be given, to a vocational nursing applicant and psychiatric technician applicant for successful completion of equivalent courses offered by a secondary school that is accredited by the Department of Education in any state or by a nationally recognized regional accrediting body.
Chapter 299, Statutes of 2008
AB 1944 (Swanson-D) Physicians and surgeons: health care districts
Authorizes health care district hospitals, as defined, to directly hire and employ physicians and surgeons. Eliminates a pilot program that established standards and qualifications for health care district hospitals to employ physicians and surgeons. Eliminates limitations on the total number of participating physicians in individual district hospitals and statewide.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
AB 1947 (Emmerson-R) Pharmacy technicians
Authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to issue a pharmacy technician license to an individual if that individual is a high school graduate or possesses a general educational development certificate equivalent, is certified by the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board or passes a pharmacy technician examination approved by the Board, and has either obtained a specified associate's degree, completed a specified course of training, or graduated from a specified school of pharmacy. Specifies that these requirements shall only apply to pharmacy technicians issued an initial license on and after 1/1/09.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1958 (Swanson-D) Veterinarians: Department of Motor Vehicles: public records
Adds certain veterinarians to the list of peace officers and other public officials who may request the Department of Motor Vehicles to keep their home addresses confidential from disclosure to the general public.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2111 (Smyth-R) Physical therapy: regulation
Makes various changes relating to licensure fees for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants, and revises and recasts examination requirements for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. Allows the Physical Therapy Board of California to issue a public letter of reprimand, in lieu of filing or prosecuting a formal accusation against a licensee. Allows the Board to disqualify an applicant from taking the physical therapy examination, deny or revoke an application or license if it determines that an applicant for licensure or a licensee has engaged or attempted to engage in conduct that undermines the licensing examination.
Chapter 301, Statutes of 2008
AB 2120 (Galgiani-D) Medical telemedicine
Extends, from 1/1/09 to 1/1/13, Medi-Cal coverage for specified telemedicine services.
Chapter 260, Statutes of 2008
AB 2128 (Emmerson-R) Dietitians: health facilities
Requires health facilities to employ a full-time, part-time, or consulting dietitian. Requires health facilities that employ a dietitian on a less than full-time basis to employ a Dietetic Services Supervisor, establishes educational requirements for personnel, and permits the Department of Public Health to grant program flexibility in meeting these requirements.
Chapter 225, Statutes of 2008
AB 2146 (Feuer-D) Health care providers: billing
Prohibits a health care provider from charging a patient or third-party payer for a hospital-acquired condition.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2210 (Price-D) Dentistry: emergency services
Provides a dentist with a qualified immunity from civil liability for the provision of emergency medical care consistent with his/her dental education and emergency training during a declared state of emergency.
Chapter 449, Statutes of 2008
AB 2220 (Jones-D) Health professionals: health care service plans
Authorizes, with respect to contracts being negotiated between emergency physicians or emergency physician groups and health care service plans or their contracting risk-bearing organizations, either party to the contract negotiations, on a one-time basis per contract negotiation, to invoke a mandatory mediation process to assist in resolving any remaining issues in the contract negotiations.
Vetoed
AB 2352 (Fuentes-D) Health services: confidential information
Permits confidential records obtained in the course of providing mental health or developmental disability services to be released to a county social worker, a probation officer, or any other person who is legally authorized to have custody or care of a minor.
Chapter 700, Statutes of 2008
AB 2374 (Spitzer-R) Radiologic and nuclear medicine
Establishes the Radiologic and Nuclear Technology On-the-job Training law which specifies requirements for a person who wishes to participate in an on-the-job training in order to perform a computerized tomography scan, as specified, and a positron emission tomography, as specified, on dual mode machines.
Chapter 238, Statutes of 2008
AB 2375 (Hernandez-D) Health professions workforce: master plan
Requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to establish the Health Professions Workforce Task Force, as specified, to assist in the development of a health professions workforce master plan.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 2398 (Nakanishi-R) Practice of medicine: cosmetic surgery
Authorizes the revocation of the license of a physician and surgeon who practices medicine with a business organization that provides outpatient elective cosmetic medical procedures or treatments (cosmetic procedures), as defined, knowing that the practice is owned or operated in violation of the prohibition against the corporate practice of medicine.
(Died on Senate Floor)
AB 2423 (Bass-D) Professions and vocations: licensure
Authorizes specified boards and bureaus under the Department of Consumer Affairs when considering the issuance of a probationary license or registration to request an applicant with a prior criminal history to provide proof of dismissal. Requires boards to develop standard terms of probation, authorizes these boards to revoke, suspend, or deny at any time any required license or registration, and requires these boards to provide a specified statement of reasons for the denial and, if applicable, a copy of the applicant's criminal history record.
Chapter 675, Statutes of 2008
AB 2427 (Eng-D) Health professional licensees
Restricts local government's ability to prohibit a healing arts licensee from engaging in any act or performing any procedure that falls within the professionally recognized scope of practice of that licensee, and prohibits construing this provision to prohibit the enforcement of a local ordinance effective prior to 1/1/09.
Vetoed
AB 2439 (De La Torre-D) Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program
Changes the $50 fee assessed voluntarily on an applicant for issuance or biennial renewal of a physician and surgeon's license to a mandatory $25 fee to be deposited into the Medically Underserved Account for Physicians, which is continuously appropriated to provide funding for operations of the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program as administered by the Health Professions Education Foundation.
Chapter 640, Statutes of 2008
AB 2442* (Nakanishi-R) Medicine
Repeals provisions of law that require a peer review body, as defined, to report to the diversion program of the Medical Board of California physicians and surgeons who may be suffering from a disabling mental or physical condition that poses a threat to patient care, since the Medical Board of California diversion program will sunset on 1/1/08.
Vetoed
AB 2443 (Nakanishi-R) Medical Board of California
Requires the Medical Board of California to establish a program to promote issues concerning physician and surgeon well-being.
Vetoed
AB 2444 (Nakanishi-R) Medical Board of California: disciplinary actions
Allows the Medical Board of California to require in a public letter of reprimand for a physician and surgeon to complete specified training, or education.
Chapter 242, Statutes of 2008
AB 2445 (Nakanishi-R) Medical Board of California: disciplinary procedures
Permits the Medical Board of California to issue a public letter of reprimand concurrently with a physicians and surgeon's certificate for minor violations and to disclose the public letter of reprimand to the public and post it on its web site. Permits that the public letter of reprimand shall be purged three years from the date of issuance.
Chapter 247, Statutes of 2008
AB 2482 (Maze-R) Physician assistants: continuing education
Authorizes the Physician Assistant Committee of the Medical Board of California to require physician assistants to complete up to 50 hours of continuing education every two years as a condition for license renewal, and allows the Committee to accept specified physician assistant certification.
Chapter 76, Statutes of 2008
AB 2516 (Mendoza-D) Prescriptions: electronic transmission
Requires, commencing 1/1/10, a prescriber to ensure that any prescription issued or made by him/her be typewritten and electronically transmitted to the patient's pharmacy of choice, except as specified.
(Died in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 2543 (Berg-D) Geriatric and Gerontology Workforce Expansion Act
Establishes the Geriatric and Gerontology Workforce Expansion Act which allows any geriatric service provider, as defined, to apply for grants, on or after 1/1/10, under the existing Licensed Mental Health Service Provider Education Program to reimburse for educational loans related to a career as a licensed marriage and family therapist or intern or licensed clinical social worker who provides geriatric services, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 2637 (Eng-D) Dental auxiliaries
Deletes existing law provisions, set to take effect on and after 1/1/10, requiring licensure by the Dental Board of California of registered orthodontic assistants, registered surgery assistants, registered restorative assistants, and registered restorative assistant in extended functions. Revises and recasts existing provisions relating to registered dental assistants, modifies licensure requirements for a registered dental assistant in extended functions, and requires the Board to issue an orthodontic assistant permit or dental sedation assistant permit, as specified.
Chapter 499, Statutes of 2008
AB 2644 (Huff-R) Medical billing
Requires any health care provider that directly bills a patient for professional health care services, including hospital services, to provide in plain English, as defined, a description of the medical procedure or services for which a patient is billed.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 2649 (Ma-D) Medical assistants: authorized services
Provides that medical assistants are not authorized to trim the nails of, or debride any manner, using a scalpel, paring instrument or other object, the corns, bunions or callus of, any patient who is diabetic or suffers from any form of circulatory disorder affecting the extremities.
Vetoed
AB 2652 (Anderson-R) Professional mental health providers: prisoners
Adds marriage and family therapists to the list of mental health professionals who may gain qualifying experience for licensure under the auspices of the state correctional system.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2661 (Dymally-D) Telemedicine
Adds telephone communication to the definition of telemedicine, requires the practitioner practicing telemedicine by telephone to use an electronic medical record and provides that a practitioner may be designated by the patient.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 2702 (Nunez-D) Maddy Emergency Medical Services Fund: Los Angeles
Allows physicians providing services in a standby emergency department that was in existence on 1/1/07, in a hospital in Los Angeles County, to receive reimbursement from Proposition 99 (Tobacco Tax and Health Protection Act of 1988) and Maddy Emergency Medical Services funds if the emergency department treats at least 18,000 patients per year and meets general, staffing, and equipment requirements of a basic emergency department.
Chapter 288, Statutes of 2008
AB 2734 (Krekorian-D) Health care practitioners advertising
Requires that medical advertisements include a name and a valid license number from the appropriate licensing agency.
(Failed passage on Assembly Floor)
AB 2756 (Duvall-R) Pharmacists: emergencies
Specifies the emergency conditions under which pharmacists may furnish dangerous drugs and devices without prescription.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 2794 (Blakeslee-R) Healing arts: diagnostic imaging services
Prohibits a healing art practitioner from billing a patient or third-party payer for performance of the technical component of computerized tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diagnostic imaging services he/she did not perform or supervise. Requires a radiological facility or imaging center performing CT, PET, or MRI diagnostic imaging services to directly bill either the patient or the responsible third-party payer for the services.
Chapter 469, Statutes of 2008
AB 2839 (Huffman-D) Health Care Providers' Bill of Rights
Prohibits health plans and health insurers from requiring a provider, consultant, or attorney to execute an unfair or unreasonable agreement as a condition of entering into contract negotiations. Authorizes the Department of Managed Health Care and the Department of Insurance to suspend or revoke a plan or insurer's license and assess related administrative penalties.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2841 (Ma-D) Medical procedures: reusable adipose cannula
Requires patient disclosures for reusable adipose cannulas.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
AB 2848 (Hernandez-D) Optometrists: retired licenses
Creates a retired optometrist license, exempts an optometrist with a retired license from continuing education requirements and renewal fees, and prohibits practicing optometry under a retired license.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 2917 (Torrico-D) Emergency medical services personnel
Requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to establish and maintain a centralized system for monitoring and tracing emergency medical technician (EMT)-I and EMT-II certification status and EMT-Paramedic licensure status to be used by certifying entities.
Chapter 274, Statutes of 2008
AB 2968 (Carter-D) Surgeons: cosmetic surgery
Enacts the Donda West Law which prohibits elective cosmetic surgery on a patient unless, prior to surgery, the patient has received a physical examination and clearance for surgery.
Vetoed
AB 6X (Nakanishi-R) Physician assistants: educational loan program
Creates the California Physician Assistant Scholarship and Loan Repayment Program within the Health Professions Education Foundation, to provide scholarships to physician assistant students and to repay qualifying educational loans of physician assistants who practice in medically underserved areas of the state.
(Died in Assembly being unassigned to a committee)
ACR 138 (Horton-R) School nurses
Declares May 7, of each year, as School Nurse Day in California, and encourages all Californians to promote the good health of the state's students and recognizes California's credentialed school nurses for their contributions to the health of the state's children.
Resolution Chapter 159, Statutes of 2008
Foster Care
SB 648 (Calderon-D) Medi-Cal: juveniles: incarceration
Prohibits the use of inmate status to terminate the eligibility of a minor under the Medi-Cal program. Requires that the Department of Health Care Services suspend the health care benefits for, but not terminate the Medi-Cal eligibility of, a minor who is an inmate of an institution. Requires the department to ensure that, upon the termination of the minor's status as an inmate of an institution, he/she has immediate access to health care services covered under the Medi-Cal program, and requires the department, with respect to a minor who has not been determined to be eligible for Medi-Cal benefits prior to the termination of his/her status as an inmate, but has filed an application for Medi-Cal benefits, to ensure that the application is processed in a manner that will enable the minor, if eligible, to receive Medi-Cal covered services immediately upon the termination of his/her status as an inmate.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 710 (Dutton-R) AFDC-FC: group homes: rates
Requires a foster care group home operator seeking to establish a rate for a new program or a new location to have a letter of support from the host county or regional consortium of counties.
(Died in Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 1132 (Migden-D) Medi-Cal: foster care adolescents
Prohibits the Department of Health Care Services from requiring independent foster care adolescents to complete any paperwork qualification or to provide any other information as a condition of continuing to receive the Medi-Cal benefits to which he/she is already entitled at the time of initial eligibility or at annual redetermination.
Vetoed
SB 1380 (Steinberg-D) Foster care
Expands eligibility and revises operational, reporting and training requirements of Intensive Treatment Foster Care program, and extends rate classification adjustments for certain group home programs.
Chapter 486, Statutes of 2008
SB 1457 (Steinberg-D) Golden State Scholarshare Trust Act: CalSAVE program
Establishes the California Scholarshare Advancement Vehicle for Education program within the Golden State Scholarshare College Savings Trust to fund individual accounts for beneficiaries which include foster youth.
Chapter 474, Statutes of 2008
SCR 127 (Steinberg-D) Foster care
Designates the month of November 2008 as Court Adoption and Permanency Month and encourages courts and local communities to join in activities to expedite permanency for children who have been abused and neglected.
Resolution Chapter 120, Statutes of 2008
AB 121* (Maze-R) Foster youth: hiring preferences: tax credit
Expands the definition of "qualified employee" to include qualified former foster care recipients for purposes of the hiring credit available to employers located in an enterprise zone. Defines a "qualified former foster care recipient" as an individual certified by the local designated agency to having attained 17 years of age, but not 25 years of age, on the hiring date and having, before attaining 18 years of age, been either a recipient of foster care maintenance payments under a state plan approved under 42 United States Code Section 301, or in foster care under the responsibility of a state.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 172 (Bass-D) Foster care: instruction and education pilot project
Requires the Department of Social Services to conduct a home instruction pilot project for foster parents and foster children, using materials consistent with those created by Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, USA. Requires the department, in consultation with the Legislative Analyst's Office, to establish the evaluation criteria for determining the success of the project, and requires the department to report to the Legislature on the effectiveness of the pilot project by 10/1/12. Specifies that the project shall be conducted in two counties, one of which shall be Los Angeles, with the county board of supervisor's permission.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 273 (Jones-D) Foster children: health
Requires children removed from their homes as a result of abuse or neglect, and children removed from their homes as a result of being a "delinquent minor," to receive specified Child Health and Disability Prevention program health assessments and oral health services. Requires the county welfare department, at a hearing to terminate jurisdiction over a dependent child, as specified, to submit a report verifying that assistance in understanding the child's health care needs and locating health care providers that will be able to meet those needs has been provided to the child, and requires the Department of Health Care Services, to the extent federal financial participation is available, to extend Medi-Cal benefits to "independent foster care adolescents," as defined, while in foster care or guardianship, until the child reaches the age of 21 years, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 324 (Beall-D) Foster care
Increases grant payments for foster family home providers, and provides funding for the recruitment and retention of foster parents and adoptive parents.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 497 (Portantino-D) Foster children: special education
Requires a local educational agency, once it receives a request for a special education assessment for a pupil who is placed in a rate classification level 12, 13, or 14 group home or a community treatment facility, to complete the individualized education program and determine whether the pupil is eligible for special education services within 30 calendar days from the date of the receipt of written consent from the person holding the right to make educational decisions for the pupil.
(Died in Assembly Education Committee)
AB 795 (Keene-R) Foster children: special education
Requires the state, for out-of-county foster children residing in a licensed children's institution who have been certified as seriously emotionally disturbed by the mental health director from the county of jurisdiction, to assume the educational costs incurred in any fiscal year by a special education local plan area that are in excess of the revenues received.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 845* (Bass-D) Foster youth: transitional housing: funding
Appropriates $10.5 million to the Department of Social Services to supplement funding for the Transitional Housing for Foster Youth Program.
(Failed passage on Senate Floor)
AB 914 (Saldana-D) Foster caregivers
Excludes from the California Community Care Facilities Act's application any home of a nonrelative community support system caregiver, and allows the County of San Diego to establish a pilot program to test the effectiveness of nonrelative community support system caregivers on increasing the availability of recruiting neighborhood placements and reducing the number of placements in emergency shelter facilities.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 1217 (Sharon Runner-R) Foster care: AFDC-FC: supplemental clothing allowance
Authorizes the use of the supplemental clothing allowance under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children Foster Care program for the purchase of diapers for foster children.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 1330 (Evans-D) Foster children: psychotropic drugs: data
Requires the Department of Social Services to collect and maintain data on all youth in foster care that are prescribed psychotropic medication.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1578 (Leno-D) Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act
Enacts the Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act of 2007. Provides that current or former foster youth in their first year of postsecondary enrollment will be eligible for tuition and fee coverage under the Cal Grant B program.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2070 (Bass-D) Foster care: incarcerated parents
Increases the time that reunification services may be available to parents whose children are dependents of the court in consideration of barriers to service faced by parents who are incarcerated, institutionalized, or in residential substance abuse treatment.
Chapter 482, Statutes of 2008
AB 2096 (Bass-D) Foster children: extracurricular activities
Allows foster group home providers to use a prudent parent standard when deciding to give permission to a child in foster care to participate in extracurricular, enrichment or social activities.
Chapter 483, Statutes of 2008
AB 2138 (Adams-R) Foster care: high school graduation
Requires school districts to exempt a pupil in foster care who transfers to the district in grade 11 or 12 and is unable to graduate from high school by his/her 19th birthday from the additional graduation coursework requirements the governing board has adopted, and requires districts to provide notification to such pupils, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 2238 (Smyth-R) Foster youths: out-of-home placements
Allows a 17-year old minor in foster care to enlist in the military with the consent of a foster caregiver or social worker.
(Failed passage in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 2322 (Portantino-D) Land use planning: housing element: foster youth placement
Allows a city to reduce its regional housing need allocation by 10% if it adopts a program to actively promote and assist in the placement of foster youth in existing family-based households.
(Failed passage in Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
AB 2338 (Beall-D) Foster care placement: children 12 years of age and younger
Restricts the circumstances under which children 12 and younger may be placed in group homes or shelters.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2571 (Sharon Runner-R) Foster family homes and certified family homes
Requires that any report of an investigation of a foster family home or certified family home include, separately for each allegation, the following information: (1) A summary of the facts surrounding the allegation, (2) a summary of the evidence obtained supporting or refuting the allegation, and (3) a finding, based on a preponderance of the evidence, that the allegation is substantiated, unfounded, or inconclusive, and a detailed explanation why the investigator determined the allegations were substantiated, unfounded, or inconclusive.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2575 (Sharon Runner-R) Child welfare: investigations: audio recording
Allows foster caregivers to record certain communications with licensing and child protective services personnel.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2651* (Aghazarian-R) Foster care, adoption, and dependent children
Conforms state child welfare laws to federal law to ensure the continuation of federal compliance and funding.
Chapter 701, Statutes of 2008
AB 2748 (Soto-D) Foster care: children: expanded rights
Expands the rights of children in foster care to include fair, equal, and reasonable access to household amenities.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 2783 (Plescia-R) Foster children: special education
Shortens the time-frame for conducting an assessment and completing an individualized education program from 60 calendar days to 20 working days for pupils placed in a specified classification of a group home or community treatment facility.
(Failed passage on Senate Floor)
AB 3015 (Brownley-D) Foster care
Requires several training programs for group home administrators, licensed foster parents and relative caretakers to include basic instruction on the safety of foster youth at school.
Chapter 557, Statutes of 2008
AJR 26 (Bass-D) United States Census: Foster Child Category
Expresses the Legislature's opposition to the decision of the United States Census Bureau to remove the foster child relationship category from the 2010 United States Census and the American Community Survey, and calls on the federal government to recognize the importance of collecting census information relating to foster children.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
Public Social Services
SB 42 (Torlakson-D) CalWORKs
Allows persons who have applied for but not yet been accepted in a qualifying degree or certificate program to be considered "enrolled" for purposes of participation in a California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Program self-initiated welfare-to-work program.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
SB 58* (Hollingsworth-R) CalWORKs program
Clarifies, as it relates to welfare-to-work services, when benefit limits have been reached and removal from the assistance unit is to occur.
(Died in Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 179 (Ashburn-R) CalWORKs: reporting requirements
Replaces the current quarterly income reporting system for recipients of CalWORKs and food stamps with a semi-annual reporting system that also includes reporting changes in income that exceed a stated threshold.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
SB 269 (McClintock-R) Public assistance: home visits
Requires an investigator from the district attorney's office to conduct an interview and a walk-through at the home of each applicant for the CalWORKs program.
(Failed passage in Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 489 (Steinberg-D) Continuing care contracts: retirement communities: closure
Imposes requirements on continuing care retirement communities in the event of their closure.
Vetoed
SB 688 (Cox-R) California Children and Families Program: communications
Prohibits any funds from being expended from the California Children and Families Program, or any other allocation to the California Children and Families Commission, advocating or promoting programs or activities that are not expressly authorized by a statute enacted by the Legislature or an initiative enacted by the voters.
(Died in Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 692 (Ashburn-R) In-home supportive services: criminal background checks
Authorizes a public authority or nonprofit consortium to assist a recipient of care who is not eligible to receive in-home supportive services in obtaining a criminal background check.
Chapter 2, Statutes of 2008
SB 693 (Ashburn-R) Child day care: payment programs
Specifies that payment to a child care provider shall not commence until the Department of Social Services confirms that the child care provider is a registered child care trustline provider or is exempted from trustline registration, and revises the scope of circumstances that require that the payment shall immediately cease. Applies these provisions only in counties in which the trustline automated registration process and the LiveScan system are operational, and makes additional changes to conform to existing law.
(Died in Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 708 (Dutton-R) Group homes
Requires group homes for six or fewer persons to obtain a conditional use permit as a condition of licensure.
(Died in Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 709 (Dutton-R) Residential care facilities
Authorizes cities or counties to submit, and requires the Department of Social Services to review, information regarding the location of community care facilities for six or fewer residents.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 782* (Cogdill-R) In-Home Supportive Services Program: wages and benefits
Caps, at the current level, state contributions to the wages and benefit costs of the In-Home Supportive Services program in each county unless there is an increase in the state minimum wage or later specific legislation to increase the contribution to higher levels.
(Died in Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee)
SB 867 (Cedillo-D) Supportive service providers
Authorizes family child care providers to form, join and participate in "provider organizations" for purposes of negotiating with state agencies on specified matters.
Vetoed
SB 887 (Calderon-D) Low-income water ratepayers: assistance program
Requires each local public water agency to establish a low-income ratepayer assistance program.
(Died in Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee)
SB 913 (Hollingsworth-R) Group homes: sex offenders: parole
Expands the existing law which prohibits sex offenders on parole from residing in any single family dwelling with any other registered sex offender to include residential facilities which serve six or fewer persons.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 914 (Hollingsworth-R) Community care facilities: housing sex offenders
Allows local jurisdictions to require community care facilities housing an adult or juvenile offender to obtain a business license.
(Died in Senate Human Services Committee)
SB 915 (Hollingsworth-R) Group homes: zoning
Allows a city, county, or city and county to adopt a local ordinance to zone as an adult-oriented business any community care facility that houses a parolee for whom registration as a sex offender is required.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
SB 977 (Correa-D) California Commission on Aging: report: infrastructure
Requires the California Commission on Aging to conduct a review of existing local, state, and national data, surveys, and reports related to senior center infrastructure, best practices, and emerging trends, including any recent studies conducted covering senior centers in California.
Vetoed
SB 1094 (Cedillo-D) Office of Immigrant Affairs
Establishes the Office of Immigrant Affairs within the Department of Community Services and Development to support the integration and civic participation of new citizens.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1101 (Cedillo-D) Personal income taxes: Emergency Food for Families Fund
Extends the sunset on the Emergency Food Assistance Program Fund as a voluntary contribution fund on the personal income tax form until 1/1/14. Also changes the name of the designation of the Fund to the Emergency Food for Families Fund on the tax form.
Chapter 203, Statutes of 2008
SB 1136 (Alquist-D) Public social services: unreasonable fees
Defines and creates a private right of action for unfair or deceptive trade practices consisting of charging unreasonable fees for providing assistance in obtaining public social services.
Chapter 479, Statutes of 2008
SB 1148 (Cedillo-D) Dependent children: emancipation
Requires courts to retain jurisdiction, and counties to provide services to former dependent children who reach the age of majority without housing, health insurance and employment or other financial support.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1160 (Alquist-D) Children's social services programs
Simplifies the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program reapplication process for relative caregivers of foster children when they move to a new county and extends the sunset date for the Youth Pilot Program.
Chapter 484, Statutes of 2008
SB 1341 (Padilla-D) CalWORKs: personal property retention
Permits families currently participating in the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program to utilize money within "restricted savings accounts" to avoid homelessness situations.
Chapter 485, Statutes of 2008
SB 1518 (Correa-D) Multipurpose Senior Services Program sites
Requires the California Department of Aging to seek to ensure that Multipurpose Senior Service Program services are provided in the most integrated setting possible and gives consideration to a prospective provider's experience in integrating medical and social services when establishing a new program site or procuring an existing site through the competitive bidding process.
Vetoed
SB 1599 (Wiggins-D) In-home supportive services: Project for CA Independence
Requires the Department of Social Services to establish the Project for California Independence, that would authorize certain individuals who are not financially eligible to receive in-home supportive services, to purchase those services. Requires the project to be conducted in any county that consents to participate, and requires the department to develop eligibility guidelines for individuals wishing to purchase services under the project, and to consult informally with designated entities and stakeholders.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SJR 11 (Correa-D) National Children's Study
Memorializes the President and Congress of the United States to enact legislation to ensure the continuation of funding for the National Children's Study, which is a longitudinal study focusing on a long-term observation of children's health as impacted by genetics and environmental conditions.
Resolution Chapter 4, Statutes of 2008
AB 22 (Lieber-D) CalWORKs: maximum aid determination
Repeals the exclusion of any children born into a family more than 10 months after the family begins receiving CalWORKs benefits when calculating the family's grant amount. Phases out the exclusion of children born into CalWORKs families by applying it prospectively to any child born on or after 1/1/08, and repeals the provision completely as of 1/1/11.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 56 (Ma-D) Secretary to End Poverty
Creates a cabinet-level position of Secretary to End Poverty in California, and provides that the Secretary shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate. Requires the Secretary to review the work of the state agencies, departments, and offices that implement and administer antipoverty programs in the state to determine whether those agencies, departments, and offices are operating in the most efficient and effective manner possible. Requires the Secretary to submit his/her findings with respect to that review to the Assembly and Senate Human Services Committees and the Governor by 1/31/10, and requires the Secretary to report to the Legislature, on a regular basis, regarding any pending bills that may impact programs for the working poor in the state.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 88* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 Supplemental Budget Bill: social services
Enacts the 2008 Supplemental Budget Bill which, among other provisions, reverses the Administration's proposal to exchange $447 million in federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds for General Fund that is currently expended in the following TANF-qualifying programs: Cal Grants ($223 million), Juvenile Probation ($152 million), Emergency Assistance Foster Care ($50 million), and increased Title XX transfer to the Department of Developmental Services ($22 million).
Chapter 269, Statutes of 2008 -- Item Veto
AB 167 (Bass-D) CalWORKs eligibility: asset limits
Provides that there shall be no limit on the assets of any individual or family as a condition of eligibility for aid for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program to the extent permitted under federal law. Defines "assets" to include investments that appreciate over time, including but not limited to investments that can be converted into cash, as well as personal or real property that holds monetary value, such as a house, automobile, or small business. Makes legislative findings and declarations describing the purpose of asset rules in public assistance programs, the adverse consequences of asset limits on the ability of low-income families to accumulate resources as a path to self-sufficiency, and the successful efforts of other states to reform asset rules.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 313 (Benoit-R) Child day care facility rating system
Requires the Department of Social Services to develop and implement a licensed child care facility rating system that encompasses child health and safety by 1/1/10.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 344 (Huff-R) Child day care facilities
Exempts from the California Child Day Care Facilities Act any program that provides activities for children of an instructional nature in a classroom-like setting that is otherwise subject to the act if the instruction is based upon the language, customs, and traditions of a population group that is primarily located outside of the United States and the program is registered as a trustline provider.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 380 (Berg-D) Multipurpose Senior Services Program
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to annually increase reimbursement rates for the Multipurpose Senior Services Program by an amount based on the Medi-Cal rate adjustment for intermediate care facilities.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 420 (Wolk-D) Supplemental Nutrition Program
Requires all California Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children agencies that serve large numbers of participants and a high proportion of uninsured participants to use the Women, Infants, and Children gateway system only if funding is available.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 433 (Beall-D) Food Stamp Program: categorical eligibility
Requires the Department of Social Services to propose a new name for the food stamp program and to adopt the federal option to establish categorical eligibility for food stamp benefits for those who are under 130% of the federal poverty level regardless of the level of their assets.
Chapter 625, Statutes of 2008
AB 459 (Cook-R) In-home supportive services: criminal background checks
Authorizes criminal background checks of potential in-home supportive services personnel, conducted by the Department of Justice or investigative consumer reporting agency, and allows potential providers or service recipients to be charged for the cost of conducting the investigations.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 572 (Berg-D) Adult day health care services
Clarifies existing requirements pertaining to adult day health care center hours of service, core staff, and staff absences, transportation services, and meal requirements.
Chapter 648, Statutes of 2008
AB 672 (Beall-D) Child Welfare Council: children of color
Requires the Child Welfare Council to develop a plan for addressing the disproportionate number of children of color involved in the child welfare system.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 674 (Charles Calderon-D) CalWORKs: aid payment increase
Requires an increase in the maximum aid payment for an assistance unit that includes a child who is enrolled as a pupil in elementary or secondary schools, in the amount of $50 annually for each enrolled child, if the parent or guardian satisfies specified parental involvement requirements.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 690 (Jones-D) Social services: childhood poverty
Declares it is the goal of the Legislature to reduce childhood poverty by one half by 1/1/18 and to eliminate it entirely by 1/1/28. Requires the Department of Finance to report as part of the annual budget process on how the Governor's Budget proposal will impact the state's goal of reducing childhood poverty and require the Legislative Analyst to analyze the report.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 736 (Strickland-R) Senior nutrition
Allows the Department of Aging to provide an eligible senior citizen a multivitamin supplement as an addition to a meal.
(Died in Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee)
AB 827 (Hancock-D) Adult day health care centers
Modifies the moratorium on service capacity of Adult Day Health Centers created by SB 1103 (Senate Budget Committee) Chapter 228, Statutes of 2004. If specified conditions are met, authorizes the centers to apply for a capacity increase of an existing center site, a relocation of an existing program, and a change of ownership.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 853 (Jones-D) The Home Care Services Act of 2007
Enacts the Home Care Services Act to provide for the licensure and regulation of home care organizations by the Department of Social Services.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 907 (Strickland-R) Child welfare proceedings
Requires, among other things, a welfare agency to submit a parent's fingerprints to the Department of Justice for a complete criminal history when determining the parent's suitability for reunification.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 978* (Benoit-R) Care facilities
Strengthens the enforcement methods for violations of serious health and safety violations for vulnerable persons who utilize Community Care Facilities or Child Day Care Facilities.
Chapter 291, Statutes of 2008
AB 1118 (Jones-D) Childhood poverty
Creates the California Child Poverty Council as an advisory body to develop a comprehensive plan for reducing child poverty in California by 50% by 1/1/17 and eliminating it completely by 1/1/27. Requires the Council to report at least once a year to the Governor, Legislature, and the public on the development and implementation of the plan.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1279* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 Human Services Budget Trailer Bill: social services
Enacts the 2008 Human Services Budget Trailer Bill which includes the following provisions: (1) Modifies provisions relative to the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program. (2) Suspends the requirement that the Department of Social Services increase random samples by 10% for fiscal years 2008-09 and 2009-10, and requires the department to submit trailer bill language to the Legislature on or before 2/1/10, to reflect appropriate indicators to trigger an increase in unannounced random sample visits, as specified. (3) Suspends the State Supplementary Program for the 2008 and 2009 calendar years. Commencing with the 2010 calendar year, and in each calendar year thereafter, the annual adjustment shall be effective June 1 of that calendar year. Extends operation to 7/1/11 of the supplemental security income advocacy program for aged, blind, and disabled legal immigrants who receive cash assistance. (4) Modifies the In-Home Supportive Services program by authorizing counties to investigate suspected fraud in connection with the provision or receipt of support services, with the respect to overpayment of $500 or less, and requires the Case management Information and Payroll System to include features and functionalities to strengthen fraud prevention and detection, as well as to reduce overpayments.
Chapter 759, Statutes of 2008
AB 1299 (Fuller-R) Public social services: child abuse review teams
Provides authorization for counties to establish interagency child abuse review teams to assist local agencies in identifying and reviewing cases of child abuse and neglect, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 1386 (Price-D) Public social services
Allows an In-Home Supportive Services provider to receive additional wages for up to one hour per month for assistance provided during health-related and alternative resource site appointments for their clients if those services have been determined to be necessary.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1389* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 General Gov't Budget Trailer Bill: social service
Enacts the 2008 General Government Budget Trailer Bill which, among other provisions, allows the use of funds from the Children and Families Trust Fund to be used for loans to the General Fund with those loans being repaid with interest at 110% of the Pooled Money Investment Account rate.
Chapter 751, Statutes of 2008
AB 1674 (Jones-D) In-home supportive services
Authorizes five county pilot projects to offer severely impaired recipients of in-home supportive services a choice of having services provided by a contracting agency or a public authority.
Chapter 319, Statutes of 2008
AB 1996 (Swanson-D) Food stamps: eligibility: drug felonies
Expands the eligibility standards under the Food Stamp Program by proposing to remove the limitation that exempts certain drug-related felonies from these provisions, provided they participate in a drug treatment program. Authorizes the Department of Social Services to notify counties of changes to law associated with the passage of this bill through an all-county letter.
Vetoed
AB 2029 (Tran-R) Dependent children: visitation
Allows any relative of a child who is a dependent of the court to petition the court for visitation and would specify the contents of the petition; provides that the court may order visitation between the child and a relative if the court determines that it would be in the child's best interest; and, specifies guiding principles for determining whether or not the visitation is in the best interest of the child.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2117 (Evans-D) Dependent children: psychotropic medications
Expands the authority of a juvenile court judicial officer to make orders regarding the administration of psychotropic medications to include a dependent child who has been removed from the physical custody of his or her parent or guardian. Requires the physician or other health care professional submitting the request for psychotropic medication to have conducted an examination of the child and requires the request to also indicate the child's medical history and a description of any clinically indicated therapy recommended for the child prior to the next court review.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2160 (Carter-D) Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act: disability
Adds to the Older Californians Act, a definition of "disability" incorporating the relevant subsections of Section 12926 of the Government Code and defining "disability" as either a mental or psychological disorder of condition that limits a major life activity or having a physiological disease, disorder, condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss that limits a major life activity.
Vetoed
AB 2163 (Strickland-R) Senior nutrition: multivitamin-mineral supplement
Requires the California Department of Aging to contract with private organizations to obtain multivitamin-mineral nutritional supplements to distribute to each county that implements a pilot program to provide the supplements to older adults.
(Died in Assembly Aging and Long-Term Care Committee)
AB 2252 (DeSaulnier-D) Youth policy
Establishes a state advisory commission on youth, prescribing its membership and duties.
Vetoed
AB 2263 (Caballero-D) In-Home Supportive Services program
Authorizes an in-home supportive services provider to request a replacement warrant due to a lost or stolen warrant within two days from the date the original warrant should have been received, and requires the county to request a replacement warrant, but not earlier than five days from the effective date of the warrant.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2310 (Maze-R) Dependent children
Requires the county welfare department to provide additional information and documents to a person in the foster care system who has reached the age of majority before the juvenile court terminates jurisdiction over that individual.
Chapter 131, Statutes of 2008
AB 2341 (Maze-R) Minors: reunification services
Specifies time periods during which reunification services are provided to children who are dependents of the juvenile court, and their parents or guardians.
Chapter 457, Statutes of 2008
AB 2368 (Fuentes-D) CalWORKs eligibility: asset limits: motor vehicles
Excludes the value of a licensed motor vehicle from consideration when determining eligibility for California's Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2389 (Benoit-R) CalWORKs eligibility: drug testing
Requires random drug testing of all CalWORKs recipients and denies aid if the recipient refuses to attend or fails a one-year mandated drug treatment program.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 2399 (Portantino-D) Independent Living Program
Requires that services provided to emancipated foster youth under the Independent Living Program be provided to former dependent children of the juvenile court who meet specified requirements.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2480 (Sharon Runner-R) CalWORKs eligibility: asset limits: vehicles
Requires, in addition to owned vehicles, that the equity of leased vehicles will be counted against the resource limit for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program (CalWORKs) eligibility, and increases the vehicle resource limit from $4,650 to $7,000 and adjusts it annually starting on 1/1/10, to be the lesser of either three percent or the change in the California Consumer Price Index.
(Failed passage in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 2610 (Davis-D) Unattended collection boxes: salvageable personal property
Allows cities and counties to prohibit a person or an "eligible organization" from using collection boxes for solicitation purposes. If a city or county institutes a collection box program, it prohibits a person or an eligible organization from using collection boxes without a local permit. Declares that it does not invalidate or prohibit the adoption of local ordinances that address the place, use, or employment of collection boxes. Cities and counties may impose annual fees that do not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of administering the program.
Vetoed
AB 2736 (Cook-R) Indian children: parental rights: tribal customary adoptions
Requires the Judicial Council to study tribal adoptions, requires a special social-work report to the court in the case of adoption of an Indian child, and extends eligibility for adoption assistance payments for some Indian children.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 2844 (Laird-D) Public social services: CalWORKs and the Food Stamp Program
Requires semi-annual redeterminations of eligibility and benefit amounts for the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids and food stamp programs based upon semi-annual reports of income and circumstances of recipient households.
Vetoed
AB 2875 (Lieber-D) Public social services recipients: Medi-Cal eligibility
Requires the Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with the Department of Social Services, to make necessary technological and policy changes to update the data sharing, computer programming, and administrative procedures to ensure the continuation of Medi-Cal benefits when a beneficiary reports a change in circumstances to the Food Stamp Program or the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids program.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2904 (Hayashi-D) County child welfare services: mortality review
Allows a county board of supervisors to receive and review certain information relating to the death of a child who had previously come to the attention of, or was under the supervision of, the county child welfare agency. Provides that the board may only receive and review the information in closed session. Further provides that a board of supervisors in a county with a foster care population of more than 10,000 may take formal action to permit individual board member's offices to receive and review the information for the purpose of determining which cases should be brought to the attention of the full board in closed session. Provides that a board or its members may not disclose or release any information obtained pursuant to this bill, unless otherwise permitted by law, and shall be bound by all state and federal confidentiality laws.
Chapter 255, Statutes of 2008
AB 2927 (Bass-D) Juveniles: dual status children
Requires the county child welfare agency to assess a dual status child for prompt return to the jurisdiction of the dependency court and for services by the county child welfare agency immediately after that child has fulfilled the requirements imposed by the delinquency court.
(Died in Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 6XXX* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2007 Budget: Human Services reductions
Enacts the necessary statutory changes to human services programs to implement the 2007-08 budget reduction. Delays implementation of the July 2008 California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids cost-of-living adjustment and delays advance payments for programs in the Department of Social Services (programs affected included California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids; Children's Services/Community Care Licensing; County Administration Project; Title IV-E Waiver; Special Programs; and other assistance-type programs). Exempted from the delays were the In-Home Supportive Services Program and the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplemental Program.
Chapter 4, Statutes of 2007-08, Third Extraordinary Session
Other Public Health and Safety Legislation
SB 48 (Alquist-D) Community development: healthy food choices
Requires the Department of Public Health to establish the Access to Healthy Food program and make grants and loans available to retail food markets that agree to offer quality fruits and vegetables for residents of low-income, underserved communities.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 107 (Alquist-D) Wave pools
Requires a wave pool operator to comply with specified safety requirements, including the use of life vests, assignment of lifeguards, wave action suspense procedures and restrictions for children under 42 inches in height, and requires the operator to post these requirements.
Chapter 335, Statutes of 2008
SB 164 (Migden-D) Prenatal screening
Makes changes to the Birth Defects Monitoring Program related to the research use of prenatal blood samples and the fees to be charged in support of the Program.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
SB 200 (Florez-D) Food safety
Prohibits the serving of meat from downed cattle, as defined, to pupils as part of a school meal or otherwise. Requires establishments subject to required inspection under existing law to install video surveillance in the areas of the establishments where livestock and poultry are present, makes it unlawful to tamper with video surveillance or the resulting recordings, and requires that state officials have access to the live feed from the video surveillance, as specified. Requires the Department of Food and Agriculture to make the appropriate notifications within 24 hours. Makes it a crime to treat livestock inhumanely by taking any of specified actions.
(Died in Assembly Agriculture Committee)
SB 201* (Florez-D) Dairy farms: raw milk: testing: standards
Establishes the Fresh Raw Milk Act of 2008 to require raw milk dairy farms that choose to comply with the requirements of this bill to develop and maintain an individualized Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point plan, as specified.
Vetoed
SB 261 (Romero-D) The Trauma Care Fund: state regional trauma system
Requires the California Emergency Medical Services Agency to establish a statewide trauma registry.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 358 (Maldonado-R) Foodborne illness
Makes findings regarding the importance of the leafy green industry, and appropriates $2 million to the University of California's Division of Agriculture to fund cooperative food safety advisors and to conduct food safety research.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 459 (Florez-D) Public cemetery districts
Creates a statutory scheme for succession to interment rights to plots, niches, or mausoleums in public cemetery districts when the owner has died, leaving no written instruction or designation of the person to whom the right would transfer.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 468 (Padilla-D) Shaken baby syndrome
Establishes the Shaken Baby Syndrome Education Pilot Program for up to 10 counties who volunteer to provide public education on shaken baby syndrome. Requires the Department of Social Services, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, to establish the pilot no later than 7/1/09 and to evaluate the program and report to the Legislature on its success by 1/1/13.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
A similar bill was SB 825 (Padilla-D) which died in Assembly Appropriations Committee.
SB 471 (Margett-R) Birth and death records: certified copies: identification
Requires any person who requests, in person, a certified copy of a birth or death record to provide the official with valid identification, as provided, unless that person is a parent or legal guardian and is requesting a certified copy of his/her child's birth or death record; in which case, the person need only provide a sworn statement under penalty of perjury that he/she is an authorized person. Establishes requirements for a person who has been a victim of identity theft to obtain a birth or death record.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 489 (Steinberg-D) Continuing care contracts: retirement communities: closure
Imposes requirements on continuing care retirement communities in the event of their closure.
Vetoed
SB 544 (Cox-R) Fire alarms and safety devices
Modifies the process by which the State Fire Marshal approves and introduces fire alarm equipment to the marketplace. Deletes the newly established workgroup that was tasked with developing a new process for certifying fire alarms in the state. Requires any fire alarm system to be tested in accordance with the State Fire Marshal standards and listed by a nationally recognized testing laboratory, and restricts the State Fire Marshal from creating any additional quality assurance requirements.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 564 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Public School Health Center Support Program
Requires the Department of Public Health, to the extent funds are appropriated for implementation of the Public School Health Center Support Program, to establish a grant program to provide technical assistance and funding for the expansion, renovation, and retrofitting of existing school health centers and the development of new school health centers, and requires a school health center receiving grant funds under the Program have a plan regarding how the center will provide comprehensive services; provide primary and other health services, including mental health and oral health; work in partnership with the school nurse; coordinate services with health care providers; serve all students regardless of ability to pay; and operate during school hours and facilitate transportation.
Chapter 381, Statutes of 2008
SB 634 (Wiggins-D) Food labeling: olive oil
Clarifies the definition of olive oil, repeals current licensure provisions, conforms olive oil definitions, grades and labeling requirements to international standards, authorizes the addition of vitamin E to specified olive oil, permits a consumer to re-use a clean olive oil container, can, or drum, and makes legislative findings and declarations.
Chapter 694, Statutes of 2008
SB 651* (Calderon-D) Drinking water: pipes and fittings: lead content
Revises provisions, that will otherwise take effect on 1/1/10, to require that plumbing materials be certified for compliance, with these provisions, by the American National Standards Institute. Requires the Department of Public Health to adopt emergency regulations, as may be necessary and proper, to carry out the provisions becoming effective immediately and becoming operative as of 1/1/10.
(Died in Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 775 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Childhood lead poisoning
Requires the Department of Public Health to make available to all health care providers current information about lead and lead poisoning and to report on the state's lead poisoning prevention programs. Requires health care providers, when providing services to a child who receives services from a publicly funded program for low-income children, to conduct or provide a referral for a blood lead test and to document the assessment and screening in the child's immunization record.
Vetoed
SB 790 (Torlakson-D) Children's health: medical treatment
Increases the current family income eligibility limit for the California Children's Services Program from 200% to 250% of poverty contingent upon implementation of AB 1X (Nunez).
(Died on Senate Floor)
SB 838 (Cogdill-R) Fire prevention and protection
Authorizes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to award grants to the California Fire Safe Council, which is a non-profit organization that engages in fire prevention and education activities in the state.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 893 (Cox-R) California Children and Families Program
Eliminates existing allocations of tobacco tax revenue under Proposition 10 to state and local county children and families commission accounts, and instead requires those funds to be allocated and appropriated to the California Children and Families Commission to provide health care services to children consistent with the purposes of Proposition 10.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 902 (Padilla-D) County health care: funding
Requires revenues from traffic violator school or traffic safety program fees, in an amount equal to $2 for every $10 that would have been collected by a county that imposes that penalty pursuant to the latter additional penalty, to be deposited into the county's Maddy Emergency Medical Services Fund, commencing 1/1/09.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
SB 977 (Correa-D) CA Commission on Aging: report: infrastructure for seniors
Requires the California Commission on Aging to conduct a review of existing data, surveys, and reports related to senior center infrastructure needs.
Vetoed
SB 986 (Ridley-Thomas-D) Pet stores
Revises the guidelines by which a pet store operator or employee may euthanize rodents and rabbits intended as food for another animal, as specified.
Vetoed
SB 991 (Florez-D) Medical devices: power mobility devices
Requires the Department of Public Health to conduct a study and report to the Legislature by 1/1/09 on the safety of motorized wheelchairs.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1098 (Migden-D) Medical marijuana
Provides a tax amnesty program to medical cannabis (marijuana) dispensaries. The amnesty program provides relief from tax liability, interest, and penalties on sales of tangible personal property made prior to 10/1/05 if both of the following occur: (1) The dispensary applies for voluntary disclosure relief no later than 3/31/09 in a form prescribed by the Board of Equalization, and (2) the dispensary begins prospective compliance, meaning the dispensary obtains a seller's permit, files returns, and remits tax due subsequent to the bill's effective date.
(Died in Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 1121 (Migden-D) Food labeling: cloned animals
Requires a manufacturer or producer of food to label any food products that contain products from a cloned animal or its progeny.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1141 (Margett-R) Emergency medical services: public aircraft
Repeals existing authority of the Emergency Medical Services Authority and the local emergency services agency to regulate public aircraft that conduct emergency medical and search and rescue missions.
Chapter 289, Statutes of 2008
SB 1169 (Runner-R) Inmates: health care services
Extends for five years the current 1/1/09 sunset on the statute that provides specified mechanisms and requirements concerning the payment of emergency health care services for local law enforcement patients.
Chapter 142, Statutes of 2008
SB 1179 (Aanestad-R) Immunizations
Deletes the authority of the Department of Public Health to require immunizations it deems appropriate for pupils prior to entering specified settings.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 1225 (Harman-R) Private cemeteries: limited liability companies
Allows a limited liability company (LLC) to operate as a cemetery authority and provide various cemetery and funeral-related services, by employing persons licensed for these services, if the LLC maintains a specified minimum amount of insurance and/or assets. Prohibits a person licensed to provide any cemetery or funeral-related service from having any ownership interest as a member of an LLC designated as a cemetery authority.
Chapter 114, Statutes of 2008
SB 1230 (Maldonado-R) Detergents: phosphorus
Prohibits, commencing 7/1/10, the use, sale, manufacture, or distribution for sale of any cleaning agent, if that product contains more than .5% phosphorus by weight, except as specified.
Vetoed
SB 1231 (Correa-D) Fire safety
Requires the State Fire Marshal to (1) develop a model defensible space program, as specified, (2) develop a Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Safety Building Standards Compliance training manual and a Wildland-Urban Interface Products handbook, as specified, and (3) establish a fee to cover the costs associated with the development of the handbook to be paid by the product manufacturers, local building officials, or other beneficiaries of the handbook.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1277 (Maldonado-R) Synthetic turf
Requires on or before 9/1/10, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the Department of Public Health, to prepare and provide to the Legislature and post on the Board's Internet web site a study on the effects of synthetic turf and natural turf on the environment and public health.
Chapter 398, Statutes of 2008
SB 1313 (Corbett-D) Product safety: perfluorinated compounds
Prohibits, on or after 1/1/10, the manufacture, sale, or distribution of any food contact substance that contains perfluorinated compounds, as defined, in any concentration exceeding ten parts per billion.
Vetoed
SB 1326 (Ducheny-D) Vector control
Requires a mosquito abatement and vector control district board of trustees to adopt a formal written response to an irregularity or accounting issue identified in a regular audit. Requires the board to provide its response to each trustee's appointing authority, as specified.
Vetoed
SB 1334 (Calderon-D) Drinking water: pipes and fittings: lead content
Requires all plumbing products, as defined, to be certified by an independent American National Standards Institute accredited third-party for compliance with existing lead standards.
Chapter 580, Statutes of 2008
SB 1346 (Calderon-D) Fireworks
Deletes the requirement that local governments deposit 65% of the revenue they receive from fines and penalties assessed for possession of illegal fireworks into the State Fire Marshal Fireworks Enforcement and Disposal Fund. Clarifies that the provision of law requiring the Department of Motor Vehicles to suspend the commercial license of a person transporting dangerous fireworks does not apply to a person with a valid license under the State Fireworks Law, and exempts, from certain Department of Toxic Substance Control fees, waste that results from the State Fire Marshal seizing and destroying illegal fireworks.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1359 (Runner-R) Retail food facilities
Revises the definition of egg, prepackaged food, produce stand, and vermin, as specified. Limits the authority of a local health officer or local enforcement agency to restrict or exclude any employee from a food facility, to apply only to those employees who are specifically food employees. Prohibits food stored in a private home from being used or offered for sale in a food facility. Deletes the provision that prohibits a food facility's dating information on foods from being concealed or altered.
Vetoed
SB 1395 (Corbett-D) Lead plumbing: monitoring and compliance testing
Requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to monitor and test lead plumbing for compliance with existing lead standards.
Chapter 581, Statutes of 2008
SB 1398 (Margett-R) Birth and death records: certified copies: identification
Requires any individual, authorized by law to obtain a certified copy of a birth or death certificate, to show proof of identification when the request is made in person, except when the individual has been a victim of identity theft.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SB 1401 (Simitian-D) Traumatic brain injury: Armed Forces
Requires the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or designees, and the Adjutant General, or a designee, to develop an outreach plan for traumatic brain injury and post traumatic stress disorder screenings for California's returning veterans.
Chapter 593, Statutes of 2008
SB 1420 (Padilla-D) Food facilities: nutritional information
Requires by 1/1/11, every food facility in this state that operates under common ownership or control, with at least 19 other food facilities with the same name, that sell substantially the same menu items, or operates as a franchised outlet of a parent company with at least 19 other franchises, with the same name, that sell substantially the same menu items, to disclose to consumers specified nutritional information for all standard menu items.
Chapter 600, Statutes of 2008
SB 1443 (Oropeza-D) Food facilities: donated food
Requires all contracts entered into between caterers and purchasers to include language that gives the purchaser the option of authorizing the caterer to donate leftover food to an appropriate organization or provide the leftover food to the purchaser.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
SB 1453 (Maldonado-R) Public cemetery districts: boards of trustees
Authorizes a member of the board of supervisors of the principal county to propose a resolution to increase or decrease the number of members of the board of trustees of a public cemetery district, as specified
(Died in Senate Local Government Committee)
SB 1529 (Oropeza-D) Mammography X-ray equipment: inspections
Requires facilities which operate mammography equipment to prominently and visibly post any notice of an operating violation and requires the Department of Public Health to add to their website results of each inspection of mammography X-ray equipment.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1565 (Kuehl-D) California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act
Requires the intellectual property standards of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicines Independent Citizens Oversight Committee to include a requirement that each grantee and the licensee of the grantee submit a plan for the Institute's approval that will afford uninsured Californians access to any drug that is entirely or partly the result of the Institute-funded research, as specified. Revises the vote threshold necessary for Institute funding of certain research proposals. Requests the Little Hoover Commission to study the existing governance structure of the Committee and Institute, as specified.
Vetoed
SB 1576 (Florez-D) Food commodities: country of origin labeling
Requires retailers of beef, lamb, pork, chicken, fish, fruits, vegetables and certain nuts to identify the product's country of origin at the point of sale.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1597 (Cox-R) Medical devices
Specifies that home medical device retail facilities licensed by the Department of Public Health are not required to store prescription products in a separate, caged area within a warehouse in order to remain licensed.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
SB 1616 (Florez-D) Problem gambling: therapist training and treatment programs
Requires the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs to establish a training program for therapists to treat problem/pathological gamblers.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1668 (Migden-D) State Fire Marshal: fire and panic safety requirements
Requires the State Fire Marshal to prepare and adopt regulations establishing minimum requirements for the prevention of fire, and for the protection of life and property against fire and panic, for any laboratory or research and development facility that stores, handles, or uses regulated hazardous materials.
Chapter 367, Statutes of 2008
SB 1712 (Migden-D) Adulterated cosmetics
Requires a manufacturer of lipstick sold in this state to provide to the Department of Public Health evidence that the lipstick contains no more than an unavoidable trace of lead.
(Failed passage in Assembly Health Committee)
SB 1713 (Migden-D) Children's products: bisphenol A
Enacts the Toxin-Free Toddlers and Babies Act which prohibits the sale, manufacture or distribution in commerce of food containers for children that contain bisphenol A above a specified level.
(Failed passage on Assembly Floor)
SB 1770 (Padilla-D) Anti-reproductive-rights crime
Extends, until 1/1/14, the sunset on the Reproductive Rights Law Enforcement Act to allow additional time to collect and analyze more complete data and effectively train law enforcement agencies to combat anti-reproductive rights crimes at reproductive health facilities in California.
Chapter 206, Statutes of 2008
SB 1773 (Corbett-D) Pet food: labels
Requires manufacturers of processed pet foods to conform their labels to specified industry standards and to list on individual websites each ingredient in their pet food, the country of origin of each ingredient and the location of the pet food processor.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
SCR 76 (Torlakson-D) California Fitness Month
Proclaims the month of May 2008 as California Fitness Month, and encourages all Californians to enrich their lives through proper diet and exercise.
Resolution Chapter 22, Statutes of 2008
SCR 91 (Lowenthal-D) Children's Day and Children's Week
Proclaims the last Saturday of April, of each year, as Children's Day, proclaims the last week of April of each year as Children's Week, and encourages Californians to help make our world a wonderful place.
Resolution Chapter 27, Statutes of 2008
SCR 94 (Maldonado-R) Cook With Your Kids Day
Recognizes the second Saturday in May as "Cook With Your Kids Day" in order to encourage parents and children to spend time in the kitchen together and prepare a healthy meal. Also encourages parents to cook with their kids at least once per week, spend quality time and make healthy food choices with their kids, commit to new healthy habits, and set achievable goals for their family.
Resolution Chapter 39, Statutes of 2008
SCR 100 (Florez-D) California Letter Carriers Food Drive
Recognizes 5/10/08, as the day of the California Letter Carriers Food Drive, which is part of the National Association of Letter Carriers' annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.
Resolution Chapter 41, Statutes of 2008
SCR 111 (Perata-D) 9-1-1 for Kids Safety Education Month
Designates the month of May 2008 as "9-1-1 for Kids Safety Education Month" in the State of California.
Resolution Chapter 50, Statutes of 2008
SCR 126 (Simitian-D) No Drugs Down the Drain Week
Proclaims the week of 10/4/08 to 10/11/08, inclusive, as No Drugs Down the Drain Week to raise awareness among the public about the environmental problems caused by flushing unwanted drugs down the drain.
Resolution Chapter 119, Statutes of 2008
SJR 11 (Correa-D) National Children's Study
Memorializes the President and the Congress of the United States to enact legislation to ensure the continuation of funding for the National Children's Study, which is a longitudinal study focusing on a long-term observation of children's health as impacted by genetics and environmental conditions.
Resolution Chapter 4, Statutes of 2008
SJR 14 (Wyland-R) Food safety: labeling
Urges the Congress and the President of the United States to enact legislation to require labels on ingestible food products delineating the country from which the food originated.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
SJR 20 (Migden-D) Medical marijuana
Urges the President and the Congress of the United States to enact legislation requiring the Drug Enforcement Administration, and all other federal agencies, to respect a state's compassionate use laws regarding medical marijuana, and requests federal law enforcement agencies to enforce federal drug laws relating to medical marijuana in a manner consistent with the laws of California and its political subdivisions.
(Died in Assembly Public Safety Committee)
SJR 28 (Calderon-D) Nutrition: sodium consumption
Urges the federal Food and Drug Administration to respond to the issue of sodium consumption by reclassifying sodium as an additive and also urges the United States Department of Agriculture and the United State Department of Health and Human Services to respond to the issue of sodium consumption by setting new food guidelines addressing the amount of sodium in foods.
Resolution Chapter 107, Statutes of 2008
SR 23 (Torlakson-D) Teen Driving Safety Week
Proclaims 4/14/08 through 4/20/08 as Teen Driving Safety Week and urges Californians, with the help of law enforcement organizations, teachers, parents, students, and the IMPACT Teen Driver's Campaign, to observe Teen Driving Safety Week with appropriate activities that promote safe driving practices among teenage drivers.
Adopted by the Senate
SR 29 (Kuehl-D) Women in Pain Awareness Day
Recognizes 5/30/08 as Women In Pain Awareness Day and draws the attention of the public to the important need to raise awareness concerning gender disparity in pain assessment and treatment in the United States.
Adopted by the Senate
AB 40* (Portantino-D) Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program
Allows a tax credit for contributing to the Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program Fund.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 90 (Lieu-D) Pupil nutrition: trans fat
Prohibits a school or school district, beginning 7/1/09, from serving or selling to K-12 students any food containing artificial trans fat, and prohibits the use of artificial trans fat in the preparation of food served or sold to those pupils. Specifies the ban on artificial trans fat applies to schools or school districts participating in the United States Department of Agriculture meal program and individually sold meal items (ala carte foods), and defines "a food containing artificial trans fat" as a food containing vegetable shortening, margarine, or any kind of partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, unless the label required on the food lists the trans fat content as less than 0.5 grams per serving, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 92 (Garcia-R) Pupil nutrition: school meals
Requires each schoolsite that meets the qualifications of the federal severe need reimbursement to offer breakfast, beginning with the 2008-09 school year. Authorizes the California Department of Education to grant a waiver of the breakfast requirement if the local school governing board declares that providing breakfast is financially infeasible for the school and local education agency, even with a school breakfast start-up or expansion grant. Further specifies that prior to granting the waiver, the department must provide the local education agency with technical assistance to attempt to overcome barriers to offering school breakfast, and requires schools offering the federal school breakfast program for the first time to receive priority in funding for school-breakfast start-up grants.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 93 (Garcia-R) Food facilities: trans fat: study
Requires the Secretary of the Health and Human Services Agency, in coordination with other organizations and state agencies, to prepare and provide to the Legislature, by 7/1/08, a study to determine the benefits to the public health of eliminating saturated and artificial trans fat from food facilities. Requires the study to include, but not be limited to, (1) identification of the types and uses of products containing saturated and artificial trans fats in food facilities, (2) identification of substitutes for products containing saturated and artificial trans fats, prices of substitutes compared with the products containing saturated and artificial trans fats, and an examination of the available supply of substitute products, (3) examination of the percentage of meals consumed outside the home in California and the dollar amount of those meals, and (4) examination of the various negative health effects related to the consumption of artificial trans fats, and an estimated cost of health care related to the treatment of those effects.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 97 (Mendoza-D) Food facilities: trans fats
Prohibits food facilities from storing, distributing, using in food preparation, or serving food containing artificial trans fat, as specified.
Chapter 207, Statutes of 2008
AB 166 (Bass-D) Public safety personnel: presumption: MRSA skin infections
Adds methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureaus (MRSA) or Staph/MRSA skin infection to the list of disputable presumptions for workers' compensation claims for public safety personnel.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 211 (Jones-D) Public health
Requires every provider of health care, as defined, to implement appropriate specified safeguards to protect the privacy of a patients medical information, and requires every provider of health care to reasonably safeguard confidential medical information from unauthorized or unlawful access, use, or disclosure.
Chapter 602, Statutes of 2008
AB 273 (Jones-D) Public health: foster children
Requires prescribed health and a dental assessment for certain foster children and extends Medi-Cal benefits to independent foster care adolescents.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 311 (Dymally-D) Colon hydrotherapy
Establishes the Board of Colon Hydrotherapy within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the purpose of licensing and regulating colon hydrotherapists and colon hydrotherapy establishments.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 336 (Dymally-D) Narcotic treatment programs
Requires the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to conduct a pilot project in two counties aimed at reducing recidivism rates by jointly treating addiction and joblessness, through providing intensive employment services along with substance abuse treatment. Requires the department to make an allocation for this pilot project.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 354* (Hernandez-D) Cremation: pacemakers
Provides that a pacemaker may be removed from human remains and returned to the manufacturer, by the funeral director or crematory manager for disposal or other disposition.
Vetoed
AB 363* (Berg-D) Rural health programs
Authorizes Federally Qualified Health Centers to request Medi-Cal reimbursement for specialty services provided to current patients when the services are delivered off-site and under specified conditions.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 374 (Berg-D) California Compassionate Choices Act
Enacts the California Compassionate Choices Act, which authorizes competent adults who have been determined by two physicians to be suffering from a terminal disease to make a request for medication to hasten the end of their lives in a humane manner.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
AB 476 (De La Torre-D) Fireworks law
Increases the fines for violating state fireworks laws from $1,000 to not less than $2,000, and not more than $5,000, and authorizes the impounding of vehicles used to transport "dangerous fireworks" by the State Fire Marshal.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 501 (Swanson-D) Pharmaceutical devices
Requires pharmaceutical manufacturers, upon request, to arrange to provide consumers who are prescribed pre-filled syringes, pre-filled pens, or other pre-filled injection devices, with a postage prepaid mail-back sharps container, or other approved sharps container, requires such manufacturers to also provide information on safe disposal alternatives and options for medical sharps, and to provide notice that California law prohibits their disposal in conventional waste streams, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 516 (Swanson-D) Health care
Requires the Department of Health Care Services to report to the Legislature, by 1/1/09, on how to provide a comprehensive continuum of care to improve the connection between uninsured residents and health care services.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 558 (Feuer-D) Chemical substances: testing
Requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control, in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, to identify and recommend the most accurate and effective methods to use to test for and evaluate the potential hazard traits of chemical substances, by 1/1/10.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 595 (Dymally-D) Cosmetics: misbranding.
Permits the Department of Public Health to require cosmetic product manufacturers that do not comply with voluntary federal reporting programs to provide the Department with a full listing of their product's ingredients.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 681 (Carter-D) San Bernardino County health department: pilot program
Authorizes the San Bernardino County Health Department to establish a pilot program for preparing a local health assessment and planning report for the purpose of improving health by 1/1/10, and authorizes the department and the City of Oakland Health Department to establish a five-year pilot program to identify and address the growing rate of diabetes, as it relates to obesity, in children under five.
Vetoed
AB 706 (Leno-D) Fire retardants
Requires, commencing 7/1/10, all seating furniture, mattresses, box springs, mattress sets, futons, and other bedding products to comply with certain requirements, including that they not contain a chemical or component not in compliance with the alternatives assessment requirements, as specified, or that has been prohibited or restricted from use in the product. Requires, commencing 7/1/10, the Department of Toxic Substance Control to develop and adopt a methodology, and to utilize that methodology in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and any other designated agency, for the coordination and conduct of an alternatives assessment to review the life cycle impacts of components, chemicals, or classes of chemicals used to meet the fire retardancy standards set by the Bureau.
(Failed passage on Senate Floor)
AB 708 (Huff-R) Reproductive health: abstinence
Requires the Department of Public Health to develop and implement a program of abstinence education in a manner that maximizes federal financial participation, as specified.
(Failed passage in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 728* (Plescia-R) Food products: sales tax
Exempts packaged candy, gums, confectionary, snack foods, and bottled water from sales tax when those products are actually sold through a vending machine.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 760 (Coto-D) Pupil health: school health services
Requires each school district to report to the Department of Education the number of pupils who have acute or chronic health conditions, as specified.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 898 (Saldana-D) Nutrition education
Requires the Department of Public Health to establish and administer a pilot grant program to award a three-year grant to three to five school health centers that are using a "Promotores de Salud" model to provide a nutrition education program.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1009 (Benoit-R) Fetal pain prevention
Enacts the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2009.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1024 (Caballero-D) Food safety
Creates the Fresh Produce Food Safety Research Fund, to be administered by the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security within the University of California, Davis. Specifies monies in the fund are to be used to finance research to significantly reduce the risk of contamination of fresh produce.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1085 (Richardson-D) Pupils with hearing impairment
Requires parents of a hearing impaired child to file a written certificate with the school district stating that he or she, or a family member, has completed an age-appropriate course on specified communication options for his or her child.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1100* (Ruskin-D) Portable gasoline containers: safety cans
Carves out an exemption, for certain gasoline containers designed to vent pressure when subjected to fire or high temperatures, from existing child-proof cap requirements provided such safety cans contain a prominently displayed label with the words "NOT CHILDPROOF."
Chapter 5, Statutes of 2008
AB 1183* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 Budget Trailer Bill: public health
Enacts the Omnibus Health Trailer Bill for the Budget Act of 2008 containing necessary statutory changes to implement the Budget. Specifically, (1) makes changes in the Department of Public Health licensing and certification reporting requirements, (2) adjusts the fee paid by individuals for continuing education certification for pest abatement and vector control which is required for public health purposes, (3) eliminates the exemption that the Department of Health Care Services shall not contract for blood, blood derivatives, or blood factor products, or any product or service provided under the Genetically Handicapped Persons Program, (4) makes modifications to the California Discount Pharmacy Drug Program, and (5) requires the Department of Public Health to provide the Legislature with a synopsis of key issues regarding the Small Drinking Water Systems Program.
Chapter 758, Statutes of 2008
AB 1336 (Bass-D) Problem and pathological gambling: substance abuse
Requires the Office of Problem and Pathological Gambling, within the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, to develop a grant program to provide problem gambling training reimbursement grants to substance abuse prevention and treatment facilities.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1338* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2008 Health Budget trailer bill: State Fire Marshal
Enacts the 2008 Resources Budget Trailer Bill which, among other provisions, allows the State Fire Marshal to bill local governments and private entities for fire and life safety building inspections and other permitting services provided by the State Fire Marshal.
Chapter 760, Statutes of 2008
AB 1472 (Leno-D) Public health: California Healthy Places Act of 2008
Creates the California Healthy Places Act of 2008. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish an interagency working group to identify and evaluate existing environmental health factors and to make recommendations for improvements.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1511 (Leno-D) Sexual health: Stronger Families for California Act
Establishes a continuing statewide public education campaign designed to encourage parental communication on sexual topics, to promote well-informed sexual health decision-making by adolescents.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1519 (Ma-D) Human remains: commercial display
Requires that each exhibitor of a commercial display of human remains must post signage, with specified contents, at the entrance to the exhibit site and ticket sales office, and make declarations in all advertising, as specified, until 1/1/10. Provides, that beginning 1/1/10, any commercial display of human remains is prohibited unless the exhibitor files a specified form with the Department of Justice, and requires the exhibitor to maintain two catalogs of consent forms, as specified, for each body or specimen listed on the form
Vetoed
AB 1530 (Lieber-D) Pesticide poisoning
Requires a laboratory that performs cholinesterase testing on human blood, as specified, to electronically report specified information on every person tested to the Department of Pesticide Regulation. The department will be required to share the information in an electronic format with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the Department of Public Health on an ongoing basis for the purpose of complying with other related reporting requirements, as specified.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1603 (Caballero-D) Emergency services: cities
Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law or any prior statement of intent to not provide ambulance transportation service, any city, district, or other local government agency that currently provides paramedic service may elect to provide ambulance transportation service within its geographic jurisdiction, provided that this service complies with guidelines established by the emergency services agency for the county in which that city, district, or other local government agency is located.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1605 (Lieber-D) State Department of Public Health: State Public Health Nurse
Requires the State Public Health Officer to appoint a State Public Health Nurse as part of the executive team of the Department of Public Health, at a level no lower than deputy director, providing such appointment does not displace any other deputy director serving in the position of State Public Health Nurse or result in any costs other than those reflected in the existing staff budget for the department.
Vetoed
AB 1608 (Solorio-D) Fast food restaurants: billboard advertising
Prohibits advertising of any fast food product on any outdoor billboard within 1,500 feet of any public or private elementary school, middle school, or high school, or public playground.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization)
AB 1634 (Levine-D) Dogs and cats: nonspayed or unneutered: civil penalties
Enacts the California Responsible Pet Ownership Act which specifies that a person who owns a dog or cat that is not licensed (or is improperly licensed) and that has not been spayed or neutered may be cited and, if cited, must pay civil penalties. Also increases existing fines for nonspayed or unneutered dogs and cats. Requires microchipping of the animal for a second occurrence for which the owner will have to pay the cost of the microchip procedure, as specified.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 1684 (Emmerson-R) Vital records
Deletes the requirement that informational certified copies of birth and death records contain a statement in perforated type that the document is informational and not valid to establish identity.
Chapter 433, Statutes of 2008
AB 1829* (Ma-D) Nurse-Family Partnership program
Extends, from 1/1/09, to 1/1/11, the sunset of the California Families and Children Account, which contains funds to implement a voluntary nurse home visiting grant program, as the Nurse-Family Partnership program.
Vetoed
AB 1846 (Adams-R) Inedible kitchen grease
Exempts individuals collecting and hauling inedible kitchen grease for use in their personal vehicles from paying 75% of the $300 transporter fee, as specified.
Chapter 321, Statutes of 2008
AB 1860 (Huffman-D) Unsafe products: recall or warning
Prohibits the manufacture, remanufacture, retrofit, distribution, or sale of a product that is unsafe knowing that the product is unsafe. Requires a commercial dealer, manufacturer, importer, distributor, or wholesaler that has placed a product subject to a recall or warning into the stream of commerce to take specified steps within 24 hours of receiving notice of the recall or warning. Requires the manufacturer of the product to provide for the safe return of the product at no cost to the end consumer or retailer. Requires a retailer to take specified steps if it receives notice of a recall or warning regarding a product the retailer offered for sale within the previous 18 months.
Chapter 569, Statutes of 2008
AB 1879 (Feuer-D) Hazardous materials: toxic substances
Requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to adopt regulations, as specified, to establish processes for identifying, prioritizing, and evaluating chemicals of concern and their potential alternatives. Requires the department, in adopting regulations, to prepare a multimedia life cycle evaluation, as defined. Requires the department to establish and appoint members to a Green Ribbon Science Panel, which will take specified actions and advises the department on science, technical and policy matters. Establishes procedures to exempt the public release of information that is claimed to be a trade secret, as specified.
Chapter 559, Statutes of 2008
AB 1900 (Nava-D) Santa Barbara County Trauma Center
Extends the sunset date relative to the penalty assessment in Santa Barbara County to be used for trauma care and to change the existing one so that it does not apply to all Vehicle Code violations but just specified driving under the influence violations as well as criminal offenses.
Chapter 323, Statutes of 2008
AB 1938* (Plescia-R) Income taxes: credits: spaying or neutering
Allows a personal income tax credit for costs paid to spay or neuter a cat or dog.
(Died in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 2079 (Emmerson-R) Food: labeling
Deems food to be misbranded if the labeling does not conform to federal food allergen labeling requirements and eliminates a licensing requirement for persons engaged in the manufacturing, packaging, and distribution of olive oil.
Chapter 73, Statutes of 2008
AB 2088 (Beall-D) Secretary of Addiction Prevention and Recovery Services
Establishes the Secretary of Addiction Prevention and Recovery Services to serve in the governor's cabinet; creates the Addiction Prevention and Recovery Board within the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs; and creates the Addiction and Recovery Services Fund.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2106 (Hayashi-D) Cosmetic safety
Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or distribution in commerce of any cosmetic that contains any of the specified substances.
Vetoed
AB 2129 (Beall-D) Maternal health: alcohol and substance abuse
Requires the Department of Public Health to collaborate with Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs in developing a model program for the screening and treatment of pregnant women who are suffering from drug and alcohol abuse.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2130 (Hayashi-D) Automated external defibrillators: health studios
Seeks to create a specified training exemption in the law pertaining to the use of automated external defibrillators for those health studios generally known as "24-hour card key clubs" that do not maintain personnel on site and are available for use by their members 24 hours a day, commencing 1/1/09.
(Died in Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 2140 (Furutani-D) Los Angeles County Health Initiative
Renames and expands the responsibilities of the Los Angeles County Health Initiative: technology and technical advisory committee to include the provision of technology to the governing body of the commission, revises the basis on which the committee is required to meet, and requires that it shall be briefed regarding opportunities and challenges relating to health information technology and other programmatic and technical matters.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 2168 (Jones-D) Farm stands: direct marketing: retail food
Creates farm stands as a new class of food facility, subject to specified requirements, limited health and sanitation provisions. Expands the list of people to whom farmers can sell produce that is exempt from size, standard pack, container, and labeling requirements, provided specified requirements are met. Revises the definition of "produce" and "producer." Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Food and Agriculture to adopt related regulations.
Chapter 447, Statutes of 2008
AB 2170 (Cook-R) Fireworks
Makes it a misdemeanor to possess, manufacture, sell, use, or discharge, or to offer to do so, any type of fireworks, including safe and sane fireworks, in any high or very high fire hazard severity zone, as designated by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection. Any violation of this provision involving the possession of dangerous fireworks in excess of specified amounts would be subject to punishment as a felony.
(Died in Assembly Governmental Organization)
AB 2186 (Salas-D) Bottled drinking water
Requires the information displayed on bottled water to include the identity of the source from which the water was last obtained prior to being bottled.
(Died in Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 2262 (Torrico-D) Child protection: safe surrender of newborns
Expands the "Safe-Surrender" law to allow the birth parent or individual who has lawful custody of the child seven-days old or younger to be surrendered to a safe-surrender site as designated.
Vetoed
AB 2275 (Fuentes-D) Vended water
Requires applicants for a license as a water-bottling plant or as a private water source to provide specified information to the Department of Public Health and requires the department to annually compile this information and make it available to the public.
Vetoed
AB 2279 (Leno-D) Medical marijuana: qualified patients and primary caregivers
Prohibits employers from discriminating against an employee on the basis that the employee is a qualified medical marijuana patient.
Vetoed
AB 2288 (Torrico-D) Automatic fire extinguishing systems
Prohibits any person from installing or modifying fire sprinklers, a fire sprinkler system, a wet standpipe system, as defined, or an engineered fixed automatic fire extinguishing system without a certificate of registration issued by the State Fire Marshal.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 2291 (Mendoza-D) Income tax checkoff: Municipal Shelter Spay-Neuter Fund
Authorizes the addition of the Municipal Shelter Spay-Neuter Fund checkoff to the personal income tax form upon the removal of another voluntary contribution fund from the form.
Chapter 328, Statutes of 2008
AB 2381 (Mullin-D) Stem cell research
Defines California supplier for purposes of the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act, as specified.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
AB 2387 (Saldana-D) Biosample storage
Requires state agencies that maintain biosamples in refrigerated storage to (1) implement an automated biosample archival and retrieval system to maintain samples in a stable, dry, room-temperature format, suitable for long-term archiving and simplified storage, and (2) label each biosample with a unique combination of nonhuman DNA sequences to ensure permanent sample identification, and follow a prescriptive "technical confirmation" addressing technology assessment, inventory requirements, data comparison, written confirmation to the Legislature, and publication of findings to be made available to the public.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 2425 (Coto-D) Department of Public Health: water quality: pharmaceuticals
Requires the Department of Public Health to convene a working group of interested parties in order to advance public knowledge about pharmaceuticals in public drinking water supplies.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2463 (Davis-D) Hypertension and diabetes: pilot program
Requires the Department of Public Health to provide an allowance to the Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, in conjunction with the Diabetic Amputation Prevention Foundation, to conduct a diabetes and hypertension prevention and awareness pilot program in south Los Angeles.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2479* (Hancock-D) Bottled water: labeling requirements
Corrects a drafting error contained in SB 220 (Corbett), Chapter 575, Statutes of 2007, related to the labeling requirements for bottled water. Clarifies the requirement for the statement on a water bottle include the terms "water quality" and "information" rather than "water quality information."
Vetoed
AB 2512 (Adams-R) Environment: CA Environmental Quality Act
Requires the Department of Public Health to convene a working group of interested parties, as described, to advance public knowledge about pharmaceuticals in public drinking water supplies, as specified. Requires the department to post on its Internet web site links to other web sites that have relevant educational information on the proper methods of handling and disposing of pharmaceuticals.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2514 (Eng-D) Human remains
Establishes new procedures and notification requirements that must be followed prior to the reinternment of specified non-Native American human remains discovered as s result of an excavation or construction project.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2540* (Mendoza-D) Mobile food facilities
Establishes single operating site mobile food facility as a new category of mobile food facilities regulated under the California Retail Food Code, and imposes various requirements on these facilities, revises various standards applicable to mobile food facilities and satellite food facilities, with respect to water storage, contamination prevention, and construction standards.
Vetoed
AB 2543 (Berg-D) Geriatric and Gerontology Workforce Expansion Act
Establishes the Geriatric and Gerontology Workforce Expansion Act which allows any geriatric service provider, as defined, to apply for grants, on or after 1/1/10, under the existing Licensed Mental Health Service Provider Education Program to reimburse for educational loans related to a career as a licensed marriage and family therapist or intern or licensed clinical social worker who provides geriatric services, as specified.
Vetoed
AB 2572 (Parra-D) Food facilities: nutrition information
Requires a covered food facility to disclose nutrition information in accordance with specified requirements, and provides that after 1/1/10, a covered food facility that violates these provisions is guilty of an infraction and specifically provides that a violation of these provisions is not a misdemeanor.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2580 (Arambula-D) Health: immunizations
Adds the pertussis (whooping cough) booster vaccine to the list of vaccinations required for pupils before entering the seventh grade, and removes specified age and date restrictions from the same list of vaccination requirements.
(Died in Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 2599 (De Leon-D) Birth Defects Monitoring Program
Requires the Department of Public Health to set guidelines for collecting fees from researchers for the use of blood samples from the California Birth Defects Monitoring Program and to adopt regulations for releasing blood samples for research. Makes conforming and clarifying changes related to the use of blood samples for research.
Chapter 680, Statutes of 2008
AB 2643 (Cook-R) Drugs and devices
Replaces the references to the United States Pharmacopoeia in various provision of existing health care law with the DrugPoints.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 2694 (Ma-D) Children's product safety: lead poisoning prevention
Prohibits the manufacture, sale, or exchange, possession with intent to sell or exchange, or exposure or offer for sale or exchange to any retailer, of any toy or child care article or any other product designed or intended for use by, or for the care of, a child 12 years of age or younger, that is a lead-bearing substance, is coated with a lead-bearing substance, or includes a component that is a lead-bearing substance, as defined.
(Died in Senate Health Committee)
AB 2702 (Nunez-D) Maddy Emergency Medical Services Fund
Allows physicians providing services in a standby emergency department that was in existence 1/1/07 in a hospital in Los Angeles County to receive reimbursement from Proposition 99 (Tobacco Tax and Health Protection Act of 1988) and Maddy Emergency Medical Services funds if the emergency department treats at least 18,000 patients per year and meets general, staffing, and equipment requirements of a basic emergency department.
Chapter 288, Statutes of 2008
AB 2726 (Leno-D) Healthy Food Purchase pilot program
Repeals the sunset date of 1/1/11, on the Healthy Food Purchase pilot program and sets a new sunset date to be four years from the date that the Department of Finance determines that adequate funding has been obtained to implement the program. Authorizes the Department of Finance to implement the program to the extent that it determines that sufficient funds are available.
Chapter 466, Statutes of 2008
AB 2743 (Saldana-D) Medical marijuana: nonassistance with federal raids
Declares that it is the policy of the State of California that its agencies, agents and city, counties and other state or local governmental entities shall not assist in federal raids, arrests, investigations or prosecutions for marijuana-related offenses if the target is a qualified patient, a designated caregiver, or other person acting in accordance with state medical marijuana laws, as specified.
(Died on Assembly Inactive File)
AB 2747 (Berg-D) End-of-life care
Requires a health care provider who makes a diagnosis that a patient has a terminal illness to, upon the patient's request, provide the patient with comprehensive information and counseling regarding legal end-of-life care options.
Chapter 683, Statutes of 2008
AB 2821 (Feuer-D) Drug marketing: gifts
Amends the existing Comprehensive Compliance Program for pharmaceutical companies by establishing a specific gift limit of $250 per physician per year for each pharmaceutical company and requiring both the public disclosure of gifts of $50 or more and the payment of a disclosure fee to the Department of Health Care Services.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 2824 (Berryhill-R) Food labeling: olive oil
Clarifies the definition of olive oil. Conforms olive oil definitions, grades and labeling requirements to international standards. Provides contingent enactment language with SB 634 (Wiggins).
Chapter 695, Statutes of 2008
AB 2861 (Hayashi-D) Emergency services and care
Defines a psychiatric emergency medical condition for purposes of clarifying the emergency services and care that a hospital that operates an emergency room must provide. Clarifies that the definition of care and treatment necessary to treat a psychiatric emergency medical condition may include inpatient care.
Vetoed
AB 2902 (Swanson-D) Public health outreach: community health care workers
Requires the Department of Public Health and the Office of Multicultural Health to encourage the use of community-based health care workers to improve health outcomes for underserved communities in public health programs and health care services.
(Died in Senate Rules Committee)
AB 2946 (Hayashi-D) Cemeteries
Deletes the 12/31/07 sunset date, thereby indefinitely extending the $8.50 fee that each cemetery and crematory pays to the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau for each burial, entombment, inurnment, or cremation.
Chapter 504, Statutes of 2008
AB 2957 (Swanson-D) Product safety: contaminated toys
Requires the State Department of Public Health to post on its Web site the name and a short description of any toy that is contaminated with any toxic substance or that is coated with paints and lacquers that contain compounds of lead in any amount. It would require the department to update this Web site annually thereafter by October 1.
(Died in Assembly Health Committee)
AB 2967 (Lieber-D) Health care cost and quality transparency
Creates the California Health Care Cost and Quality Transparency Committee in the California Health and Human Services Agency for the purposes of developing a plan which would include strategies to improve medical data collection and reporting practices.
(Died on Senate Inactive File)
AB 2996 (De La Torre-D) Emergency and disaster response exercises
Requires the Department of Public Health and local public health departments, when conducting emergency or disaster preparedness exercises related to an infectious disease outbreak, to establish a process for identifying deficiencies in preparedness plans and procedures and tracking the implementation of corrective measures to ensure that desired improvements are made to those preparedness plans.
Vetoed
AB 3000 (Wolk-D) Health care decisions: life-sustaining treatment
Establishes the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment form which directs a health care provider as to the resuscitative and life-sustaining measures selected by a patient concerning the end of life, and requires health care providers to treat individuals in accordance with their Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment, across all healthcare settings.
Chapter 266, Statutes of 2008
AB 3031 (Lieber-D) Hazardous materials: green chemistry
Requires California Environmental Protection Agency to develop an inventory of data identifying chemical uses by type, industry sector, and toxicity to show hazardous waste flows, changes, and endpoints.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 3076* (Huffman-D) Vehicles: Maddy Emergency Medical Services Fund
Requires, commencing 1/1/09, an amount equal to the sum of $2 for every $10, which would have been collected from traffic-violator school or traffic safety program fees under 2006 legislation to fund emergency medical services through an additional penalty assessment, to be deposited in the Maddy Emergency Medical Services Fund (Maddy EMS Fund). Prohibits a county from being held liable for depositing such amounts into the county Maddy EMS Fund before 1/1/09.
Chapter 511, Statutes of 2008
AB 5XXX* (Assembly Budget Committee) 2007 Budget: Health Services
Makes statutory changes in specified programs in the developmental service area and in health care services to implement budget year reductions and to address the state's 2007-08 cash-flow concerns. Specifically, it (1) makes statutory changes to permanently extend existing cost containment measure enacted in previous years for the purchase of services, and for regional center operations, (2) makes statutory changes to expand the existing Family Cost Participation Program to include families with children less than three years of age, and to assess a higher share of cost on parents with income above 400% of poverty using a sliding fee scale based on income levels, (3) makes statutory changes to reduce Medi-Cal provider rates by 10% starting 7/1/08, (4) makes statutory changes to reduce rates paid under the California Children Services Program, the Genetically Handicapped Persons Program and Child Health and Disability Prevention Program by 10% starting 7/1/08, and (5) delays payments for institutional providers by a month.
Chapter 3, Statutes of 2007-08, Third Extraordinary Session
A similar bill was SB 3XXX (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee) which died on the Assembly Floor.
ACR 9 (Dymally-D) Legislative Task Force on Substance Abuse
Establishes, until 11/30/08, the Legislative Task Force on Substance Abuse. Requires the task force to report findings and recommendations on specified issues to the Governor and to the Legislature no later than 9/30/08.
(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)
ACR 65 (Arambula-D) Red Ribbon Week
Proclaims 10/23/08 through 10/31/08 as Red Ribbon Week, and encourages all Californians to help build drug-free communities and participate in drug prevention activities.
Resolution Chapter 134, Statutes of 2008
ACR 101 (Swanson-D) Safe Jobs for Youth Month
Recognizes May 2008 as Safe Jobs for Youth Month in California in order to raise awareness about issues relating to the health and safety of young people in the workforce.
Resolution Chapter 29, Statutes of 2008
ACR 125 (Sharon Runner-R) DMV/Donate Life California Registry
Proclaims 4/4/08, as DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles)/Donate Life California Day and the month of April 2008 as DMV/Donate Life California Month, and encourages all Californians to sign up with the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry.
Resolution Chapter 30, Statutes of 2008
ACR 134 (DeSaulnier-D) Legislative Task Force on Summer and Intersession Enrichment
Establishes the Legislative Task Force on Summer and Intersession Enrichment to study ways to provide summer enrichment and wellness programs to low-income children.
Resolution Chapter 157, Statutes of 2008
ACR 152 (Wolk-D) Health Care Decisions Week
Recognizes the week of 10/26/08 through 11/1/08, as Health Care Decisions Week in California, and encourages all Californians to think about and talk with loved ones about their wishes for medical care.
Resolution Chapter 139, Statutes of 2008
AJR 35 (Hayashi-D) Mrs. Jacqueline W. Coats
Request the President of the United States and the United States Congress to support S. 420, authored by Senator Diane Feinstein, which provides for Mrs. Jacqueline W. Coats, widow of Marlin Coats who was posthumously granted the Carnegie Medal by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission for bravery while attempting to save two drowning children, to obtain permanent resident status.
(Died in Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AJR 57 (Huffman-D) Mercury-contaminated seafood
Urges the federal Food and Drug Administration to reduce the public's exposure to mercury in seafood.
Resolution Chapter 130, Statutes of 2008
AJR 69 (Brownley-D) Child nutrition programs
States that the Legislature supports reauthorization of the federal child nutrition program and that the Legislature urges the President and the Congress of the United States to ensure reimbursement rates are adequate to fully fund the cost of producing a nutritious school meal relative to the cost of living in a region, and that the eligibility scale used to qualify families for free and reduced-priced meals be adjusted, as specified.
Resolution Chapter 151, Statutes of 2008
HR 33 (Ruskin-D) Relative to drinking water treated with chloramines
Requests the Department of Public Health to review the public health concerns relating to the use of chloramine as a drinking water disinfectant and to conduct studies, particularly human health studies, as appropriate, to provide necessary public health information to further clarify the human health effects of chloramines.
(Died being unassigned to a committee)
Autism
SB 527 (Steinberg-D) Autism Spectrum Disorders: screening
Requires the Department of Developmental Services to work with one or more regional centers to establish the Autism Spectrum Disorders Early Screening, Intervention, and Pilot Program, a two-year program to improve services for children with autism.
Vetoed
SB 1364 (Cedillo-D) Advisory council: centralized registry
Requires the Department of Public Health to establish the Autism Spectrum Disorders Advisory Council and a related pilot project until 2012.
(Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1475 (Torlakson-D) Autism pilot project
Establishes a two-year pilot project to improve transition of children with autism from regional centers to programs provided by school districts.
Vetoed
SB 1531 (Correa-D) Peace officer training: autistic persons
Requires, upon the next regularly scheduled review of a training module relating to persons with disabilities, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to create and make available on DVD and may distribute electronically, a course for peace officers who are first responders to emergency situations on how to recognize and interact with autistic persons. Requires the commission to develop this course in consultation with the Department of Developmental Services and other appropriate organizations, as specified. Requires the commission to distribute, as necessary, a training bulletin via the Internet to law enforcement agencies participating in the commission training program on autism spectrum disorders.
Chapter 621,Statutes of 2008
SB 1563 (Perata-D) Pervasive developmental disorders
Requires the Department of Managed Health Care and the Department of Insurance to establish the Autism Workgroup for Equitable Health Insurance Coverage to examine coverage of services related to pervasive developmental disorders or autism, and to make recommendations on ensuring that health plans and insurance provide appropriate and equitable coverage for pervasive developmental disorders or autism.
Vetoed
SCR 97 (Steinberg-D) Autism Awareness Month
Proclaims April 2008 as Autism Awareness Month, acknowledges the contributions made in the area of early autism and autism spectrum disorders intervention treatment and expresses its support for autism spectrum disorder programs and increased federal funding for these programs.
Resolution Chapter 62, Statutes of 2008
AB 131* (Beall-D) Pupils with autism
Authorizes teachers with a valid Level 1 or clear education specialist teaching credential to provide instruction to pupils who are three and four years of age and who have been diagnosed as autistic, if the teacher meets certain competency criteria, until 8/31/11.
Chapter 487, Statutes of 2008
AB 1872 (Coto-D) Autism spectrum disorders: clearinghouse
Establishes the California Autism Spectrum Disorder Clearinghouse within the California Department of Education to be administered jointly with the Department of Developmental Services to provide evidence-based and recommended information and practices regarding the education of pupils with autism spectrum disorders.
Vetoed
| Bill | Author and Bill Title | Reference Links |
|---|---|---|
| SB 4 | Oropeza-D Smoking ban: state beaches | Tobacco Products |
| SB 24 | Torlakson-D Tobacco product environmental smoke: fee | Tobacco Products |
| SB 32 | Steinberg-D Health care coverage: children | Medi-Cal |
| SB 42 | Torlakson-D CalWORKs | Public Social Services |
| SB 48 | Alquist-D Community development: healthy food choices | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 58* | Hollingsworth-R CalWORKs program | Public Social Services |
| SB 107 | Alquist-D Wave pools | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 119 | Cedillo-D Medi-Cal: minors: drug and alcohol treatment | Medi-Cal |
| SB 136 | Cedillo-D Acupuncture: Tui Na | Health Professionals |
| SB 147 | Ashburn-R Valley fever: vaccine | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SB 158 | Florez-D Hospitals: patient safety and infection | Health Facilities |
| SB 164 | Migden-D Prenatal screening | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 179 | Ashburn-R CalWORKs: reporting requirements | Public Social Services |
| SB 200 | Florez-D Food safety | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 201* | Florez-D Dairy farms: raw milk: testing: standards | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 208 | Runner-R Correctional treatment center license fees | Health Facilities |
| SB 222 | Cogdill-R Public records: personal information | Mental Health |
| SB 254 | Ashburn-R Emergency medical services: licensure | Health Professionals |
| SB 260 | Steinberg-D Medi-Cal | Medi-Cal |
| SB 261 | Romero-D The Trauma Care Fund: state regional trauma system | Health Facilities Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 269 | McClintock-R Public assistance: home visits | Public Social Services |
| SB 321 | Alquist-D State Alzheimer's Disease Strategic Plan | Alzheimer's Disease |
| SB 356 | Negrete McLeod-D List of reportable diseases and conditions | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SB 358 | Maldonado-R Foodborne illness | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 400* | Corbett-D Medi-Cal: outpatient prescription drugs | Medi-Cal |
| SB 434 | Romero-D Medi-Cal: long-term care reimbursement: rates | Medi-Cal Health Facilities |
| SB 458 | Torlakson-D Lung cancer: early detection and treatment | Cancer |
| SB 459 | Florez-D Public cemetery districts | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 468 | Padilla-D Shaken baby syndrome | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 471 | Margett-R Birth and death records: certified copies: identification | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 483 | Kuehl-D Medi-Cal: home and facility care | Medi-Cal |
| SB 489 | Steinberg-D Continuing care contracts: retirement communities: closure | Public Social Services Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 491 | Alquist-D Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Advisory Committee | Alzheimer's Disease |
| SB 527 | Steinberg-D Autism Spectrum Disorders: screening | Autism |
| SB 530 | Dutton-R Alcohol and drug treatment facilities: location | Health Facilities |
| SB 535 | Kuehl-D Long-term health care facilities | Health Facilities |
| SB 541 | Alquist-D Clinics, health facilities, home health agencies & hospices | Health Facilities |
| SB 544 | Cox-R Fire alarms and safety devices | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 564 | Ridley-Thomas-D Public School Health Center Support Program | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 583 | Ridley-Thomas-D Emergency medical technicians: certificates: discipline | Health Professionals |
| SB 634 | Wiggins-D Food labeling: olive oil | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 648 | Calderon-D Medi-Cal: juveniles: incarceration | Medi-Cal Foster Care |
| SB 651* | Calderon-D Drinking water: pipes and fittings: lead content | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 676 | Ridley-Thomas-D Health: immunizations | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SB 688 | Cox-R California Children and Families Program: communications | Public Social Services |
| SB 692 | Ashburn-R In-home supportive services: criminal background checks | Public Social Services |
| SB 693 | Ashburn-R Child day care: payment programs | Public Social Services |
| SB 697 | Yee-D Health care providers | Health Professionals |
| SB 708 | Dutton-R Group homes | Public Social Services |
| SB 709 | Dutton-R Residential care facilities | Public Social Services |
| SB 710 | Dutton-R AFDC-FC: group homes: rates | Foster Care |
| SB 725 | Alquist-D Agnews Developmental Center closure: outpatient clinic | Developmentally Disabled |
| SB 731 | Oropeza-D Massage therapy | Health Professionals |
| SB 743 | Kuehl-D Hospitals: medical errors | Health Facilities |
| SB 747 | Corbett-D Disabled persons: equal access rights | Developmentally Disabled |
| SB 757 | Ridley-Thomas-D CA Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund | Health Facilities |
| SB 761 | Ridley-Thomas-D Healing arts: diversion: investigations | Health Professionals |
| SB 772 | Wiggins-D Lyme disease | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SB 775 | Ridley-Thomas-D Childhood lead poisoning | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 782* | Cogdill-R In-Home Supportive Services Program: wages and benefits | Public Social Services |
| SB 790 | Torlakson-D Children's health: medical treatment | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 797* | Ridley-Thomas-D Professions and vocations | Health Professionals |
| SB 809 | Ashburn-R Nurse practitioners | Health Professionals |
| SB 838 | Cogdill-R Fire prevention and protection | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 843 | Calderon-D Pharmacists: medical information | Health Professionals |
| SB 853 | Perata-D Dentistry: dental assistants and hygienists | Health Professionals |
| SB 867 | Cedillo-D Supportive service providers | Public Social Services |
| SB 887 | Calderon-D Low-income water ratepayers: assistance program | Public Social Services |
| SB 891 | Correa-D Health facilities: coronary intervention | Health Facilities |
| SB 893 | Cox-R California Children and Families Program | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 894 | Ducheny-D Nonprofit health facility | Health Facilities |
| SB 902 | Padilla-D County health care: funding | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 905 | Runner-R Physically disabled persons: service dogs | Developmentally Disabled |
| SB 907 | Calderon-D Physicians and surgeons | Health Professionals |
| SB 913 | Hollingsworth-R Group homes: sex offenders: parole | Public Social Services |
| SB 914 | Hollingsworth-R Community care facilities: housing sex offenders | Public Social Services |
| SB 915 | Hollingsworth-R Group homes: zoning | Public Social Services |
| SB 928* | Harman-R Cancer: tax credit | Cancer |
| SB 933 | Wiggins-D Medi-Cal | Medi-Cal |
| SB 963 | Ridley-Thomas-D Regulatory boards: termination | Health Professionals |
| SB 977 | Correa-D California Commission on Aging: report: infrastructure | Public Social Services Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 981 | Perata-D Health care coverage: physicians claims | Health Professionals |
| SB 986 | Ridley-Thomas-D Pet stores | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 991 | Florez-D Medical devices: power mobility devices | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 992 | Wiggins-D Substance abuse: adult recovery maintenance facilities | Health Facilities |
| SB 993 | Aanestad-R Psychologists: scope of practice: prescribing drugs | Health Professionals |
| SB 997 | Ridley-Thomas-D Emergency medical services | Health Professionals |
| SB 1000 | Harman-R Substance abuse: adult recovery maintenance facilities | Health Facilities |
| SB 1058 | Alquist-D Health facilities: bacterial infections | Other Diseases/Disorders Health Facilities |
| SB 1094 | Cedillo-D Office of Immigrant Affairs | Public Social Services |
| SB 1096 | Calderon-D Medical information | Health Professionals |
| SB 1098 | Migden-D Medical marijuana | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1101 | Cedillo-D Personal income taxes: Emergency Food for Families Fund | Public Social Services |
| SB 1107 | Correa-D Mobilehome parks: disabled accommodations | Developmentally Disabled |
| SB 1121 | Migden-D Food labeling: cloned animals | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1125 | Denham-R Polysomnographic Technologist Act | Health Professionals |
| SB 1132 | Migden-D Medi-Cal: foster care adolescents | Medi-Cal Foster Care |
| SB 1136 | Alquist-D Public social services: unreasonable fees | Public Social Services |
| SB 1141 | Margett-R Emergency medical services: public aircraft | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1147 | Calderon-D Medi-Cal: eligibility: juvenile offenders | Medi-Cal |
| SB 1148 | Cedillo-D Dependent children: emancipation | Public Social Services |
| SB 1151 | Perata-D Hospitals: lift teams | Health Facilities |
| SB 1160 | Alquist-D Children's social services programs | Public Social Services |
| SB 1169 | Runner-R Inmates: health care services | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1170* | Alquist-D Intermediate care facilities: staff | Health Facilities |
| SB 1175 | Steinberg-D Developmental services: regional center housing | Developmentally Disabled |
| SB 1178 | Aanestad-R Dentistry: registered sex offenders | Health Professionals |
| SB 1179 | Aanestad-R Immunizations | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1183 | Wiggins-D Developmental disabilities: Sonoma County | Developmentally Disabled |
| SB 1184* | Kuehl-D Public health: CD4 count test | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SB 1205 | Aanestad-R Veterinary medicine | Health Professionals |
| SB 1213 | Ducheny-D Mobile health care units | Health Facilities |
| SB 1218 | Correa-D Marriage and family therapy | Health Professionals |
| SB 1221 | Kuehl-D Health facility financing | Health Facilities |
| SB 1225 | Harman-R Private cemeteries: limited liability companies | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1229 | Maldonado-R Vehicles: special license plates | Developmentally Disabled |
| SB 1230 | Maldonado-R Detergents: phosphorus | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1231 | Correa-D Fire safety | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1243 | Correa-D Mentally disordered offenders: recommitment hearing | Mental Health |
| SB 1260 | Runner-R Hospital licensing | Health Facilities |
| SB 1268 | Denham-R Nursing home administrators | Health Facilities Health Professionals |
| SB 1270 | Cedillo-D Pharmacy: Electronic Pedigree Task Force | Health Professionals |
| SB 1271 | Cedillo-D Workers' compensation: cancer presumption | Cancer |
| SB 1272 | Cox-R California Health Facility Construction Loan Insurance Law | Health Facilities |
| SB 1277 | Maldonado-R Synthetic turf | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1288 | Scott-D Doctor of Nursing Practice degree | Health Professionals |
| SB 1294 | Ducheny-D Healing arts | Health Facilities Health Professionals |
| SB 1307 | Ridley-Thomas-D Pharmacy: pedigree | Health Professionals |
| SB 1313 | Corbett-D Product safety: perfluorinated compounds | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1317 | Steinberg-D Developmental services | Developmentally Disabled |
| SB 1326 | Ducheny-D Vector control | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1332 | Negrete McLeod-D Medi-Cal: managed care | Medi-Cal |
| SB 1334 | Calderon-D Drinking water: pipes and fittings: lead content | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1338 | Migden-D Workers' compensation: personal physician | Health Professionals |
| SB 1341 | Padilla-D CalWORKs: personal property retention | Public Social Services |
| SB 1346 | Calderon-D Fireworks | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1348 | Cedillo-D Breast cancer screening services | Cancer |
| SB 1349 | Cox-R Mental health services: Medi-Cal funding | Medi-Cal Mental Health |
| SB 1351 | Corbett-D Hospital districts | Health Facilities |
| SB 1359 | Runner-R Retail food facilities | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1364 | Cedillo-D Advisory council: centralized registry | Autism |
| SB 1379* | Ducheny-D Physician and surgeon loan repayment | Health Professionals |
| SB 1380 | Steinberg-D Foster care | Foster Care |
| SB 1393 | Scott-D Nursing programs | Health Professionals |
| SB 1394 | Lowenthal-D Physician reports: lapses of consciousness | Health Professionals |
| SB 1395 | Corbett-D Lead plumbing: monitoring and compliance testing | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1398 | Margett-R Birth and death records: certified copies: identification | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1401 | Simitian-D Traumatic brain injury: Armed Forces | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1402 | Corbett-D Healing arts: reporting requirements | Health Professionals |
| SB 1406 | Correa-D Optometry | Health Professionals |
| SB 1415 | Kuehl-D Patient records: maintenance and storage | Health Professionals |
| SB 1418 | Oropeza-D Public resources: state beaches and parks: smoking ban | Tobacco Products |
| SB 1420 | Padilla-D Food facilities: nutritional information | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1427 | Calderon-D Psychologists: prescribing drugs | Health Professionals |
| SB 1441 | Ridley-Thomas-D Healing arts practitioners: alcohol and drug abuse | Health Professionals |
| SB 1443 | Oropeza-D Food facilities: donated food | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1446* | Romero-D Disabled students: high school exit exam | Developmentally Disabled |
| SB 1453 | Maldonado-R Public cemetery districts: boards of trustees | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1454 | Ridley-Thomas-D Healing arts: outpatient settings | Health Professionals |
| SB 1457 | Steinberg-D Golden State Scholarshare Trust Act: CalSAVE program | Foster Care |
| SB 1470 | Lowenthal-D Homeless Youth Prevention and Assistance Act of 2008 | Mental Health |
| SB 1474 | Alquist-D Chronic dialysis clinics | Health Facilities |
| SB 1475 | Torlakson-D Autism pilot project | Autism |
| SB 1502 | Steinberg-D Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): tax checkoff | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SB 1503 | Steinberg-D Public health: Lou Gehrig's disease | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SB 1504 | Ridley-Thomas-D Antiepileptic drug products: substitution | Health Professionals |
| SB 1518 | Correa-D Multipurpose Senior Services Program sites | Public Social Services |
| SB 1521 | Cedillo-D Assumption Program of Loans for school nurse education | Health Professionals |
| SB 1526 | Perata-D Polysomnographic technologists: sleep and wake disorders | Health Professionals |
| SB 1529 | Oropeza-D Mammography X-ray equipment: inspections | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1531 | Correa-D Peace officer training: autistic persons | Autism |
| SB 1533* | Ashburn-R Emergency medical services | Health Professionals |
| SB 1535 | Kuehl-D Medical Board of California | Health Professionals |
| SB 1563 | Perata-D Pervasive developmental disorders | Autism |
| SB 1565 | Kuehl-D California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1576 | Florez-D Food commodities: country of origin labeling | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1579 | Calderon-D Medical referrals | Health Professionals |
| SB 1584 | Padilla-D Veterinary medicine | Health Professionals |
| SB 1594 | Steinberg-D Bleeding disorders: blood clotting products | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SB 1597 | Cox-R Medical devices | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1598 | Padilla-D Tenancies: prohibition of smoking of tobacco products | Tobacco Products |
| SB 1599 | Wiggins-D In-home supportive services: Project for CA Independence | Public Social Services |
| SB 1606 | Yee-D Assisted outpatient treatment services | Mental Health |
| SB 1608 | Corbett-D Disabled persons: equal access: civil actions | Developmentally Disabled |
| SB 1616 | Florez-D Problem gambling: therapist training and treatment programs | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1620 | Ashburn-R Community colleges: nursing faculty | Health Professionals |
| SB 1621 | Ashburn-R Nursing education | Health Professionals |
| SB 1633 | Kuehl-D Dental services: credit | Health Professionals |
| SB 1640 | Ashburn-R Medical corporations | Health Professionals |
| SB 1651 | Steinberg-D Mentally ill offenders | Mental Health |
| SB 1668 | Migden-D State Fire Marshal: fire and panic safety requirements | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1682 | Kuehl-D Medi-Cal: reimbursement rates | Medi-Cal |
| SB 1687 | Negrete McLeod-D Developmental disabilities: business enterprises | Developmentally Disabled |
| SB 1688 | Ridley-Thomas-D Health facilities: level of care | Health Facilities |
| SB 1699 | Wiggins-D Public contracts: health care districts: design-build | Health Facilities |
| SB 1702 | Machado-D Medi-Cal | Medi-Cal |
| SB 1712 | Migden-D Adulterated cosmetics | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1713 | Migden-D Children's products: bisphenol A | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1721 | Yee-D Health facilities: direct care nurses | Health Facilities |
| SB 1729 | Migden-D Health facilities: training | Health Facilities |
| SB 1734 | Kuehl-D Hospitals: level of care | Health Facilities |
| SB 1738 | Steinberg-D Medi-Cal: Frequent Users of Health Care Pilot Program | Medi-Cal |
| SB 1766 | McClintock-R Disability access | Developmentally Disabled |
| SB 1770 | Padilla-D Anti-reproductive-rights crime | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1773 | Corbett-D Pet food: labels | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SB 1774 | Corbett-D State Council on Developmental Disabilities | Developmentally Disabled |
| SB 1779 | Senate Business, Professions And Economic Development Committee Healing arts | Health Professionals |
| SB 1780 | Senate Business, Professions And Economic Development Committee Professions and vocations | Health Professionals |
| SCR 73 | Negrete McLeod-D American Heart Month | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SCR 76 | Torlakson-D California Fitness Month | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SCR 77 | Lowenthal-D Fall Prevention Awareness Week | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SCR 79 | Machado-D Guillain-Barre Syndrome Awareness Day | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SCR 89 | Battin-R Cancer Survivor Beauty and Support Day | Cancer |
| SCR 91 | Lowenthal-D Children's Day and Children's Week | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SCR 94 | Maldonado-R Cook With Your Kids Day | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SCR 95 | Aanestad-R Prostate Cancer Awareness Month | Cancer |
| SCR 97 | Steinberg-D Autism Awareness Month | Autism |
| SCR 98 | Scott-D Lyme disease | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SCR 100 | Florez-D California Letter Carriers Food Drive | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SCR 105 | Steinberg-D Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SCR 111 | Perata-D 9-1-1 for Kids Safety Education Month | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SCR 114 | Cedillo-D American Stroke Month | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SCR 115 | Torlakson-D California Lung Cancer Awareness Week | Cancer |
| SCR 121 | Ashburn-R Valley Fever Awareness Month | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SCR 126 | Simitian-D No Drugs Down the Drain Week | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SCR 127 | Steinberg-D Foster care | Foster Care |
| SCR 129 | Kehoe-D Psoriasis Awareness Month | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SJR 11 | Correa-D National Children's Study | Public Social Services Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SJR 14 | Wyland-R Food safety: labeling | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SJR 19 | Ridley-Thomas-D Health professionals: torture | Health Professionals |
| SJR 20 | Migden-D Medical marijuana | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SJR 25 | Negrete McLeod-D Fibromyalgia | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SJR 28 | Calderon-D Nutrition: sodium consumption | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SJR 30 | Correa-D World No Tobacco Day | Tobacco Products |
| SR 20 | Machado-D Relative to Guillain-Barre Syndrome | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SR 23 | Torlakson-D Teen Driving Safety Week | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SR 29 | Kuehl-D Women in Pain Awareness Day | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| SR 33 | Migden-D Relative to Pain Awareness Month | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| SB 6X | Runner-R Hospitals: preventative medical services | Health Facilities |
| SB 7X | Aanestad-R Medi-Cal: reimbursement rates | Medi-Cal |
| SB 9X | Runner-R Medi-Cal: primary care clinics | Medi-Cal Health Facilities |
| SB 12X | Runner-R Health care providers: incentives: legislative intent | Health Facilities Health Professionals |
| SB 13X | Maldonado-R Health care technology systems: tax credit: loans | Health Facilities |
| SB 15X | Cogdill-R Health facility financing: appeals procedure | Health Facilities |
| SB 19X | Cogdill-R Medical corporations | Health Professionals |
| SB 21X* | Cogdill-R Medical professionals: tax credit | Health Professionals |
| SB 22X | Battin-R For-profit clinic facility financing: revenue bonds | Health Facilities |
| SB 24X | Ashburn-R Nurse practitioners: scope of practice | Health Professionals |
| AB 13 | Brownley-D Hospitals: staffing | Health Facilities |
| AB 17* | Emmerson-R Radiologic technologists | Health Professionals |
| AB 22 | Lieber-D CalWORKs: maximum aid determination | Public Social Services |
| AB 40* | Portantino-D Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 52 | Dymally-D Health facilities: Office of Hospital Patient Advocate | Health Facilities |
| AB 53 | Dymally-D Medi-Cal: acupuncture | Medi-Cal |
| AB 55* | Laird-D Healing arts: referral fees | Health Professionals |
| AB 56 | Ma-D Secretary to End Poverty | Public Social Services |
| AB 64 | Berg-D Uniform Emergency Volunteer Health Practitioners Act | Health Professionals |
| AB 66* | Dymally-D Infant botulism treatment and prevention | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| AB 88* | Assembly Budget Committee 2008 Supplemental Budget Bill: Medi-Cal | Medi-Cal Developmentally Disabled Public Social Services |
| AB 90 | Lieu-D Pupil nutrition: trans fat | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 92 | Garcia-R Pupil nutrition: school meals | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 93 | Garcia-R Food facilities: trans fat: study | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 97 | Mendoza-D Food facilities: trans fats | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 113 | Beall-D Hospitals: emergency medical services: reduction/elimination | Health Facilities |
| AB 121* | Maze-R Foster youth: hiring preferences: tax credit | Foster Care |
| AB 131* | Beall-D Pupils with autism | Autism |
| AB 164 | Smyth-R Immunity: marriage and family therapy schools | Health Professionals |
| AB 166 | Bass-D Public safety personnel: presumption: MRSA skin infections | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 167 | Bass-D CalWORKs eligibility: asset limits | Public Social Services |
| AB 172 | Bass-D Foster care: instruction and education pilot project | Foster Care |
| AB 184 | Dymally-D Public health: viral hepatitis prevention and control | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| AB 185 | Dymally-D Clinical laboratories: personnel | Health Professionals |
| AB 211 | Jones-D Medical information | Health Professionals Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 214 | Fuentes-D Public Protection and Physician Health Program Act of 2008 | Health Facilities Health Professionals |
| AB 237 | Strickland-R HIV drug treatment: Medi-Cal | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Medi-Cal Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 239 | DeSaulnier-D Alcoholism and drug abuse counselors | Health Professionals |
| AB 272 | Garcia-R HIV tests | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AB 273 | Jones-D Medi-Cal: foster children | Medi-Cal Foster Care Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 308* | Galgiani-D Medi-Cal: HIV drug treatment: developmental services | Medi-Cal |
| AB 311 | Dymally-D Colon hydrotherapy | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 313 | Benoit-R Child day care facility rating system | Public Social Services |
| AB 317* | Berg-D Adult day health care centers: disaster declarations | Health Facilities |
| AB 322* | Anderson-R Area agencies on aging and independent living centers | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 324 | Beall-D Foster care | Foster Care |
| AB 327 | Horton-R Residential facilities | Health Facilities |
| AB 330 | Hayashi-D Health disparity report | Health Facilities |
| AB 336 | Dymally-D Narcotic treatment programs | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 344 | Huff-R Child day care facilities | Public Social Services |
| AB 354* | Hernandez-D Cremation: pacemakers | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 363* | Berg-D Rural health programs | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 364 | Berg-D Discharge policy: preadmission screening | Health Facilities |
| AB 371 | Huffman-D Health facilities | Health Facilities |
| AB 374 | Berg-D California Compassionate Choices Act | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 380 | Berg-D Multipurpose Senior Services Program | Public Social Services |
| AB 411 | Emmerson-R Residential care facilities: over-concentration | Health Facilities |
| AB 420 | Wolk-D Supplemental Nutrition Program | Public Social Services |
| AB 433 | Beall-D Food Stamp Program: categorical eligibility | Public Social Services |
| AB 436 | Salas-D Medical records | Health Professionals |
| AB 450 | Emmerson-R Board of Chiropractic Examiners | Health Professionals |
| AB 459 | Cook-R In-home supportive services: criminal background checks | Public Social Services |
| AB 476 | De La Torre-D Fireworks law | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 497 | Portantino-D Foster children: special education | Foster Care |
| AB 501 | Swanson-D Pharmaceutical devices | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 509 | Hayashi-D Suicide prevention | Mental Health |
| AB 516 | Swanson-D Health care | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 520 | Brownley-D Hospitals: staffing | Health Facilities |
| AB 539 | Blakeslee-R State mental health system | Mental Health |
| AB 547 | Ma-D Medical Board of California: licensure fees | Health Professionals |
| AB 558 | Feuer-D Chemical substances: testing | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 570 | Galgiani-D Medi-Cal reimbursement: intermediate care facilities | Medi-Cal Health Facilities |
| AB 572 | Berg-D Adult day health care services | Health Facilities Public Social Services |
| AB 573 | Horton-R Nursing education programs: community colleges | Health Professionals |
| AB 585 | Berg-D Medi-Cal: managed care | Medi-Cal |
| AB 595 | Dymally-D Cosmetics: misbranding. | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 606 | Galgiani-D Medi-Cal: reimbursement rates | Medi-Cal Health Professionals |
| AB 623 | Lieu-D Radiologic technology: radiologist assistants | Health Professionals |
| AB 636 | Levine-D Acupuncture | Health Professionals |
| AB 661 | Berg-D Medi-Cal: payments to hospitals | Medi-Cal Health Facilities |
| AB 671 | Beall-D Medi-Cal: frequent users of health services | Medi-Cal |
| AB 672 | Beall-D Child Welfare Council: children of color | Public Social Services |
| AB 674 | Charles Calderon-D CalWORKs: aid payment increase | Public Social Services |
| AB 681 | Carter-D San Bernardino County health department: pilot program | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 690 | Jones-D Social services: childhood poverty | Public Social Services |
| AB 706 | Leno-D Fire retardants | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 708 | Huff-R Reproductive health: abstinence | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 724 | Benoit-R Sober living homes | Health Facilities |
| AB 728* | Plescia-R Food products: sales tax | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 736 | Strickland-R Senior nutrition | Public Social Services |
| AB 749 | Wolk-D Residential care facilities: elderly | Health Facilities |
| AB 759 | Karnette-D Residential care facilities | Health Facilities |
| AB 760 | Coto-D Pupil health: school health services | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 782 | Berg-D Long-term health care facilities | Health Facilities |
| AB 795 | Keene-R Foster children: special education | Foster Care |
| AB 807 | Hancock-D Medical treatment: workers' compensation | Health Professionals |
| AB 825 | Silva-R Developmental disabilities: disclosure of information | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 827 | Hancock-D Adult day health care | Health Facilities Public Social Services |
| AB 845* | Bass-D Foster youth: transitional housing: funding | Foster Care |
| AB 851 | Brownley-D Medi-Cal: eligibility | Medi-Cal |
| AB 853 | Jones-D The Home Care Services Act of 2007 | Public Social Services |
| AB 855 | Hayashi-D Medi-Cal: managed care | Medi-Cal |
| AB 857* | Galgiani-D Diabetic supplies: sales tax: exemption | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| AB 898 | Saldana-D Nutrition education | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 907 | Strickland-R Child welfare proceedings | Public Social Services |
| AB 914 | Saldana-D Foster caregivers | Foster Care |
| AB 961 | Hernandez-D Diabetes | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| AB 978* | Benoit-R Care facilities | Health Facilities Public Social Services |
| AB 994 | Parra-D Health care: nurse training scholarship pilot program | Health Professionals |
| AB 1001 | Parra-D California Ovarian Cancer Research Fund | Cancer |
| AB 1009 | Benoit-R Fetal pain prevention | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1022 | Saldana-D Continuing care home service | Health Facilities |
| AB 1024 | Caballero-D Food safety | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1031 | Levine-D Developmental services | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 1044 | Strickland-R Optometrists: regulation | Health Professionals |
| AB 1060* | Laird-D Dentists: tissue banks: licensure | Health Professionals |
| AB 1085 | Richardson-D Pupils with hearing impairment | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1100* | Ruskin-D Portable gasoline containers: safety cans | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1118 | Jones-D Childhood poverty | Public Social Services |
| AB 1128 | Evans-D Developmental services: Blue-Ribbon Commission | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 1149 | Beall-D Disproportionate share hospitals and trauma centers | Medi-Cal |
| AB 1154 | Leno-D Diabetes | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| AB 1183* | Assembly Budget Committee 2008 Budget Trailer Bill: Medi-Cal | Medi-Cal Mental Health Developmentally Disabled Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1201 | Leno-D Direct care registered nurses: collective bargaining | Health Professionals |
| AB 1203 | Salas-D Health care service plans: noncontracting hospitals | Health Facilities |
| AB 1217 | Sharon Runner-R Foster care: AFDC-FC: supplemental clothing allowance | Foster Care |
| AB 1268 | Dymally-D Medi-Cal: fiscal intermediary services | Medi-Cal |
| AB 1279* | Assembly Budget Committee 2008 Human Services Budget Trailer Bill: social services | Public Social Services |
| AB 1299 | Fuller-R Public social services: child abuse review teams | Public Social Services |
| AB 1304 | Smyth-R Hospital seismic retrofit | Health Facilities |
| AB 1312 | Emmerson-R Medi-Cal: health service costs | Medi-Cal |
| AB 1329 | Houston-R Occupational therapists | Health Professionals |
| AB 1330 | Evans-D Foster children: psychotropic drugs: data | Foster Care |
| AB 1336 | Bass-D Problem and pathological gambling: substance abuse | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1338* | Assembly Budget Committee 2008 Health Budget trailer bill: State Fire Marshal | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1355 | Houston-R State hospitals for the mentally disordered | Mental Health |
| AB 1384 | Price-D Health facilities: public notice | Health Facilities |
| AB 1386 | Price-D Public social services | Public Social Services |
| AB 1389* | Assembly Budget Committee 2008 General Gov't Budget Trailer Bill: mental health | Mental Health Public Social Services |
| AB 1399 | Richardson-D Pharmacies: prescription labels | Health Professionals |
| AB 1434* | Dymally-D Medi-Cal: providers: financing | Medi-Cal |
| AB 1436 | Hernandez-D Nurse practitioners: scope of practice | Health Professionals |
| AB 1442 | Feuer-D AIDS testing: clinical laboratories | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Health Facilities |
| AB 1444 | Emmerson-R Physical therapists: scope of practice | Health Professionals |
| AB 1456 | Laird-D Medi-Cal: third party liability | Medi-Cal |
| AB 1468 | Garrick-R Hospitals: patient data | Health Facilities |
| AB 1472 | Leno-D Public health: California Healthy Places Act of 2008 | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1486 | Charles Calderon-D Licensed professional counselors | Health Professionals |
| AB 1511 | Leno-D Sexual health: Stronger Families for California Act | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1519 | Ma-D Human remains: commercial display | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1530 | Lieber-D Pesticide poisoning | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1541 | Nava-D Medi-Cal: family planning services | Medi-Cal |
| AB 1545 | Eng-D Health professions and vocations | Health Professionals |
| AB 1555 | Lieber-D Health care services: Chronic Care Model Task Force | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| AB 1558 | Soto-D Community care facilities: licenses information system | Health Facilities |
| AB 1574 | Houston-R Surgical clinics: licensure | Health Facilities |
| AB 1578 | Leno-D Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation and Support Act | Foster Care |
| AB 1587 | De La Torre-D Pharmacy: personal information | Health Professionals |
| AB 1592* | Huff-R Physicians: personal income taxes | Health Professionals |
| AB 1603 | Caballero-D Emergency services: cities | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1605 | Lieber-D State Department of Public Health: State Public Health Nurse | Health Professionals Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1608 | Solorio-D Fast food restaurants: billboard advertising | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1634 | Levine-D Dogs and cats: nonspayed or unneutered: civil penalties | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1635 | Strickland-R Medi-Cal: health opportunity accounts project | Medi-Cal |
| AB 1637 | DeSaulnier-D Medi-Cal: nonemergency medical transportation | Medi-Cal |
| AB 1643 | Niello-R Nurse practitioners | Health Professionals |
| AB 1674 | Jones-D In-home supportive services | Public Social Services |
| AB 1684 | Emmerson-R Vital records | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1692 | Villines-R Healthy Families Advisory Panel | Health Professionals |
| AB 1701 | Dymally-D Medi-Cal: pilot project: transfer of pediatric patients | Medi-Cal |
| AB 1704 | La Malfa-R Developmental services | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 1760 | Galgiani-D Veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians | Health Professionals |
| AB 1773 | Hayashi-D Retail food: long-term health care facilities | Health Facilities |
| AB 1774 | Lieber-D Health care coverage: gynecological cancer screening tests | Cancer |
| AB 1780 | Galgiani-D Medi-Cal: mental health | Medi-Cal Mental Health |
| AB 1805* | Assembly Budget Committee Seriously emotionally disturbed children | Mental Health |
| AB 1824 | Beall-D Developmental regional centers: employee liability | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 1825 | Beall-D Developmental disabilities services | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 1829* | Ma-D Nurse-Family Partnership program | Health Professionals Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1846 | Adams-R Inedible kitchen grease | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1860 | Huffman-D Unsafe products: recall or warning | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1872 | Coto-D Special education: autism spectrum disorders: clearinghouse | Mental Health Autism |
| AB 1875 | Huff-R Residential care facilities | Health Facilities |
| AB 1879 | Feuer-D Hazardous materials: toxic substances | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1887 | Beall-D Mental health care coverage | Mental Health |
| AB 1894 | Krekorian-D Health care coverage: HIV testing | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AB 1897 | Emmerson-R Marriage and family therapists: licensure | Health Professionals |
| AB 1900 | Nava-D Santa Barbara County Trauma Center | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1917 | Dymally-D Physicians and dentists: county employees | Health Professionals |
| AB 1922 | Hernandez-D Healing arts practitioners | Health Professionals |
| AB 1927 | Galgiani-D Vocational nursing and psychiatric technicians | Health Professionals |
| AB 1929 | Beall-D Medi-Cal: disproportionate share hospitals/trauma centers | Medi-Cal |
| AB 1935 | Fuller-R Ovarian Cancer: tax checkoff | Cancer |
| AB 1938* | Plescia-R Income taxes: credits: spaying or neutering | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 1944 | Swanson-D Physicians and surgeons: health care districts | Health Professionals |
| AB 1947 | Emmerson-R Pharmacy technicians | Health Professionals |
| AB 1951 | Hayashi-D Mental health: capital facilities | Mental Health Health Facilities |
| AB 1958 | Swanson-D Veterinarians: Department of Motor Vehicles: public records | Health Professionals |
| AB 1983 | Evans-D Developmental disabilities: consumer abuse registry | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 1984 | Swanson-D HIV/AIDS testing: prison inmates | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AB 1996 | Swanson-D Food stamps: eligibility: drug felonies | Public Social Services |
| AB 1999 | Adams-R Residential care facilities: elderly | Health Facilities |
| AB 2010 | DeSaulnier-D Health: affiliate clinics | Health Facilities |
| AB 2029 | Tran-R Dependent children: visitation | Public Social Services |
| AB 2038 | Lieber-D Persons with disabilities: victims of crime | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 2054* | Plescia-R Blood centers: sales tax | Health Facilities |
| AB 2055 | Salas-D Military personnel: Combat Stress Support Team Program | Mental Health |
| AB 2070 | Bass-D Foster care: incarcerated parents | Foster Care |
| AB 2079 | Emmerson-R Food: labeling | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2088 | Beall-D Secretary of Addiction Prevention and Recovery Services | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2096 | Bass-D Foster children: extracurricular activities | Foster Care |
| AB 2101 | Wolk-D Residential care facilities | Health Facilities |
| AB 2106 | Hayashi-D Cosmetic safety | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2111 | Smyth-R Physical therapy: regulation | Health Professionals |
| AB 2117 | Evans-D Dependent children: psychotropic medications | Public Social Services |
| AB 2119 | Galgiani-D Medical equipment and care: corrections | Medi-Cal |
| AB 2120 | Galgiani-D Medical telemedicine | Medi-Cal Health Professionals |
| AB 2121 | Aghazarian-R Disabled state parks: passes | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 2122 | Plescia-R Surgical clinics: licensure | Health Facilities |
| AB 2124 | Beall-D Medi-Cal: alcohol and drug screening and brief intervention | Medi-Cal |
| AB 2128 | Emmerson-R Health facilities: dietitians | Health Facilities Health Professionals |
| AB 2129 | Beall-D Maternal health: alcohol and substance abuse | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2130 | Hayashi-D Automated external defibrillators: health studios | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2138 | Adams-R Foster care: high school graduation | Foster Care |
| AB 2140 | Furutani-D Los Angeles County Health Initiative | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2146 | Feuer-D Health care providers: billing | Health Professionals |
| AB 2157 | Horton-R Skilled nursing facilities | Health Facilities |
| AB 2160 | Carter-D Mello-Granlund Older Californians Act: disability | Public Social Services |
| AB 2163 | Strickland-R Senior nutrition: multivitamin-mineral supplement | Public Social Services |
| AB 2168 | Jones-D Farm stands: direct marketing: retail food | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2170 | Cook-R Fireworks | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2186 | Salas-D Bottled drinking water | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2207 | Lieu-D Emergency rooms: overcrowding | Health Facilities |
| AB 2208 | Price-D Lupus | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| AB 2210 | Price-D Dentistry: emergency services | Health Professionals |
| AB 2216 | Gaines-R Health facilities: diesel generators | Health Facilities |
| AB 2220 | Jones-D Health professionals: health care service plans | Health Professionals |
| AB 2229 | Huffman-D Medi-Cal: dental examinations | Medi-Cal |
| AB 2238 | Smyth-R Foster youths: out-of-home placements | Foster Care |
| AB 2244 | Price-D University of California hospitals | Health Facilities |
| AB 2252 | DeSaulnier-D Youth policy | Public Social Services |
| AB 2257 | Hernandez-D Medi-Cal: ambulance transportation services | Medi-Cal |
| AB 2262 | Torrico-D Child protection: safe surrender of newborns | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2263 | Caballero-D In-Home Supportive Services program | Public Social Services |
| AB 2275 | Fuentes-D Vended water | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2279 | Leno-D Medical marijuana: qualified patients and primary caregivers | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2288 | Torrico-D Automatic fire extinguishing systems | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2291 | Mendoza-D Income tax checkoff: Municipal Shelter Spay-Neuter Fund | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2298 | Hayashi-D Hospitals: community benefit plans: health disparities | Health Facilities |
| AB 2302* | Bass-D Teacher credentialing: pupils with autism | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 2308 | Karnette-D Disabled persons: public employment | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 2310 | Maze-R Dependent children | Public Social Services |
| AB 2322 | Portantino-D Land use planning: housing element: foster youth placement | Foster Care |
| AB 2328* | Price-D Skilled nursing faculties | Health Facilities |
| AB 2338 | Beall-D Foster care placement: children 12 years of age and younger | Foster Care |
| AB 2341 | Maze-R Minors: reunification services | Public Social Services |
| AB 2344 | Beall-D CA Cigarette & Tobacco Products Licensing Act of 2003 | Tobacco Products |
| AB 2352 | Fuentes-D Health services: confidential information | Mental Health Developmentally Disabled Health Professionals |
| AB 2368 | Fuentes-D CalWORKs eligibility: asset limits: motor vehicles | Public Social Services |
| AB 2370 | Bass-D Residential care facilities: elderly | Health Facilities |
| AB 2374 | Spitzer-R Radiologic and nuclear medicine | Health Professionals |
| AB 2375 | Hernandez-D Health professions workforce: master plan | Health Professionals |
| AB 2381 | Mullin-D Stem cell research | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2387 | Saldana-D Biosample storage | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2389 | Benoit-R CalWORKs eligibility: drug testing | Public Social Services |
| AB 2398 | Nakanishi-R Practice of medicine: cosmetic surgery | Health Professionals |
| AB 2399 | Portantino-D Independent Living Program | Public Social Services |
| AB 2400 | Price-D Hospitals: closure | Health Facilities |
| AB 2423 | Bass-D Professions and vocations: licensure | Health Professionals |
| AB 2424 | Beall-D Developmental disabilities: education and employment | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 2425 | Coto-D Department of Public Health: water quality: pharmaceuticals | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2427 | Eng-D Health professional licensees | Health Professionals |
| AB 2439 | De La Torre-D Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program | Health Professionals |
| AB 2440 | Laird-D Medi-Cal: reimbursement codes | Medi-Cal |
| AB 2442* | Nakanishi-R Medicine | Health Professionals |
| AB 2443 | Nakanishi-R Medical Board of California | Health Professionals |
| AB 2444 | Nakanishi-R Medical Board of California: disciplinary actions | Health Professionals |
| AB 2445 | Nakanishi-R Medical Board of California: disciplinary procedures | Health Professionals |
| AB 2463 | Davis-D Los Angeles County: hypertension and diabetes: pilot program | Other Diseases/Disorders Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2474* | Galgiani-D Hospitals: provider reimbursement rates | Health Facilities |
| AB 2479* | Hancock-D Bottled water: labeling requirements | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2480 | Sharon Runner-R CalWORKs eligibility: asset limits: vehicles | Public Social Services |
| AB 2482 | Maze-R Physician assistants: continuing education | Health Professionals |
| AB 2512 | Adams-R Environment: CA Environmental Quality Act | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2514 | Eng-D Human remains | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2516 | Mendoza-D Prescriptions: electronic transmission | Health Professionals |
| AB 2518 | Torrico-D California Cancer Research Fund: tax checkoff | Cancer |
| AB 2527 | Berg-D Medi-Cal: targeted case management | Medi-Cal |
| AB 2529 | Wolk-D Disabilities: access to buildings | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 2533 | Keene-R Disability access: remedies | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 2535 | Hernandez-D Medi-Cal: prescription drugs | Medi-Cal |
| AB 2540* | Mendoza-D Mobile food facilities | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2543 | Berg-D Geriatric and Gerontology Workforce Expansion Act | Health Professionals Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2565 | Eng-D Hospitals: brain death | Health Facilities |
| AB 2571 | Sharon Runner-R Foster family homes and certified family homes | Foster Care |
| AB 2572 | Parra-D Food facilities: nutrition information | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2575 | Sharon Runner-R Child welfare: investigations: audio recording | Foster Care |
| AB 2580 | Arambula-D Health: immunizations | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2599 | De Leon-D Birth Defects Monitoring Program | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2608* | Davis-D Department of Rehabilitation: funding | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 2610 | Davis-D Unattended collection boxes: salvageable personal property | Public Social Services |
| AB 2614 | Houston-R State hospitals for the mentally disordered | Mental Health Health Facilities |
| AB 2620 | Carter-D Medi-Cal Drug Program Advisory Board | Medi-Cal |
| AB 2635 | Beall-D Individuals with severe disabilities: state employment | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 2637 | Eng-D Dental auxiliaries | Health Professionals |
| AB 2643 | Cook-R Drugs and devices | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2644 | Huff-R Medical billing | Health Professionals |
| AB 2649 | Ma-D Medical assistants: authorized services | Health Professionals |
| AB 2651* | Aghazarian-R Foster care, adoption, and dependent children | Foster Care |
| AB 2652 | Anderson-R Professional mental health providers: prisoners | Mental Health Health Professionals |
| AB 2653 | Garcia-R Hospital access pass | Health Facilities |
| AB 2658 | Horton-R Disease prevention: reportable diseases | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| AB 2661 | Dymally-D Telemedicine | Health Professionals |
| AB 2662 | Dymally-D Medi-Cal: smoking cessation benefits | Medi-Cal Tobacco Products |
| AB 2663 | Dymally-D Medi-Cal: clinical trials: stem cell investigations | Medi-Cal |
| AB 2667 | Hayashi-D Suicide prevention hotlines | Mental Health |
| AB 2694 | Ma-D Children's product safety: lead poisoning prevention | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2697 | Huffman-D Boutique hospitals | Health Facilities |
| AB 2702 | Nunez-D Maddy Emergency Medical Services Fund: Los Angeles | Health Professionals Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2715* | Levine-D Health facilities: level of care | Health Facilities |
| AB 2726 | Leno-D Healthy Food Purchase pilot program | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2734 | Krekorian-D Health care practitioners advertising | Health Professionals |
| AB 2736 | Cook-R Indian children: parental rights: tribal customary adoptions | Public Social Services |
| AB 2737 | Feuer-D Communicable disease: involuntary testing | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| AB 2741 | Torrico-D Hospitals: management requirements | Health Facilities |
| AB 2743 | Saldana-D Medical marijuana: nonassistance with federal raids | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2747 | Berg-D End-of-life care | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2748 | Soto-D Foster care: children: expanded rights | Foster Care |
| AB 2756 | Duvall-R Pharmacists: emergencies | Health Professionals |
| AB 2783 | Plescia-R Foster children: special education | Foster Care |
| AB 2784* | Lieber-D Medi-Cal: hospitals: reimbursements | Medi-Cal |
| AB 2787 | Arambula-D Clinics: hours of operation | Health Facilities |
| AB 2794 | Blakeslee-R Healing arts: diagnostic imaging services | Health Professionals |
| AB 2809 | Leno-D Mental health counseling: crime victims | Mental Health |
| AB 2821 | Feuer-D Drug marketing: gifts | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2824 | Berryhill-R Food labeling: olive oil | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2828 | Salas-D Veterans' Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Fund | Mental Health |
| AB 2839 | Huffman-D Health Care Providers' Bill of Rights | Health Professionals |
| AB 2841 | Ma-D Medical procedures: reusable adipose cannula | Health Professionals |
| AB 2844 | Laird-D Public social services: CalWORKs and the Food Stamp Program | Public Social Services |
| AB 2848 | Hernandez-D Optometrists: retired licenses | Health Professionals |
| AB 2861 | Hayashi-D Emergency services and care | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2875 | Lieber-D Medi-Cal: public social services recipients | Medi-Cal Public Social Services |
| AB 2886 | Nakanishi-R Hospitals: sepsis reduction pilot program | Health Facilities |
| AB 2887 | Berg-D Breast and cervical cancer: early detection screening | Cancer |
| AB 2891 | Levine-D Developmental services | Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 2899 | Portantino-D Sexually transmitted diseases: HIV and AIDS: counseling | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AB 2902 | Swanson-D Public health outreach: community health care workers | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2903 | Huffman-D Alcohol and drug abuse facilities | Health Facilities |
| AB 2904 | Hayashi-D County child welfare services: mortality review | Public Social Services |
| AB 2917 | Torrico-D Emergency medical services personnel | Health Professionals |
| AB 2927 | Bass-D Juveniles: dual status children | Public Social Services |
| AB 2942 | Ma-D Health facilities: community benefits | Health Facilities |
| AB 2946 | Hayashi-D Cemeteries | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2957 | Swanson-D Product safety: contaminated toys | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2966 | Lieber-D Hospitals: construction inspections | Health Facilities |
| AB 2967 | Lieber-D Health care cost and quality transparency | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 2968 | Carter-D Surgeons: cosmetic surgery | Health Professionals |
| AB 2978 | Soto-D Residential care facilities: overconcentration | Health Facilities |
| AB 2996 | De La Torre-D Emergency and disaster response exercises | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 3000 | Wolk-D Health care decisions: life-sustaining treatment | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 3010 | Blakeslee-R Tobacco products: state mental hospitals | Tobacco Products Health Facilities |
| AB 3015 | Brownley-D Foster care | Foster Care |
| AB 3019 | Carter-D Corrections: disabled and mentally ill prisoners | Mental Health Developmentally Disabled |
| AB 3028 | Salas-D Health facilities | Health Facilities |
| AB 3031 | Lieber-D Hazardous materials: green chemistry | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 3076* | Huffman-D Vehicles: Maddy Emergency Medical Services Fund | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 3082 | Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee Medi-Cal benefits: veterans | Medi-Cal |
| AB 3083 | Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee Mental health: veterans | Mental Health |
| ACR 9 | Dymally-D Legislative Task Force on Substance Abuse | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| ACR 15 | Lieber-D Cervical Cancer Awareness Month | Cancer |
| ACR 65 | Arambula-D Red Ribbon Week | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| ACR 76 | Soto-D Dyslexia Awareness Month | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| ACR 87 | Hayashi-D Legislative Task Force on Peripheral Neuropathy | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| ACR 92 | Jones-D Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| ACR 101 | Swanson-D Safe Jobs for Youth Month | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| ACR 110 | Maze-R West Nile Virus and Mosquito & Vector Control Awareness Week | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| ACR 112 | Dymally-D Legislative Task Force on Fibromyalgia | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| ACR 121 | Swanson-D National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week | Cancer |
| ACR 125 | Sharon Runner-R DMV/Donate Life California Registry | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| ACR 129 | Parra-D Cardiovascular disease | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| ACR 133 | Davis-D Black Barbershop Health Outreach Month | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| ACR 134 | DeSaulnier-D Legislative Task Force on Summer and Intersession Enrichment | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| ACR 136 | Walters-R Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| ACR 137 | Galgiani-D Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| ACR 138 | Horton-R School nurses | Health Professionals |
| ACR 142 | Sharon Runner-R Scleroderma Awareness Month | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| ACR 152 | Wolk-D Health Care Decisions Week | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| ACR 155 | Beall-D Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| AJR 26 | Bass-D United States Census: Foster Child Category | Foster Care |
| AJR 30 | Berg-D Lyme & tick-borne disease prevention, education & research | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| AJR 34 | Price-D National Lupus Awareness Month | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| AJR 35 | Hayashi-D Mrs. Jacqueline W. Coats | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AJR 57 | Huffman-D Mercury-contaminated seafood | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AJR 69 | Brownley-D Child nutrition programs | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| HR 5 | Nakanishi-R Glaucoma Awareness Month | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| HR 21 | Hernandez-D Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness Day | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| HR 26 | Leno-D World Kidney Day | Other Diseases/Disorders |
| HR 33 | Ruskin-D Relative to drinking water treated with chloramines | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| HR 35 | Furutani-D Relative to Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital | Health Facilities |
| AB 6X | Nakanishi-R Physician assistants: educational loan program | Health Professionals |
| AB 5XXX* | Assembly Budget Committee 2007 Budget: Health Services | Other Public Health and Safety Legislation |
| AB 6XXX* | Assembly Budget Committee 2007 Budget: Human Services reductions | Public Social Services |