Abortion
AIDS
Cancer
Alzheimer's Disease
Medi-Cal
Mental Health
Developmentally Disabled
Tobacco Products
Health Facilities
Health Professionals
Foster Care
Public Social Services
Other Public Health and Safety Legislation
Abortion
SB 251 (Haynes-R) Vehicles: "Choose Life" special interest license plates
Requires the State Department of Motor Vehicles to design and make available for issuance special interest license plates that bear a design containing the words "Choose Life" and requires funds collected to be expended for certain purposes related to preventing abortion and placing children for adoption.
(In Senate Transportation Committee)
SB 780 (Ortiz-D) Protection of the exercise of constitutional rights
Enacts state criminal and civil penalties for interference with rights to reproductive health services and religious worship.
Chapter 899, Statutes of 2001
SJR 3 (Karnette-D) Reproductive rights: Roe v. Wade
Memorializes the President of the United States and the Congress to take necessary action to preserve the integrity of the United States Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade.
Resolution Chapter 112, Statutes of 2001
SJR 23 (Speier-D) Medi-Cal and family planning services
Requests the President and the Congress of the United States to enact the Family Planning State Empowerment Act of 2001.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
ACA 5 (Wyman-R) Abortion: parental notification
Prohibits, except in the case of an emergency, an abortion from being performed on an unemancipated minor until the physician has first notified one of her parents or her legal guardian pursuant to specified requirements, or a court has permitted waiver of these requirements, if any of certain circumstances are found to exist. Entitles this amendment the Family Communication and Parental Responsibility Act.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AIDS
SB 446 (Vasconcellos-D) Health care coverage: AIDS vaccine
Requires health plans, disability insurers, and the State Public Employees' Retirement System's self-funded plans to cover a vaccine for AIDS that is approved for marketing by the federal Food and Drug Administration.
Chapter 634, Statutes of 2001
AB 937 (Koretz-D) Health care: HIV treatment: reimbursement
Requires, beginning July 1, 2002, health care service plans that cover hospital, medical and surgical expenses, and pay their providers on a capitation basis, and the State Department of Health Services, to develop risk-adjusted, capitated provider reimbursement rates for the treatment of HIV infected enrollees.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 1263 (Migden-D) AIDS: HIV: rapid testing programs
Authorizes the State Department of Health Services to participate in a rapid HIV test research program conducted with the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Chapter 324, Statutes of 2001
ACR 55 (Migden-D) HIV and AIDS drug treatments
Urges the Public Employees' Retirement System, in its capacity as a shareholder of specified pharmaceutical companies, to introduce a shareholder resolution to develop and implement a policy, as specified, to provide HIV and AIDS drug treatments to less developed countries.
(In Assembly Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee)
HR 24 (Migden-D) HIV/AIDS epidemic
Provides that the Assembly marks with a moment of silence the occasion of the 20th year of the AIDS epidemic, honors all those lost in this tragedy, honors all those who are battling HIV disease and rededicates itself to providing prevention, treatment, and social services to bring the HIV/AIDS epidemic to an end as rapidly as possible.
Adopted
Cancer
SB 224 (Speier-D) Breast and cervical cancer: treatment services
Creates the California Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program to be administered by the State Department of Health Services. Also requires the department to submit a Medi-Cal state plan amendment to the federal Health Care Financing Administration for obtaining federal matching funds under the optional categorically needy eligibility group described in the federal Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act. Expands and simplifies eligibility for individuals with incomes up to 250 percent of the federal poverty level and expands the scope of benefits to include all Medi-Cal services.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 417 (Vasconcellos-D) Cancer: alternative treatment project
Requires the Cancer Research Program, administered by State Department of Health Services, to establish an alternative treatment cancer research project to test the effect of behavioral changes on the reduction and reversal of illness and disease. Appropriates $3 million for the project.
(On Senate Third Reading File)
SB 646 (Ortiz-D) Cancer: clinical research trials registry
Requires the State Department of Health Services (DHS) to conduct a study to determine the feasibility, efficacy, and cost of establishing and maintaining a state registry listing, to the extent possible, of all cancer clinical research trials that are in operation, or soon to be in operation, in California. Requires, to the extent funds are available, DHS to establish a program to promote the participation of adults with cancer in clinical research trials.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 683* (Ortiz-D) Public health information: confidentiality
Provides for the confidentiality of information reported to the California Cancer Registry and the Birth Defects Monitoring Program.
Chapter 444, Statutes of 2001
SB 689* (Perata-D) Public health: prostate cancer research
Creates the Prostate Cancer Research Project Act of 2001, which would require the State Department of Health Services to establish a prostate cancer research treatment project to provide, among other things, comprehensive classification of prostate tumors and specialized drug treatment for prostate cancer. Appropriates $1 million from the General Fund to the department for purposes of the bill.
(On Assembly Third Reading File)
SB 1080 (Bowen-D) Medical care providers: gynecological cancers
Adds an existing law requirement that specified medical care providers provide patients during their annual gynecological examination a summary of the symptoms and methods of diagnoses for gynecological cancers to the specific provisions of laws governing physicians (Medical Practice Act), and specifies that a violation of this requirement is subject to a cite and fine upon the second or subsequent complaint.
Chapter 730, Statutes of 2001
SB 1176 (Machado-D) Workers' compensation: cancer: peace and safety officers
Extends the cancer presumption under workers' compensation law to the following additional categories of peace officers: employees of the State Department of Fish and Game, employees of the State Department of Parks and Recreation, and investigators of the State Department of Toxic Substances Control.
Vetoed by the Governor
SB 1219 (Romero-D) Health coverage: cervical cancer screening test
Requires the coverage for an annual cervical cancer screening test provided pursuant to existing law to include the conventional Pap test and the option of any cervical cancer screening test approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.
Chapter 380, Statutes of 2001
AB 42 (Wayne-D) Colorectal cancer
Establishes the Colorectal Cancer Screening and Treatment Program in the State Department of Health Services for the purposes of providing screening, medical referral, diagnosis, treatment and outreach and education services to specified persons.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 430* (Cardenas-D) Health: budget implementation
The omnibus health budget trailer bill which, among others, repeals the breast cancer treatment program and establishes a similar program, expanded to include cervical cancer treatment services, operative January 1, 2002. Requires the State Department of Health Services to exercise a designated federal option to provide medical assistance during the period in which an individual under this program requires treatment for breast or cervical cancer. Also, beginning on January 1, 2002, requires providers or entities rendering breast and cervical cancer screening services under a grant made to the department to provide services only to individuals whose family income is determined to not exceed 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Chapter 171, Statutes of 2001
AB 480* (Robert Pacheco-R) Cancer
Provides that the Cancer Research Fund consist of money accepted by the State Department of Health Services from grants and donations from private entities and of public moneys transferred to the fund.
Chapter 246, Statutes of 2001
AB 890 (Cedillo-D) Medi-Cal eligibility: breast and cervical cancer
Expands Medi-Cal eligibility to include women who are at or below 250% of the federal poverty level and who have been diagnosed with breast cancer or cervical cancer.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
ACR 19 (Wayne-D) Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Designates the month of March 2001 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
Resolution Chapter 20, Statutes of 2001
ACR 35 (Thomson-D) Skin cancer and melanoma awareness
Declares the month of May as Skin Cancer Awareness Month in California, and encourages all Californians to make themselves and their families aware of the risk of skin cancer and the preventive measures. Also proclaims May 7, 2001, as Melanoma Awareness Monday to increase public awareness of the importance of routine complete skin examination to detect early melanoma.
Resolution Chapter 37, Statutes of 2001
ACR 68 (John Campbell-R) Cure Children's Cancer Week
Declares July 9 to July 15, 2001, as Cure Children's Cancer Week.
Resolution Chapter 73, Statutes of 2001
ACR 103 (Nakano-D) Prostate cancer
Declares September 2001 as Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
Resolution Chapter 133, Statutes of 2001
ACR 110 (Wayne-D) Breast cancer
Designates the month of October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month and designates October 19, 2001, as Breast Exam and Mammography Awareness Day.
Resolution Chapter 138, Statutes of 2001
AJR 28 (Robert Pacheco-R) Pancreatic cancer
Provides that the State Legislature urge the President and the Congress of the United States to expand federally funded research efforts aimed at developing a reliable means of detecting pancreatic cancer in its early stages.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
HR 16 (Nakano-D) Breast Cancer Care and Research Fund Day
Proclaims Mother's Day, Sunday May 13, 2001, as "The Breast Cancer Care and Research Fund Day" in recognition of the official launch of the web site www.breastlink.com to serve all women.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 17 (Daucher-R) Race for the Cure
Proclaims support for the Race for the Cure being held on Mother's Day, Sunday May 13, 2001, by encouraging all Californians to show their support, love, and commitment to someone who has battled breast cancer and to raise public awareness of the need for early breast cancer screening and treatment.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 26 (Pescetti-R) Breast cancer awareness
Commends "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" for supporting the continuous fight against breast cancer, and recognizes the staff and hundreds of volunteers of the American Cancer Society for their dedication and efforts with regard to the "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" walk.
Adopted by the Assembly
Alzheimer's Disease
SB 639 (Ortiz-D) Alzheimer's disease and related disorders
Requires the Health and Human Services Agency to develop a strategic plan for improving access to mental health services by persons with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders. Appropriates $85,000 from the General Fund to the agency, without regard to fiscal year, for purposes of the bill.
Chapter 692, Statutes of 2001
AB 1347 (Pescetti-R) Dementia caregiver training
Establishes dementia-specific orientation and "in-service" program requirements for the Certified Nurse Assistant staff of skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities.
Chapter 339, Statutes of 2001
Medi-Cal
SB 98 (Kuehl-D) Medicaid: services for persons with dual diagnoses
Permits certain cities and counties to contract jointly with the State Department of Mental Health and the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to provide specified services, through the Medi-Cal program, to persons with dual diagnosis of serious, persistent mental illness and an alcohol or drug dependence.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 146 (Haynes-R) Medi-Cal: payments
Requires the State Department of Health Services to use an online verification and billing process for pharmacists and physicians for Medi-Cal payments, under certain conditions. Also requires the Medi-Cal program to pay the copayments for drugs and office visits of persons who are eligible for both Medicare and Medi-Cal, that would otherwise be required under the terms of the health care plan in which they are enrollees, but not allowed under existing Medi-Cal law.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 167 (Alpert-D) Medi-Cal disproportionate share hospitals: capital projects
Permits Children's Hospital of San Diego to remain eligible for Medi-Cal supplemental reimbursements for capital improvements if certain conditions are met.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 231 (Ortiz-D) Medi-Cal: local education agency services
Requires the State Department of Health Services (DHS) to amend the Medicaid state plan with respect to the billing option for services by Local Education Agencies to ensure that schools are reimbursed for all eligible services they provide that are not precluded by federal requirements. Requires DHS to regularly consult with specified entities to assist in the formulating of the state plan amendments. Permits DHS to enter into a sole source contract to comply with the requirements of this bill. Authorizes DHS to undertake all necessary activities to recoup matching funds from the federal government for reimbursable services that have already been provided in the state's public schools.
Chapter 655, Statutes of 2001
SB 276 (Speier-D) Health care
Requires selected school districts to ask the parent or guardian of each pupil each year, as part of the process for updating parental and pupil information, whether or not they would like the school to provide information and assistance in obtaining free or low-cost health insurance.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 285 (Soto-D) Medi-Cal
Restricts and defines state authority to recover Medi-Cal costs from dependents, distributees, heirs, and surviving family of a deceased Medi-Cal recipient.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 402 (Ortiz-D) Health care
Provides no-cost Medi-Cal to 19- and 20-year-olds in families with incomes up to 100 percent of the federal poverty level and also makes 19- and 20-year-olds eligible for the Healthy Families Program.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 443 (Perata-D) Medi-Cal: substance abuse
Expands the definition of Medi-Cal drug services to include outpatient drug-free services provided in the community setting, day care rehabilitative and residential services, medication management and other related services. Changes the Medi-Cal drug program from the clinic option to the rehabilitation option offered under federal Medicaid law. Requires the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, with the approval and assistance of the State Department of Health Services, to expand federal financial participation for alcohol and drug treatment services under Medi-Cal.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 493 (Sher-D) Health programs
Implements a simplified eligibility process as part of the Food Stamp Program to expedite the enrollment of individuals and families in the Medi-Cal and Healthy Families Program.
Chapter 897, Statutes of 2001
SB 534 (Ortiz-D) Medi-Cal: independent adults
Extends Medi-Cal eligibility to "independent adults," who are between 19 and 64 years of age, not pregnant, neither a parent or caretaker relative, and neither blind nor disabled for the purposes of Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Program. Also requires the State Department of Health Services to maximize federal financial participation for Medi-Cal services to "independent adults" through seeking federal waivers.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 613 (Alarcon-D) Medi-Cal: notifications to managed care plans
Requires the State Department of Health Services (DHS) to prospectively notify a Medi-Cal managed care plan of the date of the regularly scheduled annual redetermination of a Medi-Cal beneficiary in a disabled aid category who is enrolled in that plan and where eligibility redetermination is the responsibility of DHS. Prohibits anything in this bill from providing a beneficiary with additional Medi-Cal coverage due to DHS's failure to provide this notice.
Chapter 742, Statutes of 2001
SB 615 (Ortiz-D) Medi-Cal: Healthy Families Program: temporary eligibility
Creates an expedited process for granting temporary eligibility for public health insurance programs to uninsured patients seeking care from hospitals which operate an emergency services department or community health clinics.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 720 (Margett-R) County administration of health services
Makes changes to the make-up of the appointees to the governing body of the commission that oversees Medi-Cal managed care in Los Angeles County and expands the provision that deems that members are not to be interested in a contract entered into by the commission, to include an amendment to a contract.
Chapter 143, Statutes of 2001
SB 833 (Ortiz-D) Medi-Cal program: eligibility
Requires the State Department of Health Services, by March 1, 2002 to submit a state plan amendment basing the definition of unemployment for purposes of Medi-Cal eligibility on the net nonexempt earned income of the principal wage earner only, and increasing the income level to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Vetoed by the Governor
SJR 23 (Speier-D) Medi-Cal and family planning services
Requests the President and the Congress of the United States to enact the Family Planning State Empowerment Act of 2001.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 59 (Cedillo-D) Health programs
Establishes a statewide pilot project to expedite Medi-Cal enrollment for children receiving free lunches through the National School Lunch Program, effective July 1, 2002. Also creates a process to authorize consent for the release of information on applications for free lunches to county welfare departments, and authorizes them to quickly enroll children in Medi-Cal upon receipt of such information from school districts.
Chapter 894, Statutes of 2001
AB 89 (Bates-R) IHSS: Medi-Cal: criminal record checks
Requires a criminal background clearance for individuals who provide IHSS and Medi-Cal personal care services.
(In Assembly Human Resources Committee)
AB 131 (Corbett-D) Medi-Cal: utilization controls
Prohibits the State Department of Health Services from establishing utilization controls on the number and frequency of certain types of Medi-Cal services, which are less than six visits in any three-month period, or limited by any additional time frames within the three-month period.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 275 (Aroner-D) Medi-Cal: emergency dental care
Requires the State Department of Health Services to process all dental service treatment authorization requests within a time frame that will prevent each beneficiary's dental condition from worsening or requiring more drastic dental treatment.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 430* (Cardenas-D) Health: budget implementation
The omnibus health trailer bill which, among others, permits licensed dental and vision plans to join health plans in providing application assistance directly to applicants acting on behalf of eligible children in the Medi-Cal program, extends the Medi-Cal to Health Families Bridge Program from one to two months, creates the Health Families to Medi-Cal Bridge Program and provides benefits for two months, establishes annual eligibility redetermination for adults in the Medi-Cal program, establishes accelerated Medi-Cal eligibility for children who are in the process of entering the foster care system, establishes the federal optional Medi-Cal Breast and Cervical Cancer program, implements accelerated enrollment of Healthy Families Program and Medi-Cal children through a single-point-of-entry centralized processing entity, establishes a limited emergency regulation authority in the Medi-Cal program, establishes a supplemental Medi-Cal reimbursement for Distinct Part/Skilled Nursing Facilities that are owned and operated by public entities, and establishes a supplemental rate adjustment to the Medi-Cal reimbursement rate for specific types of long-term care facilities.
Chapter 171, Statutes of 2001
AB 495* (Diaz-D) Health care coverage
Establishes the Children's Health Initiative Matching Fund and authorizes county agencies, local initiatives, and county organized health systems to seek and obtain funds to provide comprehensive health insurance coverage to children in families whose incomes do not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty level, and who do not qualify for either Medi-Cal or the Healthy Families Program. Also authorizes the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) to administer the fund and requires the MRMIB and the State Department of Health Services to coordinate activities necessary to achieve federal approval and funding for the program.
Chapter 648, Statutes of 2001
AB 524 (Aroner-D) Personal care services: advance payment
Authorizes advance payments to eligible Medi-Cal Personal Care Services Program recipients, subject to availability of federal financial participation through Medicaid. Requires the State Department of Health Services to develop and submit a federal waiver request for this purpose.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 574 (Salinas-D) Medi-Cal: overpayment forgiveness
Authorizes the State Department of Health Services to forgive Medi-Cal overpayments for certain hospitals.
Chapter 649, Statutes of 2001
AB 648 (Corbett-D) Medi-Cal: claims processing
Eliminates the requirement that each local educational consortium pay an annual participation fee as a condition of participating in the Medi-Cal Administrative Claiming process, and appropriates $3,190,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Health Services.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 843 (Chan-D) Medi-Cal: managed care: reenrollment
Allows Medi-Cal applicants who were previously enrolled in a Medi-Cal managed care plan within the last 18 months to re-enroll in the managed care plan of their choice without having to repeat the Health Care Options process, which includes receiving a packet describing the managed care options available to them, and then choosing a plan, or having to attend a health care options presentation, when required.
(Held in Assembly Engrossing and Enrollment)
AB 890 (Cedillo-D) Medi-Cal eligibility: breast and cervical cancer
Expands Medi-Cal eligibility to include women who are at or below 250 percent of the federal poverty level and who have been diagnosed with breast cancer or cervical cancer.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 903 (Alquist-D) Nonemergency transportation services pilot project
Establishes a three-year nonemergency medical transportation brokerage pilot project for Medi-Cal recipients in Santa Clara County.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 915 (Frommer-D) Medical transportation services
Codifies existing regulations from the State Department of Health Services (DHS), which include nonemergency medical transportation services under the scope of Medi-Cal benefits. Additionally, places into law the criteria necessary for approval of treatment authorization requests (TARs) for nonemergency medical transportation including litter-van and wheel chair van services, and provides for appeal of TAR denials. Furthermore, establishes time frames for processing TARs and appeals, and requires payment of claims if these time frames are not met by DHS.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 963 (Cardoza-D) Medi-Cal reimbursement
Requires Stanislaus County-operated community clinics to receive Medi-Cal reimbursement for use of their examination and treatment rooms, in addition to their payments for clinic services. Also requires that these clinics must have been previously licensed as a county-operated hospital with an outpatient department, prior to November 30, 1997. Furthermore, limits the payments to these clinics to no more than that which is received by surgery clinics.
Chapter 526, Statutes of 2001
AB 969 (Chan-D) In-home supportive services
Requires the California Health and Human Services Agency to submit a report to the Legislature by January 1, 2003, on the feasibility of adopting a pilot project for a sliding-scale system of universal eligibility for in-home supportive services, in counties as specified. Also, raises the maintenance need income level to reduce share-of-cost requirements in the Medi-Cal Medically Needy Program for individuals and families. Provides for additional deductions for medically needy individuals in long-term care.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1043 (Richman-R) Noninstitutional provider reimbursement rates
Requires Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for noninstitutional providers to be at least 80 percent of the comparable Medicare rate, effective January 1, 2002.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1480 (Aanestad-R) Medi-Cal reimbursement
Permits a hearing aid dispenser to perform the hearing aid evaluation required for Medi-Cal coverage and codifies related regulations.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1655 (Ashburn-R) Hospital reimbursement: Kern County
Requires the State Department of Health Services to negotiate settlements with acute care hospitals in Kern County with psychiatric units that received Medi-Cal overpayments for psychiatric services provided during the period 1991 to 1995, inclusive, and that unintentionally violated Medi-Cal cost reimbursement policies or procedures, and to waive all or part of the overpayments made under the Medi-Cal program to the hospital in a manner consistent with the waivers provided to hospitals in Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
Mental Health
SB 30 (Chesbro-D) Mental health: Realignment Review Task Force
Requires the State Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) to establish a Realignment Review Task Force composed of specified members, including the Secretary of the HHSA, or his or her designee. Requires the Realignment Review Task Force to present options regarding realignment to the Governor and the Legislature, on or before April 1, 2003.
Vetoed by the Governor
SB 98 (Kuehl-D) Medicaid: services for persons with dual diagnoses
Permits certain cities and counties to contract jointly with the State Department of Mental Health and the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to provide specified services, through the Medi-Cal program, to persons with dual diagnosis of serious, persistent mental illness and an alcohol or drug dependence.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 395 (Perata-D) Mentally disordered prisoners
Requires, when a prisoner's involuntary commitment is terminated, the State Department of Corrections and officials from the county in which a prisoner intends to reside, to develop a plan for the prisoner's release into the community.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 414 (Perata-D) Mental health: dual diagnosis
Requires the State Department of Mental Health to establish a Dual Diagnosis Competitive Grant Program, to the extent that funding is provided through the annual Budget Act or another statute, for the purpose of awarding grants for existing dual diagnosis treatment programs for persons diagnosed with the co-occurring disorders of mental illness and substance abuse, and for the establishment of new dual diagnosis treatment programs in counties throughout the state.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 620 (Ortiz-D) Suicide treatment and prevention
Establishes the Suicide Prevention Act of 2001, which requires the development of a statewide suicide prevention strategy, including specific objectives and timelines. Implementation is contingent on funding in the Budget Act or another statute.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 632 (Perata-D) Mental health training
Requires the State Department of Mental Health to implement the recommendations of the mental health task force funded by the Budget Act of 2000.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 643 (Ortiz-D) Mental Health Enhancement and Crime Prevention Act
Enacts the Mental Health Enhancement and Crime Prevention Act of 2001. Contingent upon an appropriation in the Budget Act, requires the State Board of Corrections to reimburse counties for the excess cost of providing psychotropic medications to county jail inmates for the purpose of reducing recidivism through more effective mental health treatment and post-release patient follow-up.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 931* (Burton-D) Mental health: local treatment programs
Enacts the Local Mental Health Treatment Improvement Program to award four-year grants to all counties to improve community-based treatment services for persons with mental illness who are being discharged from a period of, or are at risk of being, involuntarily committed. Appropriates an unspecified amount from the General Fund to the State Department of Mental Health for purposes of the bill.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 936 (Margett-R) Mental health: adults and older adults
Requires the State Department of Mental Health to employ a full-time physician with geriatric experience to oversee, monitor, and provide advice to participating counties regarding services for older adults under the Adult and Older Adults Mental Health System of Care Act.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
SB 1059 (Perata-D) Mentally ill offenders: Council on Mentally Ill Offenders
Establishes the Council on Mentally Ill Offenders, within the State Youth and Adult Correctional Agency, to investigate and promote cost-effective approaches to meeting the long-term needs of adults and juveniles with mental disorders who either are offenders or are likely to become offenders.
Chapter 860, Statutes of 2001
AB 213 (Nation-D) Records: licensed marriage and family therapists
Adds licensed marriage and family therapists to the list of providers who may approve the disclosure of information and records relating to services provided to mentally disordered and developmentally disabled patients, in instances in which the provider's patient designates persons to whom information or records may be released.
Chapter 37, Statutes of 2001
AB 328* (Salinas-D) Mental health realignment: reports
Requires the State Department of Mental Health to work cooperatively with specified entities to submit data on the current status of county mental health programs.
Chapter 367, Statutes of 2001
AB 334 (Steinberg-D) Mental health funding: local grants
Makes various changes to current law relating to community-based mental health treatment programs (i.e., county systems of care). Revises requirements for training, consultation, and technical assistance that the State Department of Mental Health (DMH) is currently required to provide to participating counties. Revises program service standards to include services to specified persons at risk of homelessness, but who do not require the full range of services, and also revises outreach requirements. Expands the evaluation report DMH is required to annually submit to the Legislature to include the extent to which funded programs are making a measurable and significant difference.
Chapter 454, Statutes of 2001
AB 430* (Cardenas-D) Health: budget implementation
The omnibus health trailer bill which, among others, permits increasing the patient population of Patton State Hospital, permits patients in state mental hospitals to save all or any portion of his/her monthly amount of aid provided for personal and incidental needs, repeals the sunset on mental health rehabilitation centers, extends the Mental Health Respite Project sunset until June 30, 2004, and repeals the sunset on the state only Institute for Mental Disease ancillary services.
Chapter 171, Statutes of 2001
AB 590 (Vargas-D) Mental health: adults and older adults
Encourages the State Department of Mental Health to provide a mental health care provider with training in geriatrics to assist and monitor county mental health programs serving older adults.
Chapter 677, Statutes of 2001
AB 789 (Salinas-D) Mental health: children: county grant program
Establishes a system of mental health services for seriously emotionally disturbed children not covered by public or private health insurance.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 971 (Steinberg-D) Pupil behavioral problems: grant program
Establishes the Safe and Healthy Schools Program to award grants to local collaboratives for preventive mental health and early intervention services.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1141 (Cox-R) Lanterman-Petris-Short Act
Changes current law to a preference that peace officers respond to a "5150" call in unmarked cars and plain clothes, rather than to do so whenever possible.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
AB 1421 (Thomson-D) Mental health: involuntary treatment
Enacts "Laura's Law". Authorizes a new type of involuntary commitment order to get intensive outpatient treatment to adults whose mental illness currently prevents them from seeking or accepting help. Authorizes, in participating counties, a court to order a person into an assisted outpatient treatment program (AOT), if the court finds that the individual either meets existing "5150" involuntary commitment requirements (is gravely disabled or is a danger to self or others), or the person meets other criteria, including that the person has a psychotic disorder or other severe mental illness and has been offered, but failed to engage in treatment, is substantially deteriorating, and AOT would be the least restrictive placement necessary to ensure the person's recovery and stability. Requires the State Department of Mental Health to award grants to counties that can provide specified services for persons with the most persistent and severe mental illness. Funding for AOT grants are subject to appropriation in the budget. Sunsets this bill January 1, 2006.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
AB 1422 (Thomson-D) Mental health advocacy
Creates the California Mental Health Advocacy Commission for five years to promote improved access to mental health services and combat stigma and discrimination against people with mental illness. Establishes human resource development programs for professionals and other service providers in mental health.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1423 (Thomson-D) Mental health
Includes licensed marriage and family therapists and licensed clinical social workers services within the scope of Medi-Cal covered benefits, to the extent that federal matching funds are provided for those services.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
AB 1424 (Thomson-D) Mental health: involuntary treatment
Expands family involvement in the Lanterman-Petris-Short involuntary commitment process; adds patient's medical and psychiatric records to the list of "historical" information that must be considered in involuntary commitment proceedings; and prohibits disability insurers, health plans and the Medi-Cal program from conditioning services eligibility on a patient's legal status.
Chapter 506, Statutes of 2001
AB 1425 (Thomson-D) Mental health services
Permits a firm, partnership, association, or corporation to provide both housing and mental health support services to residents, if certain requirements are met, and permits counties to contract with agencies or individuals to assist mental health clients in securing their own homes to provide clients with the supports needed to live in their own homes. Also provides that, if the State Department of Mental Health (DMH) has reason to believe that a resident in independent housing has an unmet need for care and supervision in the form of mental health treatment services, DMH shall contact a county mental health representative to obtain a clinical assessment.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1454 (Thomson-D) Mental health
Allows the State Department of Mental Health (DMH) to renew county contracts for mental health services for a period of three years, rather than one. Requires a criminal record check of certain individuals applying for employment in facilities licensed by DMH, and specifies terms under which DMH is allowed or required to deny employment.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1479 (Salinas-D) Organization of local mental health boards and commissions
Establishes the California Organization of Local Mental Health Boards and Commissions, within the State Department of Mental Health, composed of all members of local mental health boards and commissions to, among other duties, be responsible for representing the interests of the local mental health boards and commissions, providing support services to maintain communications between local mental health boards and commissions, assisting members with carrying out their required functions and duties, providing information on mental health policy and best practices, conducting training programs for members of local mental health boards and commissions, and assessing the impact of realignment of mental health services and funding from the state to the counties. Appropriates $132,900 from the General Fund to DMH for purposes of funding the organization.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1503 (Nation-D) Health care: mental health
Provides a process by which an enrollee of a health care service plan or an insured of a disability insurer may receive continuing mental health care from a nonparticipating provider when an employer changes health plans or disability insurer. Makes health care plans and disability insurers that provide coverage for continuing mental health care under this bill immune from liability for acts or omissions of a nonparticipating existing provider to new enrollees or insureds.
Chapter 531, Statutes of 2001
AB 1566 (Cox-R) Psychiatric Emergency Response Program: Sacramento County
Requires the State Department of Mental Health to establish a three-year psychiatric emergency response team pilot program in Sacramento County.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
HR 18 (Reyes-D) Suicide Prevention Week
Proclaims May 6 through May 13, 2001, as Suicide Prevention Week.
Adopted
Developmentally Disabled
SB 227 (Chesbro-D) Regional centers: self-determination program pilot projects
Authorizes additional self-determination pilot projects under specified conditions.
(On Senate Inactive File)
SB 343 (Figueroa-D) Developmental disabilities: admissions to facilities
Provides that a person with a developmental disability may be involuntarily admitted to a state developmental center pursuant to specified procedures. Requires the Director of the State Department of Developmental Services to compile, no later than July 1, 2003, a roster of all persons with developmental disabilities residing in, or on leave from, a state hospital or developmental center. Requires the State Department of Developmental Services to establish, with the cooperation of each regional center, and to submit to the Legislature, by July 1, 2003, a plan for the orderly submission of petitions and judicial review under these provisions for those persons found to be in continued need of placement.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
SB 511 (Alpert-D) Children with disabilities
Authorizes grants to establish Family Empowerment Centers on Disability that will provide information and support services to families of children and young adults with disabilities.
Chapter 690, Statutes of 2001
SB 533 (Margett-R) Programs for the elderly and disabled: loans
Establishes the Elderly and Disabled Persons' Revolving Home Improvement Loan Program within the State Housing and Community Development Department to provide grants to local public agencies and nonprofit corporations for the purpose of providing home improvement loans to specified elderly and disabled persons.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1041 (Ortiz-D) Health care: Donated Dental Services Program
Establishes the Donated Dental Services Program (DDSP) within the State Department of Developmental Services, and requires the DDSP to increase access to dental services for special populations by encouraging the delivery of volunteer dental services for the disabled and elderly by California's practicing dentists. Appropriates $125,000 from the General Fund to the department for purposes of implementing the DDSP during the 2001-02 fiscal year.
Vetoed by the Governor
SB 1063 (Chesbro-D) Developmental services: contracts
Requires that any employment contracts between the State Department of Developmental Services and regional centers entered into after January 1, 2002 are available for public review.
(In Assembly Human Services Committee)
SB 1096 (Ortiz-D) Services for persons with developmental disabilities
Revises the ages of infants and toddlers who are eligible to receive early intervention services. Also changes current law to require, rather than permit, a regional center, in determining whether an individual meets the definition of a person with a developmental disability, to consider specified evaluations and tests.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
AB 77 (Havice-D) Criminal proceedings: persons with disabilities
Requires the court, in any case in which the defendant is charged with a violation of specific offenses, to take special precautions to provide for the comfort and safety of a person with a disability.
Chapter 62, Statutes of 2001
AB 430* (Cardenas-D) Health: budget implementation
The Omnibus health trailer bill which, among others, requires regional centers to comply with the Lanterman Act and its implementing regulations except as specified, requires developmental centers to report all resident deaths and serious injuries of unknown origin to the appropriate law enforcement agency, requires the State Department of Finance to notify the Legislature when the Organization of Area Boards on Developmental Disabilities is not expected to receive federal funds, the dollar amount needed to continue operations of the area boards and the amount appropriated from the General Fund, provides that any contract between the State Department of Developmental Disabilities and a regional center shall require that all employment contracts shall be available to the public for review upon request, requires the State Department of Developmental Disabilities to develop by April 2002 evaluation and diagnostic procedures for the diagnosis of autism disorder and other autistic spectrum disorders, and streamlines the consumer complaint process of the State Department of Developmental Disabilities.
Chapter 171, Statutes of 2001
AB 688 (John Campbell-R) Developmental disabilities
Requires the State Department of Developmental Services, in conjunction with the Association of Regional Center Agencies and other stakeholders knowledgeable about childhood disabilities to develop proposed uniform functionally based evaluation protocols and guidelines for determining eligibility for regional center services for persons with disorders that require treatments similar to the disabilities that are named in the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act including familial dysautonomia.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 697 (Cedillo-D) Regional center services: appeals: attorney's fees
Awards attorney's fees to a prevailing representative of a developmentally disabled consumer who appeals a regional center's decision.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 896 (Aroner-D) Developmental services: unified system
Creates a major reform of the State Department of Developmental Services system serving persons with developmental disabilities by, among other provisions: establishing a unified budget for the five state developmental centers (DCs) and the regional centers; requiring the population of the DCs to be reduced to 1,000 in 2008; creating new accounts through which savings, that regional centers achieve from transferring a DC resident to the community, could be allocated to regional center clients who already reside in the community; and establishing a Lanterman Trust Fund for the deposit of proceeds from the sale or lease of state DC lands and buildings. The Trust Fund monies could be used for low cost loans for housing persons with developmental disabilities, for grants and other specified uses.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
AB 950 (Wright-D) Developmentally disabled persons: community care facilities
Extends various deadlines for completion of training and testing required of all direct care staff employed in licensed community care facilities that receive regional center funding.
Chapter 188, Statutes of 2001
AB 1008 (Lowenthal-D) Housing grants: tenants with disabilities
Establishes the Rental Housing Accessibility Grant Pilot Program to make funds available to cities, counties, housing authorities, nonprofit organizations, and redevelopment agencies for the purpose of making grants to lower income tenants with disabilities for exterior modifications to rental housing that improve accessibility.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1040 (Dutra-D) Disabled persons: liability
Revises current law relating to the liability that shall be imposed on a person, firm, or corporation that interferes with various specified rights of a disabled individual.
(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)
AB 1191 (Longville-D) Developmental disabilities
Establishes a process for resolving disputes between regional centers and local public agencies.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 1261 (Migden-D) Independent Living Program
Increases the amount of cash savings and other resources that foster youth who are 16 years of age or older may retain, from $5,000 to $10,000.
Chapter 686, Statutes of 2001
AB 1533 (Migden-D) Rehabilitation services
Revises the State Department of Rehabilitation's Transportation Loan Guarantee Program to increase the maximum loan amount and make other changes.
Chapter 193, Statutes of 2001
AB 1693 (Assembly Human Services Committee) Developmental disabilities: service providers: rates
Requires that a temporary reimbursement adjustment be developed for regional centers providing services to persons with developmental disabilities in the higher cost areas of the state.
Vetoed by the Governor
ACR 77 (Cohn-D) Assisted living
Proclaims the week of September 9 through September 15, 2001, as Assisted Living Week in California and encourages all citizens to visit friends and loved ones who reside in residential care facilities for elderly and disabled individuals, and also to learn more about assisted living services and how vital these services are to residents.
Resolution Chapter 122, Statutes of 2001
AJR 1 (Havice-D) Americans with Disabilities Act
Memorializes the President and the Congress to (1) stand firm in their resolve to uphold the current provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), (2) affirm the intent and substance of the ADA by enacting new legislation that would nullify the effect of any court decision that weakens the act, (3) take appropriate measures to encourage both public and private entities to implement the provisions of the ADA, and (4) establish whether the ADA has been applied in the manner in which it was intended, and whether any unintended consequences have resulted.
Resolution Chapter 82, Statutes of 2001
HR 12 (Reyes-D) Speech and public social services
Declares April 23, 2001 as Speech and Language Day.
Adopted by the Assembly
Tobacco Products
SB 35* (Escutia-D) Tobacco settlement fund allocations
Creates the Tobacco Settlement Fund, in which all funds received pursuant to the tobacco litigation Master Settlement Agreement of November 23, 1998, shall be deposited.
(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)
Similar legislation is SB 184 (Dunn-D) which is in Senate Health and Human Services Committee and AB 163 (Florez-D) which is in Assembly Appropriations Committee.
SB 309 (Ortiz-D) Public health: tobacco cessation study
Requires the State Department of Health Services to conduct research and report to the Legislature the potential fiscal savings and medical benefits of providing comprehensive tobacco cessation services to California adults and children. Directs the department to survey existing literature, determine the relative costs and benefits of various options and make recommendations determined by the public interest.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 312* (Alpert-D) Cigarette and tobacco products taxes: returned products
Codifies the distributors' method of refunding tax on returned tobacco products by allowing them to net the tax on returned products against the tax liability.
Chapter 426, Statutes of 2001
SB 322 (Ortiz-D) Tobacco
Limits the sale, distribution, or import of any tobacco product commonly referred to as "bidis" or "beedies."
Chapter 375, Statutes of 2001
SB 757 (Ortiz-D) Tobacco control
Seeks to enhance the enforcement of prohibitions on selling tobacco products to minors, bans self-service displays of cigarettes and imposes various other restrictions on the distribution of tobacco products.
Chapter 376, Statutes of 2001
AB 188 (Vargas-D) Playgrounds: smoking
Prohibits the smoking or disposal of cigarettes and other tobacco-related products within a playground or "tot lot sandbox area."
Chapter 150, Statutes of 2001
AB 224 (Matthews-D) Sales and use taxes: cigarette and tobacco products
Requires the Office of the Legislative Analyst to conduct a study of the sales and marketing of cigars and smokeless tobacco products to both adults and children. Requires the results of the study to be submitted to the Legislature by December 31, 2002.
(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 412 (Wesson-D) Tobacco products: tobacco sales
Prohibits self-service displays of tobacco products and the free distribution of tobacco products on private property open to the public; requires minimum cigarette and loose tobacco package sizes.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 430* (Cardenas-D) Health: budget implementation
The omnibus health trailer bill which, among others, establishes the Tobacco Settlement Fund in the State Treasury and dedicates money appropriated from the fund to health care and provides two year expenditure authority for tobacco programs.
Chapter 171, Statutes of 2001
AB 1453 (Koretz-D) Tobacco: display and use limitations
Prohibits any person, firm, or corporation from displaying or making available any ashtrays or other receptacles designed for tobacco-related waste, for use on any premises where smoking is prohibited. Prohibits the distribution of free samples of tobacco products by mail to anyone who has not been previously identified as a consumer of tobacco products, who is 18 years of age or older. Subjects violations of these provisions to civil penalties. Requires any person, firm, or corporation that maintains an area where smoking is permitted to provide one or more receptacles for tobacco-related waste for use on the premises.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1527 (Frommer-D) Tobacco settlement funds: bonds
Establishes the Tobacco Settlement Investment Fund Task Force to analyze how the state can mitigate the risk of substantial losses in revenues paid to the state pursuant to the Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
Health Facilities
SB 253 (Perata-D) Health facilities: Contra Costa County
Makes a capital project of the Contra Costa County Regional Medical Center eligible for supplemental Medi-Cal reimbursement.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 254 (Dunn-D) Emergency medical services
Appropriates $300 million from the General Fund to the Emergency Medical Services Authority, with $200 million for critical emergency service facilities and $100 million for payment of uncompensated emergency services provided by physicians and hospitals. Defines initial stabilizing services of emergency medical technicians to be a component of emergency medical services; and, requires health care service plans, disability insurers and Medi-Cal to reimburse emergency medical services providers for initial stabilizing services provided to subscribers and enrollees in response to medical emergencies. Further, requires the State Department of Health Services to annually update Medi-Cal reimbursements for advanced life support and basic life support ambulance services.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 288 (Speier-D) Health facilities: financing
Includes the Regents of the University of California within the definition of "participating health facility" for purposes of California Health Facilities Revenue Bonds 1998 Series A.
Chapter 78, Statutes of 2001
SB 357* (Murray-D) Energy conservation assistance
Requires the Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, until January 1, 2011, to provide loans, from funds in the State Energy Conservation Assistant Account, to long-term health care facilities and residential care facilities for the elderly to finance costs incurred in implementing energy conservation projects.
(In Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee)
SB 451 (Scott-D) Health care facilities
Requires the State Department of Health Services to establish a certification program for certified developmental assistants in long-term care facilities for the developmentally disabled.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 487 (Karnette-D) Hospitals: emergency rooms
Requires any hospital that maintains an emergency room to provide patients, upon discharge, brochures or pamphlets that inform the patients about alternatives to emergency room care.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 587 (Soto-D) Health facilities: critically or terminally ill patients
Codifies various requirements relating to the discharge and transfer of patients from hospitals.
Chapter 691, Statutes of 2001
SB 680 (Figueroa-D) Health facility data
Requires Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) to publish risk-adjusted outcome reports for coronary artery bypass graft surgery, requires the existing risk-adjusted outcome reports that OSHPD is required to publish to also report data by individual physicians where appropriate, and makes various other changes to provisions of law requiring OSHPD to publish risk-adjusted outcome reports.
Chapter 898, Statutes of 2001
SB 751 (Speier-D) Hospitals: surrogate decisionmakers
Requires a hospital to make reasonable efforts to contact a family member or other person with authority to make health care decisions on behalf of the patient when someone arrives in the emergency department who is unconscious or otherwise unable to communicate.
Chapter 329, Statutes of 2001
SB 813 (Dunn-D) Children's hospitals
Defines "University of California Children's Hospital" to include each of the University of California children's programs within the five University of California academic medical center campuses.
Chapter 290, Statutes of 2001
SB 842 (Speier-D) Health facilities: seismic building standards
Grants hospital buildings an extension of the January 1, 2008 seismic safety deadline requirements until January 1, 2013, under specified circumstances.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 928 (Dunn-D) Health facilities: seismic safety requirements
Enacts the Hospital Seismic Safety Bond Act of 2002, which, upon adoption by the voters, authorizes issuance of general obligation bonds totaling an unspecified amount. Requires the Secretary of State to submit the bond act to voters at the March 5, 2002 statewide primary.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 1089 (Karnette-D) Alcoholism and drug abuse treatment and recovery facilities
Requires the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with specified entities, to develop and submit to the Legislature no later than July 1, 2002, a plan for a statewide database of alcoholism and drug abuse treatment and recovery facilities, and community care facilities, except for foster family homes and homes certified by foster family agencies and a plan that would propose the most efficient and effective system possible for identifying and regulating existing unlicensed residential programs.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
AB 24* (Maldonado-R) Health facilities construction and licensing requirements
Allows an acute care hospital to acquire a new building meeting specified criteria and receive a license from the State Department of Health Services as if the building had remained continuously licensed.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 175 (Zettel-R) Hospitals: consolidated licenses
Adds to circumstances that must be met before a general acute care hospital that has two or more physical plants at more than one site that are more than 15 miles apart may be issued a single consolidated license.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 318 (Chan-D) Joint powers agreements: children's hospitals
Permits a children's hospital to enter into a joint powers agreement with any public agency, subject to specified conditions.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 424 (Aroner-D) Health care: emergency services
Requires non-participating emergency services providers to contact specified health plans as soon as possible when treating a plan member. Provides failure to contact the plan prior to hospital admission by non-participating hospitals to void billing authority by the non-participating hospital.
(In Senate Insurance Committee)
AB 430* (Cardenas-D) Health: budget implementation
Creates the omnibus health trailer bill which, among others, expands the Quality Awards Program for long-term care facilities to permit awards to fund innovative efforts to increase employee recruitment, retention or both, establishes the Trauma Care Fund and requires all monies deposited in the fund to be allocated to local Emergency Medical Services agencies for distribution to local Emergency Medical Services agency-designated trauma centers, establishes a floor of $75,000 as the base funding level for rural health clinics, allocates the supplemental payment rate for community treatment facilities (60 percent to the counties and 40 percent to the state), repeals cost based reimbursement for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics and institutes a prospective payment system of reimbursement, and establishes a supplemental Medi-Cal reimbursement for distinct part-skilled nursing facilities that are owned and operated by public entities.
Chapter 171, Statutes of 2001
AB 505 (Robert Pacheco-R) Long-term health care facilities: citations and penalties
Authorizes a licensee of a long-term health care facility, in lieu of seeking to adjudicate the validity of a class "AA" or "A" citation in the municipal or superior court, to elect to submit the matter to binding arbitration, as provided under the bill.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 557 (Aroner-D) Safe Hospitals Bond Acts of 2004 and 2006
Places before the voters $2 billion in general obligation bonds to provide financial assistance to hospitals for purposes of meeting structural and nonstructural deadlines of the Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 656 (Chan-D) Health facilities: seismic safety requirements
Authorizes a county-owned general acute care hospital a one-year extension of nonstructural performance category 2 seismic requirement if the building complies with certain conditions.
Chapter 247, Statutes of 2001
AB 740* (Aanestad-R) Public health: hospitals
Exempts Eastern Plumas Health Care District from a prohibition on obtaining a consolidated license until January 1, 2008, or until the Sierra Valley District Hospital is annexed by the Eastern Plumas Health Care District.
Chapter 184, Statutes of 2001
AB 809 (Salinas-D) Automated drug delivery systems
Authorizes specified clinics that are licensed by the Pharmacy Board to operate automated drug delivery systems that are remotely controlled by a pharmacist in order to provide drugs and drug consultation to their patients.
Chapter 310, Statutes of 2001
AB 811 (Zettel-R) Health facilities: exemption for medical supplies
Expands the definition of health facility and expands the definition of medicines exempted from sales and use tax.
(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 825 (Cohn-D) Immunizations: long-term care facilities
Requires every long-term care facility, on an annual basis, to make available to persons receiving services at the facility, and to facility employees, immunizations for influenza and pneumococcal disease.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 828 (Cohn-D) Long-term care facilities
Requires the State Department of Health Services to establish a centralized consumer response unit to respond to consumer inquiries and complaints in long-term health care facilities, and to assist consumers in resolving concerns.
Chapter 680, Statutes of 2001
AB 832* (Corbett-D) Health facilities: seismic safety
Requires all regulatory submissions made to the California Building Standards Commission by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) to be deemed emergency regulations, revises specified seismic evaluation requirements, and clarifies OSHPD's ability to grant flexibility in meeting seismic safety requirements.
Chapter 228, Statutes of 2001
AB 951 (Florez-D) Clinics: interim license
Creates the Centralized Application Unit in the Licensing and Certification Division within the State Department of Health Services. Requires that all applications for clinic licenses be reviewed for completeness by the Central Application Unit within two weeks. Requires that forwarded applications be scheduled for survey within 30 days of receipt. Requires the department to routinely review the Unit and regional offices to determine if applications for clinic licenses are processed in a timely and effective manner.
Chapter 525, Statutes of 2001
AB 1075 (Shelley-D) Skilled nursing facilities: staffing ratios
Requires the State Department of Health Services to convert existing staffing levels required at skilled nursing facilities from hours-of-care to staff-to-patient ratios by August 1, 2003.
Chapter 684, Statutes of 2001
AB 1156 (Aroner-D) Health facilities: construction
Establishes the framework for the Safe Hospital Bonds Act of 2002 to authorize issuance of bonds to provide for the construction, replacement, renovation, and retrofit of currently licensed health facilities, and states that provisions of this bill shall not be operative and are for display purposes only.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
AB 1212 (Shelley-D) Health facilities
Modifies and makes technical corrections to chaptered legislation regarding skilled nursing facilities.
Chapter 685, Statutes of 2001
AB 1314 (Havice-D) Joint powers agreements: private hospitals
Authorizes private hospitals eligible to participate in the disproportionate share hospital program pursuant to Sec. 14105.98 of the Welfare and Institutions Code to enter into joint powers agreements with any local public agency.
(In Senate Local Government Committee)
AB 1409 (Chan-D) Nursing home administrators
Establishes with the State Department of Health Services authority to regulate and license nursing home administrators, makes additional changes to the Nursing Home Administrator's Act regarding the examination and licensing of nursing home administrators, and makes other various technical and conforming changes to the act.
Chapter 687, Statutes of 2001
AB 1464 (Thomson-D) Health data
Eliminates a provision of law that permits Kaiser hospitals to submit a consolidated income and expense statement and other specified data to Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development as a group, thereby making them report the data by individual hospitals.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
AB 1557 (Briggs-R) Health facility data
Increases the number of technical advisory committee members under the California Health Policy and Data Advisory Commission from 12 to 14, and requires that the additional two members be registered nurses appointed from a list of at least six persons nominated by the American Nurses Association of California.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1643 (Negrete McLeod-D) Long-term care facilities: temporary staff
Requires employment agencies to screen temporary employees before referring them to long-term health care facilities.
Chapter 326, Statutes of 2001
ACR 30 (Runner-R) Public Utilities Commission: essential services: hospitals
Memorializes the Governor to request the Public Utilities Commission to identify hospitals with a bed capacity of less than 100 as "essential service customers" and thus exempt them from rotating power outages.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 69XX* (Bogh-R) Public health emergency conditions
Permits the Governor, by executive order, or the Director of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) to suspend enforcement of laws and regulations related to construction, or renovation of existing long-term health care facilities in specified situations. Prohibits this bill from permitting the suspension of the life safety requirements of OSHPD and the Office of the State Fire Marshal, where the suspension poses a greater danger than the situation caused by the extraordinary condition and the proposed action the licensee seeks to use to mitigate the potential harm or danger.
Chapter 13, Statutes of 2001, Second Extraordinary Session
Health Professionals
SB 15 (Figueroa-D) Healing arts peer review: continuances
Changes the provisions in current relating to a hearing afforded to a licentiate who is the subject of a final disciplinary action of a peer review body to allow a continuance of the hearing to be granted only by the arbitrator or presiding officer upon a showing of good cause. Limits the length of a continuance to 10 working days, unless the arbitrator or presiding officer finds good cause to grant a longer continuance.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 16 (Figueroa-D) Peer review
Increases the fine for a peer review body's failure to report to the appropriate licensing board when adverse actions are taken against health care professionals.
Chapter 614, Statutes of 2001
SB 26* (Figueroa-D) Professions and vocations
Requires the Institute of Medical Quality to study peer review, requires an enforcement monitor to be appointed to monitor the Dental Board of California, requires an independent review of the scope of practice of dental auxiliaries, places the Osteopathic Medical Board of California under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) and makes additional technical and clarifying changes to various regulatory boards under DCA.
Chapter 615, Statutes of 2001
SB 50* (Machado-D) Speech-language pathology assistants
Provides that prior to June 1, 2003, a person who has performed the functions of a speech-language pathology aide on a full-time or part-time basis, as specified, may apply for approval as a speech-language pathology assistant without having to complete an associate of arts degree program.
Chapter 173, Statutes of 2001
SB 111 (Alpert-D) Medical assistants
Permits a medical assistant, in addition to being able to perform specified tasks under the supervision of a physician or podiatrist, to also perform these specified tasks under the supervision of a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or nurse-midwife in a licensed primary care clinic.
Chapter 358, Statutes of 2001
SB 119 (Haynes-R) Healing arts: prescribing psychiatric medications for minors
Requires a physician and surgeon, dentist, optometrist, or podiatrist to obtain informed consent before prescribing a psychiatric medication for a minor and confirm that the minor has been examined by a pediatrician to eliminate the possibility that the minor's condition is the result of a physical condition.
(In Senate Business and Professions Committee)
SB 129 (Burton-D) Death penalty executions: physicians
Deletes the requirement that two physicians be invited to an execution. Provides that a physician or any other invited person may not be disciplined for refusing to attend an execution.
Chapter 71, Statutes of 2001
SB 134 (Figueroa-D) Dentistry
Sunsets and reconstitutes the Dental Board of California and makes other changes related to the practice of dentistry.
Chapter 532, Statutes of 2001
SB 149 (Figueroa-D) Healing arts: liability
Provides that, following the failure by a peer review body that is instituted by a health care facility or health care service plan to file a required report that involved an incident in which a patient was injured, the facility or plan would be strictly liable for the injuries and damages as specified.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 293 (Torlakson-D) Pharmacies: injectable sterile drug products
Requires pharmacies, in order to compound sterile drug products, to obtain a license to compound injectable sterile drug products. Appropriates $580,000 from the Pharmacy Board Contingent Fund to the Board of Pharmacy for the costs associated with the implementation of this bill.
Chapter 827, Statutes of 2001
SB 298 (Figueroa-D) Certified nurse-midwives: drugs and devices
Permits certified nurse-midwives to furnish or order controlled substances under specified conditions, and makes legislative findings and declarations that this is intended to codify existing practice and is not intended to increase their scope of practice.
Chapter 289, Statutes of 2001
SB 317 (Ortiz-D) Nursing education
Seeks to address the current shortage of nurses by increasing the number and capacity of nurse training institutions and by offering forgivable loans to nursing students.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 340 (Speier-D) Pharmacies
Extends the authority pharmacists currently possess to substitute generic drugs to also substitute a different form of the prescribed medication when it will improve the patient's ability to comply with the drug therapy. Also allows specified health care clinics to participate in a federally subsidized discounted drug program and contract with pharmacies without having to obtain a wholesaler's license from the State Board of Pharmacy.
Chapter 631, Statutes of 2001
SB 341 (Perata-D) Acupuncture
Expands the modalities available for use by a licensed acupuncturist to include the use of heat, cold, diet, magnets, plant, animal, and mineral products, and dietary supplements to promote, maintain, and restore health. Defines "magnet," "plant, animal, and mineral products," and "dietary supplement."
Chapter 361, Statutes of 2001
SB 349 (Senate Business And Professions Committee) Healing arts
Makes various changes to the laws governing licensed health care professionals, including permitting various boards to collect all accrued and unpaid renewal fees before a license may be renewed.
Chapter 435, Statutes of 2001
SB 391 (McPherson-R) Education: health delivery services: consulting nurse
Requires every county office of education to employ a credentialed school nurse as its consultant to provide leadership and coordination of mandated and appropriate health services to pupils, as specified. Also establishes the Tobacco Settlement Fund in the State Treasury, requiring that beginning July 1, 2002, the state share of all funds received from the tobacco litigation Master Settlement Agreement of 1998 be deposited there.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 448 (Perata-D) Liability: injuries to emergency medical personnel
Allows an emergency worker to sue if he/she were injured in the course of performing his/her job, if the conduct causing the injury violated a statute, ordinance or regulation and the conduct was not the event that precipitated the emergency response or the presence of the emergency worker.
Chapter 140, Statutes of 2001
SB 457 (Scott-D) Public postsecondary education: nursing programs
Requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Chancellor of the California State University to standardize all nursing program prerequisites on a statewide basis between two systems, enter into transfer agreements between all of the universities of the California State University and all community colleges statewide, and create and implement a statewide nursing program vacancy information system
(In Senate Education Committee)
SB 492 (Polanco-D) Foreign medical school graduates
Requires the State Department of Health Services to implement a program whereby the department would act as an interested government agency to recommend, in each year and for up to 20 graduates of medical schools who are working in the state pursuant to a J-1 visa, waivers of the two-year residence requirement.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 537 (Vasconcellos-D) Alcohol and drug abuse counselors
Requires the State Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) to conduct an occupational analysis of persons providing substance abuse counseling, to be completed by July 1, 2002, and requires the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (DADP) to review its quality assurance mechanisms and licensing responsibilities regarding statewide professional standards and to survey programs to identify the type and number of counselors who currently work in each program licensed by DADP. Requires both DCA and DADP to report to the Legislature by July 1, 2002, on specified topics concerning standards for licensure of alcohol and drug abuse counselors.
Vetoed by the Governor
SB 577 (Burton-D) Health: complementary and alternative health care
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, provides that a person who discloses to a client that he or she is not a licensed physician shall not be in violation of certain provisions of the Medical Practice Act unless that person engages in specified diagnosis, treatment, and other activities with respect to another person.
(In Senate Business and Professions Committee)
SB 616 (Chesbro-D) Laboratories: public health laboratory scientists
Seeks to increase the number and quality of microbiologists serving in public laboratories. Establishes a specified council to oversee laboratory-training programs and authorizes funding for training microbiologists.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 664 (Poochigian-R) Nursing education
Requires the California Postsecondary Education Commission to conduct a review of the California Community Colleges' admission procedures and attrition rates for nursing programs.
Chapter 443, Statutes of 2001
SB 687 (Battin-R) Radiation: licensure to operate a bone densitometer
Provides for certification, by the State Department of Health Services, to any licentiate of the healing arts to supervise the operation of an X-ray bone densitometer, or to operate a bone densitometer, if the licentiate provides a certificate that training has been obtained.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 696 (Speier-D) Pharmacies: prescription benefits: Medicare beneficiaries
Enacts a voluntary Medicare drug rate program providing reduced prescription drug prices to Medicare beneficiaries.
Chapter 693, Statutes of 2001
SB 724 (Senate Business And Professions Committee) Businesses
Makes various changes in the laws and licensing boards regulating health care professionals, including making technical and clarifying changes, extending sunsets, and/or clarifying the enforcement authority of the Medical Board of California, Dental Board of California, Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Board, Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians, Board of Pharmacy, and Board of Behavioral Sciences.
Chapter 728, Statutes of 2001
SB 760 (Murray-D) Medical education
Expands state financial support for medical graduates who agree to practice in medically underserved areas.
Vetoed by the Governor
SB 770 (Figueroa-D) Pupil health
Requires the State Department of Education to conduct a study regarding the use of designated school personnel to provide assistance in the administration of pupil medication, and to report to the Legislature by May 1, 2002.
(In Senate Education Committee)
SB 826 (Margett-R) Peace officers: Dental Board of California
Extends the authorization for seven additional peace officer positions assigned to the Dental Board of California (DBC) until January 1, 2004, requires DBC to contract for a study to refine the findings of an earlier study, and appropriates $75,000 from the State Dentistry Fund for the purposes of this study.
Chapter 859, Statutes of 2001
SB 846* (Ackerman-R) Income and bank and corporation tax credits
Allows a credit under the personal income tax and bank and corporation tax equal to the fair market value of services rendered without charge by an attorney, physician and surgeon, dentist, or optometrist directly to or on behalf of a non-profit.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 851* (Oller-R) Emergency medical services: EMT-I's: scope of practice
Requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to develop and implement procedures and protocols to permit EMT-I's in Sierra County to obtain training and certification to safely administer specified emergency medical procedures that are currently outside of their scope of practice.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
SB 979 (Machado-D) Confidentiality of medical information
Exempts specified persons and entities from a provision of law that prohibits providers of health care from releasing medical information to persons or entities otherwise authorized to receive this information if the requested information specifically relates to the patient's participation in outpatient treatment with a psychotherapist.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 1027 (Romero-D) Employment: overtime requirements
Prohibits compulsory overtime for public and private industry registered nurses or health care industry employees after the conclusion of an employee's applicable daily work schedule and after 40 hours in a workweek, except during a declared state of emergency.
(On Senate Inactive File)
SB 1131 (Machado-D) Clinical laboratory technology
Deletes the authorization for the State Department of Health Services (DHS) to add tests to the list of four clinical laboratory (lab) tests that may be provided directly to a consumer without a prescription by a DHS-licensed clinical lab or public health lab and, instead, authorizes those labs to perform any other "over-the-counter" test approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration for sale to the public without a prescription.
Chapter 80, Statutes of 2001
SB 1169 (Alpert-D) Pharmacy
Permits a pharmacist to initiate emergency contraception drug therapy in accordance with standardized procedures or protocols developed by the pharmacist and an authorized prescriber.
Chapter 900, Statutes of 2001
SB 1174 (Polanco-D) Clinical laboratory technology
Exempts certified emergency medical technicians and licensed paramedics from California clinical laboratory regulation for performing blood glucose tests while providing basic or advanced life support services.
Chapter 640, Statutes of 2001
AB 68 (Migden-D) Health care providers: private duty nursing agencies
Establishes licensing requirements for private duty nursing agencies, similar to existing requirements for home health agencies, for the provision of skilled nursing services at a patient's place of residence.
Chapter 242, Statutes of 2001
AB 101 (Alquist-D) Geriatric specialist training
Requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) to administer a program to award scholarships to students enrolled in programs leading to a degree in gerontology, or advanced practice nursing degree or social work degree specializing in gerontology. Also requires OSHPD to administer grants to medical residents who complete a fellowship in geriatrics, pursuant to established criteria.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 108 (Strom-Martin-D) Pharmacy: licensure
Changes the requirements for issuance of a pharmacy license by the State Pharmacy Board, including that an applicant pass the board's written examination before May 31, 2002, or pass the North American Pharmacist Licensing Examination and the Multi-State Pharmacist Jurisprudence Examination for California on or after June 1, 2002. Also requires the board to license a pharmacist who is licensed in another state if the pharmacist meets specified qualifications.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 156 (Matthews-D) Dentistry: licensing exemptions
Expands the list of exemptions allowing persons to practice dentistry without a valid license or permit to allow the dentist appointed by the state Director of Health Services to practice dentistry without having a license or permit from the Dental Board of California if that individual is engaged in the discharge of their official duties.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 163 (Florez-D) School nurses: tobacco settlement funds
Establishes the Tobacco Settlement Fund (TSF) and requires that, beginning July 1, 2002, 10 percent of the state share of all funds received from the Master Settlement Agreement be deposited in the TSF and appropriated as specified.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 269 (Correa-D) Professional and vocational licensing boards
Creates the Division of Enforcement Oversight within the State Department of Consumer Affairs and requires it to monitor and evaluate the consumer complaint and discipline system of each board. Provides that the executive officer of each board within the department would be appointed by a three-member panel comprised of a representative of the board, the director, and the Governor's appointments secretary.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 289 (Oropeza-D) Healing arts
Permits licensed narcotic treatment programs to employ physicians and charge for professional services rendered by those physicians, notwithstanding the general prohibition against the practice of medicine by corporations or other artificial legal entities that are not professional medical corporations controlled by licensed physicians.
Chapter 321, Statutes of 2001
AB 338 (Correa-D) Postsecondary education: nursing shortage: Orange County
Creates a public/private demonstration project to address the nursing shortage in Orange County, as specified. Appropriates $1.7 million from the General Fund to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges ($1,035,000) and the California State University ($665,000) for the demonstration project established by this bill.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 373* (Leach-R) Income tax deduction: veterinary expenses
Provides a tax deduction for the amount paid or incurred for veterinary revenues for an animal adopted from an animal shelter or nonprofit animal welfare organization.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 447 (Firebaugh-D) Dental Board of California
Requires the Dental Board of California membership to include a faculty member of a California dental college and a dentist who practices in a nonprofit community clinic.
Chapter 625, Statutes of 2001
AB 487 (Aroner-D) Medical professionals: conduct
Requires physicians to complete mandatory continuing education on pain management and the treatment of terminally ill and dying patient and requires the Medical Board of California to develop standards to assure the competent review in cases of undertreatment, undermedication and overmedication of a patient's pain, and to include the number and types of disciplinary actions it has taken related to the undertreatment or undermedication of pain in its annual report to the Legislature.
Chapter 518, Statutes of 2001
AB 536 (Bates-R) Pharmacy technicians
Increases the current one-to-one ratio of pharmacy technicians (PTs) to pharmacists, to two-to-one PTs for each additional pharmacist in pharmacies with more than one pharmacist; and allows a pharmacist to refuse to supervise a second PT if that pharmacist determines that supervising a second PT would interfere with the effective performance of the pharmacist's responsibilities.
Chapter 352, Statutes of 2001
AB 559 (Wiggins-D) Emergency medical services
Permits school districts or county offices of education to provide emergency epinephrine auto-injectors to trained personnel, and permits trained personnel to utilize these auto-injectors to provide emergency medical aid to persons suffering from an anaphylactic reaction. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish minimum training standards for the administration of epinephrine auto-injectors.
Chapter 458, Statutes of 2001
AB 564 (Lowenthal-D) Dentistry: oral conscious sedation
Requires dentists to report to the Dental Board of California when patients are hospitalized as a result of dental treatment, and requires the board to report to the Legislature by January 1, 2003, regarding all reports the board has received on the subject of deaths or hospitalizations as a result of dental treatment.
Chapter 308, Statutes of 2001
AB 586 (Nation-D) Pharmacists
Permits pharmacists to perform skin puncture and simple "waived" clinical lab tests without having to operate under a protocol when performing routine patient assessment procedures, as specified, and conforms conflicting provisions of law to clarify that when pharmacists perform skin puncture together with simple "waived" clinical lab tests for glucose, cholesterol, etc. that they must do so under the overall operation and administration of a clinical lab director.
Chapter 501, Statutes of 2001
AB 644 (Cox-R) Home health agencies
Prohibits the State Department of Health Services from enforcing specified regulations which require registered nurses or licensed vocational nurses providing services in a patient's temporary or permanent place of residence through a home health agency to have one year of prior professional nursing experience. Sunsets the provisions of this bill on January 1, 2006.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 652 (Horton-D) Health professions education and outreach
Requests the Regents of the University of California (UC) to report to the Legislature concerning UC's efforts to recruit students to its medical, dental and optometric schools from underserved areas, and UC to use existing resources to establish outreach and exposure programs.
Chapter 459, Statutes of 2001
AB 668 (Chan-D) California Dentist Loan Forgiveness Program
Requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to report to the Legislature on the feasibility of establishing a California Dentist Loan Forgiveness Program.
Chapter 249, Statutes of 2001
AB 826 (Cohn-D) Pharmaceutical practice: prescriptions
Eliminates restrictions on locations where a pharmacist may provide clinical advice or information and, pursuant to a protocol with a patient's prescriber, permits a pharmacist in an outpatient care setting to initiate drug regimens for patients and permits a pharmacist in any setting to adjust a patient's drug regimen.
Chapter 262, Statutes of 2001
AB 900 (Papan-D) Local emergency medical services funds
Streamlines the county Maddy emergency medical services fund's administrative process and requires counties to inform physicians of the availability of the fund.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 1026 (Oropeza-D) Healing arts: dentists
Authorizes a dentist to advertise that his or her practice is limited to a specific field if the dentist is certified or meets certification requirements or the advertisement discloses that he or she is a general dentist. Authorizes a dentist who has credentials from a dental specialty board recognized by the American Dental Association to advertise as a specialist. Pursuant to the bill, a dentist would be permitted to advertise credentials granted by a private or public board or parent association not recognized by the American Dental Association only under specified circumstances.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1045 (Firebaugh-D) Healing arts: practice
Requires the recommendations of a subcommittee of the Task Force on Culturally and Linguistically Competent Physicians and Dentists that is examining the feasibility of establishing a pilot program allowing Mexican and Caribbean licensed physicians and dentists to practice in nonprofit community health centers to be incorporated into law by enactment of a statute. Revises the reporting dates of this subcommittee by requiring the subcommittee to report to the task force on June 15, 2001, and requiring the task force to forward the report, with any additional comments, to the Legislature by August 15, 2001.
(In Senate Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1194 (Correa-D) Workers' compensation
Permits physician assistants and nurse practitioners to provide medical treatment of a work-related injury and to cosign a doctor's first report of injury, as specified.
Chapter 229, Statutes of 2001
AB 1253* (Matthews-D) Nursing
Adds to the list of providers who may be reimbursed under the Victims of Crime Program, psychiatric-mental health nurses, as defined, and revises the description of psychiatric-mental health nurses in various codes to add certified clinical nurse specialists who participate in expert clinical practice in the specialty of psychiatric mental health nursing.
Chapter 420, Statutes of 2001
AB 1292 (Aroner-D) Hypodermic needles
Authorizes pharmacists in a licensed pharmacy to furnish or sell at retail hypodermic needles or syringes for human use without a prescription or permit, and permits individuals to purchase and possess syringes and needles without a prescription or permit.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1311 (Goldberg-D) Medical records: access
Entitles any patient to a copy, at no charge, of the relevant portion of the patient's medical records, upon presenting to the provider a written request and proof that the records are needed to support an appeal regarding eligibility for public benefit programs. Requires health care providers to ensure that the copies are transmitted within 30 days of receiving the request. Permits hospitals or health care providers, if the patient's appeal is successful, to bill the patient for the copies of the medical records previously provided free of charge.
Chapter 325, Statutes of 2001
AB 1360 (Pescetti-R) Dentists: physicians: professional liability insurance
Requires physicians and dentists to inform their patients if they do not carry professional liability coverage.
(In Senate Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1428 (Aanestad-R) Dentistry: licensure
Authorizes the Dental Board of California to issue a license to practice dentistry, without requiring the taking of California's license exam, to applicants who are currently licensed to practice dentistry in another state, and who meet specified clinical practice and other requirements. Also requires the board to report to the Legislature on the results of this program.
Chapter 507, Statutes of 2001
AB 1444 (Maddox-R) Nutritional advice
Establishes the title dietetic technician, registered; expands the scope of practice for registered dieticians; and, deletes an obsolete reference to dieticians.
Chapter 628, Statutes of 2001
AB 1490 (Thomson-D) Health records: laboratory test results by Internet posting
Permits the results of laboratory tests to be provided to the patient by Internet posting, if requested by the patient and if deemed most appropriate by the health care professional who requested the test.
Chapter 529, Statutes of 2001
AB 1583 (Negrete McLeod-D) Veterinary medicine
Deletes the sunset date for the waiver of examination requirements and issuance of temporary licenses for out-of-state veterinarian applicants, extending those provisions indefinitely.
Chapter 167, Statutes of 2001
AB 1586 (Negrete McLeod-D) Healing arts: physicians and surgeons
Requires physicians to report to the Medical Board of California at the time of license renewal any specialty board certification and their practice status as defined. The bill also allows a physician to report, and the board to collect, information regarding his or her cultural background or foreign language proficiency. Information collected may be placed on the board's Internet web site.
Chapter 509, Statutes of 2001
AB 1589 (Simitian-D) Healing arts: electronic transmission of prescriptions
Requires the State Medical Board of California, in consultation with the State Board of Pharmacy, to conduct a study on the electronic transmission of prescriptions by physicians and other health care providers.
Chapter 464, Statutes of 2001
AB 1616 (Wright-D) Healing arts: disciplinary actions
Extends the statutes of limitations for accusations against specified licensed health care professionals to ten years after the alleged act or omission occurs, when the accusation involves allegations of sexual misconduct.
Chapter 617, Statutes of 2001
AB 1622 (Cardenas-D) Pharmacists
Provides that the State Board of Pharmacy may not adopt any rule or regulation that would allow a pharmacist to dispense any drug unless the pharmacist has reviewed the drug and checked the prescription for accuracy.
(In Senate Business and Professions Committee)
Foster Care
SB 120 (Murray-D) Undersecretary of foster care
Creates an Undersecretary of Foster Care Coordination in the State Health and Human Services Agency.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 841 (Alpert-D) Foster care: Early Start to Emancipation programs
Requires the State Department of Social Services to provide technical assistance and training to counties that elect to establish an Early Start to Emancipation Program for foster youth 14 and 15 years of age.
Chapter 694, Statutes of 2001
AB 333 (Wright-D) Foster care
Requires each visit by a social worker or probation officer to a foster youth to include a private discussion between the youth and the worker, held out of the immediate vicinity of foster care providers. Prohibits the contents of the discussion from being disclosed to the foster parent or group home staff, except under specified circumstances.
Chapter 675, Statutes of 2001
AB 427* (Hertzberg-D) Public social services
A budget trailer bill which makes changes to the Foster Care Program administered by the State Department of Social Services.
Chapter 125, Statutes of 2001
AB 429* (Aroner-D) Health and welfare programs
The omnibus social services budget trailer bill, which makes changes to programs administered by the State Department of Aging, the State Department of Health and Human Services Agency Data Center, the State Department of Rehabilitation, the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, the State Employment Development Department, the State Department of Social Services, the State Department of Child Support Services, the State Department of Community Services and Development, the State Franchise Tax Board, and the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
Chapter 111, Statutes of 2001
AB 691 (Steinberg-D) Children: education
Requires school districts, in collaboration with county child protective services, to develop a plan to better address the educational needs of foster children, as specified.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 797 (Shelley-D) Foster care providers: educational support requirements
Authorizes the expansion of the Foster Youth Services program.
(In Senate Education Committee)
AB 899 (Liu-D) Rights of foster children
Specifies the rights of children in foster care, and requires social workers and foster care facilities to provide information regarding those rights.
Chapter 683, Statutes of 2001
AB 1105 (Simitian-D) Child care: foster family homes: child care reimbursement
Requires the State Department of Social Services to establish a statewide child care assistance program for licensed foster parents and relative caregivers.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1119 (Hertzberg-D) Foster care
Provides financial assistance to emancipated foster youth and establishes an Internet-based health and education passport system for foster youth.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
AB 1330 (Steinberg-D) Foster youth
Increases foster family home provider reimbursement rates.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1582 (Ashburn-R) Foster care: group home rates
Requires the State Department of Social Services to revise the method of assigning points for the level of care and services to group homes for the provision of foster care to include the level of education and training of the employees of the group home.
(In Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 1666* (Keeley-D) Conservators and guardians: foster homes
Exempts from the registration and filing requirements of the Statewide Registry non-related guardians of the person appointed by the court for foster children.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 1694 (Assembly Human Services Committee) Foster care
States the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to make technical changes to the foster care licensing and operations statutes.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
AB 1695* (Assembly Human Services Committee) Foster care
Seeks to conform state law with recent amendments to federal statutes and regulations relating to the placement of foster children in licensed or approved homes of non-relatives and relatives.
Chapter 653, Statutes of 2001
AB 1739* (Reyes-D) Foster care and emergency housing: age restrictions
Requires the State Department of Social Services to issue guidelines, by November 1, 2002, to help counties make placements that are in the best interest of the child, particularly related to the ages of both the child and the potential provider. Provides findings and declarations conveying the Legislature's interest in seeing children in foster care placed with individuals who are most appropriate to care for them, in terms of all relevant characteristics, including but not limited to age.
Vetoed by the Governor
ACR 56 (Steinberg-D) Foster care
Acknowledges the month of May 2001, as Foster Care Awareness Month and urges all citizens to give recognition and appreciation to foster parents.
Resolution Chapter 46, Statutes of 2001
Public Social Services
SB 64 (Chesbro-D) Homeless youth emergency services projects
Requires the Office of Criminal Justice Planning to conduct a coordinated evaluation of programs serving runaway and homeless youth.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 70 (Escutia-D) In-home care workers for the elderly
Prohibits any person from providing services under the In-Home Supportive Services Program or personal care services under the Medi-Cal program unless he/she has submitted a request for a criminal history clearance and has had his/her fingerprints taken.
(In Senate Public Safety Committee)
SB 101* (Brulte-R) Abandonment of newborns
Requires the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with specified state agencies, to develop and implement a social marketing campaign to inform pregnant women of their options upon delivery of newborns, including surrendering them to hospital emergency rooms, or other designated locations, within 72 hours of their birth. Appropriates $1 million from the General Fund to the department for purposes of the bill.
Vetoed by the Governor
SB 217 (Kuehl-D) CalWORKs: domestic violence
Requires counties to add to their CalWORKs plan specified domestic violence treatment services to be provided through the CalWORKs program.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 249 (Chesbro-D) CalWORKs: eligibility
Allows for counties to continue Temporary Assistance for Needy Families CalWORKs services to the family of a child who is receiving child protective services, for up to 180 days during which the child is not residing at home. Only authorizes this extension when the county determines such eligibility is necessary for family reunification.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 380 (Murray-D) CalWORKs: community college students: study time
Allows certain CalWORKs program recipients, who participate in welfare-to-work activities, to have an hour of study each hour in the classroom, up to a maximum of six hours per week, to apply toward their weekly hourly work requirement. Applies to students who would otherwise qualify for the welfare-to-work program.
Vetoed by the Governor
SB 493 (Sher-D) Health programs
Implements a simplified eligibility process as part of the Food Stamp Program to expedite the enrollment of individuals and families in the Medi-Cal and Healthy Families Program.
Chapter 897, Statutes of 2001
SB 515 (Alpert-D) Youth Development Act
Establishes the Youth Development Act to create the California Council on Youth Development.
Vetoed by the Governor
SB 615 (Ortiz-D) Medi-Cal: Healthy Families Program: temporary eligibility
Creates an expedited process for granting temporary eligibility for public health insurance programs to uninsured patients seeking care from hospitals which operate an emergency services department or community health clinics.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 622 (Ortiz-D) Dental services
Requires the State Department of Health Services to develop an outreach program for dental services to be administered through the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children.
(In Assembly Human Services Committee)
SB 827 (Perata-D) Adult day services
Expresses the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would design an integrated model for adult day health care and adult day care services.
(At Assembly Desk)
SB 833 (Ortiz-D) Medi-Cal program: eligibility
Requires the State Department of Health Services, by March 1, 2002 to submit a state plan amendment basing the definition of unemployment for purposes of Medi-Cal eligibility on the net nonexempt earned income of the principal wage earner only, and increasing the income level to 200 percent of the federal poverty level.
Vetoed by the Governor
SB 884* (Escutia-D) Dependent children
Permits the State Department of Social Services to delegate to a county the authority to grant a criminal records exemption to relatives.
Chapter 445, Statutes of 2001
SB 1005 (Johannessen-R) In-home supportive services: care providers
Prohibits a person from providing in-home supportive services for any employer without first obtaining a criminal record clearance.
(Failed passage in Senate Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)
SB 1095 (Escutia-D) Care facilities: licensing investigations
Adds approximately 50 crimes to those that make an individual ineligible to work in facilities licensed by the State Department of Social Services. Increases the period of time a person must wait before reapplying for a license and adds failure to cooperate with the licensing agency to the list of grounds for which the department may revoke a license. Consolidates in statute the fingerprint requirements for all persons required to have a criminal background check prior to licensure.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
SB 1190 (Senate Health And Human Services Committee) Assistive dog allowance
Provides recipients of Social Security Disability Insurance an additional $15 per month food allowance for guide, signal or service dogs.
Chapter 452, Statutes of 2001
SJR 8 (Speier-D) Social security
Requests the federal government to implement the principles regarding the social security system espoused by the Older Women's League of California and states that the California Legislature opposes privatizing the social security system.
Resolution Chapter 113, Statutes of 2001
AB 18 (Horton-D) Nonmedical out-of-home care facilities
Increases the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Program (SSI/SSP) rate for recipients living in nonmedical out-of-home facilities to $1,448 a month.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 89 (Bates-R) IHSS: Medi-Cal: criminal record checks
Requires a criminal background clearance for individuals who provide IHSS and Medi-Cal personal care services.
(In Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 130 (Cardenas-D) Public social services
Renames the State Only Family Planning Program, includes additional services and beneficiaries in the program, and requires review of grievances and complaints in a specified manner.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
AB 144 (Cedillo-D) Public social services: eligibility: vehicles
Modifies the treatment of vehicles for purposes of eligibility for CalWORKs and Food Stamp programs.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 308* (Leslie-R) Health and human services pilot program: Placer County
Extends the sunset on a Placer County integrated health and human services pilot program by five years to July 1, 2006.
Chapter 17, Statutes of 2001
AB 313 (Goldberg-D) Women, infants, and children's nutrition
Permits, beginning July 1, 2002, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) coupons to be redeemed at any authorized vendor. Requires the State Department of Health Services, to the extent feasible, to print specified information on WIC coupons in a form readable by optical scanning technology.
Chapter 842, Statutes of 2001
AB 364 (Aroner-D) Child welfare services
Requires that county child welfare worker caseloads be reduced over a five-year period.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
AB 429* (Aroner-D) Health and welfare programs
The omnibus social services budget trailer bill, which makes changes to programs administered by the State Department of Aging, the State Department of Health and Human Services Agency Data Center, the State Department of Rehabilitation, the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, the State Employment Development Department, the State Department of Social Services, the State Department of Child Support Services, the State Department of Community Services and Development, the State Franchise Tax Board, and the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
Chapter 111, Statutes of 2001
AB 636 (Steinberg-D) Child welfare services
Enacts the Child Welfare System Improvement and Accountability Act of 2001 to improve outcomes for children in California's child welfare system.
Chapter 678, Statutes of 2001
AB 685 (Wayne-D) Family day care homes: reporting requirements
Permits the State Department of Social Services, to the extent funds are available, to conduct an evaluation to determine the effectiveness of unannounced state visits, and imposes new injury reporting requirements.
Chapter 679, Statutes of 2001
AB 705 (Steinberg-D) Dependent children: siblings
Makes various changes to dependency court proceedings in order to maintain relationships between dependent children and their siblings.
Chapter 747, Statutes of 2001
AB 734* (Chan-D) California Children and Families Program: trust fund
Adds to the permitted uses of funds from the Mass Media Communications Account of the California Children and Families Trust Fund, to be used for the cessation of tobacco, alcohol and drug use by pregnant women.
Chapter 322, Statutes of 2001
AB 735 (Chan-D) Conflicts of interest
Clarifies a conflict of interest provision relating to county children and families commissions.
Chapter 101, Statutes of 2001
AB 767 (Goldberg-D) CalWORKs: food stamps: general assistance
Exempts individuals convicted of felonies related to controlled substances from the permanent denial of CalWORKs and Food Stamp eligibility if they meet specified criteria.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 829 (Cohn-D) Health care
Revises the standards for Adult Day Health Care centers providers and transfers certain responsibilities from the State Department of Aging to the State Department of Health Services.
Chapter 681, Statutes of 2001
AB 973 (Chan-D) Children and Families Commission
Prohibits individually identifiable confidential information regarding a child or a child's parent, guardian, or other family members, that is provided to a county Children and Families Commission, from being disclosed, except to specified parties.
Chapter 214, Statutes of 2001
AB 989 (Chan-D) Assistance programs: aliens
Repeals the September 30, 2001, sunset date on eligibility for the California Food Assistance Program and the Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants for legal immigrants entering the United States on or after August 22, 1996, thereby continuing food stamps and cash assistance for this population indefinitely.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 1101 (Pescetti-R) Community care facilities: children's receiving homes
Requires the State Department of Social Services to adopt regulations expressly permitting a staff-to-child ratio of one staff per eight children, for children three to six years of age, between the hours of 8 p.m. to 7 a.m., inclusive, when those children are residing in a children's receiving home, as defined.
(In Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 1449 (Keeley-D) Child support
Requires the State Department of Child Support Services to promulgate regulations authorizing local child support agencies to "compromise" (reduce or eliminate) child support debt resulting from the temporary placement of an obligor parent's child in foster care or with a guardian, if the child has returned to the obligor parent's home.
Chapter 463, Statutes of 2001
AB 1516 (Negrete McLeod-D) CalWORKs: fraud
In addition to other penalties, provides that a CalWORKs recipient who has intentionally failed to report any earned or unearned income required to be reported shall have his/her monthly benefit amount reduced by an amount not to exceed 25% of the aid grant.
(In Assembly Human Services Committee)
AB 1690 (Assembly Human Services Committee) Elder and dependent abuse reporting: training
Requires residential care facilities for the elderly to provide training in recognizing and reporting elder and dependent adult abuse.
Chapter 196, Statutes of 2001
AB 1692 (Assembly Human Services Committee) Human Services: in-home supportive services
Clarifies certain provisions in current law relating to efforts by a probation officer to prevent or eliminate the need for removal of a minor from his/her home. Also enacts or amends other provisions relating to foster care placement and permanency planning for wards of the court to further make state law compliant with federal law.
Chapter 652, Statutes of 2001
AB 1696 (Assembly Human Services Committee) CalWORKs eligibility: work activities
Clarifies current law to give counties the option of offering the U.S. Department of Labor Welfare-to-Work grant program to recipients in the community service phase of CalWORKs.
Chapter 831, Statutes of 2001
Other Public Health and Safety Legislation
SB 19 (Escutia-D) Pupil health
Requires the reimbursement a school receives for free and reduced-price meals sold or served to pupils in elementary or middle schools to be increased to $0.23. Establishes various limitations and prohibitions on the sale of beverages and foods to pupils in elementary and middle schools. Requires the State Department of Education to establish a pilot program in which not less than 10 high schools, middle schools, or any combination thereof, voluntarily adopt the provisions of this bill. Permits a school district maintaining at least one elementary school or middle school, or high school that is participating in the pilot program established by this bill, to convene a Child Nutrition and Physical Activity Advisory Committee.
Chapter 913, Statutes of 2001
SB 87 (Soto-D) Blind Vendor Revolving Loan Fund
Creates the Blind Vendor Revolving Loan Fund, administered by the State Department of Rehabilitation, to be used to provide loans to existing blind vendors to purchase inventory and equipment.
Chapter 327, Statutes of 2001
SB 105 (Burton-D) Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Creates the Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired and vests the commission with authority over all programs and services currently under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Rehabilitation that are provided to the blind and visually impaired.
(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)
SB 108 (Speier-D) Organ and tissue donor registry
Enacts the Organ and Tissue Donor Registry Act of 2001, which would establish under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, an Organ and Tissue Donor Registry in the Health and Human Services Agency. Requires the State Department of Motor Vehicles to provide information and a standardized form containing specified information, to be completed by driver's license and identification card applicants who desire to be organ donors.
Chapter 740, Statutes of 2001
SB 185 (Bowen-D) Battered women's shelters
Requires the Maternal and Child Health Branch of the State Department of Health Services to conduct a minimum of one site visit per grant term to each agency that receives funding from the grant program to battered women's shelters. Also requires these visits to provide a performance assessment and provides technical assistance to each agency.
Chapter 439, Statutes of 2001
SB 187 (Vasconcellos-D) Medical marijuana
Requires the State Department of Health Services (DHS) to establish a voluntary program for the issuance of identification cards (IC) to qualified patients who may use marijuana for medical purposes, and for primary caregivers. Prohibits a person or designated primary caregiver in possession of a valid IC from being subject to arrest for possession, transportation, delivery, or cultivation of medical marijuana in an amount approved by DHS pursuant to regulations, unless there is reasonable cause to believe that the information contained in the card is false. Imposes various duties upon county health departments or its designees relating to the issuance of ICs.
(On Senate Unfinished Business File)
SB 212* (Oller-R) Meningococcal disease
Requires the State Department of Health Services in consultation with specified entities to develop a Meningococcal Disease Strategic Prevention Plan, including a review of scientific literature, the experiences of other states and local jurisdictions, the possible role and availability of vaccines, and current health care coverage. Appropriates $100,000 from the General Fund to the department for purposes of developing the plan.
Chapter 374, Statutes of 2001
SB 226 (Chesbro-D) County health services
Extends the sunset date for the County Medical Services Program and its governing board from January 2003 to January 2008.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 236 (O'Connell-D) Dogs and cats: microchip: permits
Enacts civil provisions that would require a seller or breeder of a dog or cat that is less than one year old to pay a registration fee for the sale to the agency or entity providing animal control services to the county, city, or city and county. Also requires the seller of any dog or cat to ensure that the dog or cat has been microchipped.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 247 (Speier-D) Birth certificates: certified copies: access
Requires any state or local agency that supplies certified copies of birth certificates to keep a record of the name and address of any applicant for such a copy.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 292 (Ortiz-D) Physical Activity and Health Initiative
Defines, expands and prioritizes the physical activity promotion responsibilities and activities of the Physical Activity and Health Initiative in the State Department of Health Services in order to increase physical activity among Californians, especially children.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 336 (Ortiz-D) Hepatitis C
Requires the State Department of Health Services to develop timelines for implementing the state plan for Hepatitis C, upon completion of the plan.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 338 (Vincent-D) Animals: use for research purposes
Requires animal shelters that give animals to facilities that provide animals or biological materials such as blood to research facilities, educational institutions, or veterinarians, to post a sign including notice of that fact and to include such notice on owner surrender forms.
Chapter 139, Statutes of 2001
SB 344 (Ortiz-D) Health care data reporting
Requires, commencing March 1, 2002, the State Department of Health Services to post specified information (such as Medi-Cal data tables and program applications) on its Internet web site in a manner that does not require downloading, and is likely to be understood by the general public.
Chapter 276, Statutes of 2001
SB 351 (Ortiz-D) Public health: drinking water
Requires the State Department of Health Services to adopt a primary drinking water standard for hexavalent chromium by January 1, 2004. Requires a report on the progress of developing the standard to the Legislature by January 1, 2003.
Chapter 602, Statutes of 2001
SB 396 (Kuehl-D) Corrections: medical services
Prohibits medical technical assistants who are licensed vocational nurses from making any decision concerning access to care for inmates, and requires the State Department of Corrections to report to the Legislature on the cost and benefits of charging a $5 co-payment for each inmate-initiated medical visit.
Vetoed by the Governor
SB 397 (Speier-D) Ephedrine group alkaloids: dietary supplements
Requires a warning label on dietary supplement products containing natural or herbal ephedrine group alkaloids and prohibits their sale to minors.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 406 (Ortiz-D) Disease control
Requires the State Department of Health Services to establish reasonable capacities (i.e., standards) for disease control and surveillance.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 418 (Vasconcellos-D) Drug abuse treatment programs
Requires the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (DADP) to design and promulgate a data collection methodology to compare the referrals and services provided to clients of DADP programs and to those provided to individuals served through Proposition 36, the Substance Abuse Treatment Act.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 426 (Ortiz-D) Substance abuse treatment: child abuse prevention
Requires the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs to develop strategies to protect children exposed to methamphetamine from injury, abuse, neglect, death or illness.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 430* (Vincent-D) Income taxes: credits: spaying or neutering
Provides a credit for the cost of spaying or neutering a cat or dog that is purchased or adopted by a taxpayer. Costs are limited to the actual costs of the spaying or neutering operation and cannot exceed $100 per dog or cat.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 447 (Vasconcellos-D) Emergency care and trauma care services: evaluation
Directs the Emergency Medical Services Authority to conduct a study of the existing emergency and trauma care system to assess its current state and report to the Legislature by July 1, 2003.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 452 (Oller-R) Property tax revenue allocations: ambulance service
Exempts county service areas that only provide ambulance service from contributing to their respective Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund beginning in the 2003-04 fiscal year.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 460 (Scott-D) Public health: drinking water: chromium VI investigation
Requires the State Department of Health Services to (1) when it adopts a drinking water standard for chromium-6, and subject to appropriation of funds for this purpose, investigate various technologies to remove chromium-6 from drinking water, and (2) maintain reports of detection levels on the Internet, as specified.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 463 (Perata-D) Drinking water standards: arsenic
Requires the development of new standards for arsenic in drinking water.
Chapter 604, Statutes of 2001
SB 471 (Sher-D) Proposition 65: toxic chemicals
Changes the enforcement of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65), including: changing the Proposition 65 warning requirements to include a certificate of merit to demonstrate good cause for public warnings based on consultation with an appropriate expert and establishing criteria to guide a court in assessing any civil penalty awarded as a result of violating Proposition 65, such as the nature and extent of a violation or the willfulness of the violator's misconduct.
Chapter 578, Statutes of 2001
SB 472 (Soto-D) Public health: hexavalent chromium: study
Requires the State Department of Health Services to determine the levels of hexavalent chromium in the drinking water supplied by the public water systems in the Chino Basin aquifer and report its findings to the Governor and the Legislature by January 1, 2003.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 592 (McPherson-R) Vital records
Prohibits the State Registrar and local registrars from sending certified copies of birth certificates to post office boxes. Also requires local registrars to maintain and provide electronically stored information for inclusion in the State Registrar's database by January 1, 2002, relating to individuals who request duplicate birth certificates.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 598 (Chesbro-D) Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act
Authorizes the Public Employee Retirement System to directly contract with medical care providers in areas not served by managed care organizations. Permits public employers to jointly seek alternative sources of medical care and grant flexibility in the design of medical plans in specified areas of the state.
(In Senate Insurance Committee)
SB 606 (Vasconcellos-D) Pupil health
Requires the existing student eye examination, conducted upon enrollment and every third year thereafter through 8th grade, to include screening for binocular function, ocular alignment, ocular motility, and near visual acuity.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 634 (Murray-D) Lead poisoning prevention
Requires the State Department of Health Services (DHS) to develop a community-based lead hazard preliminary assessment training program in coordination with all local health departments. Also requires counties to provide, at least annually, training workshops to train parents and community volunteers to conduct preliminary assessments. Additionally, requires DHS to develop a specified training and certification program for clearance technicians, who would be certified to conduct preliminary assessments and clearance examinations.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 677* (McPherson-R) Income and bank and corporation taxes: credit
Authorizes a credit against taxes imposed by the Personal Income Tax Law and the Bank and Corporation Tax Law in an amount equal to an unspecified percent of the amount paid or incurred during the taxable year for the certified final cost of expenditures necessary to comply with Chapter 740 of the Statutes of 1994, relating to seismic safety requirements.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 683* (Ortiz-D) Public health information: confidentiality
Provides for the confidentiality of information reported to the California Cancer Registry and the Birth Defects Monitoring Program.
Chapter 444, Statutes of 2001
SB 702 (Escutia-D) Chronic disease: environmental determinants
Provides legislative intent to track the relationship between chronic diseases and environmental exposures in accordance with the recommendations of a working group established by the Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control at the State Department of Health Services and in consultation within the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment within the California Environmental Protection Agency and submit their report to the Legislature by July 1, 2002.
Chapter 538, Statutes of 2001
SB 765 (Chesbro-D) Public health
Requires the State Department of Health Services to develop the minimum standards for the Child Health and Disability Prevention Program based on the most current "Recommendations for Preventative Pediatric Health Care" of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 787 (Chesbro-D) Medicare Payment Area Task Force
Until January 1, 2003, establishes the Medicare Payment Area Task Force in the California Health and Human Services Agency, and requires the task force to develop recommendations on Medicare payment areas. Requires the results of the task force to be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature by September 1, 2002.
(In Assembly Transportation Committee)
SB 843 (Perata-D) Omnibus Tuberculosis Control and Prevention Act of 2001
Requires the State Department of Health Services, State Department of Corrections, and the State Board of Corrections to develop plans to control and prevent tuberculosis.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 848 (Ackerman-R) Health services
Exempts from compliance with the provisions of current law relating to the production of human whole blood or any regulations adopted thereunder, persons licensed by the Public Health Service, United States Department of Health and Human Services.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
SB 859 (Ortiz-D) California Disease Management Act of 2001
Establishes a state policy to provide disease management programs and services that improve patient outcomes while decreasing health care costs. Requires the State Department of Health Services to convene a task force charged with developing a strategy and guidelines for providing Medi-Cal participants with disease management programs and services, as well as identifying diseases eligible for disease management programs and services.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 922 (Soto-D) Prescription drugs: manufacturer rebate
Requires the California Health and Human Services Agency to implement a prescription drug program providing specified prescription drug coverage for Medicare-eligible persons with chronic illnesses.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 977 (Battin-R) Condoms: warning label
Requires manufacturers of condoms to place a label within each retail package of one or more condoms offered for sale or distributed in California on or after January 1, 2003 stating that while condoms help decrease the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases, they do not fully guard against the transmission of HPV which creates a risk of having cervical cancer.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
SB 994 (Morrow-R) Liability: public skateboard parks
Extends, with certain exceptions, the operation of current law relating to skateboarding at a public skateboard park making these provisions applicable to any public skateboard park whether supervised or unsupervised. Lowers the age of the person skateboarding from 14 to seven years of age or older.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 1099* (Soto-D) Bank and corporation taxes: disallowance of deductions
Provides that no deduction shall be allowed under the Bank and Corporation Tax Law for specified expenses paid or incurred by prescription drug manufacturers to advertise, as defined, the sale, use, or consumption of prescription drugs.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
SB 1134 (Escutia-D) Drug overdose deaths
Requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to adopt regulations that will allow Emergency Medical Technician-I's to be trained in the administration of naloxone hydrochloride through intramuscular injection or by means other than intravenous administration no later than September 1, 2002. Requires the Health and Human Services Agency to convene a working group to develop guidelines for county medical examiners and coroners for specified purposes including promoting uniform reporting of fatal drug overdose cases. Establishes within the agency the Drug Overdose Prevention, Recognition, and Response Program and requires the program to publish a report on drug overdose trends statewide.
Vetoed by the Governor
SB 1135 (Polanco-D) Tissue banks
Requires the State Department of Health Services to adopt regulations by July 1, 2003, on the licensure and regulation of tissue banks. Requires the regulations to be substantially based on the criteria used by tissue bank trade associations in their accreditation processes, as well as scientific and technical data submitted by individual tissue banks.
(On Assembly Inactive File)
SB 1168 (Alpert-D) Health care program: consumer assistance
Requires the Director of Health Services to establish a process to allocate grant funding for independent health care consumer assistance projects that meet certain criteria, and requires the department to contract with an independent expert entity to evaluate the grant programs and report to relevant committees of the Legislature.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
SB 1188* (Senate Health And Human Services Committee) Exemption from Medical Experimentation Act
Reinstates for another decade the exception from the normal informed consent requirements contained in the Protection of Human Subjects in Medical Experimentation Act.
Chapter 122, Statutes of 2001
SB 1201 (Romero-D) Hexavalent chromium: study: San Gabriel Basin
Requires the State Department of Health Services to complete a study of chromium-6 in the San Gabriel Basin aquifer that is identical to the study now underway for chromium-6 in the San Fernando Basin aquifer.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
SB 1202 (Romero-D) Emergency medical services: statewide trauma system
Appropriates $180 million from the General Fund to the California Trauma Relief Fund, which is created by the bill. Allocates $2 million to the Emergency Medical Services Authority for developing, coordinating, overseeing and evaluating the statewide trauma system. Allocates $9 million to local emergency medical services agencies for local trauma systems. In addition, allocates the remaining $169 million to local emergency medical services agencies for trauma centers and acute care hospitals with emergency departments.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
SB 1210 (Romero-D) Live animals: exhibit
Requires each entity that provides animal control services for any county, city, or city and county be provided with additional information regarding exhibited animals and the qualifications of exhibited animal keepers and handlers.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
SB 1226 (Senate Health And Human Services Committee) Environmental specialists: food safety
Revises the definitions of "infant formula" and "medical food" to require a review by the State Department of Health Services before changes in the federal definitions of these terms are incorporated by reference.
Chapter 641, Statutes of 2001
SCR 5 (Torlakson-D) California Fitness Month
Proclaims the month of April 2001 as California Fitness Month.
Resolution Chapter 15, Statutes of 2001
SCR 6 (Chesbro-D) Physical education
Proclaims the week of May 1 to May 7, 2001, as "Physical Education and Sports Week" and May as "Physical Fitness and Sports Month."
Resolution Chapter 16, Statutes of 2001
SCR 23 (Polanco-D) Year of the Vulnerable Child
Declares the year 2001 as the Year of the Vulnerable Child.
Resolution Chapter 95, Statutes of 2001
SCR 24 (Speier-D) Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week
Proclaims the week of April 15 to 21, 2001 as Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week, and encourages all Californians to learn the facts about organ and tissue donation, make a decision about becoming a donor, and discuss their decision with family members.
Resolution Chapter 40, Statutes of 2001
SCR 30 (Soto-D) Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Awareness Month
Proclaims May 2001 as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Awareness Month.
Resolution Chapter 96, Statutes of 2001
SCR 31 (Burton-D) 9-1-1 for Kids Week
Designates the week of May 14 through May 18, 2001 as "9-1-1 for Kids Week in the State of California.
Resolution Chapter 44, Statutes of 2001
SCR 40 (Torlakson-D) California Task Force on Youth and Workplace Wellness
Establishes the California Task Force on Youth and Workplace Wellness to perform specified duties to promote fitness and health in schools and workplaces.
Resolution Chapter 111, Statutes of 2001
SR 10 (Alpert-D) National Heart Failure Awareness Week
Proclaims the week commencing February 12, 2001 as "National Heart Failure Awareness Week."
(In Senate Rules Committee)
SR 13 (Ortiz-D) Suicide Prevention Week
Proclaims May 6 through May 13, 2001 as "Suicide Prevention Week."
Adopted by the Senate
SR 21 (Sher-D) Food safety
Declares the month of September 2001 as Food Safety Education Month in California, and is dedicated to focusing attention on the importance of safe food preparation and handling now and throughout the year.
Read and adopted
AB 48 (Washington-D) Community alcohol and drug integrated treatment services
Establishes a three-year demonstration project for integrated alcohol and drug community service provider networks.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 61 (Florez-D) Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Authorizes planning and preliminary engineering studies, project design, and construction costs to be funded by grants or a combination of grants and loans in the case of private not-for-profit water companies. Also requires a private not-for-profit water company, upon entering into a contract with the department for a grant under these provisions, to agree to operate and maintain the water system for 20 years.
Chapter 619, Statutes of 2001
AB 70* (Wright-D) Firefighting equipment
Establishes the thermal imaging equipment purchasing program as specified in the Office of Emergency Services and appropriates $50,000 for the purchase of thermal imaging equipment used in firefighting.
Chapter 837, Statutes of 2001
AB 124* (Cedillo-D) Food establishments: public markets
Exempts Mercado La Paloma public market in Los Angeles, which is open only on one side, from a requirement that food establishments be fully enclosed, under specified conditions.
Chapter 12, Statutes of 2001
AB 182 (Vargas-D) Immunizations: hepatitis A: tuberculosis testing
Adds hepatitis A to the list of diseases for which California requires immunization prior to admission to kindergarten, on or after July 1, 2003. Also reinstates an exemption for "drop in" day care centers from immunization and tuberculosis testing verification requirements.
(Failed passage in Senate Health and Human Services Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 187* (Liu-D) Food labeling and safety
Exempts Korean rice cakes from regulations concerning "potentially hazardous food" if they are stored at room temperature for less than 24 hours and labeled as specified.
Chapter 204, Statutes of 2001
AB 194 (Longville-D) Vital records: change of sex
Permits individuals born in California, and who have surgically changed their sex, to obtain a new birth certificate from their county of birth.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 208* (Frommer-D) Sales and use taxes: partial exemptions: acupuncturists
Provides a state and local sales and use tax exemption for substances furnished by licensed acupuncturists in the performance of their professional services.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 249* (Matthews-D) Sales and use taxes: exemptions
Extends the current exemption for insulin and insulin syringes to lancets and blood glucose strips sold for the treatment of diabetes as directed by a physician. Further extends the exemption to the sale of such exempt items related to the treatment of diabetes regardless whether they are furnished by a registered pharmacist or not. Also provides for a partial sales tax exemption with respect to any herb, herbal formula or preparation, vitamins, mineral, dieting supplement, orthotic device, or naturally occurring substance included in the Encyclopedia of Chinese Natural Medicine that is used or furnished by an acupuncturist in the performance of his or her professional services.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 284 (Jackson-D) Public health: fungal contamination in indoor environments
Directs the California Research Bureau to perform a study and publish findings on fungal contamination in indoor environments by January 1, 2003.
Chapter 550, Statutes of 2001
AB 287 (Wesson-D) Child Nutrition Advisory Council
Appropriates $1 million to the State Department of Education for a contract with a recognized testing company to administer physical education testing, as specified. In addition, changes the name of the Child Nutrition Advisory Council to the Child Nutrition and Fitness Advisory Council, and expands its membership from 13 to 16 members, as specified.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 317 (Aroner-D) Substance abuse prevention
Establishes a grant program to help communities develop and implement local substance abuse prevention coalitions.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 322 (Bill Campbell-R) Cemeteries: disposition of family plots
Provides that if the owner of a family plot dies without making disposition of the plot, any unoccupied portions of the plot would pass by the laws of intestate succession upon the owner's death. Also provides that, on and after January 1, 2002, any unoccupied portions of a family plot that previously were inalienable pursuant to the above existing law provision, would pass by the laws of intestate succession and would become alienable. Imposes specific requirements on the seller and the cemetery authority with respect to the sale, transfer, or donation of any unoccupied portions of a family plot.
Chapter 516, Statutes of 2001
AB 326 (Dutra-D) Fire safety: roof covering materials
Provides, as an additional requirement for the sale of wood roof covering materials, that such materials be approved and listed by the State Fire Marshal.
Chapter 244, Statutes of 2001
AB 359* (Cardoza-D) Pool and spa safety
Requires the State Department of Health Services and the California Building Standards to adopt regulations that provide safety standards for swimming pools and spas.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
AB 402 (Papan-D) Taxpayer contributions: Lupus Foundation of America
Authorizes the addition of a new voluntary contribution (check-off) on the personal income tax form to fund the California-based operating chapters of the Lupus Foundation of America.
Chapter 455, Statutes of 2001
AB 422 (Diaz-D) Lead hazards: blood lead tests: abatement
Requires the State Department of Health Services to establish a universal blood lead reporting system that consists of a mandatory format for the electronic submission of all data concerning blood lead test results. Provides that a building or portion thereof in which a lead hazard exists is a substandard building. Enacts the Childhood Lead Poisoning Safety Act of 2001 that authorizes enforcement agencies, as defined, if there is probable cause to believe that a building or premises poses a lead-hazard risk, to enter and inspect public and residential buildings and premises. Appropriates $413,000 from the General Fund to the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund to be expended by the department for purposes of the act.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 429* (Aroner-D) Health and welfare programs
The omnibus social services budget trailer bill, which makes changes to programs administered by the State Department of Aging, the State Department of Health and Human Services Agency Data Center, the State Department of Rehabilitation, the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs, the State Employment Development Department, the State Department of Social Services, the State Department of Child Support Services, the State Department of Community Services and Development, the State Franchise Tax Board, and the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.
Chapter 111, Statutes of 2001
AB 430* (Cardenas-D) Health: budget implementation
The omnibus health trailer bill which includes provisions relating to: trauma care, Emergency Medical Services Children Program, vital records, breast and cervical cancer screening and treatment programs, Tobacco Settlement Fund, safe drinking water, Child Health Disability Prevention Program, rural health clinics, licensed dental and vision plans, Healthy Families program, Traumatic Brain Injury Pilot Project, Federally Qualified Health Centers and Rural Health Clinics, long-term care, County Medical Services Program, trauma care, and cancer treatment for low-income women.
Chapter 171, Statutes of 2001
AB 464 (Frommer-D) State Board of Fire Services
Reduces the membership of the State Board of Fire Services from 18 to 17 members, modifies the composition of the board to include specified state representatives, and revises the selection process for the volunteer firefighter, the fire chiefs, and the fire service labor representatives on the board.
Chapter 779, Statutes of 2001
AB 470 (Wesson-D) Male Involvement Program
Requires the State Department of Health Services to expand the Male Involvement Program with the goal of reducing teenage pregnancy.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
AB 515 (Reyes-D) Child welfare
Requires child welfare agencies in counties with concentrations of methamphetamine production to collaborate with local law enforcement and county health and toxic substances control agencies to develop a protocol for responding to cases where a child at risk of abuse or neglect is in a home where methamphetamine is manufactured.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 523* (Matthews-D) Sales and use taxes: exemptions: bronchodilators
Exempts bronchodilators from the sales and use tax.
(In Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 548 (Runner-R) Specialty care for low-income persons
Requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) to establish a program to reimburse specialty care providers who serve low-income persons in underserved areas for the cost of care not covered by a third party. Requires OSHPD to solicit specialty care providers to participate on a voluntary basis and maintain a registry of specialists willing to participate in the program. Requires OSHPD to contract with a private nonprofit entity to solicit private sources to fund the program.
Chapter 520, Statutes of 2001
AB 596 (Negrete McLeod-D) Public health: hepatitis C
Requires the State Department of Corrections to test all inmates for hepatitis C 60 days prior to being paroled, as specified. Also requires inmates who test positive for the virus to complete a hepatitis C education program administered by the State Department of Corrections.
(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)
AB 599 (Liu-D) Groundwater contamination: quality monitoring program
Specifies a number of duties for the State Water Resources Control Board related to developing and implementing a comprehensive groundwater monitoring program, including the preparation of a report by August 1, 2002.
Chapter 522, Statutes of 2001
AB 646* (Horton-D) Sales tax exemptions: sales of medical supplies
Expands the sales tax exemption for sales of medical supplies to surgical clinics and similar outpatient clinics.
Chapter 706, Statutes of 2001
AB 686 (Hertzberg-D) Emergency medical services: trauma centers: funding
Requires the Emergency Medical Services Authority to ensure that local emergency medical services agencies are provided sufficient time to provide guidance or training to personnel before the effective date of any requirement to implement a trauma plan.
(In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 687 (Thomson-D) Emergency medical services: trauma care systems
Requires every local emergency medical services agency to develop and implement a trauma care system.
In Senate Appropriations Committee)
AB 708 (Bill Campbell-R) Retail food facilities: internal food temperatures
Makes a variety of changes to food safety standards and sanitation standards applicable to retail food facilities. Lowers the minimum internal heating temperature for ready-to-eat pork and changes the temperature for foods including animal tissue prepared in a microwave oven. Makes other changes related to food safety standards.
Chapter 369, Statutes of 2001
AB 778 (Firebaugh-D) Pupils with diabetes
Requires every school to provide a safe place and method for any pupil with diabetes to test his/her blood glucose level and receive insulin injections and to ensure that, in the absence of school nurses, there are staff members competent in testing blood glucose level, recognizing and treating hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia, and administering insulin and glucagon injections. Immunizes school personnel who are not medically trained to administer assistance to a pupil in life threatening circumstances from liability for that administering assistance.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 883 (Florez-D) Migrant and seasonal farmworker health
Establishes the Farmworker Health Trust Fund to provide funding to clinics for health care, mental health care, and dental care to seasonal agricultural and migratory workers and their families.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
AB 945 (Wright-D) Lead inspections: certified industrial hygienists
Requires certified industrial hygienists to be eligible to provide environmental investigative services as a part of the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program.
Chapter 524, Statutes of 2001
AB 1046 (Migden-D) Sharps injury prevention
Extends funding and authority for the State Department of Health Services to maintain a Sharps Injury Control program that helps medical providers avoid needle stick and related infections.
Chapter 370, Statutes of 2001
AB 1049 (Robert Pacheco-R) Los Angeles Care Board: technical advisory committee
Changes the composition of the technical advisory committee for the Los Angeles Care Board and requires the board to create a Children's Health Consultant Advisory Committee.
Chapter 528, Statutes of 2001
AB 1095 (Wright-D) Child health: eye care
Requires every child to undergo a comprehensive eye examination by an optometrist or ophthalmologist within 90 days of entering the first grade.
(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)
AB 1100 (Simitian-D) Retail food facilities: inspection information
Appropriates $500,000 from the General Fund to the State Department of Health Services to award implementation grants to local health agencies that elect to post on the Internet food service facility inspection results using standardized uniform food facility reporting procedures. In addition, limits each grant to no more than $50,000 and requires each county to provide local matching funds.
(On Senate Inactive File)
AB 1104 (Maddox-R) Fire protection: joint powers agency member
Provides that when a county allocates specified tax proceeds to a joint powers agency formed to provide fire protection services, those funds may not be appropriated by the agency in a manner that provides a financial advantage to any city participating in the agency over the other participating cities.
(In Assembly Local Government Committee)
AB 1205 (Ashburn-R) Valley fever
Appropriates $500,000 to the State Department of Health Services for continuation of the Valley Fever Vaccine Project.
Chapter 751, Statutes of 2001
AB 1278 (Wayne-D) Health care decisions
Makes revisions to the Health Care Decisions Law at the recommendation of the California Law Revision Commission to clarify duties and liabilities of an appointed agent for health care with respect to funeral decisions and the relationship between a "surrogate" and an "agent," and removes authority to make health care decisions from the authority that may be given by a person having capacity to an attorney-in-fact under a general power of attorney. Redefines "capacity" as used in the Health Care Decisions Law and specifies use of a court petition to enforce health care instructions by the person or his or her agent or surrogate.
Chapter 230, Statutes of 2001
AB 1279 (Reyes-D) Rural health
Appropriates $2 million from the General Fund to the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board to award additional funds to rural demonstration projects to increase access to rural health providers during evenings and weekends. Requires the State Department of Health Services to conduct an evaluation of the status of rural hospitals, as specified.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 1321 (Aroner-D) Health care: quality
Creates the Health Utilities Board, which would be charged with providing comprehensive, quality health care to all Californians and controlling health care costs through ratesetting, eliminating waste and inefficiency, and achieving public accountability for meeting standards of high quality care.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1336 (Koretz-D) Pet shops
Imposes a mandatory spay or neuter requirement for dogs and cats sold in pet stores.
(Failed passage in Assembly Business and Professions Committee; reconsideration granted)
AB 1354 (Pescetti-R) Immunizations: pneumococcus
Adds pneumococcus to the list of diseases that require documentation of immunization before a child under the age of 24 months can be admitted to an elementary or secondary school, child care center, day nursery, nursery school, family day care home, or development center.
(Failed passage in Senate Health and Human Services Committee, reconsideration granted)
AB 1368 (Pescetti-R) Cemeteries
Establishes, until January 1, 2007, the California Historic Cemetery Commission with a specified membership appointed as provided under the bill, and with prescribed duties related to historic cemeteries.
(In Assembly Business and Professions Committee)
AB 1376 (Wyman-R) Emergency response vehicles
Requires the State Department of Transportation to apply to the federal Department of Transportation for funding to test, in one or more cities, the effectiveness of signal emitters and sensors on reducing accidents involving emergency response vehicles.
Chapter 462, Statutes of 2001
AB 1438 (Florez-D) Reservoirs: recreational use
Requires the State Department of Health Services to establish minimum sanitation standards for the recreational use of reservoirs in which bodily contact with the water is not prohibited.
(In Senate Environmental Quality Committee)
AB 1452 (Cox-R) Vaccinations: meningococcal disease
Requires the State Department of Health Services to develop information about meningococcal disease containing specified information, and requires public postsecondary institutions that provide on-campus housing to provide the information to each incoming freshman, requires students to return a form with a response as to whether or not the person chooses to receive the vaccination, and requires the educational institutions to maintain the completed forms received from students.
Chapter 372, Statutes of 2001
AB 1461 (Aanestad-R) Patient safety data reporting and analysis
Requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to contract with a recognized organization that would create a central reporting database to receive and analyze voluntary reporting of medical errors. Exempts from judicial discovery the reports made to the database, as specified.
(In Senate Judiciary Committee)
AB 1485 (Jackson-D) Family planning: informational materials
Requires local health departments to make copies of written materials relating to family planning, that are made available to the public, in addition to circulars and pamphlets, available in other languages, where the State Department of Finance Population Research Unit determines that 10% or more of the population speaks another language.
(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)
AB 1508 (Runner-R) Substance abuse treatment programs: state funding
Requires substance abuse programs provided by community-based organizations, including faith-based organizations, that otherwise meet requirements to be eligible for state funding. Prohibits the State Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs from requiring a religious organization to alter its form of internal governance, or to remove religious symbols, as a condition of receiving funds.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
AB 1526 (Florez-D) Bond: farmworker housing and family wellness act
Enacts the Farmworker Housing and Family Wellness Bond Act of 2002 authorizing the issuance of bonds in the amount of $250 million for purposes of the Joe Serna Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Program and to provide housing in coordination with the provision of health and other family services pursuant to the Farmworker Family Wellness Program.
(In Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)
AB 1547 (Vargas-D) Health care access: San Diego County
Authorizes the San Diego Business Health Care Connection Demonstration Project, in San Diego County under the oversight of the State Department of Health Services. Requires the demonstration project to provide various services including establishing an outreach program to provide employers and employees with onsite education, and eligibility and enrollment assistance for both public and private health care coverage programs.
Vetoed by the Governor
AB 1601* (Papan-D) Sales and use taxes: exemption: medicines: surgical gowns
Creates a new exemption from sales and use taxes for disposable surgical gowns and drapes that are made from nonwoven fabric.
(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 1614 (Washington-D) Crime prevention: drug endangered children
Creates an Office of Criminal Justice Planning-administered program for (1) prosecution of methamphetamine manufacturing crimes that may endanger children, and (2) providing services to children injured or endangered by such activities.
Chapter 853, Statutes of 2001
AB 1631* (Pescetti-R) Income taxes: medical savings account
Allows a deduction under the Personal Income Tax Law for contributions to a California medical savings account established in a manner similar to existing law provisions governing medical savings accounts, except that the account would be available to any individual in this state.
(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)
AB 1646 (Richman-R) Public health: drinking water: chromium-6
Requires the State Department of Health Services to create a separate category for chromium-6 in drinking water and to reduce the maximum allowable limit from 50 parts per billion to 2.5 parts per billion.
(In Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee)
AB 1657 (Hertzberg-D) County health care
Requires the State Auditor to evaluate the financial capacity of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services to provide necessary health services to the county's residents.
Chapter 195, Statutes of 2001
ACR 36 (Cox-R) Meningococcal disease awareness
Designates April 2001 as Meningitis Awareness Month.
Resolution Chapter 34, Statutes of 2001
ACR 61 (Richman-R) California Day of Hearing Screening
Recognizes the National Day of Hearing Screening and proclaims May 5, 2001, as California Day of Hearing Screening.
(In Assembly Rules Committee)
ACR 75 (Simitian-D) California Wireless Safety Week
Proclaims the week of May 21 through May 27, 2001, California Wireless Safety Week and encourages Californians to join in promoting the responsible use of wireless telephones by motorists on California's streets and highways.
(In Senate Rules Committee)
ACR 76 (Corbett-D) California Safety Month
Recognizes June 2001 as California Safety Month and encourages all Californians to practice and promote increased safety while engaging in recreation, work, and other activities in their homes, in the workplace, at school, on streets and highways, and in other public and private places. Encourages all public agencies, community organizations, and other groups to distribute educational information, conduct programs, and engage in other appropriate activities to promote safety methods and practices among all Californians.
Resolution Chapter 75, Statutes of 2001
ACR 85 (Reyes-D) Bone Marrow Registration and Testing Day
Designates Saturday June 23, 2001, as Bone Morrow Registration and Testing Day and urges all Californians to register with the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry Program to increase the number of potential bone marrow matches for persons in need of a bone marrow transplant.
Resolution Chapter 69, Statutes of 2001
ACR 86 (Nation-D) National KidsDay
Designates August 5, 2001, as National KidsDay.
Resolution Chapter 90, Statutes of 2001
ACR 89 (Ashburn-R) Valley Fever Awareness Month
Proclaims August 2001 as Valley Fever Awareness Month.
Resolution Chapter 91, Statutes of 2001
ACR 94 (Robert Pacheco-R) Hearing disabilities
Urges that all televised legislative hearings and proceedings be provided with closed-captioning or live-captioning, in order to ensure that all citizens with hearing disabilities are given equal access to the political process.
(In Assembly awaiting committee assignment)
ACR 99 (Thomson-D) Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day
Proclaims October 10, 2001, as Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day.
Resolution Chapter 131, Statutes of 2001
AJR 15 (Firebaugh-D) Border crossing deaths
Memorializes the President and Congress of the United States and the United States Border Patrol to proceed in a cooperative effort with the Mexican government through the working group on migrations and border safety to achieve a comprehensive examination of border safety and migration issues, an assessment of the impact of United States border initiatives, enhanced investigations and prosecutions of criminal gangs of smugglers, and increasing search and rescue operations along the border.
Resolution Chapter 115, Statutes of 2001
AJR 27 (Oropeza-D) Social HMO's
Memorializes the President and Congress of the United States, the federal Department of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to take various actions with respect to social health maintenance organizations.
(In Assembly Health Committee)
HR 13 (Pescetti-R) Fibromyalgia Awareness Day
Proclaims Saturday, May 12, 2001, as Fibromyalgia Awareness Day.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 15 (Richman-R) California Day of Hearing Screening
Recognizes May 5, 2001 as the National Day of Hearing Screening and proclaims May 5th as the California Day of Hearing Screening. Urges all Californians to have their hearing tested on May 5th and during the remainder of the month.
Adopted by the Assembly
HR 28 (Bill Campbell-R) Food safety
Declares the month of September 2001 as Food Safety Month in California.
(On Assembly Consent Calendar)
Index (in Bill Order)
| Bill | Author and Bill Title | Reference Links |
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SB 15 |
Figueroa-D Healing arts peer review: continuances |
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SB 16 |
Figueroa-D Peer review |
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SB 19 |
Escutia-D Pupil health |
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SB 26* |
Figueroa-D Professions and vocations |
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SB 30 |
Chesbro-D Mental health: Realignment Review Task Force |
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SB 35* |
Escutia-D Tobacco settlement fund allocations |
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SB 50* |
Machado-D Speech-language pathology assistants |
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SB 64 |
Chesbro-D Homeless youth emergency services projects |
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SB 70 |
Escutia-D In-home care workers for the elderly |
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SB 87 |
Soto-D Blind Vendor Revolving Loan Fund |
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SB 98 |
Kuehl-D Medicaid: services for persons with dual diagnoses |
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SB 101* |
Brulte-R Abandonment of newborns |
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SB 105 |
Burton-D Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired |
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SB 108 |
Speier-D Organ and tissue donor registry |
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SB 111 |
Alpert-D Medical assistants |
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SB 119 |
Haynes-R Healing arts: prescribing psychiatric medications for minors |
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SB 120 |
Murray-D Undersecretary of foster care |
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SB 129 |
Burton-D Death penalty executions: physicians |
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SB 134 |
Figueroa-D Dentistry |
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SB 146 |
Haynes-R Medi-Cal: payments |
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SB 149 |
Figueroa-D Healing arts: liability |
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SB 167 |
Alpert-D Medi-Cal disproportionate share hospitals: capital projects |
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SB 185 |
Bowen-D Battered women's shelters |
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SB 187 |
Vasconcellos-D Medical marijuana |
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SB 212* |
Oller-R Meningococcal disease |
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SB 217 |
Kuehl-D CalWORKs: domestic violence |
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SB 224 |
Speier-D Breast and cervical cancer: treatment services |
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SB 226 |
Chesbro-D County health services |
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SB 227 |
Chesbro-D Regional centers: self-determination program pilot projects |
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SB 231 |
Ortiz-D Medi-Cal: local education agency services |
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SB 236 |
O'Connell-D Dogs and cats: microchip: permits |
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SB 247 |
Speier-D Birth certificates: certified copies: access |
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SB 249 |
Chesbro-D CalWORKs: eligibility |
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SB 251 |
Haynes-R Vehicles: "Choose Life" special interest license plates |
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SB 253 |
Perata-D Health facilities: Contra Costa County |
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SB 254 |
Dunn-D Emergency medical services |
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SB 276 |
Speier-D Health care |
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SB 285 |
Soto-D Medi-Cal |
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SB 288 |
Speier-D Health facilities: financing |
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SB 292 |
Ortiz-D Physical Activity and Health Initiative |
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SB 293 |
Torlakson-D Pharmacies: injectable sterile drug products |
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SB 298 |
Figueroa-D Certified nurse-midwives: drugs and devices |
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SB 309 |
Ortiz-D Public health: tobacco cessation study |
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SB 312* |
Alpert-D Cigarette and tobacco products taxes: returned products |
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SB 317 |
Ortiz-D Nursing education |
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SB 322 |
Ortiz-D Tobacco |
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SB 336 |
Ortiz-D Hepatitis C |
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SB 338 |
Vincent-D Animals: use for research purposes |
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SB 340 |
Speier-D Pharmacies |
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SB 341 |
Perata-D Acupuncture |
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SB 343 |
Figueroa-D Developmental disabilities: admissions to facilities |
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SB 344 |
Ortiz-D Health care data reporting |
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SB 349 |
Senate Business And Professions Committee Healing arts |
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SB 351 |
Ortiz-D Public health: drinking water |
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SB 357* |
Murray-D Energy conservation assistance |
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SB 380 |
Murray-D CalWORKs: community college students: study time |
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SB 391 |
McPherson-R Education: health delivery services: consulting nurse |
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SB 395 |
Perata-D Mentally disordered prisoners |
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SB 396 |
Kuehl-D Corrections: medical services |
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SB 397 |
Speier-D Ephedrine group alkaloids: dietary supplements |
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SB 402 |
Ortiz-D Health care |
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SB 406 |
Ortiz-D Disease control |
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SB 414 |
Perata-D Mental health: dual diagnosis |
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SB 417 |
Vasconcellos-D Cancer: alternative treatment project |
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SB 418 |
Vasconcellos-D Drug abuse treatment programs |
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SB 426 |
Ortiz-D Substance abuse treatment: child abuse prevention |
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SB 430* |
Vincent-D Income taxes: credits: spaying or neutering |
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SB 443 |
Perata-D Medi-Cal: substance abuse |
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SB 446 |
Vasconcellos-D Health care coverage: AIDS vaccine |
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SB 447 |
Vasconcellos-D Emergency care and trauma care services: evaluation |
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SB 448 |
Perata-D Liability: injuries to emergency medical personnel |
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SB 451 |
Scott-D Health care facilities |
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SB 452 |
Oller-R Property tax revenue allocations: ambulance service |
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SB 457 |
Scott-D Public postsecondary education: nursing programs |
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SB 460 |
Scott-D Public health: drinking water: chromium VI investigation |
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SB 463 |
Perata-D Drinking water standards: arsenic |
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SB 471 |
Sher-D Proposition 65: toxic chemicals |
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SB 472 |
Soto-D Public health: hexavalent chromium: study |
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SB 487 |
Karnette-D Hospitals: emergency rooms |
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SB 492 |
Polanco-D Foreign medical school graduates |
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SB 493 |
Sher-D Health programs |
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SB 511 |
Alpert-D Children with disabilities |
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SB 515 |
Alpert-D Youth Development Act |
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SB 533 |
Margett-R Programs for the elderly and disabled: loans |
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SB 534 |
Ortiz-D Medi-Cal: independent adults |
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SB 537 |
Vasconcellos-D Alcohol and drug abuse counselors |
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SB 577 |
Burton-D Health: complementary and alternative health care |
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SB 587 |
Soto-D Health facilities: critically or terminally ill patients |
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SB 592 |
McPherson-R Vital records |
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SB 598 |
Chesbro-D Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act |
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SB 606 |
Vasconcellos-D Pupil health |
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SB 613 |
Alarcon-D Medi-Cal: notifications to managed care plans |
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SB 615 |
Ortiz-D Medi-Cal: Healthy Families Program: temporary eligibility |
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SB 616 |
Chesbro-D Laboratories: public health laboratory scientists |
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SB 620 |
Ortiz-D Suicide treatment and prevention |
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SB 622 |
Ortiz-D Dental services |
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SB 632 |
Perata-D Mental health training |
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SB 634 |
Murray-D Lead poisoning prevention |
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SB 639 |
Ortiz-D Alzheimer's disease and related disorders |
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SB 643 |
Ortiz-D Mental Health Enhancement and Crime Prevention Act |
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SB 646 |
Ortiz-D Cancer: clinical research trials registry |
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SB 664 |
Poochigian-R Nursing education |
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SB 677* |
McPherson-R Income and bank and corporation taxes: credit |
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SB 680 |
Figueroa-D Health facility data |
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SB 683* |
Ortiz-D Public health information: confidentiality |
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SB 687 |
Battin-R Radiation: licensure to operate a bone densitometer |
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SB 689* |
Perata-D Public health: prostate cancer research |
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SB 696 |
Speier-D Pharmacies: prescription benefits: Medicare beneficiaries |
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SB 702 |
Escutia-D Chronic disease: environmental determinants |
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SB 720 |
Margett-R County administration of health services |
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SB 724 |
Senate Business And Professions Committee Businesses |
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SB 751 |
Speier-D Hospitals: surrogate decisionmakers |
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SB 757 |
Ortiz-D Tobacco control |
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SB 760 |
Murray-D Medical education |
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SB 765 |
Chesbro-D Public health |
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SB 770 |
Figueroa-D Pupil health |
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SB 780 |
Ortiz-D Protection of the exercise of constitutional rights |
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SB 787 |
Chesbro-D Medicare Payment Area Task Force |
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SB 813 |
Dunn-D Children's hospitals |
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SB 826 |
Margett-R Peace officers: Dental Board of California |
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SB 827 |
Perata-D Adult day services |
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SB 833 |
Ortiz-D Medi-Cal program: eligibility |
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SB 841 |
Alpert-D Foster care: Early Start to Emancipation programs |
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SB 842 |
Speier-D Health facilities: seismic building standards |
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SB 843 |
Perata-D Omnibus Tuberculosis Control and Prevention Act of 2001 |
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SB 846* |
Ackerman-R Income and bank and corporation tax credits |
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SB 848 |
Ackerman-R Health services |
|
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SB 851* |
Oller-R Emergency medical services: EMT-I's: scope of practice |
|
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SB 859 |
Ortiz-D California Disease Management Act of 2001 |
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SB 884* |
Escutia-D Dependent children |
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SB 922 |
Soto-D Prescription drugs: manufacturer rebate |
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SB 928 |
Dunn-D Health facilities: seismic safety requirements |
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SB 931* |
Burton-D Mental health: local treatment programs |
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SB 936 |
Margett-R Mental health: adults and older adults |
|
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SB 977 |
Battin-R Condoms: warning label |
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SB 979 |
Machado-D Confidentiality of medical information |
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SB 994 |
Morrow-R Liability: public skateboard parks |
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SB 1005 |
Johannessen-R In-home supportive services: care providers |
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SB 1027 |
Romero-D Employment: overtime requirements |
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SB 1041 |
Ortiz-D Health care: Donated Dental Services Program |
|
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SB 1059 |
Perata-D Mentally ill offenders: Council on Mentally Ill Offenders |
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SB 1063 |
Chesbro-D Developmental services: contracts |
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SB 1080 |
Bowen-D Medical care providers: gynecological cancers |
|
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SB 1089 |
Karnette-D Alcoholism and drug abuse treatment and recovery facilities |
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SB 1095 |
Escutia-D Care facilities: licensing investigations |
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SB 1096 |
Ortiz-D Services for persons with developmental disabilities |
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SB 1099* |
Soto-D Bank and corporation taxes: disallowance of deductions |
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SB 1131 |
Machado-D Clinical laboratory technology |
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SB 1134 |
Escutia-D Drug overdose deaths |
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SB 1135 |
Polanco-D Tissue banks |
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SB 1168 |
Alpert-D Health care program: consumer assistance |
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SB 1169 |
Alpert-D Pharmacy |
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SB 1174 |
Polanco-D Clinical laboratory technology |
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SB 1176 |
Machado-D Workers' compensation: cancer: peace and safety officers |
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SB 1188* |
Senate Health And Human Services Committee Exemption from Medical Experimentation Act |
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SB 1190 |
Senate Health And Human Services Committee Assistive dog allowance |
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SB 1201 |
Romero-D Hexavalent chromium: study: San Gabriel Basin |
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SB 1202 |
Romero-D Emergency medical services: statewide trauma system |
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SB 1210 |
Romero-D Live animals: exhibit |
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SB 1219 |
Romero-D Health coverage: cervical cancer screening test |
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SB 1226 |
Senate Health And Human Services Committee Environmental specialists: food safety |
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SCR 5 |
Torlakson-D California Fitness Month |
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SCR 6 |
Chesbro-D Physical education |
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SCR 23 |
Polanco-D Year of the Vulnerable Child |
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SCR 24 |
Speier-D Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week |
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SCR 30 |
Soto-D Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Awareness Month |
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SCR 31 |
Burton-D 9-1-1 for Kids Week |
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SCR 40 |
Torlakson-D California Task Force on Youth and Workplace Wellness |
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SJR 3 |
Karnette-D Reproductive rights: Roe v. Wade |
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SJR 8 |
Speier-D Social security |
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SJR 23 |
Speier-D Medi-Cal and family planning services |
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SR 10 |
Alpert-D National Heart Failure Awareness Week |
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SR 13 |
Ortiz-D Suicide Prevention Week |
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SR 21 |
Sher-D Food safety |
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AB 18 |
Horton-D Nonmedical out-of-home care facilities |
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AB 24* |
Maldonado-R Health facilities construction and licensing requirements |
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AB 42 |
Wayne-D Colorectal cancer |
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AB 48 |
Washington-D Community alcohol and drug integrated treatment services |
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AB 59 |
Cedillo-D Health programs |
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AB 61 |
Florez-D Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund |
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AB 68 |
Migden-D Health care providers: private duty nursing agencies |
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AB 70* |
Wright-D Firefighting equipment |
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AB 77 |
Havice-D Criminal proceedings: persons with disabilities |
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AB 89 |
Bates-R IHSS: Medi-Cal: criminal record checks |
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AB 101 |
Alquist-D Geriatric specialist training |
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AB 108 |
Strom-Martin-D Pharmacy: licensure |
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AB 124* |
Cedillo-D Food establishments: public markets |
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AB 130 |
Cardenas-D Public social services |
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AB 131 |
Corbett-D Medi-Cal: utilization controls |
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AB 144 |
Cedillo-D Public social services: eligibility: vehicles |
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AB 156 |
Matthews-D Dentistry: licensing exemptions |
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AB 163 |
Florez-D School nurses: tobacco settlement funds |
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AB 175 |
Zettel-R Hospitals: consolidated licenses |
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AB 182 |
Vargas-D Immunizations: hepatitis A: tuberculosis testing |
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AB 187* |
Liu-D Food labeling and safety |
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AB 188 |
Vargas-D Playgrounds: smoking |
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AB 194 |
Longville-D Vital records: change of sex |
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AB 208* |
Frommer-D Sales and use taxes: partial exemptions: acupuncturists |
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AB 213 |
Nation-D Records: licensed marriage and family therapists |
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AB 224 |
Matthews-D Sales and use taxes: cigarette and tobacco products |
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AB 249* |
Matthews-D Sales and use taxes: exemptions |
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AB 269 |
Correa-D Professional and vocational licensing boards |
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AB 275 |
Aroner-D Medi-Cal: emergency dental care |
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AB 284 |
Jackson-D Public health: fungal contamination in indoor environments |
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AB 287 |
Wesson-D Child Nutrition Advisory Council |
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AB 289 |
Oropeza-D Healing arts |
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AB 308* |
Leslie-R Health and human services pilot program: Placer County |
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AB 313 |
Goldberg-D Women, infants, and children's nutrition |
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AB 317 |
Aroner-D Substance abuse prevention |
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AB 318 |
Chan-D Joint powers agreements: children's hospitals |
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AB 322 |
Bill Campbell-R Cemeteries: disposition of family plots |
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AB 326 |
Dutra-D Fire safety: roof covering materials |
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AB 328* |
Salinas-D Mental health realignment: reports |
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AB 333 |
Wright-D Foster care |
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AB 334 |
Steinberg-D Mental health funding: local grants |
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AB 338 |
Correa-D Postsecondary education: nursing shortage: Orange County |
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AB 359* |
Cardoza-D Pool and spa safety |
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AB 364 |
Aroner-D Child welfare services |
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AB 373* |
Leach-R Income tax deduction: veterinary expenses |
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AB 402 |
Papan-D Taxpayer contributions: Lupus Foundation of America |
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AB 412 |
Wesson-D Tobacco products: tobacco sales |
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AB 422 |
Diaz-D Lead hazards: blood lead tests: abatement |
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AB 424 |
Aroner-D Health care: emergency services |
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AB 427* |
Hertzberg-D Public social services |
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AB 429* |
Aroner-D Health and welfare programs |
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AB 430* |
Cardenas-D Health: budget implementation |
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AB 447 |
Firebaugh-D Dental Board of California |
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AB 464 |
Frommer-D State Board of Fire Services |
|
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AB 470 |
Wesson-D Male Involvement Program |
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AB 480* |
Robert Pacheco-R Cancer |
|
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AB 487 |
Aroner-D Medical professionals: conduct |
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AB 495* |
Diaz-D Health care coverage |
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AB 505 |
Robert Pacheco-R Long-term health care facilities: citations and penalties |
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AB 515 |
Reyes-D Child welfare |
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AB 523* |
Matthews-D Sales and use taxes: exemptions: bronchodilators |
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AB 524 |
Aroner-D Personal care services: advance payment |
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AB 536 |
Bates-R Pharmacy technicians |
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AB 548 |
Runner-R Specialty care for low-income persons |
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AB 557 |
Aroner-D Safe Hospitals Bond Acts of 2004 and 2006 |
|
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AB 559 |
Wiggins-D Emergency medical services |
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AB 564 |
Lowenthal-D Dentistry: oral conscious sedation |
|
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AB 574 |
Salinas-D Medi-Cal: overpayment forgiveness |
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AB 586 |
Nation-D Pharmacists |
|
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AB 590 |
Vargas-D Mental health: adults and older adults |
|
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AB 596 |
Negrete McLeod-D Public health: hepatitis C |
|
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AB 599 |
Liu-D Groundwater contamination: quality monitoring program |
|
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AB 636 |
Steinberg-D Child welfare services |
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AB 644 |
Cox-R Home health agencies |
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AB 646* |
Horton-D Sales tax exemptions: sales of medical supplies |
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AB 648 |
Corbett-D Medi-Cal: claims processing |
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AB 652 |
Horton-D Health professions education and outreach |
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AB 656 |
Chan-D Health facilities: seismic safety requirements |
|
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AB 668 |
Chan-D California Dentist Loan Forgiveness Program |
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AB 685 |
Wayne-D Family day care homes: reporting requirements |
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AB 686 |
Hertzberg-D Emergency medical services: trauma centers: funding |
|
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AB 687 |
Thomson-D Emergency medical services: trauma care systems |
|
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AB 688 |
John Campbell-R Developmental disabilities |
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AB 691 |
Steinberg-D Children: education |
|
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AB 697 |
Cedillo-D Regional center services: appeals: attorney's fees |
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AB 705 |
Steinberg-D Dependent children: siblings |
|
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AB 708 |
Bill Campbell-R Retail food facilities: internal food temperatures |
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AB 734* |
Chan-D California Children and Families Program: trust fund |
|
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AB 735 |
Chan-D Conflicts of interest |
|
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AB 740* |
Aanestad-R Public health: hospitals |
|
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AB 767 |
Goldberg-D CalWORKs: food stamps: general assistance |
|
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AB 778 |
Firebaugh-D Pupils with diabetes |
|
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AB 789 |
Salinas-D Mental health: children: county grant program |
|
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AB 797 |
Shelley-D Foster care providers: educational support requirements |
|
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AB 809 |
Salinas-D Automated drug delivery systems |
|
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AB 811 |
Zettel-R Health facilities: exemption for medical supplies |
|
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AB 825 |
Cohn-D Immunizations: long-term care facilities |
|
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AB 826 |
Cohn-D Pharmaceutical practice: prescriptions |
|
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AB 828 |
Cohn-D Long-term care facilities |
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AB 829 |
Cohn-D Health care |
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AB 832* |
Corbett-D Health facilities: seismic safety |
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AB 843 |
Chan-D Medi-Cal: managed care: reenrollment |
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AB 883 |
Florez-D Migrant and seasonal farmworker health |
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AB 890 |
Cedillo-D Medi-Cal eligibility: breast and cervical cancer |
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AB 896 |
Aroner-D Developmental services: unified system |
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AB 899 |
Liu-D Rights of foster children |
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AB 900 |
Papan-D Local emergency medical services funds |
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AB 903 |
Alquist-D Nonemergency transportation services pilot project |
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AB 915 |
Frommer-D Medical transportation services |
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AB 937 |
Koretz-D Health care: HIV treatment: reimbursement |
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AB 945 |
Wright-D Lead inspections: certified industrial hygienists |
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AB 950 |
Wright-D Developmentally disabled persons: community care facilities |
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AB 951 |
Florez-D Clinics: interim license |
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AB 963 |
Cardoza-D Medi-Cal reimbursement |
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AB 969 |
Chan-D In-home supportive services |
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AB 971 |
Steinberg-D Pupil behavioral problems: grant program |
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AB 973 |
Chan-D Children and Families Commission |
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AB 989 |
Chan-D Assistance programs: aliens |
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AB 1008 |
Lowenthal-D Housing grants: tenants with disabilities |
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AB 1026 |
Oropeza-D Healing arts: dentists |
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AB 1040 |
Dutra-D Disabled persons: liability |
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AB 1043 |
Richman-R Noninstitutional provider reimbursement rates |
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AB 1045 |
Firebaugh-D Healing arts: practice |
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AB 1046 |
Migden-D Sharps injury prevention |
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AB 1049 |
Robert Pacheco-R Los Angeles Care Board: technical advisory committee |
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AB 1075 |
Shelley-D Skilled nursing facilities: staffing ratios |
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AB 1095 |
Wright-D Child health: eye care |
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AB 1100 |
Simitian-D Retail food facilities: inspection information |
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AB 1101 |
Pescetti-R Community care facilities: children's receiving homes |
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AB 1104 |
Maddox-R Fire protection: joint powers agency member |
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AB 1105 |
Simitian-D Child care: foster family homes: child care reimbursement |
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AB 1119 |
Hertzberg-D Foster care |
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AB 1141 |
Cox-R Lanterman-Petris-Short Act |
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AB 1156 |
Aroner-D Health facilities: construction |
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AB 1191 |
Longville-D Developmental disabilities |
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AB 1194 |
Correa-D Workers' compensation |
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AB 1205 |
Ashburn-R Valley fever |
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AB 1212 |
Shelley-D Health facilities |
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AB 1253* |
Matthews-D Nursing |
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AB 1261 |
Migden-D Independent Living Program |
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AB 1263 |
Migden-D AIDS: HIV: rapid testing programs |
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AB 1278 |
Wayne-D Health care decisions |
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AB 1279 |
Reyes-D Rural health |
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AB 1292 |
Aroner-D Hypodermic needles |
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AB 1311 |
Goldberg-D Medical records: access |
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AB 1314 |
Havice-D Joint powers agreements: private hospitals |
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AB 1321 |
Aroner-D Health care: quality |
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AB 1330 |
Steinberg-D Foster youth |
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AB 1336 |
Koretz-D Pet shops |
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AB 1347 |
Pescetti-R Dementia caregiver training |
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AB 1354 |
Pescetti-R Immunizations: pneumococcus |
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AB 1360 |
Pescetti-R Dentists: physicians: professional liability insurance |
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AB 1368 |
Pescetti-R Cemeteries |
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AB 1376 |
Wyman-R Emergency response vehicles |
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AB 1409 |
Chan-D Nursing home administrators |
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AB 1421 |
Thomson-D Mental health: involuntary treatment |
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AB 1422 |
Thomson-D Mental health advocacy |
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AB 1423 |
Thomson-D Mental health |
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AB 1424 |
Thomson-D Mental health: involuntary treatment |
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AB 1425 |
Thomson-D Mental health services |
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AB 1428 |
Aanestad-R Dentistry: licensure |
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AB 1438 |
Florez-D Reservoirs: recreational use |
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AB 1444 |
Maddox-R Nutritional advice |
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AB 1449 |
Keeley-D Child support |
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AB 1452 |
Cox-R Vaccinations: meningococcal disease |
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AB 1453 |
Koretz-D Tobacco: display and use limitations |
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AB 1454 |
Thomson-D Mental health |
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AB 1461 |
Aanestad-R Patient safety data reporting and analysis |
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AB 1464 |
Thomson-D Health data |
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AB 1479 |
Salinas-D Organization of local mental health boards and commissions |
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AB 1480 |
Aanestad-R Medi-Cal reimbursement |
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AB 1485 |
Jackson-D Family planning: informational materials |
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AB 1490 |
Thomson-D Health records: laboratory test results by Internet posting |
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AB 1503 |
Nation-D Health care: mental health |
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AB 1508 |
Runner-R Substance abuse treatment programs: state funding |
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AB 1516 |
Negrete McLeod-D CalWORKs: fraud |
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AB 1526 |
Florez-D Bond: farmworker housing and family wellness act |
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AB 1527 |
Frommer-D Tobacco settlement funds: bonds |
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AB 1533 |
Migden-D Rehabilitation services |
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AB 1547 |
Vargas-D Health care access: San Diego County |
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AB 1557 |
Briggs-R Health facility data |
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AB 1566 |
Cox-R Psychiatric Emergency Response Program: Sacramento County |
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AB 1582 |
Ashburn-R Foster care: group home rates |
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AB 1583 |
Negrete McLeod-D Veterinary medicine |
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AB 1586 |
Negrete McLeod-D Healing arts: physicians and surgeons |
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AB 1589 |
Simitian-D Healing arts: electronic transmission of prescriptions |
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AB 1601* |
Papan-D Sales and use taxes: exemption: medicines: surgical gowns |
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AB 1614 |
Washington-D Crime prevention: drug endangered children |
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AB 1616 |
Wright-D Healing arts: disciplinary actions |
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AB 1622 |
Cardenas-D Pharmacists |
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AB 1631* |
Pescetti-R Income taxes: medical savings account |
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AB 1643 |
Negrete McLeod-D Long-term care facilities: temporary staff |
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AB 1646 |
Richman-R Public health: drinking water: chromium-6 |
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AB 1655 |
Ashburn-R Hospital reimbursement: Kern County |
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AB 1657 |
Hertzberg-D County health care |
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AB 1666* |
Keeley-D Conservators and guardians: foster homes |
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AB 1690 |
Assembly Human Services Committee Elder and dependent abuse reporting: training |
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AB 1692 |
Assembly Human Services Committee Human Services: in-home supportive services |
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AB 1693 |
Assembly Human Services Committee Developmental disabilities: service providers: rates |
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AB 1694 |
Assembly Human Services Committee Foster care |
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AB 1695* |
Assembly Human Services Committee Foster care |
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AB 1696 |
Assembly Human Services Committee CalWORKs eligibility: work activities |
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AB 1739* |
Reyes-D Foster care and emergency housing: age restrictions |
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ACA 5 |
Wyman-R Abortion: parental notification |
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ACR 19 |
Wayne-D Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month |
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ACR 30 |
Runner-R Public Utilities Commission: essential services: hospitals |
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ACR 35 |
Thomson-D Skin cancer and melanoma awareness |
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ACR 36 |
Cox-R Meningococcal disease awareness |
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ACR 55 |
Migden-D HIV and AIDS drug treatments |
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ACR 56 |
Steinberg-D Foster care |
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ACR 61 |
Richman-R California Day of Hearing Screening |
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ACR 68 |
John Campbell-R Cure Children's Cancer Week |
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ACR 75 |
Simitian-D California Wireless Safety Week |
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ACR 76 |
Corbett-D California Safety Month |
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ACR 77 |
Cohn-D Assisted living |
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ACR 85 |
Reyes-D Bone Marrow Registration and Testing Day |
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ACR 86 |
Nation-D National KidsDay |
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ACR 89 |
Ashburn-R Valley Fever Awareness Month |
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ACR 94 |
Robert Pacheco-R Hearing disabilities |
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ACR 99 |
Thomson-D Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day |
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ACR 103 |
Nakano-D Prostate cancer |
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ACR 110 |
Wayne-D Breast cancer |
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AJR 1 |
Havice-D Americans with Disabilities Act |
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AJR 15 |
Firebaugh-D Border crossing deaths |
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AJR 27 |
Oropeza-D Social HMO's |
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AJR 28 |
Robert Pacheco-R Pancreatic cancer |
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HR 12 |
Reyes-D Speech and public social services |
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HR 13 |
Pescetti-R Fibromyalgia Awareness Day |
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HR 15 |
Richman-R California Day of Hearing Screening |
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HR 16 |
Nakano-D Breast Cancer Care and Research Fund Day |
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HR 17 |
Daucher-R Race for the Cure |
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HR 18 |
Reyes-D Suicide Prevention Week |
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HR 24 |
Migden-D HIV/AIDS epidemic |
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HR 26 |
Pescetti-R Breast cancer awareness |
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HR 28 |
Bill Campbell-R Food safety |
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AB 69XX* |
Bogh-R Public health emergency conditions |
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