Legislation as of 01/25/2022 Legislation Status UC Position

Legislation as of 01/26/2022

Legislation Status UC Position

AB 1 (Frazier)Appropriates $3M to the UC institutes for transportationstudies. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy

From committee: Filed withthe Chief Clerk pursuant toJoint Rule 56.

Pending

AB 2 (Obernolte)Adds the status as a peace officer to the list of actual orperceived characteristics necessary to determine whether acriminal act qualifies as a hate crime. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 3 (Williams)Authorizes establishment of the Isla Vista CommunityServices District. Sets forth the board of directors of thedistrict, which would include a member appointed by theChancellor of UC Santa Barbara, and specifies the servicesthe district would be authorized to provide, including,among others contracting with County of Santa Barbara orUC, or both for additional police protection to supplementthe level of police protection services already provided byeither the County of Santa Barbara or UC Regents withinthe area of the district. Requires the boundaries of thedistrict to be contiguous with the area known as CountyService Area No. 31 within the County of Santa Barbaraexcludes any property owned by UC within thoseboundaries. Specifies that the services provided by thedistrict shall not supplant the level of services provided byCounty of Santa Barbara, Isla Vista Recreation and ParkDistrict, UC Santa Barbara, or any other service provider.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2015 Oct. 07 Chaptered bySecretary of State - Chapter548, Statutes of 2015.

Pending



AB 4 (Ammiano)Prohibits law enforcement from detaining an individual onthe basis of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcementhold after that individual becomes eligible for release fromcustody unless, at the time the individual becomes eligiblefor release, certain conditions are met, including, that theindividual has been convicted of specified crimes. (TrustAct)

Staff: Jason Murphy

2013

Oct. 5Chaptered bySecretary of State - Chapter570, Statutes of 2013.

Oct. 5Approved by theGovernor.

Sept. 18 Enrolled andpresented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.

Sept. 10 Assembly Rule 77suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes25. Page 3064.) AssemblyRule 63suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes25. Page 3064.) Senateamendmentsconcurred in. ToEngrossing and Enrolling.(Ayes 48. Noes 25.Page3086.).

Sept. 9In Assembly. Concurrence in Senateamendments pending. Maybeconsidered on or afterSeptember 11 pursuant toAssembly Rule 77.

Sept. 9Read third time.Passed. Ordered to theAssembly. (Ayes 25. Noes11.

259.).

Sept. 5Read second time.Ordered to third reading.

Sept. 4Read third time andamended. Ordered to secondreading.

July 3Read second time.Ordered to third reading.

July 2From committee: Dopass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.)(July 2).

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June 24From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onPUB.S.

June 19In committee: Set,first hearing. Hearingcanceled at the requestofauthor.

June 14From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onPUB.S.

May 29Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

May 16In Senate. Read firsttime. To Com. on RLS. forassignment.

May 16Read third time.Passed. Ordered to theSenate. (Ayes 44. Noes 22.

Page 1445.)

Apr. 11Read second time.Ordered to third reading.

Apr. 10From committee: Dopass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.)(April 9).

Jan. 14Referred to Com. on PUB. S. 2012

Dec. 4From printer. May beheard in committee January 3.

Dec. 3Read first time. Toprint.

Pending



AB 5 (Gonzalez)Creates the Opportunity to Work Act. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 6 (Wilk )Redirects all remaining unissued Safe, ReliableHigh-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act bonds to theconstruction of school facilities for K-12 and highereducation.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Feb. 01 Fromcommittee: Filed with theChief Clerk pursuant to JointRule 56.

Pending

AB 13 (Conway)Requires CCC and CSU and requests UC to update andadopt policies no later than July 1, 2015, regarding tuitionrates for eligible veterans and their eligible dependents toensure conformity to, and compliance with, a specifiedfederal statute and the requirements of existing law.

Staff: Nadia Leal-Carrillo

In committee: Placed onAPPR. suspense file.

Concern (06/12/13)Concern (07/31/13)

AB 14 (Waldron)Requires a person or public or private entity that owns oroperates an unmanned aircraft, as defined, to placespecified identifying information or digitally store identifyinginformation on that unmanned aircraft.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 15 (Maienschein )Requires the State Department of Health Care Services toincrease Denti-Cal provider reimbursement rates for the 15most common prevention, treatment, and oral evaluationservices to the regional average commercial rates.(Two-year bill)

Staff: Angela Gilliard


Support in Concept(03/28/17)Neutral (05/01/17)



AB 17 (Holden)Creates the Transit Pass Pilot Program to provide free orreduced-fare transit passes to low-income middle/highschool, college, and university students by supporting new,or expanding existing, transit pass programs. (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Stricken from file. Pending

AB 18 (Pan)Relates to pediatric oral care benefits.


In committee: Set, firsthearing. Hearing canceled atthe request of author.

Pending

AB 21 (Kalra)Requests UC to refrain from disclosing personalinformation on students, faculty, and staff, except underspecified circumstances, and to advise and notify regardingan immigration officer on campus to execute a federalimmigration order/detainment and comply with a request forsuch officer to access nonpublic areas of the campus witha judicial warrant, and adopt/implement a policy limitingassistance with immigration enforcement.

Staff: Karen French

Chaptered by Secretary ofState - Chapter 488, Statutesof 2017.

Support (09/12/17)Support (09/12/17)Gov Sig Requested(09/22/17)

AB 23 (Jones)Requires health care service plans and health insurers toprovide notice of the availability of premium assistanceunder the federal American Recovery and ReinvestmentAct of 2009 to individuals eligible for that assistance andwould make other conforming changes to allow thoseindividuals to receive Cal-COBRA coverage with thatpremium assistance.


Chaptered by Secretary ofState - Chapter 3, Statutes of2009.

Support (04/09/09)



AB 24 (Block)Requires CPEC to complete a study and makerecommendations concerning the feasibility of establishingand expanding postsecondary education opportunities inChula Vista. (AB 24 '09)


Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec.10(c) of the Constitution.From committee: Filed withthe Chief Clerk pursuant toJoint Rule 56.

AB 25 (Gipson)Require the Student Aid Commission to establish anappeal process for an otherwise qualifying institution thatfails to satisfy the 3-year cohort default rate and graduationrate requirements and would authorize the commission togrant the appeal for an academic year only if thecommission makes a specified determination.



Pending

AB 26 (Jones-Sawyer )Requires a licensee to institute and maintain an employeetraining program for the licensee's agents and employeesregarding compliance with MMRSA (Medical MarijuanaRegulation and Safety Act ).

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Aug. 17 Re-referred toCom. on RLS.

Pending

AB 27 (Chavez)Requires CSU and requests UC to exempt from payingnonresident tuition a student or prospective student of theirrespective segments who is using, or is intending to use,"GI Bill education benefits," as defined, while enrolled as astudent of that segment.


2015 Jun. 22 In committee:Hearing postponed bycommittee.

Pending



AB 29 (Nazarian)Requires pharmacy benefit managers to disclose certaininformation to purchasers, including the aggregate amountof rebates, retrospective utilization discounts, and otherincome from pharmaceutical manufacturers or labelers inconnection with drug benefits related to purchasers.(Two-year bill)



Watch (06/08/17)

AB 30 (Hayashi)Provides for requirements relating to hospital securityplans.



Cost (04/04/11)

AB 33 (Perea)Relates to income tax credits for patent licensing. (AB 1818'11) [UC Named]

Staff: Jason Murphy

In committee: Set, firsthearing. Referred to APPR.suspense file. In committee:Held under submission.

Support (04/04/13)Support (05/16/13)

AB 34 (Nazarian )Establishes the Children's Savings Account Program forthe purposes of expanding access to higher educationthrough savings. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending



AB 38 (Eggman)Establishes the Early Diagnosis and Preventive Treatment(EDAPT) Program Fund in the State Treasury to providefunding to UC for the purpose of providing reimbursementto an EDAPT program, as specified. Requires, when theDepartment of Finance determines that the total amount ofthe moneys in the fund has reached or exceeded $1.2M,the Controller to distribute all of the moneys in the fund toUC for the purpose of providing EDAPT programreimbursement. Requires UC to report to legislative healthcommittees, as specified.


2016 Sep. 24 Chaptered bySecretary of State - Chapter547, Statutes of 2016.

Pending

AB 39 (Skinner)Establishes the Medi-Cal Hospital/Uninsured CareDemonstration Project Act, which revises hospitalsupplemental payment methodologies under the Medi-Calprogram in order to maximize the use of federal fundsconsistent with federal Medicaid law and to stabilize thedistribution of funding for hospitals that provide care toMedi-Cal beneficiaries and uninsured patients.



Pending

AB 41 (Chiu)Requires law enforcement agencies to report informationregarding rape kit evidence, within 120 days of thecollection of the kit, to the Department of Justice through adatabase established by the department.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 42 (Kim)Prohibits mandatory systemwide fees or tuition charged toUC, CSU and CCC students for the 2015-16 fiscal year tothe 2018-19 fiscal year, from exceeding the level of themandatory systemwide fees or tuition charged to studentsfor the 2014-15 fiscal year. (Two-year bill)



Pending



AB 43 (Monning)Requires DHCS to establish, by Jan. 2014, eligibility forMedi-Cal benefits for persons who are newly eligible forMedicaid under federal health care reform.


Read second time. Orderedto third reading. Ordered toinactive file at the request ofSenator Padilla.

Watch (03/22/12)

AB 44 (Buchanan)Requires the entity taking bids for the construction of anypublic work or improvement to include the Californiacontractor license number of each subcontractor.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Read second time. Orderedto consent calendar.

Pending

AB 45 (Dickinson)Amends Political Reform Act requirements for monetarythreshold of contributions or independent expendituresqualifying a committee; definition of committee; adoption ofFPPC regulations on reporting thresholds for disclosure ofcontributions and expenditures for a committee thatsupports/opposes a statewide ballot measure; definition of'contribution'; filing officer duties for processing statementsof economic interest; electronic filing; and Ca. Secretary ofState furnishing of activity expense disclosures to theFPPC.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Com. on E. &C.A.

Pending

AB 46 (Pan)Authorizes each CSU ex officio member, other than theCSU Chancellor, to designate staff to attend a boardmeeting(s) in his/her absence and to speak and vote on hisor her behalf; prohibits designating more than one staffperson to attend board meetings per year. Authorizes astudent member to vote at a board meeting. (AB 1413 '07)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 50 (Pan)Requires full-scope Medi-Cal eligibility for women whoseincome is less than 100% FPL, effective 1/1/14; and thatimplementing regulations be adopted by 1/1/17, andsemiannual status reports be submitted to the Legislatureuntil that time.


Referred to Com. onHEALTH.

Pending

AB 51 (Logue)Expresses legislative intent to establish a pilot program tocreate a model of articulation and coordination amongK-12, CCC, and CSU to enable students to earn a $10Kbaccalaureate degree, establishes a Baccalaureate DegreePilot Program in 3 areas of the state to include CSU, CCC,and COE campuses that explicitly request inclusion,prohibits CSU fee/tuition increases during the first 2 years,authorizes participating institutions to develop summerinternships for academic credit. (2-Year Bill)


Re-referred to Com. onHIGHER ED.

Pending

AB 52 (Cooper)Requires public employers to provide all employees anorientation and also requires these public employers topermit the exclusive representative, if applicable, toparticipate. (AB 2835 '16) (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 58 (Wieckowski)Indefinitely continues the exemption for life threateningemergencies under regulations on medical experiments onhuman subjects, and adds conditions, includingreview/approval of the informed consent procedures by theinstitutional review board and that these procedures beused where feasible, and that specified additional rightsand welfare protections be provided. (SB 1187 '10)


Read second time. Orderedto third reading.

Support (03/12/13)



AB 59 (Swanson)Increases the circumstances under which an employee isentitled to protected leave pursuant to the Family RightsAct.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (03/23/11)

AB 62 (Monning)Requires the State Department of Health Care Services toconsult with stakeholders that serve dual eligibility on aregular basis throughout the development andimplementation of the pilot projects.


In Senate. Held at Desk. Watch (03/22/11)

AB 63 (Donnelly)Requests UC and requires CSU/CCC to grant ArmedForces members/dependents entitlement to and to removeundocumented immigrants from eligibility for in-state tuition.(UC Named) (AB 1207 '09 Died; AB 1569 '10 Failed)


From committee withoutfurther action pursuant toJoint Rule 62(a).

Watch (03/14/11)

AB 66 (Weber)Imposes specified requirements on a law enforcementagency that requires a peace officer employed by theagency to use a body-worn camera.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (04/09/15)

AB 67 (Gorell)Encourages UC to refrain from and prohibits CSU fromincreasing the amounts charged for undergraduate tuitionand mandatory statewide fees for California residents fromthe amounts charged in the preceding fiscal year unlesscertain increases in appropriation's related to the UC andCSU are made in specified budget acts; provisions wouldbe repealed on January 1, 2017. (Two-Year Bill)


In committee: Set, secondhearing. Held undersubmission.

Oppose (04/08/13)Oppose (05/16/13)



AB 68 (Waldron)Enacts the Patient Access to Prescribed EpilepsyTreatments Act.


2016 Jan. 15 Considerationof Governor's veto strickenfrom file.

Watch (04/02/15)

AB 69 (Rodriguez )Requires law enforcement agencies to consider specifiedbest practices when establishing policies and procedureson downloading and storage of body camera data,including prohibiting unauthorized use, duplication,distribution, and storage periods forevidentiary/nonevidentiary data.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (04/23/15)

AB 71 (Perez V)Requires Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency tolead Salton Sea restoration efforts; authorizes Salton SeaAuthority to lead restoration funding and feasibility study;requires the Secretary to seek input from the Authority withregard to Salton Sea restoration components. (AB 642 '11,AB 1410 '11)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 72 (Bonta)Requires a health care service plan contract or healthinsurance policy to provide that if an enrollee/insuredobtains covered services from a contracting health facilityby a non-contracting individual health professional theenrollee/insured would be required to pay only thein-network cost-sharing amount. Requires an independentdispute resolution process to allow a noncontractingindividual health professional who rendered services at acontracting health facility, or a plan/insurer, to appeal aclaim payment dispute. (AB 533)



Support (06/25/15)Support (07/07/15)



AB 73 (Blumenfield)Budget Act of 2013. (SB 65) (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Re-referred to Com. onBUDGET.

Pending

AB 75 (Huffman)Revises existing law to prohibit a state-owned orstate-operated hospital from being included in determiningthe number of hospitals in an open health facility planningarea.


In committee: Set, finalhearing. Hearing canceled atthe request of author.

Watch



AB 76 (Assembly Budget Committee)Relates to private postsecondary institutions, publiceducation facilities bonding, electronic public records,public body meetings, state mandates funding, capitol areafunding and public works, trauma center grants, agencyagreements for services and materials, an agencymarketplace program for procurement, agency personnelaudits and reimbursement, state civil service revisions,board or commission member compensation, occupationalsafety, public works, state contracting, and emergencymanagement. (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy

2013

Sept. 11 Consideration ofGovernor's veto stricken fromfile.

June 27Consideration ofGovernor's veto pending.

June 27Vetoed byGovernor.

June 18Enrolled andpresented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.

June 14In Assembly. Concurrence in Senateamendments pending. Maybeconsidered on or afterJune 16 pursuant toAssembly Rule 77.

Assembly Rule 77suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes25. Page 2001.) AssemblyRule 63suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes25. Page 2001.) Senateamendmentsconcurred in. ToEngrossing and Enrolling.(Ayes 53. Noes 25.Page2003.).

June 14Joint Rule 10.5suspended. (Ayes 28. Noes10. Page 1363.) Readthirdtime. Passed. Ordered to theAssembly. (Ayes 23. Noes11. Page1365.).

June 13Withdrawn fromcommittee. (Ayes 23. Noes 9. Page 1337.) Orderedtothird reading.

June 12From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, and


re-referred to Com. onRLS.

May 23Referred to Com. on RLS.



Page 1390.)

May 9Withdrawn fromcommittee. (Ayes 53. Noes22. Page 1312.) Orderedtosecond reading. AssemblyRule 63 suspended. (Ayes53. Noes 22.

Page 1313.) Read secondtime. Ordered to thirdreading. (Ayes 53.

Noes 22. Page 1313.)

Mar. 14Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

Jan. 11From printer. Maybe heard in committee February 10.

Jan. 10Read first time. Toprint.

Pending

AB 80 (Arambula )Authorizes CSU Fresno to award the degree of Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in agricultural education and requires thedegree to be distinguished from doctoral degree programsat UC. (AB 209) (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending



AB 82 (Assembly Budget Committee)Health trailer bill. (SB 77)



Pending

AB 88 (Committee on Budget)Budget Act of 2008: Supplemental language to reviseappropriations items.

Staff: Steve Juarez


AB 93 (Medina)Places new requirements on supervisors of trainees,associates, and applicants for licensure as marriage andfamily therapists, clinical social workers, and clinicalcounselors and places new requirements on trainees,associates, and applicants for licensure who are undersupervision.


In committee: Set, secondhearing. Hearing canceled atthe request of author.

Not Taking A Position(03/29/17)

AB 94 (Committee on Budget)Budget Trailer Bill - Health (UC Named) (SB 75)

Staff: Sandy Fried

2015 Sep. 11 Ordered toinactive file at the request ofSenator Mitchell.

Pending

AB 95 (Jones-Sawyer )Requires CSU to establish a Baccalaureate Degree PilotProgram with the goal of creating a model of articulationand coordination among K-12 schools, communitycolleges, and campuses of the CSU that would allowstudents to earn a baccalaureate degree for a total cost notexceeding $10,000, including the cost of textbooks. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending



AB 96 (Ting)Budget Act of 2017 (SB 72)

Staff: Kieran Flaherty


Pending

AB 100 (Alejo)Establishes the California Law Fellowship Program for thepurpose of offering licensed attorneys and other qualifyinglaw school graduates limited-term placements in publicsector positions within state government. (AB 1800 '13)



Pending

AB 102 (Assembly Budget Committee)Budget Act of 2011 trailer bill: Health



Pending

AB 103 (Weber)Budget Act of 2015. (SB 69)

Staff: Sandy Fried


Pending

AB 104 (Assembly Budget Committee)Budget Trailer Bill - Education Finance: Education OmnibusTrailer Bill

Staff: Sandy Fried

2015 Jun. 24 Chaptered bySecretary of State - Chapter13, Statutes of 2015.

Pending

AB 108 (Committee on Budget)Budget Trailer Bill - Higher Education (UC Named) (SB 81)

Staff: Sandy Fried


Pending



AB 110 (Assembly Budget Committee)Budget Act of 2013: State Appropriations for the 2013-14fiscal yr., including UC cogeneration/energy conservationmajor capital outlay projects and payment for debt service;UC online courses; UC Merced Classroom and AcademicOffice Building; UC Subject Matter Projects for teacherprofessional development and Common Core standards;Middle Class Scholarship Program; Cal Grant Program;and designation of UC funds for AFSCME-SX upon MOU,and various UC items/programs; and UC report to theLegislature on meeting its 2013-14 enrollment goal.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Consideration of Governor'sitem veto pending.

Info (06/04/13)

AB 113 (Monning)Requires the Department of Health Care Services toestablish, implement and maintain the NondesignatedPublic Hospital Intergovernmental Transfer Program toassist nondesignated public hospitals in achieving federalfinancial participation to the fullest extent permitted.(Related to SB 90)



Pending

AB 114 (Budget Cmte)Extends the Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program until1/1/23 and extends the California Health Benefits ReviewProgram (CHBRP) until 1/1/21. (UC Sponsor)



Sponsor

AB 120 (Hayashi)Encourages a peer review body to obtain external peerreview, as definited, for the evaluation or investigation of anapplicant, privilegeholder, or member of the medical staff inspecified circumstances.


Consideration of Governor'sveto stricken from file.



AB 123 (Committee on Budget)Budget Bill Jr. (UC Named) (SB 97)

Staff: Sandy Fried


Pending

AB 128 (Assembly Budget Committee )Requires the Director of the Office of Planning andResearch to administer a study to evaluate the admissionspolicies used by UC and CSU and determine the number ofstudents eligible for admission to those segments; requiresthe office to submit a report summarizing the methodologyand findings of this study to the Legislature and theGovernor by12/1/16; requires the Student Aid Commission,beginning with the 2016-17 academic year, to annuallyadjust annual income calculations to reflect changes in thecost of living for the Middle Class Scholarship Program.(SB 103)



Pending

AB 130 (Cedillo)Allows for all students who qualify for a nonresident tuitionexemption under AB 540, including those who areundocumented, to be eligible to receive a scholarshipderived from non-state funds received by the institution forthe purpose of scholarships.(SB 1'07, SB 160 '07, AB 540'01, SB 160 '05 Veto, SB 1460 '10 Veto) (Companionmeasure to AB 131) (UC Named)



Sponsor (03/09/11)Support (06/02/11)Gov Sig Requested(07/18/11)

AB 131 (Cedillo)Allows students that meet the in-state tuition requirementsto apply for and receive any student financial aid programadministered by the State - Cal Grants. (SB 1'07, SB 160'06, AB 540 '01, SB 160 '05 Veto, AB 1413 '10Veto)(Companion measure to AB 130) (UC Named)



Sponsor (03/09/11)Support (06/20/11)Gov Sig Requested(09/06/11)



AB 133 (Committee on Budget)Appropriates $1.855M to the San Joaquin Valley MedicalProgram. The program shall enroll 48 students. Thesefunds shall be available for expenditure through 6/30/17.

Staff: Sandy Fried

2016 Mar. 01 Chaptered bySecretary of State - Chapter2, Statutes of 2016.

Pending

AB 137 (Portantino)Provides that individual or group policies of healthinsurance shall be deemed to provide coverage formammographies for screening or diagnostic purposes uponreferral of a participating nurse practitioner, participatingcertified nurse-midwife, participating physician assistant, orparticipating physician.



Watch (03/22/11)

AB 138 (Olsen)Adds to the Donahoe Higher Education Act that UC andCSU shall determine the amounts of undergraduate tuitionand mandatory systemwide fees for CA residents in eachincoming first year class in their respective segments, andthe tuition and mandatory systemwide fees set for CAresidents in each incoming first year class shall not beincreased until that incoming first year class has completedat least four academic years. (UC Boilerplate) (Two YearBill)



Oppose (12/20/13)

AB 147 (Dababneh)Requires any UC, CSU, or CCC campus, or independenthigher education institution, or employee or student thereof,that confines dogs or cats for science or research, if theinstitution determines, after completing any testing orresearch, that an animal's destruction is not required andthe animal is no longer needed and if the institution'sexisting procedures for adopting the animal do not result inan adoption, to offer the dog or cat to an animal adoptionorganization or animal rescue organization prior toeuthanizing the animal. (AB 2431'13)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Oppose (03/24/14)Oppose (02/25/15)Not Taking A Position(06/18/15)



AB 148 (Mathis)Expands eligibility for the California Physician CorpsProgram in rural areas by including clinics that have atleast 30% for rural areas and 50% for non-rural areas.


In committee: Held undersubmission.

Watch (03/02/17)Neutral (03/29/17)

AB 151 (Burke)Requires the Air Resources Board to report to theLegislature on the need for increased education, careertechnical education, job training, and workforcedevelopment in ensuring that statewide greenhouse gasemissions are reduced to at least 40 percent below the1990 level no later than 12/31/30, and as a result of thescoping plan. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Died on inactive file. Pending

AB 154 (Atkins)Exempts performing first trimester medication/aspirationabortions with a license or certificate from being a publicoffense, requires nurse practitioners, certified nursemidwives, or physician assistants to complete HWPP-171training, and comply with standardized procedures orprotocols, as specified, to perform such abortions and,upon completion of this training and validation of clinicalcompetency, to continue indefinitely to perform aspirationabortions. (SB 1338 '12)




AB 157 (Wood)Relates to the Affordable Care Act.


Ordered to inactive file at therequest of SenatorHernandez.

Neutral (04/10/17)Watch (06/08/17)



AB 159 (Calderon)Enacts the Right to Try Act. Authorizes availability andhealth benefit plan coverage of investigational drugs,biological products, or devices for eligible patients withimmediately life-threatening diseases/conditions andprohibits disciplinary action against a physician's licensebased solely on a recommendation or prescription for theseproducts if consistent with institutional/accreditedinstitutional review board protocol. Prohibits a state agencyfrom altering any recommendation to the federal Centersfor Medicare and Medicaid Services regarding a provider'scertification to participate in Medicare/Medicaid basedsolely on the recommendation from an individual providerthat a patient have access to these products. (SB 149)



Concern (04/02/15)Neutral (06/23/15)

AB 164 (Hayashi)Requires DHS to implement a system whereby health carepersonnel with access to a person's Medi-Cal card areinformed if the person previously accessed mental healthservices through Medi-Cal.



Watch (03/22/11)

AB 170 (Gatto)Makes various changes to the Department of PublicHealth's program for testing the blood sample of a newbornchild and authorization to store, retain, or use the samplefor medical research, including making the programinapplicable to a parent/guardian who objects. Specifiesrequirements for providing information; obtaining signedacknowledgement and acceptance forms, includingrequirements for the registrar of births and notification tolocal health officers; and requesting destruction of theblood sample. (Two-year bill)


2015 Jul. 08 From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-refer to committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onHEALTH.

Concern (03/13/15)Concern (04/09/15)Not Taking A Position(04/24/15)



AB 171 (Beall)Requires health care service plan contracts and healthinsurance policies to provide coverage for the screening,diagnosis, and treatment of pervasive developmentaldisorder or autism.



AB 172 (Rodriguez)Makes an assault committed against a physician, nurse, orother health care worker of a hospital engaged in providingservices within the emergency department punishable byimprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, by afine not exceeding $2,000, or by both that fine andimprisonment. Double-jointed with AB 545.



Watch (03/16/15)

AB 173 (Weber)UC may award a contract for the acquisition of goods,services, or information technology that has an estimatedvalue of greater than one hundred thousand dollars($100,000), but less than two hundred fifty thousand dollars($250,000), to a certified small business, including amicrobusiness, or to a disabled veteran businessenterprise, if the UC obtains price quotations from two ormore certified small businesses, includingmicrobusinesses, or from two or more disabled veteranbusiness enterprises.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Support (06/18/13)

AB 174 (Gray)Appropriates $1.25M for UC San Joaquin Valley PRIMEexpansion. (SB 841 '14, AB 2232 '14, SB 131)


2015 Aug. 27 In committee:Held under submission.




AB 176 (Bonta)Requires UC, if it adopts a resolution, and requires CSUand CCC to, upon collection of demographic data on theancestry/ethnic origin of students for a report that includesstudent admission, enrollment, completion, or graduationrates, to use specified collection and tabulation categoriesfor Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander groups.Does not apply these categorization requirements todemographic data of UC graduate and professionalschools.



Support (06/12/15)Gov Sig Requested(09/25/15)

AB 177 (Perez V)require the State Energy Resources Conservation andDevelopment Commission, in cooperation and consultationwith the Public Utilities Commission, the Natural ResourcesAgency, and the Salton Sea Authority, to convene astakeholders group to advise the commission on the stepsthat should be taken to properly develop, integrate, andtransmit the electricity generated by eligible renewableenergy resources located in and around the Salton Sea.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Re-referred to Com. on U. &C.

Pending

AB 179 (Bonilla)Extends the Dental Board of California to 1/1/20, changesvarious fees, and requires the board to conduct a review todetermine whether the practical examination todemonstrate the competency of registered dentalassistants is necessary. Triple-jointed with AB 177 and AB180, and double-jointed with AB 483.



Pending

AB 180 (Wood)Requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)to report semi-annually regarding the enrollment processfor Medi-Cal and Covered California, instead of quarterly.


Ordered to inactive file at therequest of SenatorHernandez.

Neutral (05/04/17)Watch (06/08/17)



AB 181 (Logue)Legislative Intent: Establish a pilot program with the goal ofestablishing a coordinated curriculum that enables studentsincluding, but not necessarily limited to, students who haveearned college course credit through concurrent enrollmentin high school and community college, to earn abaccalaureate degree from a participating UC campuswithin 3 years of graduating from a secondary school, at atotal cost to the student that does not exceed $20,000,excluding the cost of instructional materials and mandatorycampus-based fees, authorize UC to establish aBaccalaureate Degree Pilot Program that includes anycampus of the UC, any campus of the CCC, and anysecondary educational institution that volunteers toparticipate. (UC Boilerplate) (2-Year Bill)



Oppose (12/19/13)

AB 186 (Williams)Relates to reportable diseases and conditions.



Watch (03/22/11)

AB 187 (Bonta)Extends the termination of the prohibition against CCScovered services being incorporated into a Medi-Calmanaged care contract entered into after 8/1/94, until1/1/17.




AB 188 (Jones)Provides funding appropriations to enable DHCS to covercosts associated with implementing AB 1383, includingcosts to seek federal approvals.



Support (10/26/09)



AB 194 (Beall)Requests UC and requires CSU and CCC to grant priorityregistration for enrollment to foster youth or former fosteryouth. (UC Named)




AB 199 (Holden)Encourages public universities to purchase agriculturalproducts grown in California to the greatest extent possible.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Joint Rule JR 61(a)(10)suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes11.)

Pending

AB 200 (Alejo)Requires that a total of 50,000 Competitive Cal Grant A/Bawards be granted for each of the 2015-16 and 2016-17academic years, and that 60,000 be granted for the2017-18 academic year and each academic yearthereafter.


2015 Jun. 18 In committee:Set, first hearing. Hearingcanceled at the request ofauthor.




AB 205 (Wood)Implements provisions regarding federal regulationsgoverning Medicaid managed care plans, includingrequiring plans to enhance contract services payments todesignated public hospital systems as specified andannually providing a departmental accounting of theamounts paid/payable to these hospital systems, requiringdepartmental consultation with these hospital systems andplans to establish a program for the hospital systems toearn performance-based quality incentive payments fromthe plans based on achieving identified targets for quality ofcare pursuant to uniform performance measures andparameters, authorizing the hospital systems and theiraffiliated governmental entities, or other public entities, tovoluntarily provide the nonfederal share of the portion ofthe capitation rates associated with the directed paymentsand for the quality incentive payments through anintergovernmental transfer; authorizing the department toaccept these elective funds and, in its discretion, to depositthe transfer in the Medi-Cal Inpatient Payment AdjustmentFund. Also, authorizes enrollee requests for hearings within120 days after an order of action, develops time/distancestandards for long-term services/supports, and requirescompliance with medical loss ratio reporting requirementsat 85%. (SB 171)



Watch (03/29/17)

AB 206 (Stone)Creates the California DREAM Work-Study Program underthe administration of UC and CSU to provide financial aidfor students meeting its requirements. Requires UC/CSU tomatch 100% of the work-study grant cost for student workaccomplished on a campus of the respective university,and 50% of cost for work completed elsewhere.



Neutral (04/06/15)

AB 207 (Arambula)Authorizes CSU Fresno, to award the doctor of medicinedegree. Requires the degree to be distinguished fromdoctor of medicine degree programs at UC. (Two-year bill)



Oppose (03/21/17)Watch (03/29/17)



AB 209 (Mathis)Authorizes CSU to award professional doctorate degrees inagricultural education and requires the degree to bedistinguished from doctoral degree programs at UC. (AB80) (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending

AB 211 (Waldron)Extends the inoperative/repeal dates for Title 42 federalcertification standards compliance for chronic dialysis,surgical, or rehabilitation clinics to 1/1/19, and forintermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectualdisabilities to 1/1/20. (SB 534 '13)


From committee chair, withauthor's amendments: Amend, and re-refer tocommittee. Read secondtime, amended, andre-referred to Com. on RLS.

Pending

AB 215 (Beall)Makes changes to the Emergency Medical AirTransportation Act.



Watch (03/22/11)

AB 217 (Low)Establishes the Office of Higher Education Performanceand Accountability as the statewide postsecondaryeducation coordination and planning entity. (AB 1837 '16)(Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French



AB 224 (Thurmond)Extends licensing criteria to dentists administering deepsedation, and makes other changes to anesthesia andsedation requirements under the Dental Practice Act. Alsorequires the board to contract with a nonprofit researchorganization to obtain high-quality pediatric sedation andanesthesia-related data.


In committee: Set, firsthearing. Testimony taken.Further hearing to be set.

Watch (03/29/17)



AB 229 (Chang)Requests and encourages UC to adopt travelreimbursement policies in accordance with the prohibitionof state agencies from forbidding the use of, or denyingreimbursement for, necessary and actual expenses ofemployees traveling on official business for transportationprovided by a transportation network company or lodging ina short-term rental consistent with the agency's standardreimbursement policies.

Staff: Jason Murphy



AB 234 (Steinorth)Legislative intent: Restore funding for the AssumptionProgram of Loans for Education to its 2011-12 fiscal yearlevel and require the commission to award 7,200 newwarrants for the assumption of loans under the program inthe 2017-18 fiscal year. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending

AB 235 (Hayashi)Relates to emergency care for psychiatric emergencymedical conditions.



AB 240 (Lackey)Requests UC to establish the California Institute forAerospace. (AB 2600) (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 241 (Dababneh)Requires state and local agencies to provide 12 months ofidentity theft protection for anyone affected by agovernment data breach. (AB 259 '15). (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 245 (Ma)Requires Medical Board of California to remove expungedmisdemeanors or felony convictions posted on its Internetwebsite within 90 days of receiving copies of expungementorders from physician and surgeon licensees.



AB 250 (Holden)Creates the California Innovation Hub Program. (UCNamed)



Pending

AB 251 (Bonta)Extends sunset for Department of Public Health to adoptregulations relating to the provision of services by a chronicdialysis clinic, a surgical clinic, or a rehabilitation clinic,requires those clinics to comply with prescribed federalcertification standards.


Ordered to inactive file at therequest of Senator Wiener.

Neutral (02/21/17)Cost (03/29/17)

AB 252 (Carter)Authorizes the revocation of the license of a physician andsurgeon who practices medicine with, or serves or isemployed as the medical director of, a businessorganization that provides outpatient elective cosmeticmedical procedures or treatments knowing that theorganization is owned or operated in violation of theprohibition against employment of licensed physicians andsurgeons and podiatrists.



AB 254 (Thurmond)Establishes the Local Educational Agency BehavioralHealth Integration Pilot Program.



Pending



AB 255 (Waldron)Request UC to establish a Digital Arts Degree PilotProgram at up to 2 of its campuses and requires CCC andup to 8 CSU campuses to establish the pilot program;requests UC and requires CSU and CCC collaboration withthe digital arts design and video game industries to developa course leading to a baccalaureate and associate degreein digital arts.




AB 258 (Levine)Prohibits a hospital, physician and surgeon, procurementorganization, or other person from determining the ultimaterecipient of an anatomical gift based solely upon a potentialrecipient's status as a qualified patient, or based solely ona positive test for the use of medical marijuana by apotential recipient who is a qualified patient.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2015 Jul. 06 Chaptered bySecretary of State - Chapter51, Statutes of 2015.


AB 259 (Dababneh)Requires an agency, if it was the source of a breach whichcompromised a person's social security number, driver'slicense number, or California identification card number, tooffer free identity theft prevention and mitigation servicesfor not less than 12 months.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 262 (Bonta)Enacts the Buy Clean California Act which requires anawarding authority, including UC, to carry out certainduties, including requiring Environmental ProductDeclarations and bid specifications containingfacility-specific global warming potential parameters.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (06/22/17)



AB 263 (Rodriguez)Requires an employer that provides emergency medicalservices as part of an emergency medical services systemor plan to authorize and permit its employees engaged inprehospital emergency services to take prescribed restperiods and requires the employer to provide theseemployees with prescribed meal periods.


From committee: Do passand re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.)(September 1). Re-referredto Com. on RLS.

Neutral (03/23/17)

AB 266 (Bonta)Enacts the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety Actand establishes the Bureau of Medical MarijuanaRegulation which would be required to contract with the UCCenter for Medicinal Cannabis Research to develop astudy identifying the impact of cannabis on motor skills.Operative only if SB 643 and AB 243 are enacted.



Pending

AB 270 (Nazarian )Requires the Department of Public Health to apply to theDMV to sponsor a license plate that promotes diabetesawareness, education, and research, and that displays themessage "Cure Diabetes" under the numerical series.



Pending

AB 272 (Monning)Authorizes the CA Health Facilities Financing Authority toaward one or more grants that, in the aggregate, do notexceed $1.5M to one or more projects designed todemonstrate new or enhanced cost-effective methods ofdelivering health care services.


Ordered to inactive file at therequest of Senator Padilla.



AB 276 (Medina)Requests UC, CSU, CCC and independent institutions ofhigher education to complete a report that evaluates thecurrent state of cyber security education and trainingprograms offered.

Staff: Karen French


Pending

AB 288 (Holden)Authorizes the governing board of a community collegedistrict to enter into a College and Career Access Pathwayspartnership with the governing board of a school districtlocated within its service area with the goal of developingseamless pathways from high school to community collegefor career technical education or preparation for transfer,improving high school graduation rates, or helping highschool pupils achieve college and career readiness. (UCNamed)



Neutral (04/08/15)

AB 293 (Allen)Administers and establishes criteria for awarding grants,loans, or other financial assistance from the Clean EnergyJob Creation Fund pursuant to the Ca. Clean Energy JobsAct to fund projects that create jobs by reducing energydemand and consumption; maintains a public database ofrecipients; requires applicants to install a clean energygeneration project to demonstrate that it has implementedall cost effective energy efficiency and demand responseimprovements; requires recipients to report specifiedinformation to the Citizens Oversight Board for inclusion inits annual report to the Legislature, and that the board alsopost this information on its Website. (Proposition 39Implementation)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 301 (Pan)Extends to January 1, 2018, the termination of theprohibition against CA Children's Services coveredservices being incorporated into a Medi-Cal managed carecontract entered into after August 1, 1994.



Watch (03/22/11)

AB 303 (Calderon I)Entitles an otherwise eligible student who is a member orformer member of the Armed Forces of the United States,as defined, who meets prescribed requirements, including,but not limited to, enrollment in a qualifying undergraduatecertificate or degree program, to a Cal Grant A EntitlementAward or a Cal Grant B Entitlement Award. (UC Named)



Pending

AB 304 (Gonzalez )Makes changes to the Healthy Workplaces, HealthyFamilies Act of 2014. (AB 1522 '14)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (07/02/15)

AB 309 (Mathis)Requires the Department of Water Resources to createand administer the "Edmund G.'Pat' Brown, Sr., ResearchGrant" to provide a one-year grant to support research toexpand California's water portfolio, specifies that only CSUcampuses and UC campuses are eligible for this grant,appropriates $145K from the Greenhouse Gas ReductionFund to the state board this purpose.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 310 (Ma)Prohibits health care service plans and health insurers thatoffer outpatient prescription drug coverage from requiringcoinsurance, as defined, from the enrollee as a basis forcost sharing.



Watch (03/22/11)

AB 314 (Pan)Prohibits college/university-operated health care serviceplans from establishing an annual or lifetime limit on thedollar value of essential health benefits, as defined, for anyparticipant/beneficiary. (Two-Year Bill)


From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer tocommittee. Read secondtime, amended, andre-referred to Com. on ED.

Concern (06/06/13)

AB 316 (Maienschein)Specifies that a certain veterinarian called from anotherState by law enforcement or animal control agency toattend cases that are part of an animal cruelty investigationare exempt from specified licensing requirements underspecified conditions. Requires notification of the VeterinaryMedical Board of the investigation. Authorizes suchveterinarian to utilize a temporary shelter facility, whichwould be exempt from specified registration requirements ifit meets specified conditions.



Pending

AB 322 (Waldron)Prohibits a person, entity, or state agency fromelectronically collecting, retaining, maintaining, licensing,using, sharing, transmitting, or disclosing a social securitynumber unless it is encrypted.



Pending



AB 329 (Pan)Provides that a person who intentionally uses software tocircumvent a security measure, access control system, orother control or measure on a ticket seller' s Internet Website that is used to ensure an equitable ticket buyingprocess is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 330 (Chau)Includes links to specified Websites providing data oncollege affordability and related topics, posted in aconspicuous location, in the information that CSAC isrequired to provide on its Website.



Pending

AB 334 (Cooper)Makes changes relating to the conduct of sexual assaultexaminations and storage of related records, makesprovisions applicable to costs incurred by a clinic or sexualassault forensic medical examination, and includes nursepractitioners and physician's assistants as qualified healthcare professionals



Watch (03/29/17)

AB 336 (Baker)Spot bill: Makes changes to public postsecondaryeducation. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French

Died at Desk. Pending



AB 339 (Gordon )Prohibits health care service plans or health care insuranceformularies from discouraging the enrollment of individualswith health conditions and from reducing the generosity ofthe benefit for those with a particular condition. Providesthat a drug copay shall not exceed a specified amount for a30-day supply for essential health benefits, except asspecified. Requires coverage of a single antiretroviral drugtreatment needed to treat AIDS/HIV. Relates to coveragefor medically necessary drugs. Relates to nonformularydrug requests.



Pending

AB 340 (Weber)Encourages UC and requires CSU to each generate areport once every biennium of the legislative session thatincludes specified information related to the segment'scampus climate, post the report on its Web site, and submitthe report to specified state bodies.



Not Taking A Position(05/06/14)Support (07/15/15)Support (08/06/15)

AB 342 (Bass)State Budget: Education finance trailer bill: Relates to UCfee allocation and retirement plan (UC Named)



AB 344 (Chavez)Prohibits a payment made to a nondesignated publichospital pursuant to these provisions from being subject toa peer grouping inpatient reimbursement limitationestablished by the department, unless otherwise requiredby federal law.



Pending



AB 346 (Atkins)Establishes at least one polling place within a county's orcity and county's electoral jurisdiction on a higher educationcampus. (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy

In committee: Hearingpostponed by committee.

Neutral (05/18/11)

AB 348 (Brown)Requires the Department of Public Health to apply theexisting time periods for the investigation, inspection, andissuance of a citation under these provisions to a reportfrom the facility of an alleged violation of applicablerequirements of state or federal law or any alleged factsthat might constitute a violation of those requirements.



Pending

AB 351 (Jones-Sawyer)Requires state agencies, departments, boards, andcommissions to establish and achieve an annual goal of25% small business participation in state procurements andcontracts; Requires UC, CSU and CCC, in calculating thetotal amount of contracting covered by this bill only berequired to meet the 25% goal for state funding used incontracting.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 352 (Gaines)Requires UC, as a condition for receiving state funds forsupport of the University pursuant to the annual Budget Actor another statute, to ensure that no more than 10% of thestudents enrolled at any UC campus be nonresidents.Prohibits nonresidents from constituting more than 3% ofthe students enrolled at any CSU campus in any academicyear. (Two-year bill)



Concern (04/16/15)



AB 356 (Fletcher)Revises the definition of licentiates of the healing arts toalso include a physician assistant who is licensed pursuantto the Physician Assistant Practice Act and who practicesunder the supervision of a qualified physician and surgeon.



AB 362 (Ting)Legislative Intent: Enact legislation that would provide anexemption from personal income taxes for income paid tooffset the cost of federal taxes paid by an individual foremployer-sponsored health insurance for a same-sexdomestic partner or same-sex spouse and the dependentsof the same-sex domestic partner or same-sex spouse.

Staff: Jason Murphy

From committee: Do passand re-refer to Com. onAPPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.)(August 14). Re-referred toCom. on

Pending

AB 368 (Morrell)Expands residency classification provisions for purposes ofascertaining the amount of tuition and fees to be paid bystudents of public postsecondary education institutions bydeleting the provisions requiring members of the ArmedForces to be stationed in the state, and by defining "ArmedForces of the United States" to include the National Guardand the reserve components of the Armed Forces,including the California National Guard, requests UC toestablish the same residency requirements.




AB 369 (Pan)Requires plans/insurers to arrange for completion ofcovered services by nonparticipating providers for newlycovered enrollees/insureds under individual health careservice plan contracts or individual health insurancepolicies whose prior coverage was withdrawn from themarket between 12/1/13 - 3/31/14.


In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. forassignment.

Watch



AB 370 (Rodriguez)Requires the Student Aid Commission to calculate a targetfor Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards, and to estimatea take rate and number of award offers to achieve thetarget for awards to be paid. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Neutral (03/15/17)

AB 372 (Hernandez R)Requires that military service personnel and veterans,trade apprentices and journey-level professional studentsbe given a prior learning assessment to determinecollege-level learning gained in other than a college creditsetting.



Pending

AB 374 (Nazarian)Requires the Department of Managed Health Care and theDepartment of Insurance to develop a step therapyoverride determination request form by July, 2016, andwould require a prescribing provider to use the form tomake a step therapy override determination request,requires a health care service plan or health insurer torespond to a step therapy override determination requestwithin 72 hours for non-urgent requests, or within 24 hoursif exigent circumstances exist, as specified.



Pending

AB 375 (Skinner)Provides with respect to hospital employees who providedirect patient care in an acute care hospital, that the term"injury" includes a bloodborne infectious disease ormethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) thatdevelops or manifests itself during the period of theperson's employment with the hospital. (AB 664 '09, AB1994 '10)


Read third time. Refusedpassage. (Ayes 20. Noes 16.Page 2474.).

Oppose (04/07/11)Oppose (06/17/11)Oppose (08/31/11)Oppose (09/06/11)Oppose (09/09/11)



AB 377 (Solorio)Authorizes a centralized hospital packaging pharmacy toprepare medications for administration only to inpatientswithin its own general acute care hospital and one or moregeneral acute care hospitals if the hospitals are undercommon ownership, as defined, and within a 75-mile radiusof each other.



Not Taking A Position(08/09/11)Gov Sig Requested(09/12/12)

AB 378 (Solorio)Adds pharmacy goods to the list of medical goods orservices for which it is unlawful for a physician to refer aperson under specified provisions, except in prescribedcircumstances.



AB 379 (Gomez)Establishes the California Kickstart My Future LoanForgiveness Program. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Neutral (04/03/17)

AB 382 (Mullin)Would include prescribed documents dealing withalternative investments within the exceptions to therequirement for disclosure of documents related to publicmeetings.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (04/18/13)



AB 383 (Gipson )Requires a primary care clinic to offer each patient whoreceives primary care services in the clinic, and conductupon agreement, a hepatitis C screening or diagnostic test,specifies the manner in which the results of that test areprovided. These requirements would not apply if the patienthas previously taken a hepatitis C screening or diagnostictest, has been offered a hepatitis C screening or diagnostictest and declined the test within the primary care clinicwithin the previous 12 months, or is receiving primary careservices in a hospital or emergency room setting.



Pending

AB 386 (Levine)Expresses legislative intent that CSU students can enroll insystem-wide online courses as specified; requires CSU toestablish uniform definitions and reports to the Legislatureon its online course performance data and on feasibility ofdeveloping an accelerated bachelor' s degree completionprogram consisting of online courses focusing on studentswho started college but never obtained a degree.



Pending

AB 387 (Thurmond)Defines employer related to minimum wage provisions.(Two-year bill)


Died on inactive file. Oppose (03/27/17)

AB 389 (Chau)Requires a general acute care hospital and Department ofHealth Care Services to make the hospital's updatedlanguage assistance services policy available annually tothe public on their respective Web sites. Requires thehospital to post on its Web site a notice, in English and theother most commonly spoken languages in the hospital'sservice area, of the availability of language assistanceservices.



Pending



AB 393 (Quirk-Silva)Urges UC to freeze tuition/enrollment fees at Fall 2016levels through the 2019-20 academic year. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Oppose (04/10/17)Oppose (05/16/17)

AB 394 (Yamada)Extends the California Alzheimer's Disease and RelatedDisorders Research Fund check-off for another five years.




AB 395 (Pan)Requires the Department of Public Health to expandstatewide screening of newborns to include screening forsevere combined immunodeficiency (SCID).



Watch (03/22/11)

AB 400 (Ma)Provides that an employee who works in California for 7 ormore days in a calendar year is entitled to paid sick days,as defined, which shall be accrued at a rate of no less thanone hour for every 30 hours worked. (AB 1000 '09)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (03/31/11)

AB 405 (Irwin)Authorizes CCC, in consultation with the CSU and UC, toestablish a statewide baccalaureate degree cybersecuritypilot program at not more than 10 community collegedistricts. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending



AB 409 (Quirk-Silva)Authorizes the FPPC to develop and operate an onlinesystem for filing statements of economic interests meetingspecified requirements. With certain exceptions, filerswould be authorized to use the online system to meetrequirements imposed by the act. (AB 2062 '12)

Staff: Jason Murphy

From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer tocommittee. Read secondtime, amended, andre-referred to Com. on E. &C.A.

Neutral (03/21/13)

AB 415 (Logue)Specifies that, in an action brought on or after 1/1/13, acourt may not award nominal damages if the defendantestablishes specified factors as an affirmative defense,including that it is: a covered entity or business associate,has complied with any obligations to notify persons entitledto receive notice regarding the release of the information,and has taken appropriate preventative actions to protectthe confidential information or records against releaseconsistent with federal law. Provides that if an affirmativedefense is established the defendant is not liable for morethan one judgment on the merits for releases of confidentialinformation or records arising out of the same event,transaction, or occurrence.




AB 419 (Salas (D))Appropriate $500,000 to fund a study by one or more UCcampuses on life cycle emissions profiles.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 420 (Salas)Requires the State Department of Public Health to conductthe Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMAD)Community Awareness Campaign to increase awarenessand provide education to pregnant women and newmothers on postpartum mood and anxiety disorders.



Pending

AB 422 (Arambula)Repeals the sunset and the Doctor of Nursing PracticeDegree Pilot Program. Authorizes CSU to establish Doctorof Nursing Practice degree programs that offer Doctor ofNursing Practice degrees.






AB 423 (Brown)Provides that a student who uses a Cal Grant or a PellGrant to pay tuition at a qualifying institution is not therebymade ineligible to apply for payment from the StudentTuition Recovery Fund.


2014

Aug. 22From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onAPPR.2013

Aug. 30In committee:Placed on APPR. suspensefile. In committee: Heldunder submission.

Aug. 27From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7.

Noes 1.) (August 27).Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Aug. 22Re-referred to Com.on T. & H.

Aug. 21From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onRLS.

Aug. 14Withdrawn fromcommittee. Re-referred toCom. on RLS.

Aug. 13From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onAPPR.

Aug. 8In committee: Set,second hearing. Hearingcanceled at the requestofauthor.

June 26In committee: Set,


first hearing. Hearingcanceled at the requestofauthor.

June 18From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6.

Noes 0.) (June 18).Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

May 29Referred to Com. on PUB. S.



Page 1480.)

May 14Read second time.Ordered to consent calendar.

May 13Read second timeand amended. Ordered tosecond reading.

May 9From committee: Dopass as amended. Toconsent calendar. (Ayes 17.

Noes 0.) (May 8).

May 1In committee: Set,first hearing. Hearingcanceled at the requestofauthor.

Apr. 24From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on APPR.withrecommendation: toconsent calendar. (Ayes 6.Noes 0.) (April23).Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Apr. 10Re-referred to Com.


on PUB. S.

Apr. 9From committee chair,with author's amendments: Amend, and re-referto Com.on PUB. S. Read secondtime and amended.

Apr. 2In committee: Set,first hearing. Hearingcanceled at the requestofauthor.

Feb. 28Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

Feb. 19From printer. Maybe heard in committee March 21.

Feb. 15Read first time. Toprint.

Pending

AB 427 (Muratsuchi)Establishes the California Aerospace and AviationCommission.

Staff: Jason Murphy

In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. forassignment.

Pending

AB 428 (Portantino)Requires a health care service plan and a health insurer toprovide coverage for medically necessary expenses forstandard fertility preservation services when a necessarymedical treatment may directly or indirectly causeiatrogenic infertility to an enrollee or insured.



Pending



AB 439 (Skinner)Specifies that, in an action brought on or after 1/1/13, acourt may not award nominal damages if the defendantestablishes specified factors as an affirmative defense,including that it is: a covered entity or business associate,has complied with any obligations to notify persons entitledto receive notice regarding the release of the information,and has taken appropriate preventative actions to protectthe confidential information or records against releaseconsistent with federal law. Provides that if an affirmativedefense is established the defendant is not liable for morethan one judgment on the merits for releases of confidentialinformation or records arising out of the same event,transaction, or occurrence.




AB 444 (Gipson)Extends to 1/1/17, law to prohibit a health facility, fromusing an epidural connector that would fit into a connectorother than the type it was intended for, unless anemergency or urgent situation exists and the prohibitionwould impair the ability to provide health care.


2015 Aug. 13 Chaptered bySecretary of State - Chapter198, Statutes of 2015.

Pending

AB 446 (Mitchell)Expands HIV testing procedures to require a medicalprovider or person administering the test to providespecified information to the patient; require informedconsent, except when a person independently requests atest from an HIV counseling and testing site; offer testing toconsenting patients aged 18-65 who have blood drawn at aprimary care clinic and specify how the results areprovided; authorize Internet/electronic disclosure of resultsonly under secure access at the time of testing.



Watch (05/13/13)



AB 447 (Gray)Contingent on federal financial participation and approvals,adds continuous glucose monitors and related supplies tothe Medi-Cal schedule of benefits for treatment of type 1and 2 diabetes mellitus when medically necessary, subjectto utilization controls.


Stricken from file. Watch (03/21/17)

AB 451 (Arambula)Specifies that a psychiatric unit within a general acutehospital or an acute psychiatric hospital, regardless ofwhether it maintains an emergency department, is requiredto provide emergency care and services to relieve oreliminate a psychiatric emergency medical condition if thehospital has appropriate facilities and qualified personnel.Prohibits these hospitals, as a condition to accepting apatient transfer from another facility, from requiring that apatient be in custody as a result of a mental health disordercausing him/her to be a danger to others or himself/herself,or is gravely disabled.



Watch (03/22/17)

AB 453 (Limon)Encourages UC, and requires CSU and CCC, to designateas a "hunger free campus" each of its campuses that meetspecified criteria and provide a funding incentive to thosecampuses.

Staff: Karen French

Referred to Com. on ED. Pending

AB 456 (Thurmond)Authorizes postgraduate hours of experience to be creditedtoward licensure so long as the person applies forregistration as an associate clinical social worker within 90days of the granting of the qualifying master's degree ordoctoral degree and is granted registration by the board.



Watch (03/29/17)



AB 458 (O'Donnell )Requests UC to conduct a feasibility study to determine theappropriate grade level and subject area and potentialcosts for a pilot program to develop standards-alignedcontent and instructional software for use on portableelectronic devices.



Pending

AB 461 (Muratsuchi (D))Adds the Revised Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan(REPAYE) and Pay As You Earn Repayment Plan (PAYE)federal loan forgiveness programs to the statute thatexempts forgiven amounts of certain federal student loansfrom state income tax.

Staff: Karen French


Support (09/01/17)Support (09/06/17)Support (09/07/17)Support (09/11/17)Support (09/12/17)Support (09/13/17)Support (09/14/17)

AB 463 (Salas)Requires an Assumption Program of Loans for Educationparticipant to demonstrate financial need, removereferences to the API, and revise the information that theSuperintendent is required to furnish to the commissionannually. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending



AB 468 (Chavez)Requires nondesignated public hospitals to report andcertify specified information for require nondesignatedpublic hospitals to report and certify specified informationfor the 2012-13 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter. Provides that the state's 20% assessment fee onintergovernmental transfers (IGT) does not apply tonondesignated public hospitals. Requires DHCS to pay raterange increases to Medi-Cal managed care plans thatcontract with the department to provide Medi-Cal servicesin specified counties for the purpose of providing additionalpayments to nondesignated public hospitals for purposes ofequaling the amount of reimbursement the nondesignatedpublic hospital would have received through certified publicexpenditures under the fee-for-service paymentmethodology.


2014

June 16From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onINS.


Feb. 6Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

Jan. 29In Senate. Read firsttime. To Com. on RLS. forassignment.

Jan. 29Read third time.Passed. Ordered to theSenate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.

Page 3726.)

Jan. 23From committee: Dopass. To consent calendar.(Ayes 16. Noes 0.)(January 23). Read second time.Ordered to consent calendar.

Jan. 13From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9.

Noes 0.) (January 13).Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Jan. 6From committee chair,with author's amendments: Amend, and re-referto Com.on NAT. RES. Read secondtime and amended. Re-referred toCom. on NAT.RES. Re-referred to Com.


on RLS. pursuanttoAssembly Rule 96. Fromcommittee: Be re-referred toCom. on NAT.

RES. Re-referred. (Ayes 9.Noes 0.) (January 6).Re-referred toCom. on NAT.RES. 2013

May 2Re-referred to Com.on NAT. RES.

May 1Read second time andamended.

Apr. 30From committee: With amendments, butwithout recommendation,and bere-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 29).

Apr. 15In committee: Set,first hearing. Hearingcanceled at the requestofauthor.

Apr. 11Re-referred to Com.on RLS. pursuant toAssembly Rule 96. Fromcommittee: Bere-referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and INS. (Ayes10.

Noes 0.) (April 11).Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

Apr. 9Re-referred to Com.on NAT. RES.

Apr. 8From committee chair,with author's amendments: Amend, and re-referto Com.on NAT. RES. Read secondtime and amended.

Mar. 11Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

Feb. 20From printer. Maybe heard in committee


March 22.

Feb. 19Read first time. Toprint. Neutral (06/30/14)

AB 473 (Waldron)Requires the UC Criminal Justice and Health Consortium toadminister a 4-year statewide pilot project in 6 counties to assist counties in creating cost-effective programming forthe large population of mentally ill adults in county jailsystems who have co-occurring substance usedisorders.(Two-year bill)



Watch (03/29/17)

AB 475 (Brown)Defines the term "licensing fees" for purposes of theStudent Athlete Bill of Rights, and would instead makethose provisions applicable to intercollegiate athleticprograms at 4-year institutions of higher education in thestate that receive, as an average, $20M or more in annualrevenue derived from media rights and licensing fees forintercollegiate athletics. (Two-Year Bill)


From committee: Bere-referred to Coms. onHIGHER ED. and A.,E.,S.,T.,& I.M. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.)(March 21). Re-referred toCom. on HIGHER ED.

Oppose (12/17/13)



AB 477 (Ridley-Thomas)Establishes the Behavioral Health Stakeholder AdvisoryPanel. (Two-year bill)



Watch (03/20/17)

AB 479 (Donnelly)Exempts textbooks from sales/ use taxes for studentspresenting valid student ID card or proof of enrollment.


Re-referred to Com. on REV.& TAX.

Pending

AB 483 (Patterson )Requires that the fees for licensure of various professionsand vocations including healing arts imposed by certainprovisions for an initial license, an original license, or arenewal be prorated on a monthly basis.



Pending

AB 486 (Bonilla)Requires medication's barcodes be machine readable,using medication administration software, and that thesoftware compare the information contained in the barcodeto the electronic medical record of the inpatient in order toverify that the medication to be given is the correctmedication, dosage, and route of administration for thatpatient.



Neutral (04/02/15)

AB 488 (Kiley)Establishes the Mental Health Services Fund Transparencyand Accountability Office within the California Health andHuman Services Agency. (Two-year bill)



Watch (03/20/17)



AB 491 (Ma)Authorizes expansion of cardiac catheterization laboratoryservice for no more than two general acute care hospitalsthat applied for program flexibility on or before 7/1/12 andif other specified requirements are met. (Similar to SB 276)



Pending

AB 493 (Perea)Requires UC Police to make determination on location ofregistrants, provide notification, take appropriateenforcement action, and receive from Dept. of SocialServices, by by January 1, 2014, addresses or otherequivalent data on foster homes or facilities undercompliance with the Sex Offender Registration Act.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (02/21/12)

AB 497 (Block)Authorizes the Department of Transportation and localauthorities to also permit exclusive or preferential use ofhigh-occupancy vehicle lanes by a vehicle driven by aphysician if the vehicle is driven by a physician in responseto an emergency call and the vehicle displays the insigniaapproved by the Department of the California HighwayPatrol.



Pending

AB 501 (Emmerson)Authorizes certain persons who are not licensed physiciansand surgeons under the Medical Practice Act to use thewords "doctor" or "physician," the letters or prefix "Dr.," orthe initials "M.D.,", as specified.






AB 502 (Chau )Excepts any professional corporation renderingprofessional services by persons duly licensed by theDental Hygiene Committee of California from the certificateof registration requirement. Authorizes dental assistants,licensed dentists, registered dental hygienists, andregistered dental hygienists in extended functions to beshareholders, officers, directors, or professional employeesof a registered dental hygienist in alternative practicecorporations. Requires a licensee employed by, orpracticing in, a registered dental hygienist in alternativepractice corporation to practice within the scope of theirlicense and be subject to all applicable licensure provisionsin their respective practice act.



Pending

AB 503 (Lackey (R_)Creates a process that allows indigent individuals withoutstanding parking citations to repay their fines andpenalties while preserving their ability to register and drivetheir vehicles.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 504 (Chesbro)Prohibits hatchery production/stocking of transgenicspecies of salmonids, and makes it unlawful to spawn,incubate, or cultivate any transgenic species of Salmonidae finfish, and prohibits research orexperimentation for the commercial production oftransgenic salmonids. Authorizes a specified permit formedical or scientific research on transgenic finfish byaccredited California academic institutions or privateentities for research only and not for commercialproduction.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014

Aug. 5From committee: Dopass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.)(August 4).

Aug. 4From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onAPPR.

July 2Read second time andamended. Re-referred toCom. on APPR.

July 1From committee: Dopass as amended andre-refer to Com. on APPR.(Ayes 7. Noes 2.)(June 24).


May 28From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onN.R. &W.

Apr. 24From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onN.R. &W.

Mar. 12From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onN.R. &


W.

Feb. 6Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

Jan. 29In Senate. Read firsttime. To Com. on RLS. forassignment.

Jan. 29Read third time.Passed. Ordered to theSenate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1.

Page 3723.)

Jan. 27From consentcalendar. Ordered to thirdreading.

Jan. 23From committee: Dopass. To consent calendar.(Ayes 16. Noes 0.)(January 23). Read second time.Ordered to consent calendar.

Jan. 14From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15.

Noes 0.) (January 14).Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Jan. 6From committee chair,with author's amendments: Amend, and re-referto Com.on W.,P. & W. Read secondtime and amended. Re-referred toCom. on W.,P.& W. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant toAssemblyRule 96. From committee:Be re-referred to Com. on W.,P.& W. Re-referred.(Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 6). Re-referred toCom. on W.,P. & W. 2013

Mar. 4Referred to Com. on W.,P. & W.

Feb. 21From printer. May


be heard in committee March 23.


Pending

AB 505 (Caballero)Prohibits the Medical Board of California from entering intoany stipulation for disciplinary action, including placing alicensee on probation, if the operative accusation includesspecified acts.




AB 506 (Mitchell)Authorizes HIV testing of infants under 12 months old whenin protective/court custody, and receiving medical care byan attending physician/surgeon who determines that thistesting is necessary, and provides that treatment based ona positive test result is considered emergency medical careauthorized, without court order, by a social worker; requiressocial worker to provide to physician/surgeon any availablecontact information for biological mother for purposes ofreporting a positive HIV test.


Senate amendmentsconcurred in. To Engrossingand Enrolling. (Ayes 76.Noes 0.).

Pending



AB 508 (Garcia )Establishes a maternal mortality review panel to conductongoing comprehensive, multidisciplinary reviews ofmaternal deaths and severe maternal morbidity inCalifornia to identify factors associated with the deaths andmake recommendations for system changes to improvehealth care services for women in this state.


2016 Jun. 21 Re-referred toComs. on JUD. andHEALTH.

Watch (04/15/16)

AB 510 (Lowenthal B)Changes various requirements for health facilities andclinics using CT x-ray systems, including recording of doseof radiation, accreditation of systems, and reporting ofunauthorized exams and x-rays of unintended areas within5 business days of discovery of a therapeutic event andwithin 10 days of discovery of a CT event.



Neutral (06/22/12)

AB 511 (Gipson)Expands workers' compensation coverage relating tocompensable injury, to include other, full-time peaceofficers described pursuant to specified provisions of law.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 517 (Harper)Prohibits a state agency, department, board, orcommission, from prohibiting or denying travel to states onthe basis of political beliefs. (UC Named) (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 518 (Harper (R))Exempts travel that is required to attend or to participate inan academic conference or competition, or an athleticevent, and travel that is required to further recruitment of aprospective student athlete, from existing traveldiscrimination laws. (UC Named) (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 521 (Nazarian )Requires a general acute care hospital to offer an HIV testthat is consistent with the U.S. Preventive Services TaskForce recommendations to a consenting patient who hashad blood drawn in the hospital after being admittedthrough the hospital's emergency department. Authorizes ahospital to offer the HIV test at any time during the patient'sadmission. Does not prohibit a patient's health plan fromapplying any patient's cost share or other limitation that isauthorized by law and included in the contract between theplan and the patient.



Neutral (06/04/15)

AB 526 (Fuentes)Public Protection and Physician Health Program Act of2009.



Pending

AB 530 (Cooper (D))Expands the jurisdiction of PERB to include resolvingdisputes and statutory duties and rights of persons who arepeace officers.

Staff: Jason Murphy




AB 533 (Monning)Requires a health care service plan contract or healthinsurance policy to provide that if an enrollee/insuredreceives covered services from a contracting health facility,at which the enrollee receives covered services by anonparticipating provider, the enrollee/insured would berequired to pay the provider only the same cost-sharingrequired if the services were provided by a contractingindividual health professional. Prohibits owing anonparticipating provider more than the in-networkcost-sharing amount if the noncontracting individual healthprofessional receives reimbursement for services providedto the enrollee/insured at a contracting health facility fromthe plan/insurer. Makes an exception from this prohibition ifenrollee/insured provides written consent that satisfiesspecified criteria. Establishes an independent disputeresolution process to allow a noncontracting individualhealth professional who rendered services at a contractinghealth facility, or a plan/insurer, to appeal a claim paymentdispute.


2016 Aug. 31Reconsideration granted.(Page 6544.) Ordered toinactive file at the request ofAssembly Member Bonta.

Watch (07/02/15)

AB 534 (Wieckowski)Requires each campus at UC, CSU, CCC, and private andindependent colleges or universities to provide entranceand exit counseling, as specified, with respect to anystudent loans offered by the institution or a private lender orrecommended to the student by the institution or segment.



Neutral (04/04/12)

AB 536 (Knight)Requires Medical Board to remove expungedmisdemeanor/felony convictions posted on the Internetwithin 90 days of receiving certified copy of expungementorder from licensee. (AB 245 '10, Vetoed)





AB 541 (Daly)Authorizes UC Irvine to implement a pilot program through1/1/19 similar to the one run by City of Santa Monica, if itdetermines that the city has less than 12 operational busesequipped with illuminated signs, and requires the universityin collaboration with CHP to submit a report by 7/1/18 onthe incidence of adverse impacts. (AB 1984 '11)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Senate amendmentsconcurred in. To Engrossingand Enrolling. (Ayes 76.Noes 1.).

Pending

AB 542 (Feuer)Requires the medical director and the director of nursing ofa hospital to annually report adverse events and hospitalacquired conditions to its governing board.


Vetoed by Governor. Oppose Unless Amended(04/10/09)Oppose Unless Amended(06/25/09)Oppose Unless Amended(06/30/10)Neutral (08/23/10)

AB 548 (Salas)Extends the community college registered nursingprograms to 1/1/2020.


Feb. 6Referred to Com. on ED.

Watch (04/30/14)

AB 549 (Furutani)Specifies that for certain clinical lab personnel a formalletter or official written documentation constitutes sufficientevidence for licensure qualification and requires evidenceof applicant's satisfactory performance on written exam.


Vetoed by Governor.



AB 550 (Brown)Requires state agencies and encourages independentstate entities to achieve an annual 25% small businessparticipation level in state contracting.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 552 (O'Donnell)Provides that a public works contract entered into on orafter 1/1/16, that contains a clause requiring a contractor tobe responsible for consequential damages is notenforceable unless the consequential damages have beenliquidated to a set amount and identified in the public workscontract. (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 562 (Muratsuchi)Prohibits any person, with intent to deceive or defraud,from obstructing the State Auditor in performing officialduties relating to an audit required by statute or requestedby the Joint Legislative Audit Committee.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (06/22/17)

AB 565 (Salas)Amends Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps LoanRepayment Program; requires guidelines forselection/placement of program applicants to includecriteria giving priority consideration to applicants withexperience serving medically underserved populations or inmedically underserved areas; requires priority to ruralapplicants who agree to practice in aphysician-owned/operated medical practice; includes aprimary care private practice; requires placementguidelines development.



Watch (06/13/12)



AB 572 (Gaines)Requires Department of Public Health to update theCalifornia Wellness Plan 2014 to include specified items,including priorities and performance measures based onevidence-based strategies to prevent and control diabetes,and to submit a report to the Legislature by 1/1/18 thatincludes an update on the progress of those specified planitems.



Pending

AB 573 (Medina)Requires the Student Aid Commission to establish acomplete listing of California postsecondary educationalinstitutions and identify which institutions are eligible andineligible for participation in the Cal Grant Program.


2016 Apr. 21 Last day toconsider Governor's vetopursuant to Joint Rule 58.5.

Pending

AB 574 (Patterson)Requires a surgical team for the performance ofcardiovascular operative procedures that requireextracorporeal bypass to consist of a minimum of 2surgeons.



Pending

AB 578 (Low)Requires an employer to also give notice to workers at theplace of employment who will be affected by the permanentor temporary variance, or representatives of affectedworkers, who may be affected by or exposed to thehazards by the temporary variance from an occupationalsafety and health standard.



Pending



AB 579 (Obernolte)Creates an exception to permit a general acute carehospital to operate an emergency department located morethan 15 miles from its main physical plant. (Two-year bill)



Watch (04/06/15)

AB 580 (Davis)Establishes the 14-member California Civil RightsEducation Advisory Committee in the State Department ofEducation.



Watch (03/22/11)

AB 583 (Hayashi)Requires health care practitioners to disclose type oflicenseand and highest level of academic degree eitherprominently displayed in office, or in writing given to apatient upon initial visit.



Watch

AB 586 (Campos)Expands the Student Opportunity and Access Program byadding one additional college campus financial aid officer,appointed by the Student Aid Commission, to the projectgrant advisory committee.



Pending

AB 587 (Chiu (D))Requires the Department of General Services to convenethe California Pharmaceutical Collaborative to address therising cost of pharmaceuticals. (UC Representative)



Pending



AB 589 (Bigelow (R))Requires any diverter who completed an instructionalcourse regarding the devices or measurement methodadministered by the UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) tobe considered a qualified individual when installing andmaintaining devices or implementing methods ofmeasurement that were taught in the course for diversion,and requires UCCE and the Water Resources ControlBoard to develop the course curriculum and proficiencytest.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Support (08/17/17)

AB 591 (Fox)Requires each general acute care hospital with anemergency department to have, at all times, a geriatricphysician serving on an "on-call" basis to that department.



Pending

AB 599 (Pan)Intent: Enact legislation relating to the privacy of medicalinformation.


Died at Desk.

AB 604 (Skinner)Relates to needle exchange programs.



Watch (03/22/11)

AB 608 (Pan)Intent: Enact legislation related to telemedicine.


Died at Desk.



AB 609 (Nestande)Enacts the CA Taxpayer Access to Publicly FundedResearch Act.


In committee: Set firsthearing. Failed passage.Reconsideration granted.

Support If Amended(04/12/13)Support (04/26/13)Support (06/20/13)Gov Sig Requested(08/29/14)

AB 612 (Rubio)Requires the State Department of Health Care Services todevelop and implement an electronic reporting and trackingsystem for newborns and infants tested for hearing lossand requires general acute care hospitals to maintain anewborn and infant data management system.



Cost (03/29/17)

AB 613 (Nazarian)Authorizes a person with specified qualifications to performa total protein test using a digital refractometer in alicensed plasma collection facility in this state if specifiedcircumstances are met, including that the person meetscertain education and training requirements.


Ordered to inactive file at therequest of Senator Newman.

Pending

AB 615 (Cooper)Requires the State Air Resources Board to work andcontract with UC or CSU to prepare and submit to theLegislature a report on the impact of the Clean VehicleRebate Project on the state 's zero-emission vehiclemarket.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 616 (Aguiar-Curry)Authorizes the COSMOS program to increase tuition by 5percent each year by extending the tuition sunset date foranother 5 years. (UC Sponsor)

Staff: Karen French


SponsorSupport (03/08/17)Support (04/20/17)Support (05/25/17)Support (08/28/17)Support (09/06/17)Support (09/11/17)Gov Sig Requested(09/22/17)

AB 617 (Nazarian)Requires the Health Benefit Exchange board to contractwith DSS to serve as the Exchange's appeals entity to hearappeals of eligibility or enrollment determination orredetermination for persons in the individual market orexemption determinations within the Exchange'sjurisdiction. Establishes an appeals process for eligibility orenrollment determinations and redeterminations forinsurance affordability programs or exemptiondeterminations within the Exchange's jurisdiction, includingan informal resolution process establishing procedures andtimelines for hearings with the appeals entity, and noticeprovisions.


Read second time andamended. Re-referred toCom. on

Watch (06/30/13)



AB 620 (Block)Requests UC, CSU, CCC to adopt policies on harassment,intimidation, and bullying to be included within the rules ofstudent conduct governing; requests segments to addressissues of LGBT faculty, staff, and students, collectaggregate demographics on sexual orientation/genderidentity of staff and students within other aggregatedemographics collected, and requires annual transmittal ofany report to Legislature and posting of info on eachsegments Website.



Watch (03/23/10)Cost (06/16/11)

AB 623 (Wood )Where an abuse-deterrent opioid analgesic drug product isavailable, prohibits a health care service plan or insurerfrom requiring the use of it without the abuse-deterrentproperties in order to access abuse-deterrent opioidanalgesic drug products. Requires a plan/insurer to allow aprovider to prescribe, and if otherwise covered, to providecoverage for, a less than 30-day supply of an opioidanalgesic drug product. Requires a pharmacist to inform apatient receiving an opioid analgesic drug product onproper storage and disposal of the drug, and authorizesthis information to be included as part of the required oralconsultation.



Watch (04/02/15)

AB 626 (Chiu)Establishes a separate demand claim resolution processfor public works project claims, and requires a public entityto follow specified procedures in the processing of suchclaims.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 628 (Yee)Retitles Acupuncture Licensure Act as Traditional ChineseMedicine Licensure Act; changes designation ofacupuncturist to Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicineand the term Traditional Chinese Medicine to be identical toacupuncture; expands scope of licensees; createstraumatologists certification process; sets forth licenserenewal procedures and unprofessional conduct provisions.



AB 635 (Atkins )Requires the Department of Health Care Services to workwith stakeholders to conduct a study on medicalinterpretation services for Medi-Cal beneficiaries who arelimited English proficient, and establishes a pilot project inup to 4 sites to evaluate a mechanism to provide andimprove those services.



Pending

AB 636 (Medina)Authorizes identification of an alleged assailant in acampus report of a Part 1 violent crime, sexual assault, orhate crime for disclosure to local law enforcement, even if avictim does not consent to being identified, if the institutiondetermines both that the alleged assailant represents aserious or ongoing threat to the safety of students,employees, or the institution, and that the immediateassistance of the local law enforcement agency isnecessary to contact or detain the assailant. In that case,the bill requires the institution, as a condition ofparticipation in a specified financial aid program, to disclosethe identity of the alleged assailant to the local lawenforcement agency and to immediately inform the victimof that disclosure. (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (07/02/14)



AB 637 (Campos)Authorizes the signature of a nurse practitioner or aphysician assistant acting under the supervision of thephysician and within the scope of practice authorized bylaw to create a valid POLST form.



Watch (03/24/15)

AB 639 (Torlakson)Telephone Users Surcharge Act - Appropriates fundsexclusively for poison control centers and 911 emergencycall centers. Appropriates $3M from the General Fund tothe Emergency Medical Services Authority for the supportof poison control centers.



Pending



AB 640 (Hall)Requires the Student Aid Commission to establish anappeal process for an otherwise qualifying institution thatfails to satisfy the 3-year cohort default rate and graduationrate requirements.


2014

June 19From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onRLS.2013



July 3From committee chair,with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refertocommittee. Read secondtime, amended, andre-referred to Com. onRLS.

June 24Withdrawn fromcommittee. Re-referred toCom. on RLS.

June 20From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com.onHEALTH.


May 29Referred to Com. on HEALTH.




Page 1480.)


May 9From committee: Dopass. To consent calendar.(Ayes 16. Noes 0.)(May 8).

Mar. 20Re-referred to Com.on G.O.

Mar. 19Referred to Com. on G.O. From committee chair,with author'samendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com.on G.O. Read secondtimeand amended.



Pending

AB 645 (Davis)Requires CSU and requests UC to require students tocomplete two courses in ethnic studies prior to graduationregardless of major.



Oppose (01/09/12)



AB 646 (Cooley)Expresses the intent of the Legislature to affirm theemployer-education partnership model of a regional P-20council as a desired structure in California to help alignpreschool, K-12, community college, 4-year college, andgraduate and professional education programs and fundingto advance strategic educational and economic outcomes,authorizes a school district, community college district, orCSU or UC to establish or participate in a regional P-20council, and authorize a regional P-20 council to includerepresentatives of private sector employers.



Pending

AB 648 (Low)Establishes the Virtual Dental Home Grant Program toallocate funds for the virtual dental home (VDH) model ofcommunity-based dental care in geographic areas ofhighest need. Allocates grants to organizations to developtraining modules and establish community-based learningcollaboratives.



Pending

AB 649 (Harkey)Grants priority class registration to members or formermembers of the Armed Forces, who are CA residents,within 5 years of leaving active duty.


In committee: Set, firsthearing. Held withoutrecommendation.

Support If Amended(03/24/11)Attachment (03/24/11)Support (06/02/11)

AB 650 (Nazarian)Creates the DGS Natural Gas Services Program to enterinto agreements with local governmental bodies, nonprofithospitals, and educational institutions that expend publicfunds for acquisition of natural gas and related services.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (05/03/13)



AB 653 (Levine)Declares that nothing in either the Education or PublicContract Codes precludes a CCC district from purchasingmaterials, equipment, supplies, or services under the sameterms and conditions as are specified in a contract lawfullyawarded by UC or CSU.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 655 (Hayashi)Requires a peer review body to respond to the request ofanother peer review body and produce relevant peerreview information about a licentiate that was subject topeer review by the responding peer review body, or amedical disciplinary cause or reason.



Support (06/13/11)

AB 657 (Hernandez)Requires OSHPD, in collaboration with the CaliforniaWorkforce Investment Board, to establish the HealthProfessions Workforce Task Force to assist in thedevelopment of a health professions workforce masterplan.



Watch



AB 658 (Wilk)Authorizes the use of a Medicare cost-to-charge ratio tocalculate costs for claims that have not previously beenpaid or otherwise determined by local law enforcement.Authorizes a hospital that contracts or is responsible forproviding health care services to local law enforcementpatients, to choose the most appropriate cost-to-chargeratio, and requires the hospital to give notice of anychange. Provides that If the hospital chooses to use theMedicare cost-to-charge ratio, the hospital would berequired to attach supporting Medicare documentation andan expected payment calculation to the claim, and if aclaim does not contain that documentation and paymentcalculation, or if, within 60 days of the hospital's request forapproval to use the Medicare cost-to-charge ratio, approvalis not granted, the Office of Statewide Health Planning andDevelopment cost-to-charge ratio would be used tocalculate the payment.



Pending

AB 660 (Hall)Intent: Enact legislation that addresses chronic healthissues facing children.


Died at Desk. Watch (03/22/11)

AB 661 (Block)Authorizes the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community CollegeDistrict and the San Mateo County Community CollegeDistrict to establish one baccalaureate degree pilotprogram per campus. (2-yr bill)


Died on inactive file. Watch (03/23/11)Pending (05/10/11)

AB 668 (Block)Spot bill: foundation transparency. (UC Named) (UCSponsored)

Staff: Steve Juarez


Pending



AB 670 (Block)Requires CSU to ensure that campuses meet specificrequirements with respect to appeal procedures for a denialof admission.



Watch (04/01/12)

AB 672 (Pan)Makes changes to the Emergency Medical ServicesSystem and the Prehospital Emergency Medical CarePersonnel Act.



AB 675 (Hagman)Provides that continuing education courses that advance orpromote labor organizing on behalf of a union, or thatadvance or promote statutory or regulatory changes,political candidates, political advocacy, or political strategyshall not be considered content relevant to the practiceregulated by the board and shall not be acceptable formeeting requirements for licensure renewal.



Watch (03/22/11)

AB 676 (Fox)Prohibits health care service plans, health insurers, and theDepartment of Health Care Services or Medi-Cal managedcare plans, as applicable, from causing an enrollee,insured, or beneficiary to remain in a general acute carehospital or an acute psychiatric hospital if the attendingphysician on the medical staff has determined that theindividual no longer requires inpatient hospital care.






AB 677 (Dodd)Provides that, when construction or modernization projectsare undertaken at a campus or facility within its jurisdiction,CCC and CSU shall, UC is requested to, equip classrooms,offices, or other rooms where students and school staffgather with locking mechanisms, commonly known asclassroom function locks, that allow the doors to be lockedfrom the inside or equip these doors with the bestalternative technology that accomplishes the same result.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending (04/23/15)

AB 678 (Pan)Provides for provider supplemental Medi-Calreimbursement for emergency medical transportationservices.



Watch (06/16/11)

AB 681 (Hernandez)Relates to the confidentiality of medical information.



Pending

AB 682 (Hayashi)Requires DGS to maintain a complete and accuratestatewide inventory of all real property held by the stateincluding UC and require that this inventory be completedand updated by January 1 of each year.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (04/26/11)



AB 684 (Bonilla)Relates to provisions governing optometrists, lens sellers,and dispensing opticians, including certain relationshipsbetween persons in these professions; the providing ofoptical products; relationships with health care serviceplans; unlawful actions by dispensing opticians and finesrelated thereto; and disciplinary actions by the State Boardof Optometry.



Pending

AB 689 (Bonta)Requires each general acute care hospital to offer onsitevaccinations for influenza to all inpatients prior to dischargeannually; requires general acute care hospitals that offersvaccinations pursuant to this provision to inform eachinpatient that he or she may be required to pay for the costof the vaccination.



Pending

AB 690 (Wood)Includes marriage and family therapists within those healthcare professionals under the Medi-Cal program.



Pending

AB 694 (Padilla)Requires Dental Board working group to analyze dentalcare needs of California residents.



AB 697 (Gomez)Establishes a loan assumption program for employees ofstate veterans' homes within the SNAPLE program.


Referred to Coms. onHEALTH and V.A.

Watch (04/11/13)



AB 703 (Hall)Provides that the exemption from the prohibition oncarrying concealed/loaded firearms applies to honorablyretired peace officers who were authorized to carry firearmsduring the course and scope of their appointment, ratherthan employment, as peace officers.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (04/23/13)

AB 705 (Eggman)Provides that the Psychology Licensing law does notrestrict the practice of psychology on the part of a personwho is a salaried employee of an accredited or approvedacademic institution, public school, or governmentalagency, and would delete the prohibition on providing directhealth or mental health services, requires an employee ofan accredited or approved academic institution, publicschool, or governmental agency to primarily be gaining thesupervised professional experience required for licensure,as specified, in order to practice psychology without alicense.



Watch (05/15/15)

AB 714 (Wieckowski)Appropriate $1M from GF to the UC spinal cord injuryresearch fund authorized by the Roman Reed Spinal CordInjury Research Act.




AB 715 (Galgiani)Relates to health care programs provider reimbursementrates.



Pending (03/18/11)



AB 721 (Medina)Requires a public, private, or independent postsecondaryeducational institution, except CCC, to make available onits Internet Web site specified student loan debt statisticson graduates, to provide students information concerningunused federal student loan moneys available to thembefore certifying their eligibility for private student loans,and, if the institution does not participate in federal studentloan programs, to inform students that they may be eligiblefor federal student loans at participating institutions andprovide them information regarding Cal Grants and federalstudent aid.



Neutral (04/06/15)

AB 731 (Gallagher)Maintenance of the codes. (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 734 (Mansoor)Encourages the UC Regents to allow a student, selectedby the UCSA, to attend the closed session meetings,requires the student to be a nonvoting, noncontributingparticipant at the meetings.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 735 (Ridley-Thomas)Deletes the repeal date of the Student Athlete Bill of Rights,thereby extending the rights for student athletesindefinitely.



Pending



AB 739 (Irwin)Provides that there shall be no civil or criminal liability for,and no cause of action shall lie or be maintained againstany private entity for the sharing or receiving of cybersecurity-threat information if sharing or receiving of suchinformation is conducted. Makes immunity from liabilityapplicable only if the communication is made without grossnegligence. Prohibits the use of such information to gain anunfair competitive advantage, and requires that reasonableefforts are made, in good faith, to safeguardcommunications, comply with any lawful restriction placedon the communication, transfer the cyber security-threatinformation as expediently as possible while upholdingreasonable protections, and ensure appropriateanonymization and minimization of the informationcontained in the communication.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 741 (Williams)Requires Department of Health Care Services, inconsultation with the County Behavioral Health DirectorsAssociation of California, and representatives of providerassociations to establish interim Medi-Cal rates forchildren's crisis residential services. Double-jointed with SB524 and AB 1997.


2016 Sep. 30 Vetoed byGovernor.

Watch (04/18/15)

AB 748 (Eggman)Requires interest to accrue in a tax or fee claim against apublic entity resulting in a judgment against that entity at arate equal to the weekly average 1-yr. constant maturityU.S. Treasury yield, not exceeding 7% per annum.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 751 (Cooper )Extends the Vertebrate Pest Control Research AdvisoryCommittee to 1/1/26.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 753 (Caballero)Implements specified initiatives designed to significantlyimprove access to dental services for adults and childrenon Medi-Cal consistent with the California Healthcare,Research and Prevention Tobacco Tax Act of 2016.(Two-year bill)



Watch (03/29/17)

AB 756 (Melendez)Applies provisions of CEQA and the Jobs and EconomicImprovement through Environmental Leadership Actaddressing noncompliance actions to public worksinfrastructure projects carried out or contracted out by city,county, or state government.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 757 (Gomez)Authorizes a person with specified qualifications to performa total protein refractometer test using an automatic,button-operated refractometer with a digital readout in alicensed plasma collection facility in this state.



Pending

AB 761 (Hernandez R)Expands category of persons who may perform clinicallaboratory tests or examinations that are classified aswaived to include licensed optometrists if the results of thetests can be lawfully utilized within their practice. Authorizes a licensed certified optometrist to usetherapeutic pharmaceutical agents to additionally performspecified clinical laboratory tests or examinations classifiedas waived.



Watch (03/22/11)



AB 763 (Buchanan)Requires Dept. of Boating and Waterways to consult withUC and other members of the scientific and researchcommunities, specified U.S. departments, and stateagencies overseeing aquatic plants to determine which ofthose species should be given highest priority fortreatment, and the best methods of implementingidentification, control, and eradication measures, andrequires a risk assessment of whether an aquatic plantunder consideration is an 'invasive' aquatic plant.



Pending

AB 764 (Linder)Establishes a pilot program to issue a limited crematorylicense to up to 5 hydrolysis facilities.



Watch (04/11/13)

AB 766 (Friedman)Establishes, as an additional AFDC-FC eligible placementfor specified minor dependents enrolled in a postsecondaryeducational institution, a dormitory or other designatedhousing of the institution in which the minor dependent isliving independently.

Staff: Karen French


Pending

AB 771 (Quirk)Authorizes Department of Forestry and Fire Protection tocontract with UC to develop a Website containing publicinformation on prescribed burns and to develop a uniformprescribed burn template for forest landowners. (Two-yearbill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 773 (Block)Requires the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Educationto adopt by regulation, requirements relating toassessments on students that are paid by an institution onbehalf of the student.



AB 778 (Atkins)Authorizes establishment of optical health care serviceplan and requires submittal of surveyed quality of careinformation on licensed optometrist/opticians indicatingincompetent/negligent treatment.


In committee: Set, finalhearing. Hearing canceled atthe request of author.

Watch (03/22/11)

AB 795 (Gipson)Enacts the Free Tax Filing and Reporting Act of 2017,which includes the provision of grants, upon legislativeappropriation, to colleges and universities for enhancedtraining of student VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance)volunteers. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending

AB 796 (Nazarian )Deletes the 1/1/17 sunset date for requiring health careservice plan contracts and health insurance policies tocover behavioral health treatment for pervasivedevelopmental disorder/autism.



Pending

AB 798 (Bonilla)Establishes the College Textbook Affordability Act of 2015,and creates the Open Educational Resources AdoptionIncentive Program. (UC Named)



Pending



AB 801 (Bloom)Enacts the Success for Homeless Youth in HigherEducation Act.




AB 802 (Williams )Requires CPUC to authorize electrical/gas corporations torecover in rates the reasonable costs of providingincentives, rebates, technical assistance, and support totheir customers to increase the energy efficiency of existingbuildings, and to authorize such corporations to count allenergy savings achieved toward overall goals or targets.Authorizes adjusting goals and targets of such corporationsto reflect energy savings achieved in meeting savings insuch buildings.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 808 (Skinner)Creates a disputable presumption of an occupational injuryif a hospital employee who provides direct care in an acutecare hospital contracts a Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin infection thatdevelops or manifests itself during a period of the person'semployment with the hospital. Cost Impact: Based onhistorical workers' comp claim payments for UC hospitals,medical centers, and clinics, if the bill results in a 1-3%increase in existing claim payments, UC's workers' compprogram cost would increase by $260K-$780K/yr. (AB 664'09, AB 1994 '10, AB 375 '11)


Ordered to inactive filepursuant to Senate Rule 29.Ordered to inactive file at therequest of Senator Dutton.

Oppose (06/22/11)Oppose (08/21/12)Oppose (08/23/12)



AB 809 (Logue)Requires health care provider initiating use of telehealth toobtain verbal or written consent from the patient for the useof telehealth, and requires that provider to document theconsent.



Watch (05/30/13)

AB 818 (Hernandez)Allows certain health facilities to use an intravenous,epidural, or enteral feeding connection that would fit into aconnection port other than the type it was intended for until2014.



Pending

AB 819 (Irwin )Extends alumni affinity program indefinitely. (SB 569 05',AB 1222 '09) (UC NAMED) (UC SPONSOR)

Staff: Sandy Fried


SponsorSupport (04/14/15)Support (05/04/15)Support (06/10/15)

AB 822 (Fletcher)Requires the Department of Public Health to establish theAcuity-Adaptable Care Delivery Pilot Program to provide atleast 2 but not more than 10 general acute care hospitalswith the ability to use licensed intensive care beds asstep-down and medical surgical beds interchangeably.



Watch



AB 824 (Chesbro)Establishes a demonstration project authorizing a ruralhospital to employ up to 10 physicians and surgeons at onetime to provide medical services at the rural hospital orother health facility that the rural hospital owns or operates,and to retain all or part of the income generated by thephysicians and surgeons for medical services billed andcollected by the rural hospital if the physician and surgeonin whose name the charges are made approves thecharges.



Pending

AB 827 (Rubio (D))Enacts the California Opportunity Act of 2017. (UCAppointee)



Pending

AB 830 (Kalra (D))Eliminates the high school exit examination as a conditionof receiving a diploma or graduation from high school.

Staff: Karen French


Watch (06/22/17)

AB 832 (Weber)Requires all convenience stores and bookstores on anyUC, CSU or CCC campus to accept the use of electronicbenefits transfer cards.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 834 (Solorio)Provides an alternative to filing a report of voluntaryacceptance by a health care practitioner of restrictions onstaff privileges, membership, or employment for a medicaldisciplinary cause or reason. Authorizes a peer reviewbody to impose, and a practitioner to accept, voluntaryremediation including mandatory proctoring, consultation,education and retraining.



Pending

AB 837 (Hernandez R)Prohibits UC, as a condition of the receipt of state fundingin the annual Budget Act, from paying any of its employeesor officers a salary that exceeds $500,000 in any fiscalyear. (AB 1317, SB 8 '13, SB 967 '12, SB 86 '09, SB 217'09)

Staff: Sandy Fried


Oppose (04/01/15)Oppose (04/28/15)

AB 844 (Lara)Provides that any student, including those without lawfulimmigration status, or those exempt from nonresidenttuition may serve in any capacity in student government atCSU/CCC and receive any grant, scholarship, fee waiver,or reimbursement for expenses incurred connected withthat service, requests UC to comply.



Support with Amendments(06/10/11)Support (07/11/11)Gov Sig Requested(09/01/11)

AB 847 (Bocanegra)Requests the academic senate of UC, and requires theacademic senates of CSU/CCC, to post membershiprosters on their Websites and make demographic dataavailable to the public upon request.

Staff: Karen French


Watch (07/13/17)



AB 848 (McCarty)Prohibits UC and CSU from contracting for services whenthe contract would displace career, permanent, orlimited-term employees.

Staff: Jason Murphy


PendingConcern (04/06/17)

AB 850 (Ridley-Thomas)Requires an employer of individuals in a general acute carehospital to minimize the risk of occupational exposure tovirulent aerosol transmissible diseases, and to provideoptimal protection from occupational exposure topathogens and aerosolized body fluids. Requires theseemployers to provide any health care worker who entersthe room of a specified patient with personal protectionequipment and a powered air purifying respirator. (EbolaPersonal Protective Equipment) (Two-Year Bill)



Pending

AB 851 (Nestande)Requires CSU and CCC and requests UC to report to theLegislature on workload and key performance data ondistance learning courses.



Concern (03/30/11)Neutral (06/01/11)

AB 852 (Burke)Expands the definition of "public works," for the purposes ofprovisions relating to the prevailing rate of per diem wages,to also include any construction, alteration, demolition,installation, or repair work done under private contract on ageneral acute care hospital when the project is paid for, inwhole or in part, with the proceeds of conduit revenuebonds.



Pending



AB 853 (Blumenfield)Amends state law to conform with federal law granting amember of the Armed Forces, or his or her dependent,entitlement to resident classification for so long as he orshe is continuously enrolled at that institution; requests UCto establish the same residency requirements.



Neutral (03/23/11)

AB 854 (Weber )Establishes the Foster Youth Services CoordinatingProgram to serve foster youth pupils pursuant to acoordinating plan that describes facilitating coordinationwith local postsecondary educational institutions, includingUC, CSU, CCC to ensure these pupils meet admissionrequirements and access programs that support theirmatriculation needs.



Pending

AB 856 (Levine)Requests UC, and requires CSU and CCC, to considercandidates from underrepresented socioeconomicbackgrounds among existing campus staff when fillingfaculty or athletic coaching positions. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (04/05/17)

AB 858 (Wood)Specifies requirements for federally qualified health center(FQHC) services and rural health clinic (RHC) servicesregarding the Medi-Cal reimbursement rate by including amarriage and family therapist within those health careprofessionals covered under the definition of "visit", andmakes requirements regarding rates for an FHQH or RHCthat currently includes or does not include services of amarriage and family therapist. Double-jointed with SB 610.(SB 1150'14, SB 1224'14)



Watch (07/02/15)



AB 859 (Medina )Creates an Obesity Treatment Action Plan to diagnose,treat, and reduce the incidence of adult obesity in theMedi-Cal program.



Pending

AB 860 (Perea)Requires that after the $1M is transferred each year fromthe Managed Care Administrative Fines and PenaltiesFund to the Medically Underserved Account for Physicians,$600k be transferred each year from the fund to the StevenM. Thompson Medical School Scholarship Account.



Watch (04/11/13)

AB 865 (Alejo)Requires the California Energy Commission to develop andimplement an outreach program to inform the mostqualified loan and grant applicants, and contractors,including, but not limited to, women, minority, disabledveteran, and LGBT business enterprises about workshops,trainings, and funding opportunities. Requires the programto include a diversity tracking component and a strategy toencourage participation in the commission's relevantprograms and to consider including such business incapacity building activities.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 867 (Nava)Authorizes CSU Doctor of Nursing Practice degree pilotprogram at 3 selected campuses to award DNP degree.(Similar to SB 1288 '08)

Staff: Steve Juarez


Not Taking A Position



AB 874 (Rendon)Legislative intent: Enact legislation relating to collectivebargaining.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 880 (Ridley-Thomas)Allows a final year dental student to practice dentistryunlicenced and without compensation under thesupervision of a faculty-appointed licensed dentist at asponsored event.




AB 882 (Cook)Requests UC and requires public institutions of highereducation to grant Armed Forces members/dependentsentitlement to resident classification while continuouslyenrolled. (AB 63 '11: Ed Code 68074/68075) (UC Named)



Neutral (09/01/11)

AB 885 (Rubio)Requires a community water system to test annually for thepresence of lead at each water outlet used for drinking orcooking at public elementary and secondary schools, andpublic preschools and day care facilities located on publicschool property constructed before January 1, 1994, withinthe boundaries of the community water system. (Two-yearbill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 887 (Cooper)Specifies that a public safety officer under investigation isrequired to be informed of the time, date, and location ofany incident at issue, the internal affairs case number, ifany, and the title of any policies, rules, and proceduresalleged to have been violated with a brief factual summaryof any complaint.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Ordered to inactive file at therequest of Senator Mendoza.

Pending

AB 893 (Garcia)Authorizes local public health agencies and others to senddata to the office regarding the number of graduate medicaleducation slots necessary to meet the current and futurephysician and surgeon needs of the County of Imperial andsimilar medically underserved counties from local publichealth or health planning agencies, entities engaged in theprovision of health care services in those areas, andprofessional and educational associations.



New Bill (05/02/17)Support in Concept(05/04/17)

AB 895 (Rendon)Establishes the California Postsecondary Online EducationTask Force, to consist of 11 members to be appointed onor before March 31, 2014.



Pending

AB 896 (Galgiani)Extends until Jan. 2011 existing law requiring providerrates of payment for services under health programs to beidentical to the rates of payment for the same serviceperformed by the same provider type pursuant to theMedi-Cal program with regard to hospital interim rates ofpayment, which existing law requires to be 90% ofMedi-Cal hospital inpatient rates of payment, as provided.



Pending



AB 900 (Alejo)Requires that Medi-Cal provider payments reduction doesnot apply to skilled nursing facilities that are a distinct partof a general acute care hospital for dates of service on orafter July 1, 2013, subject to necessary federal approvals.(SB 640)



Pending

AB 904 (Gallagher)Legislative intent: Enact legislation that would address highprescription drug costs. (Two-year bill)



AB 911 (Brough)Authorizes Saddleback Memorial Medical Center tooperate an emergency department at its San Clementecampus, subject to specified requirements.



Neutral (10/15/15)

AB 912 (Quirk-Silva)Requires health care service plans/insurers to provide, on alarge group basis, coverage of medically necessaryexpenses for standard fertility preservation services when anecessary medical treatment may directly or indirectlycause iatrogenic infertility to an enrollee/insured.



Pending

AB 913 (Santiago )Requires UC, CSU and the governing boards ofindependent postsecondary institutions, have writtenagreements with local law enforcement agencies thatclarify operational responsibilities for investigations of Part1 violent crimes include sexual assaults and hate crimes.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 916 (Eggman)Prohibits the use of additional terms by a physician orsurgeon with respect to board of certification, makesfindings and declarations regarding the need for legislationpertaining to misleading advertisements and statements byphysicians and surgeons.



Watch (04/11/13)

AB 917 (Arambula )Requires CCC and CSU and encourages UC to adopt apolicy on student suicide prevention. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Neutral (04/20/17)

AB 921 (Cervantes)Establishes the California Kickstart My Future LoanForgiveness Program to provide student loan forgivenessawards for the purpose of alleviating the burden of federalstudent loan debt for recent graduates meeting specifiedrequirements

Staff: Karen French


Pending

AB 926 (Bonilla)Requires women providing human oocytes for research tobe compensated for their time, trouble, and inconveniencein the same manner as other research subjects, asprescribed.


Consideration of Governor'sveto pending.

Watch (03/11/13)Neutral (05/30/13)

AB 927 (Huffman)Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983:authorizes a health care district, as specified that is eligibleto receive an additional extension of up to 2 years torequest an additional 2-year extension if it submits a plan tosubmit a ballot measure to issue bonds to the voters.



Watch (03/03/11)



AB 931 (McCarty)Requires the California Suicide Prevention Act to includecommunity college, 4-year college, and universityundergraduate and graduate students as targetpopulations.


Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

Neutral (04/05/17)

AB 936 (Chavez)Spot bill: Makes changes to the Education Code relating topostsecondary education. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


AB 940 (Ridley-Thomas )Deletes requirement that a laboratory director substantiallymeet CLIA qualifications, and instead limits theserequirements to a person serving as the CLIA laboratorydirector, as defined, in a laboratory that performs testsclassified as moderate or high complexity. Specifies thatthis authorization extends to a person who is not the CLIAlaboratory director under specified circumstances. Revisesthe application requirements to provide that an applicant'sminimum of 4 years' experience be in a clinical laboratorycertified under CLIA. Applies existing license renewal feesto persons renewing a clinical cytogeneticist's or clinicalmolecular biologist's license.



Pending

AB 944 (Nestande)Requires CSU and CCC and requests UC to report to theLegislature, by January 1, 2016, and every 2 yearsthereafter, on workload and key performance data ondistance learning courses.






AB 951 (Cervantes)Appropriates an unspecified sum of moneys from theGeneral Fund to UC each fiscal year, commencing with the2018-19 fiscal year, for the creation, construction, andestablishment of the UC Riverside School of Law.(Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending

AB 953 (Weber)Enacts the Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 959 (Bonilla)States legislative intent that the reauthorization of thestatewide pupil assessment program bring togetherelementary and secondary school policy leaders, thesegments of higher education, and postsecondary careertechnical and vocational programs to develop criteria andcreate pathways in which assessments taken by middleand high school pupils are aligned with college and careerreadiness, as specified. (UC Named)



Pending

AB 960 (Brough)Exempts from sales and use tax the gross receipts from thesale textbooks purchased by a student from an institution ofhigher education, as defined or sold by a person whoseprimary purpose is to provide textbooks to studentsattending institutions of higher education, for use as alearning resource in any course. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending



AB 964 (Chau)Defines "encrypted" to mean rendered unusable,unreadable, or indecipherable to an unauthorized personthrough a security technology or methodology generallyaccepted in the field of information technology.Triple-jointed with SB 34 and SB 570.

Staff: Jason Murphy


AB 967 (Williams)Requires, in order to receive state funds for studentfinancial assistance, UC, CSU , CCC, and independentpostsecondary institutions to adopt and carry out a uniformprocess, applicable to each of its campuses, for disciplinaryproceedings relating to claims of sexual assault as definedby the institution's adopted sexual assault policies; and toreport on the institution's Website in a manner easilyaccessible to students specified data on cases of allegedsexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, andstalking.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 968 (Williams )Requires CCC, CSU, UC, independent institutions of highereducation, private postsecondary educational institutions toindicate on a student's transcript when the student isineligible to reenroll due to suspension or expulsion for theperiod of time the student is ineligible to reenroll; declaresthat the disclosure of student suspensions and expulsionson student transcripts ensures the integrity andtransparency of student transcripts and the safety andsecurity of California campuses.

Staff: Jason Murphy





AB 969 (Williams)Requires, until 1/1/22, in order to receive state funds forstudent financial assistance, CCC, CSU, UC, and thegoverning board of each independent postsecondaryinstitution to report, on or before 10/1/18, and on an annualbasis thereafter, specified data relating to cases of allegedsexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, andstalking.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 970 (Fong)Creates Working Families Student Fee Transparency andAccountability Act to establish various policies on studentfees and financial aid at UC/CSU, including requirementsfor: compliance with public notice and consultationprocedures prior to adopting fee increases; prohibitingadoption of fee increases before specified dates;development of a list of factors for consideration whendeveloping recommendations to adjust fees; and submittalof annual reports on expenditures and financial aid to theLegislature. (UC Named)



Oppose (06/07/11)Oppose (06/16/11)Oppose (06/23/11)Oppose (06/29/11)Oppose (06/26/12)



AB 972 (Jones )Requires the State Department of Public Health to inform apatient diagnosed with cancer by, or receiving cancertherapy treatment from, a specified health care practitioner,or a hospital or other facility within an area designated as acancer reporting area of the reporting requirement, andwould require the department to also notify a patient ofspecified information, including, among other things, thatthe department is authorized to release confidential patientinformation to health researchers, prohibits cancerreporting facilities and physicians from being required toemploy a mechanism to ensure that their patients areinformed that the facility will report each patient with cancerto the State Department of Public Health.



Pending

AB 974 (Hall)Requires a hospital, prior to transferring a patient for anonmedical reason, to ask the patient for a preferredcontact person to be notified, and to make a reasonableattempt to contact that person to inform regarding thetransfer, and if the patient is unresponsive, to make areasonable effort to determine the identity of the preferredcontact person or next of kin and alert the contact about thetransfer. Requires hospital to document any attempts tocontact a preferred contact person or next of kin in thepatient's medical record.






AB 975 (Wieckowski)Declares necessity of establishing uniform standards forreporting amount of charity care and community benefits afacility provides to ensure that private nonprofit hospitalsand nonprofit multispecialty clinics meet the socialobligations for which they receive favorable tax treatment;requires these entities to develop a community benefitsstatement by 1/1/16 and plan by 4/1/16 as specified;requires OSHPD to develop and adopt regulationsprescribing a standardized format for community benefitsplans to provide technical assistance, and to penalizeentities that fail to comply; deletes from the definition of"patient with high medical costs", the limitation that such a patient does not receive a discounted rate from the hospitalas a result of his/her third party coverage.


Reconsideration granted.(Page 1885.) Ordered toinactive file at the request ofAssembly MemberWieckowski.


AB 977 (Skinner)Authorizes a pharmacist to initiate and administer influenzaimmunizations to any person 18 years of age or olderpursuant to standardized protocols developed andapproved by the Medical Board of California.



Pending

AB 1000 (Perea)Prohibits a health care service plan contract and a healthinsurance policy that provides coverage for cancerchemotherapy treatment from, directly or indirectly,requiring a higher copayment, deductible, or coinsuranceamount for a prescribed, orally administered anticancermedication than the health care service plan or healthinsurer requires for an intravenously administered orinjected cancer medication.



Watch (03/22/11)



AB 1002 (Cooley)Expands the purview of the UC Cannabis ResearchProgram and requires the UC president to appoint aScientific Advisory Council.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1003 (Bloom)Establishes the California Community Health Fund.(Two-year bill)



Pending

AB 1008 (McCarty (D))Prohibits employers with five or more employees fromincluding on job applications questions seeking disclosureof an applicant's conviction history, and from inquiring intoor considering that history until the applicant receives aconditional offer.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1014 (Skinner)Authorizes issuance of a temporary emergency gunviolence restraining order if there is reasonable cause tobelieve that the subject of the petition poses an immediateand present danger of causing personal injury.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 1016 (Santiago)Requires CCC to report to the Legislature the status ofeach community college's compliance with the StudentTransfer Achievement Reform Act's provisions for creatingassociate degrees for transfer. Requires CSU to submit tworeports to the Legislature on campus acceptance oftransfer model curricula by concentration. Requires CSUto annually post data, including the number of students withan associate degree for transfer who applied to one of itscampuses and were redirected to another campus thanthat indicated in the application, and the proportion ofstudents with an associate degree for transfer whograduate from the California State University, as specified.



Pending

AB 1020 (Holden)Requires that a lender, before entering into a loanagreement for purposes of financing the costs of astudent's postsecondary education, disclose the student'soptions for financing his or her postsecondary education,the student's repayment options, and any other informationrelevant to the proposed loan agreement that is reasonablyrequested by the student. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending

AB 1024 (Gonzalez )Authorizes the Supreme Court to admit to the practice oflaw an applicant who is not lawfully present in the UnitedStates, upon certification by the committee that theapplicant has fulfilled those requirements for admission.


Sept. 9Read second time.Ordered to third reading. Re-referred to Com. onRLS.pursuant to Senate Rule29.10(c). Re-referred toCom. on JUD.

Pending

AB 1025 (Garcia)Requires CSU and CCC and requests UC to provideinformation about credit by examination opportunitieswherever course and class information is available.



Neutral (04/04/12)



AB 1027 (Gatto)Requires health care service plans or health insurers todisclose, upon consumer request, information about thecontracted rate for a procedure or a full course of treatmentbetween the plan/insurer and a provider/supplier.



Pending



AB 1035 (Perez)Extends time period that dependents of firefighters andpeace officers can claim death benefit to 420 weeks. (AB1373 '13, AB 2451 '12)

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014

Apr. 1Withdrawn fromcommittee. Re-referred toCom. on RLS.

Mar. 27From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onGOV.& F. 2013

June 18In committee: Set,second hearing. Hearingcanceled at the requestofauthor.


May 29Referred to Com. on GOV. & F.



Page 1506.)

May 16Read third time andamended. Ordered to thirdreading. (Page 1448.)

May 6Read second time.Ordered to third reading.

May 2From committee: Dopass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.)(May 1).

Apr. 11From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on


APPR. (Ayes 8.

Noes 0.) (April 10).Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Apr. 8Re-referred to Com.on L. GOV.

Apr. 4From committee chair,with author's amendments: Amend, and re-referto Com.on L. GOV. Read secondtime and amended.

Mar. 7Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

Feb. 25Read first time.


Feb. 22Introduced. To print.

Pending

AB 1037 (Limon)Establishes the Cal Grant B Service Incentive GrantProgram. (Two year bill)

Staff: Karen French


AB 1038 (Bonta)Establishes the Blue Ribbon Commission on PublicPostsecondary Education. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending

AB 1039 (Quirk-Silva (D))Exempts from the Public Records Act the name or othermeans of identifying a peace officer in connection toinformation collected pursuant to the Racial and IdentityProfiling Act. AB 953 '15 (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 1046 (Dababneh)Specifies elements required for inclusion in a communityhealth needs assessment (CHNA) report, which replacesthe community benefits plan. Requires hospitals to adoptthe CHNA report every 3 years, and submit an activitiesupdate annually. Requires the CHNA report to be widelyavailable to the public. (Two-year bill)



Pending

AB 1060 (Bonilla)Creates the Cancer Clinical Trials Foundation/Fund to,upon contribution of an unspecified amount of money,establish the Cancer Clinical Trials Grant Program toincrease patient access in underserved/disadvantagedcommunities and populations. May award grants topublic/private research institutions and hospitals thatconduct FDA-approved cancer clinical trials.



Pending

AB 1066 (Perez J)Relates to Medi-Cal: demonstration project waivers,distinguishes which provisions of the Medi-CalHospital/Uninsured Care Demonstration Project Act applyto the successor demonstration project.




AB 1070 (Hill)Authorizes public reprimand against a physician andsurgeon or podiatrist to include a requirement that thelicensee complete educational courses selected by theboard.






AB 1075 (Alejo )Requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control toconsider violations of, or noncompliance with, specifiedprovisions of existing law for which a person or entity hasbeen found liable or has been convicted as compellingcause to deny, suspend, or revoke a permit, registration, orcertificate.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1076 (Medina (D))Requires the LAO, in consultation with UC, CSU, and CCC,to conduct a study on implementation of existing law thatrequests CCC, requires CSU, and requires UC subject toresolution to give housing priority, or housing at no extracost during academic/campus breaks, or both, tocurrent/former foster/homeless youth, and to report thestudy to the Legislature. (AB 1393 '09) (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending

AB 1079 (Beall)Provides for an education tax credit up to $500 for studentsat a qualified educational institution (UC named).



Pending

AB 1080 (Gonzalez)Requires a 5% state agency bid preference for awardingspecified contracts to bidders/subcontractors that providedcredible employee health care coverage during the12-month period immediately preceding bid submission.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Ordered to inactive file at therequest of Senator Monning.

Pending

AB 1083 (Monning)Amends various California statutes relating to healthcoverage to make state law consistent with the federalPatient Protection and Affordable Care Act.



Watch (05/25/11)



AB 1086 (Dababneh )Requires certain health care service plans, on and after1/1/16, to authorize and permit an enrollee or subscriber toassign the enrollee or subscriber's right to reimbursementfor health care services covered under the plan contract bya noncontracting physician and surgeon who furnished theservices, as specified.



Pending

AB 1088 (O'Donnell)Enacts the K-U Public Education Facilities Bond Act of____ to authorize an unspecified amount of state generalobligation bonds to provide aid to school districts, countysuperintendents of schools, county boards of education,charter schools, the California Community Colleges, theUniversity of California, the Hastings College of the Law,and the California State University to construct andmodernize education facilities.(SB 114, AB 1433, AB 41'13, AB 2235 14')

Staff: Sandy Fried


Support (04/15/15)

AB 1092 (Cooley)Restores Medi-Cal coverage of one pair of eyeglassesprovided every 2 years to an individual aged 21 or older, tothe extent federal financial participation is available, anynecessary federal approvals are obtained, and funds areappropriated by the Legislature for its purposes.



Pending

AB 1093 (Davis)Requires CCC and CSU and encourages UC to establishon each of its respective campuses a Military and VeteransBenefits Office and appoint a full-time Military and VeteransBenefits Advisor for each office to assist a qualified studentin determining that student's eligibility for state or federaleducational benefits or grants.



Pending



AB 1106 (Achadjian)Requires any civil or administrative penalty assessedpursuant to the Cal OSHA against a county, city, specialdistrict, public authority, public agency, joint powersauthority, school district, county board of education, countysuperintendent of schools, charter school, CCC, CSU, UC,or joint powers agency performing education functions tobe deposited with the Workers' CompensationAdministration Revolving Fund.

Staff: Jason Murphy


AB 1107 (Nazarian)Enacts the Oncology Clinical Pathway Act of 2017.(Two-year bill)



Pending

AB 1110 (Ting)Requires that retail suppliers, including electricalcorporations, local publicly owned electric utilities, electricservice providers, and community choice aggregators,annually report to the Energy Commission certaininformation for electricity from specified sources, and todisclose the greenhouse gases (ghg) emission intensity ofany electricity portfolio offered to its retail customers.Authorizes the Energy Commission to verify procurementclaims, in addition to environmental claims, made by retailsuppliers.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1124 (Muratsuchi)Relates to Medi-Cal reimbursement rates.


From committee chair, withauthor's amendments: Amend, and re-refer tocommittee. Read secondtime, amended, andre-referred to Com. onHEALTH.

Watch (02/25/14)



AB 1127 (Brownley)Amends the Medical Practice Act to include the repeatedfailures, except for good causes, by a certificate holder whois the subject of a board investigation, to attend andparticipate in an interview scheduled by the mutualagreement of the certificate holder and the Medical Boardof California.



Watch (05/25/11)

AB 1130 (Gray)Increases the number of hours that a clinic may be openunder this licensure exemption provision to 30 hours aweek.



Pending

AB 1133 (Mitchell)Relates to foster children with special health care needs;requires that, when determining placement of a foster childwho is medically fragile, priority consideration be given toplacement with a foster parent who is an individual nurseprovider that provides health services under the federalEarly and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatmentprogram, but that this priority consideration is subordinateto preference granted to a relative of the child, inaccordance with federal law.


Read second time andamended. Ordered to thirdreading.

Watch (04/29/13)

AB 1136 (Eggman)Requires the State Department of Public Health to developand submit a proposal to solicit a grant under the federal21st Century Cures Act to develop a real-time,Internet-based database to collect, aggregate, and displayinformation about beds in inpatient psychiatric facilities,crisis stabilization units, residential community mentalhealth facilities, and residential substance use disordertreatment facilities.


From committee chair, withauthor's amendments: Amend, and re-refer tocommittee. Read secondtime, amended, andre-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

Neutral (03/21/17)



AB 1138 (Chau)Requires the employer to submit to its workers'compensation insurer specified reports that it is required tosubmit to the Employment Development Department, andthe insurer would be required to include the names of allcovered employees in the workers' compensationinsurance policy.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1139 (Lowenthal B)Authorizes a pharmacist prescribing a biological product toselect a biosimilar, provided that it is deemed by FDA asinterchangeable with the prescribed product.




AB 1142 (Price)Requires hospitals, upon receiving proof of patientMedi-Cal eligibility, to submit that information to otherproviders that bill separately for services rendered to thepatient, and requires Medi-Cal providers who referredunpaid bills to collections to recall such action and notifypatient. Imposes penalty on providers and violation on debtcollectors for non-compliance. Sponsored by WesterCenter on Law and Poverty.



Pending

AB 1149 (Campos)Relates to disclosure of any breach of an agency's securityto any resident whose unencrypted personal informationwas acquired by an unauthorized person; providesdisclosure requirements applying to a breach ofcomputerized data that is owned or licensed by a localagency.



Pending



AB 1150 (Levine)Requests UC and requires CSU, to consider aligning theirgreenhouse gas reduction goals with those of the statewideinstitutional partnership between the UC, CSU andinvestor-owned energy utilities and with those of the state;requires UC and CSU to report to each investor-ownedenergy utility or local publicly owned energy utility theannual reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases fromthe expanded partnership at all UC and CSU facilitieswithin that utility's service territory. (UC SPONSOR)

Staff: Jason Murphy


SponsorSupport (04/14/15)Support (05/19/15)Support (06/10/15)Gov Sig Requested(09/25/15)

AB 1153 (Low)Authorizes podiatrists to perform any procedure directlyrelated to ankle and tendon surgery in facilities that granttheses privileges, i.e. acute care hospitals and surgicalclinics, and to treat ulcers resulting from local and systemicetiologies on the leg no further proximal than the tibialtubercle.



Pending

AB 1154 (Gray)Authorizes the CA Horse Racing Board to contract toprovide compensation for an equine medical director;establishes that the term for the equine medical director is2 years and would limit the numbers of terms that a personmay serve consecutively to 2 terms.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 1155 (Alejo)Prohibits approximate percentage of permanent disabilitycaused by other factors from including consideration ofrace, religious creed, color, national origin, age, gender,marital status, sex, sexual orientation, or geneticcharacteristics; states legislative intent to prohibit use ofrisk factors and specified characteristics to deny an injuredworker rightful benefit when disabled in workplace and toprohibit apportionment without prohibiting apportionment ofdocumentable preexisting nonindustrial causes of disabilityor holding an employer liable for any percentage ofpermanent disability not directly caused by injury arisingout of and occurring in the course of employment.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Vetoed by Governor.

AB 1162 (Frazier)Requires CCC and CSU and requests UC and accreditedprivate nonprofit and for-profit postsecondary educationalinstitutions, to adopt policies for negotiating contractsbetween their postsecondary educational institutions andbanks and other financial institutions to disburse astudent's financial aid award and other refunds onto a debitcard, prepaid card, or preloaded card. (SB 595)


In committee: Set firsthearing. Failed passage.Reconsideration granted.

Neutral (04/04/13)

AB 1164 (Lowenthal B)Authorizes an employee to record and enforce a wage lienupon real and personal property of an employer, or aproperty owner, as specified, for wages, othercompensation, and related penalties and damages owedthe employee.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1166 (Burke)Changes the maximum Cal Grant awards for studentsattending private nonprofit postsecondary educationalinstitutions. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Neutral (04/03/17)



AB 1174 (Harper)Prohibits requiring an employee, as a condition of obtainingor continuing employment, to contribute financial support toa labor organization or to financially support a charity orother organization sponsored by a labor organization.(Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy

From committee: Withoutfurther action pursuant toJoint Rule 62(a).

Pending

AB 1175 (Ting)Enacts the Every Kid Counts Act to provide for a one-timedeposit by the state to each account opened under theGolden State Scholarshare Trust Act. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending

AB 1176 (Bocanegra)Establishes the Graduate Medical Education (GME) Fund;establishes the GME Council that includes an appointedrepresentative of a UC teaching hospital participating inGME, and requires the council to review and makerecommendations on funding of the medical residencytraining programs and submit an annual report to theLegislature.



Pending

AB 1177 (Gray)Spot bill: Relates to universal health care coverage.(Two-year bill)



AB 1178 (Bocanegra)Establishes the California Promise Neighborhood Initiative,State Department of Education shall work CCC, CSU, UC,CSAC and other agencies to identify programs andopportunities for grants suitable for prioritization andgranting of bonus points in promise neighborhoods.



Pending



AB 1182 (Brown)Legislative Intent: Enact legislation that would helpincrease the number of physicians and surgeons,registered nurses, and other health care professionals inmedically underserved areas.


Read first time. Pending

AB 1199 (Nazarian)Requires Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) todevelop/implement training for law enforcement, includingUC police, on encounters with dogs. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (04/18/17)

AB 1201 (Perez)Requires a health care service plan or health insurer thatprovides coverage for childhood and adolescentimmunizations to reimburse a physician or physician groupin an amount not less than the actual cost of acquiring thevaccine plus the cost of administration of the vaccine.



Pending

AB 1204 (Mayes)Authorizes licensed physicians to prescribe a one-monthsupply of a life-saving medication to patients to be storedfor their use in case of a natural disaster or otheremergency. (Two-year bill)



Watch (04/05/17)

AB 1209 (Bonilla)Extends provisions relating to issuing or renewing a visitingfaculty permit to July 1, 2018. (UC Named)





AB 1210 (Garrick)Exempts a civil engineer from any requirement of additionalexperience, training, or certification requirements in orderto perform activities in the preparation of a Storm WaterPollution Prevention Plan pursuant to a specified generalpermit for stormwater discharges.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Vetoed by Governor. Oppose (06/15/11)Pending (09/01/11)New Bill (09/01/11)

AB 1212 (Grove )Requires, as a condition of receiving state funds for studentfinancial assistance, CCC, CSU and UC adopt a policyprohibiting their respective campuses from discriminatingagainst a student organization for imposing certainrequirements on its leaders or voting members.



AB 1215 (Ridley-Thomas)Requests UC to establish the Cal-BRAIN program.



Watch (08/29/17)

AB 1216 (Bonta )Prohibits a large group market health plan contract/policyfor family coverage that is a high deductible health plan andincludes a deductible for individual coverage fromsubjecting a covered individual to a higher deductible thanthe deductible for individual coverage if the deductible forindividual coverage is greater than or equal to the amountset forth in federal law.


2016 Aug. 15 Ordered toinactive file at the request ofSenator Hernandez.

Neutral (06/01/16)



AB 1217 (Bocanegra)Establishes a state school in a county populated at above3.5M to provide STEM instruction to historicallyunderrepresented pupils in grades 6-12, and with agovernance structure that includes a UC campusrepresentative.

Staff: Karen French

Ordered to inactive file at therequest of SenatorPortantino.

Pending

AB 1219 (Baker)Requires the State Department of Health Care Servicesand the State Department of Public Health to convene ajoint California Cancer Task Force to coordinate theagencies' efforts to address the most prevalent forms ofcancer in California with specific goals.



Pending

AB 1223 (O'Donnell)Authorizes a local EMS agency to adopt policies andprocedures relating to ambulance patient offload time, andrequires the Emergency Medical Services Authority todevelop a statewide standard methodology for thecalculation and reporting by a local EMS agency ofambulance patient offload time.



Pending

AB 1224 (Baker)Requires, for the 2016-17 academic year, and every yearthereafter, the Student Aid Commission to cap individualCal Grant A and B Entitlement awards, CaliforniaCommunity College Transfer Entitlement awards, andCompetitive Cal Grant A and B awards at a specifiedamount, and would authorize the commission to annuallyadjust that amount to reflect changes in the ConsumerPrice Index, as calculated by the United States Bureau ofLabor Statistics.



Pending



AB 1228 (Gipson )Requests CCC and requires CSU and UC, subject to itsagreement by resolution, to (1) provide housing in housingfacilities that are open for uninterrupted year-roundoccupation to current and former homeless youth andcurrent and former foster youth at no extra cost duringacademic or campus breaks, and (2) develop a plan toensure that current and former homeless youth and currentand former foster youth can access housing resourcesduring and between academic terms, including duringacademic and campus breaks.




AB 1230 (Logue)Relats to licensure and regulation of health facilitiesadministered by the State Department of Public Health.



AB 1231 (Wood )Adds nonmedical transportation to the schedule of benefits,subject to utilization controls and federally permissible timeand distance standards, for a beneficiary to obtain coveredMedi-Cal services.



Pending

AB 1233 (Levine)Requires a state agency, as defined, that utilizes awhistleblower investigation policy separate from theWhistleblower Protection Act to publicly report, in themanner in which the State Auditor is authorized to publiclyreport, any investigation of a whistleblower complaint thathas substantiated improper government activities. Shall notbe deemed to require disclosure of a public record that isotherwise not required to be disclosed pursuant to anyother state law.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 1235 (Hayashi)Makes changes to peer review procedures and actionsgoverning due process requirements for physicians andsurgeons.


Vetoed by Governor. Pending

AB 1237 (Nestande)Specifies that only GF moneys meeting that minimumfunding requirement may be appropriated for purposes ofsupporting remedial instruction in coursework required priorto enrollment in coursework offered for college credit by UCand CSU; authorizes the appropriation of specified funds toCCC for the support of remedial instruction for studentswho are provisionally accepted for admission to UC orCSU.




AB 1240 (Fong)Spot bill: Relates to Essential Health Benefits. (Two-yearbill)



AB 1241 (Weber)Commencing with the 2015-16 award year and continuingeach award year thereafter, extends by one year the periodof eligibility for allowing Cal Grant A/ B Entitlement awardapplicants to submit a complete financial aid application nolater than March 2 of the 2nd academic year after HSgraduation for an award commencing the academic yearfollowing the application.



Neutral (04/04/13)



AB 1244 (Gray)Promptly suspends any physician, practitioner or providerfrom participating in the workers' compensation system ifthe individual/entity meets specified criteria, includingconviction of any felony or misdemeanor involvingMedi-Cal, Medicare, or workers' compensationfraud/abuse, having a surrendered/revoked license,certificate, or approval to provide health care, orsuspension due to fraud/abuse from participation inMedicare/Medicaid.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1245 (Williams)Authorizes the Emergency Medical Services Authority(EMSA) to adopt regulations for the state approval ofstandards for an emergency medical responder course.


In Senate. Held at Desk. Watch (03/22/11)

AB 1250 (Jones-Sawyer)Allows counties to contract for personal services currentlyor customarily performed by employees, except forcontracts that provide health services to the countyhealth/hospital system.


Read second time andamended. Re-referred toCom. on RLS.

Pending

AB 1251 (Davis)Permanently permits the filing officers of all governmentagencies to accept the electronic filing of statements ofeconomic interests by all public officials required to filethose statements.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1254 (Davis)Makes changes to the Nursing Practice Act.



Watch (03/22/11)



AB 1257 (Gray)Requires the Department of Health Care Services toestablish payment rates for ground ambulance servicesbased on changes in the Consumer Price Index-Urban andthe Geographic Practice Cost Index, and to designate aspecified ambulance cost study conducted by the federalGovernment Accountability Office as the evidentiary base.



Pending

AB 1260 (Thurmond)Authorizes UC and either the City of Richmond or anenhanced infrastructure financing district created by theCity or Richmond, or both , to enter into a joint powersagreement for the purpose of financing infrastructure andother improvements within the area of the South ShorelineSpecific Plan and the Berkeley Global Campus atRichmond Bay, located within the City of Richmond, if UCand the City of Richmond have entered into a specifiedagreement.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2015 Jul. 08 In committee:Set, second hearing. Hearingcanceled at the request ofauthor.

Oppose (07/02/15)

AB 1263 (Perez J)Relates to CommuniCal certified medical interpreters(CCMIs).



Watch (06/27/13)Not Taking A Position(07/16/13)

AB 1267 (Halderman)Amends the Medical Practice Act by requiring that aphysician and surgeon's certificate be suspendedautomatically when the holder of the certificate isincarcerated after a felony conviction.



Watch (03/22/11)



AB 1269 (Brownley)Makes changes to Medi-Cal eligibility.



Pending

AB 1278 (Hueso)Prohibits a physician and surgeon, including an osteopathicphysician and surgeon, from recommending, prescribing, orproviding integrative cancer treatment, as defined, tocancer patients unless certain requirements are met.



Pending

AB 1280 (Hill)Provides it is a misdemeanor for any retail distributor to sellor distribute to a person specified amounts ofnonprescription products containing ephedrine or relatedsubstances, within specified time limits, to sell or distributeany of those substances to a person whose information hasgenerated an alert, or, except under specified conditions, tosell or distribute to any purchaser a nonprescription productcontaining any amount of those substances.


From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer tocommittee. Read secondtime, amended, andre-referred to Com. onAPPR.

Watch (03/22/11)

AB 1285 (Fong)Deletes 2% limit for receipt of payments for tuition/fees fornew Cal Grant B Entitlement award recipients in their firstacademic year of attendance at an institution ofpostsecondary education, and instead provides that, for the2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18 academic years,respectively, 25%, 50%, and 75% of these recipients areeligible for payments for tuition/fees in their first academicyear. Provides that, commencing with the 2018-19academic year, and each academic year thereafter, all newCal Grant B recipients enrolling for the first time in aninstitution of postsecondary education are eligible forpayments for tuition/ fees in their first academic year ofattendance.



Neutral (04/04/13)



AB 1286 (Skinner)Requires the minimum contribution to the California BreastCancer Research Fund for 2014 and 2015 be equal to theminimum amount for 2013.




AB 1287 (Quirk-Silva)Specifies eligibility criteria that, commencing in 2014-15,applies to Cal Grant award recipients who were determinedineligible for a renewal award because they exceeded themaximum household income or asset level, or failed tomeet the minimum need threshold, but who subsequentlymeet eligibility requirements for a Cal Grant award.



Pending

AB 1288 (Perez V)Requires the Medical Board of California to develop aprocess to give priority review status to the application ofan applicant who can demonstrate, as specified, that he orshe intends to practice in a medically underserved area orserve a medical underserved population.


In Assembly. Concurrence inSenate amendmentspending. May be consideredon or after August 7 pursuantto Assembly Rule 77.

Pending

AB 1291 (Lowenthal B)Creates the Right to Know Act of 2013; requires anybusiness that has a customer's personal information toprovide at no charge, within 30 days of the customer'sspecified request, a copy of that information to thecustomer as well as the names and contact information forall 3rd parties with which the business has shared theinformation during the previous 12 months.



Pending



AB 1295 (Lara)Makes changes to the local workforce investment board.



AB 1296 (Bonilla)Enacts the Health Care Eligibility, Enrollment, andRetention Act.



Watch (03/22/11)

AB 1297 (Perez J)Authorizes procurement organizations, under specifiedcircumstances to notify coroners regarding anatomical giftsto be made, prior to a donor's death, and requires coronersto accept that notification if it facilitates their duties in amanner and timeframe that is compatible with thepreservation of the body or part for purposes of the gift;requires disclosure of medical information if it is compelledby a coroner upon notification/investigation of imminentdeaths that may involve organ/tissue donation.



Watch (04/11/13)

AB 1299 (Ridley-Thomas)Declares the intent of the Legislature to ensure that fosterchildren who are placed outside of their county of originaljurisdiction, are able to access mental health services in atimely manner consistent with their individualized strengthsand needs and the requirements of EPSDT programstandards and requirements.



Pending



AB 1300 (Ridley-Thomas )Authorizes a nondesignated emergencyphysician/psychiatric professional, upon probable cause, totake a person who is a danger to others, him/herself, or isgravely disabled due to a mental disorder into custody forup to 72 hours to obtain evaluation/treatment or to arrangetransfer of the person to a designated facility. Provides thatan application for such detention is valid in all countieswhere there is a receiving designated facility. Requires adesignated facility to accept, within its clinicalcapability/capacity, all categories of persons for whom it isdesignated, regardless of insurance/financial status.Authorizes communication of patient information amongstpeace officers, specified medical personnel, and qualifiedprofessionals during an emergency, for purposes ofproviding emergency services, referral, and placement.


2016 Jun. 30 Fromcommittee: Do pass andre-refer to Com. on RLS.(Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29).Re-referred to Com. on

Pending

AB 1302 (Brown)Requires a state agency, department, officer, or other stategovernmental entity to meet an annual statewideparticipation goal of not less than 5% for disabled veteranbusiness enterprises for specified contracts entered into bythe awarding department during the year.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1303 (Hall)Requires the Department of Public Health to convene aworking group of stakeholders to assist in theimplementation of the plan to reopen the Martin LutherKing, Jr. Hospital. (UC Named)


Referred to Com. on RLS. Not Taking A Position(04/15/10)

AB 1306 (Obernolte)Creates the California Cybersecurity Integration Center(Cal-CSIC). (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy




AB 1307 (Gomez)Makes changes to public postsecondary educationexemption from nonresident tuition. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


AB 1308 (Bonilla)Amends the Licensed Midwifery Practice Act to no longerrequire licensed midwives to be supervised by aphysician/surgeon; require referral for abnormalpregnancy/childbirth; authorize midwives to directly obtainsupplies and devices, administer drugs and diagnostictests, order testing, and receive necessary reportsconsistent with scope of practice; require specifieddisclosure; require hospital reporting of plannedout-of-hospital births; adjust data elements to be reported;and prohibit new licensees from substituting clinicalexperience for formal didactic education.



Pending

AB 1309 (Miller)Appropriates $15M to UCR Medical School and expresslegislative findings and declarations relating to the role ofthe UCR Medical School in supporting California's healthcare infrastructure. (UC Named)


Re-referred to Com. onAPPR. Joint Rule 62(a), filenotice suspended. (Page4524.) In committee: Set,first hearing. Referred toAPPR. suspense file. Incommittee: Held undersubmission.

Support (07/24/12)



AB 1310 (Bonta)Effective 7/1/15, makes out-of-state health care providerenrollment in Medi-Cal for delivery of telehealth toCalifornia beneficiaries contingent upon meeting specifiedconditions/criteria, including being enrolled and in goodstanding in Medicaid/Medicare for the state where theprovider is located, and not be located outside the U.S.


2014

June 11Withdrawn fromcommittee. Re-referred toCom. on RLS.

June 10From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onAPPR.2013

Aug. 30In committee: Heldunder submission.

Aug. 13In committee:Placed on APPR. suspensefile.

July 8From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on APPR.withrecommendation: toconsent calendar. (Ayes 9.Noes 0.) (July 3).

Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

June 13Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

June 3In Senate. Read firsttime. To Com. on RLS. forassignment.


Page 1825.)


May 24From committee: Dopass as amended. (Ayes 17.Noes 0.) (May 24).


Read second time andamended. Ordered to secondreading.

May 8In committee: Set,first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspensefile.

Apr. 24From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19.


Mar. 14Referred to Com. on HEALTH.




Pending

AB 1312 (Gonzalez)Requires law enforcement notification of sexual assaultvictims? rights to request a same/opposite sex person to bepresent during interviews and issuance of a victims? rightscard. Prohibits law enforcement from discouraging victimsfrom a medical evidentiary/physical exam, and fromdisposing of rape kit or other crime scene evidence fromunsolved cases before at least 20 years or before a victim's40th birthday.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (06/22/17)

AB 1313 (Choi)Legislative intent: Enact statutory changes to the EducationCode relating to postsecondary education. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French




AB 1314 (Jones)Requires the California Health and Human ServicesAgency, in consultation with specified entities, to develop aplan to enact comprehensive reforms to the Californiahealth care system and to make recommendations forstatutory changes necessary to implement the plan.



Pending

AB 1315 (Alejo)Prohibits a public entity, charter city, or charter county fromdelegating to a contractor the development of a plan, usedto prevent or reduce water pollution or runoff on a publicworks contract.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1317 (Salas )Requests UC to refrain from using public funds to increasethe compensation of any executive officer of the Universityof California, when the amount of mandatory systemwidestudent fees and tuition of the university has beenincreased at any time in the immediately preceding 2years.(AB 837, SB 8 '13, SB 967 '12, SB 86 '09, SB 217'09)

Staff: Sandy Fried

2016 Jun. 20 Withdrawnfrom committee. Re-referredto Com. on RLS. Fromcommittee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer tocommittee. Read secondtime, amended, andre-referred to Com. on RLS.


AB 1318 (Bonilla)Sets the maximum award levels for students attendingWASC accredited nonpublic postsecondary educationalinstitutions for 2015-16, and deems such institutions to bequalified institutions if the total amount of institutional aid toresident students in any award year, is no less than 50% ofthe total Cal Grant awards received by their students,except for institutions meeting prescribed conditions.



Pending



AB 1319 (Dababneh)Revises the formula to determine the personal andincidental needs deduction in the Medi-Cal program.



Pending

AB 1327 (Gorell)Prohibits public agencies from using or contracting for useof unmanned aircraft systems, with certain exceptionsapplicable to law enforcement agencies and in certain othercases, including when the use/operation thereof achievesthe core mission of the agency and the purpose isunrelated to the gathering of criminal intelligence. Prohibitimages, footage, or data obtained through use of anunmanned aircraft system from being disseminated outsidethe collecting public agency, except as specified. Providesthat specified surveillance restrictions on electronic devicesapply to the use or operation of an unmanned aircraftsystem by a public agency.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1328 (Pan)Authorizes the State Department of Public Health to issue aclinical laboratory scientist's license to an applicant whocompletes a specified amount of employment as a clinicallaboratory scientist at a certified laboratory, who possessesan approved degree from an accredited institution, and whopasses a national examination approved by thedepartment, subject to the payment of the requisitelicensing fee.



Watch (05/05/11)

AB 1329 (Davis)Authorizes establishment of a competitive process to awarda contract, grant, or funding allocation to an agency tooperate the statewide cancer reporting system and furthercontract out or disburse grants/funding to other agencies ofdesignated cancer reporting regions for datacollecting/collating purposes.



Watch (05/05/11)



AB 1337 (Linder )Requires a medical provider or attorney, as defined, toprovide an electronic copy of a medical record that ismaintained electronically, upon request; requires a medicalprovider to accept a prescribed authorization form oncecompleted and signed by the patient if the medical providerdetermines that the form is valid. (AB 2059'14)



Pending

AB 1340 (Achadjian)Establishes enhanced treatment facilities/units (ETU) withinstate hospitals and requirements for inclusion of statepsychiatric hospitals; requires ETU placements of patientsin assault cases deemed incompetent to stand trial or notguilty by insanity; authorizes referral of patients posingsubstantial risk of inpatient aggression to ETUs; requiresforensic needs assessment panel placement evaluationsfor an enhanced treatment program; requires forensicneeds assessment team psychologist in-depth assessmentand treatment plan.



Watch (04/21/13)

AB 1342 (Dickinson)Requires specifications for a roof project to contain certaininformation regarding manufacturers. Prohibitsspecifications requiring proprietary products or aproprietary warranty, unless specified conditions are met.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1346 (Gray)Requires the Office of Emergency Services to update theState Emergency Plan on or before January 1, 2018, andevery 5 years thereafter, and would require the plan to beconsistent with specified state climate adaptationstrategies. (SB 438, SB 135 '13)

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Aug. 24 Ordered toinactive file pursuant toSenate Rule 29.

Pending



AB 1347 (Chiu)Establishes, for contracts entered into on/after 1/1/16, aclaim resolution process applicable to all claims bycontractors in connection with public works; defines a claimas a separate demand by the contractor for one or more ofthe following: a time extension for relief fromdamages/penalties for delay; payment of money/damagesarising from work done pursuant to the contract for a publicwork; or payment of an amount disputed by the publicentity.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1348 (Perez J)Establishes a new California Higher Education Authority toreplace the California Postsecondary EducationCommission (CPEC) (AB 2190 '11)



Concern (04/19/13)Concern (06/20/14)

AB 1349 (Weber )Establishes the California First Act, requires CSU andrequests UC to guarantee undergraduate admission at acampus, though not necessarily at a campus or in a majorof the applicant's choice, to all eligible California residentswho submit timely applications for undergraduateadmission, requires CSU and request to submit an annualreport to the Legislature disclosing specified admissionsstatistics from the coming academic year.




AB 1350 (Hernandez R)Requires the Public Utilities Commission to adopt andimplement a schedule that implements a second phase-inperiod for expanding direct transactions, as specified, overa reasonable time commencing not later than July 1, 2014.(UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Re-referred to Com. on U. &C.

Pending



AB 1353 (Waldron)Requires health plan/insurer prescription drug continuity.(Two-year bill)



Pending

AB 1356 (Eggman (D))Imposes an additional 1% tax on income over $1M, anddeposits the revenues into the Higher EducationAssistance Fund for financial assistance for specified UC,CSU and CCC students. (ACA 13) (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending

AB 1357 (Bloom )Imposes a fee on every distributor for the privilege ofdistributing bottled sweetened beverages, at a rate of $0.02per fluid ounce; amounts would be deposited into theChildren and Family Health Promotion Trust Fund; requiresmoneys in the fund to be allocated to the State Departmentof Public Health, the State Department of Health CareServices, the Department of Education, and theDepartment of Food and Agriculture for various purposes ofstatewide diabetes and childhood obesity treatment andprevention activities and programs. (SB 622'13)



Pending

AB 1360 (Swanson)Authorizes a health care district, as defined, and a clinicowned or operated by a health care district, as specified, toemploy physicians and surgeons if the health care district'sservice area includes a Medically Underserved Area (MUA)or a Medically Underserved Population (MUP), or has beenfederally designated as a Health Professional ShortageArea (HPSA).





AB 1361 (Burke )Makes the requirement that a student not be aged 28 orolder by December 31st of the award year inapplicable to acurrent or former U.S. Armed Forces member seeking aCal Grant A/B award, unless he/she is a former memberwho was dishonorably discharged.



Neutral (07/02/14)

AB 1364 (McCarty )Enacts the Higher Education Funding Formula. (Two-yearbill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending

AB 1365 (Baker )Appropriates an unspecified amount from the General Fundto CCC, CSU and UC to fund rape and sexual assaulteducation programs.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1366 (Lopez )Encourages UC, CSU and CCC to designate a DreamResource Liaison on each of their campuses to assistcertain students by streamlining access to all availablefinancial aid and academic opportunities for those students.


2015 Sep. 09 Ordered toinactive file at the request ofSenator Jackson.

PendingNot Taking A Position(04/09/15)



AB 1368 (Calderon)Authorizes a physician to designate a physician assistantor nurse practitioner to sign any authorization form requiredby the State Department of Health Care Services forbenefits and services under the Medi-Cal program,provided that the physician and the designated physicianassistant or nurse practitioner are each enrolled as aMedi-Cal provider.


Ordered to inactive file at therequest of Senator Skinner.

Watch (04/05/17)

AB 1370 (Medina )Requires that, on or before the 2018-19 academic year,and each academic year thereafter, not less than 50% ofthe revenues in excess of the marginal cost of instructiongenerated from undergraduate nonresident enrollment bedirected to fund increased enrollment for undergraduateresident students at all campuses of the university withundergraduate students, prohibits the total number ofundergraduate nonresident students enrolled at all of thecampuses of the University of California from exceedingthe total number of undergraduate nonresident studentsenrolled in the 2015-16 academic year, requires UC toannually publish a report including specified data about therevenues generated by undergraduate nonresidentenrollment.


2015 Jun. 18 Referred toCom. on ED.

Concern (04/16/15)

AB 1373 (Perez J)Provides that certain proceedings related to the collectionof death benefits of firefighters and peace officers may becommenced within, but no later than, an unspecified periodof time and in no event more than one year after the date ofdeath if all of the specified criteria are met, including, butnot limited to, that the employee's death is the result of aspecified injury.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (06/13/13)



AB 1374 (Levine)Expands the definition of the practice of psychology;narrows authorization for psychological assistants toprovide services; revises the experience verificationprocedure; and eliminates the requirement forreviewing/approving applicants for the position ofsupervising psychologist on a case-by-case basis.



Watch (05/15/15)

AB 1383 (Jones)Requires DHS to make supplemental payments for certainservices to private and public hospitals, and makeenhanced payments to managed health care and mentalhealth plans from quality assurance fee. Imposesconditional quality assurance fee on general acute carehospitals upon. Creates Hospital Quality AssuranceRevenue Fund. [Sponsors: CHA, CCHA, and DCHS]



Gov Sig Requested(10/10/09)

AB 1384 (Weber)Makes legislative findings and recognizes the TraumaRecovery Center (TRC) at SFGH-UCSF as the State PilotTRC, and requires use of the evidence-informed IntegratedTrauma Recovery Services model developed by the StatePilot TRC when it provides grants to TRCs. (SB 518 '15,SB 1404 '16)



Support (03/24/17)

AB 1388 (Obernolte )Requires the State Department of Health Care Services toexempt a clinical laboratory provider from a moratorium onthe enrollment of clinical laboratories if the provider has anexisting relationship with the Medi-Cal program as aprovider of benefits through a contract with a Medi-Calmanaged care plan.



Pending



AB 1392 (Thurmond )Spot bill: Relates to the Medi-Cal program.


2016 Feb. 01 Died at Desk. Pending

AB 1396 (Bonta )Requires moneys collected and deposited in the CaliforniaTobacco Tax Act of 2015 Fund from an additional tax to beimposed on the distribution of cigarettes, a related floorstock tax, and a cigarette indicia adjustment tax and to betransferred from that fund to the California Children andFamilies Trust Fund, which is a continuously appropriatedfund, the Cigarette and Tobacco Products Surtax Fund, theBreast Cancer Fund, and the General Fund, as necessaryto offset revenue decreases to those funds directlyresulting from additional taxes to be imposed, require theDepartment of Justice, the State Department of PublicHealth, the State Department of Education, the StateDepartment of Health Care Services, and would requestUC, annually to publish an accounting of moneys receivedfrom the fund on their respective Internet Web sites. (SB591)



Pending

AB 1406 (Gloria)Establishes the Homeless Youth Advocacy and HousingProgram. (UC Named)

Staff: Karen French


Pending

AB 1410 (Wood)Renames the Emergency Medical Air Transportation ActFund as the Emergency Medical Air Transportation andChildren' s Coverage Fund and authorizes the use moneyfrom the fund to fund children' s health care coverage.



Pending



AB 1422 (Bass)Health Care Programs: California Children and FamiliesAct of 1998 - Imposes tax on Medi-Cal managed care plansto ensure that they receive rates contracted under Medi-Calwith excess revenues to be used by MRMIB for HealthyFamilies Program. Increases premiums paid for familycontributions under the Health Families. Provides optionsto transfer funds not needed under the Children andFamilies Program to an unallocated account forexpenditures by the Children and Families Commission.



AB 1424 (Levine)Removes sunset of the UC Best Value ConstructionContracting Program. (UC Sponsor)

Staff: Jason Murphy


SponsorSupport (04/10/17)Support (05/01/17)Support (05/08/17)Support (06/21/17)Support (09/05/17)Gov Sig Requested(09/14/17)

AB 1433 (Gray)Enacts the Recommitment to Higher Education Bond Act of2016; authorizes an unspecified amount of state generalobligation bonds to provide aid to CCC, CSU, UC andHastings College of the Law to construct and modernizeeducation facilities. (SB 114, AB 1088, AB 41 '13, AB 223514')

Staff: Sandy Fried


Support (04/15/15)

AB 1435 (Gonzalez)Establishes the College Athlete Protection Act.

Staff: Karen French


Oppose (04/11/17)Oppose (04/20/17)Oppose Unless Amended(06/22/17)



AB 1437 (Gray)Enacts the Internet Fantasy Sports Games ConsumerProtection Act.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1438 (Bradford)Requires any person to report to a peace officer a known orsuspected instance of a child sexual abuse.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1441 (Beall)Provides for an education tax credit up to $500 for studentsat a qualified educational institution (AB 1079) (UC named).


Referred to Com. on REV. &TAX.

Pending

AB 1443 (Skinner)Provides that it is an unlawful employment practice todiscriminate in the selection, termination, training, or otherterms or treatment of a person in an unpaid internship, orany other program providing unpaid experience for thatperson in the workplace/industry, or to harass an unpaidintern or volunteer based on specified factors.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Read first time. To print. Watch (06/05/14)

AB 1445 (Logue)Enacts the California Water Infrastructure Act of 2014.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Read first time. To print. Pending



AB 1446 (Mullin)Eliminates requirement that the number of voter registrationforms provided to UC, CSU, CCC by the Secretary of Statebe consistent with the number of students enrolled.Encourages UC and requires CSU/CCC campuses thatoperate an automated class registration system, to permitstudents, during the class registration process, to apply toregister to vote online by submitting an affidavit of voterregistration electronically on the Secretary of StateWebsite. Provides that the signature on an affidavit isconfidential and shall not be disclosed. Requires anorganization that distributes voter registration cards orassists with submission of an affidavit of registrationelectronically on the Secretary of State Website to complywith specified requirements relating to the voter registrationinformation. Requires an organization that distributes voterregistration cards to obtain the cards from the countyelections official or the Secretary of State. Requires anorganization to comply with all applicable regulationsestablished by the Secretary of State when distributing thecards. (SB 854'07)

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014

Mar. 17From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto Com. on E. & R.Read second time andamended.

Jan. 17Referred to Com. on E. & R.

Jan. 7From printer. May beheard in committee February 6.


Pending



AB 1451 (Holden)Authorizes school-community college district concurrentenrollment partnership agreements to allow pupils to attendcommunity college, and partnerships for pathways from HSto CCC for CTE or transfer preparation, improvinggraduation rates, or helping pupils achieve college/careerreadiness. Requires an annual report of specified data,including the number of CCC courses classified based onequivalency to UC a-g requirements.


2014

Apr. 2From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 13. Noes0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on ED.

Mar. 26Re-referred to Com.on HIGHER ED.

Mar. 25From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto Com. on HIGHERED. Read second time andamended.

Mar. 18In committee: Hearing postponed bycommittee.

Mar. 10Re-referred to Com.on HIGHER ED.


Jan. 17Referred to Coms.on HIGHER ED. and ED.

Jan. 9From printer. May beheard in committee February 8.

Jan. 8Read first time. Toprint

Pending



AB 1452 (Hill)Requires public or private hospitals, clinics, or birthingcenters, at the time a child under 8 years of age isdischarged, to also provide and discuss contact informationrelating to obtaining, at no cost or low cost, information andassistance relating to child passenger restraint systemrequirements, installation, and inspection, including, amongother things, the telephone number of the local office of theDepartment of the California Highway Patrol. (AB 2667 '10Vetoed)



Watch (06/22/12)

AB 1456 (Jones-Sawyer)Requires CSAC and LAO to conduct a study of the effectsof enacting a Pay it Forward, Pay it Back Pilot Program anddesignates the Legislative Analyst as the agency in chargeof preparing the study.



AB 1457 (Allen )Authorizes a three-year suspension from bidding on orbeing awarded a public works/services contract for personscertified by the President of the U.S. Senate or Speaker ofthe House of Representatives under specified federal lawas having failed to give testimony, produce papers, oranswer pertinent questions when summoned as a witnessby the authority of the U.S. Congress. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1458 (Davis)Requires health professionals to report serious adversedrug events to the federal FDA and would exemptviolations from related criminal provisions.



Pending



AB 1459 (Skinner)State and local government trailer bill.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014

June 9In committee: Hearing postponed bycommittee. Joint Rule62(a),file notice suspended.

June 5Referred to Com. on B. & F.R.



Page 5068.)

May 8Without reference tocommittee. Ordered tosecond reading.

Assembly Rule 63suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes19. Page 4818.) Readsecond time. Orderedto third reading.



Pending

AB 1460 (Thurmond)Spot bill: Relates to hospital community benefits plans.





AB 1462 (Skinner )Health trailer bill.


2014

June 12From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onB. &F.R.





Page 5070.)





Pending



AB 1463 (Gatto )Establishes the California Covenants Program. Theprogram would be a prepaid college tuition program, underwhich an individual could purchase a fixed percentage ofthe tuition and mandatory systemwide fees for an academicyear of full-time enrollment as an undergraduate at acampus of CSU, UC, or an independent institution of highereducation or a beneficiary who meets specified criteria.


2016 Aug. 03 In committee:Set, first hearing. Furtherhearing to be set.

Pending

AB 1464 (Blumenfield)Budget Act of 2012.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Consideration of Governoritem veto to inactive file onmotion of Assembly MemberBlummenfield.

Pending



AB 1465 (Skinner)Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014






Page 5071.)





Pending



AB 1466 (Patterson)Spot bill: Relates to patient records. (Two-year bill)



AB 1467 (Assembly Budget Committee)2012-13 State Budget Trailer Bill: Health (Contains contractfunding for prostate cancer treatment through UC medicalcenters and Drew/ UCLA, Health Facilities FinancingAuthority grant funding, etc.)



Pending



AB 1468 (Committee on Budget)Public Safety trailer bill.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014






Page 5073.)





Pending



AB 1476 (Skinner)Makes amendments to the Budget Act of 2014.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014

May 29Re-referred to Com.on BUDGET.

May 28From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto Com. on BUDGET. Read second timeand amended.

May 19Referred to Com. on BUDGET.






AB 1478 (Skinner)Public Resources trailer bill. Creates a continuouslyappropriated subaccount within the State EnergyConservation Assistance Account to track award andrepayment of loans made with moneys transferred from theGHG Reduction Fund, and authorizes moneys in thesubaccount for loans only toward projects in buildingsowned/operated by a state agency or entity, including,without limitation, UC and CSU. (SB 874)

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014

Aug. 11From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onB. &F.R.




Page 5078.)





Pending



AB 1479 (Bonta )Requires a public agency designee to act as the custodianof records to respond to Public Records Act requests andpublic inquiries about agency decisions to deny recordsrequests.

Staff: Jason Murphy




AB 1480 (Skinner)Education Finance budget trailer. Expresses the intent ofthe Legislature that the appropriate policy and fiscalcommittees of the Legislature review these performancemeasures in a collaborative process with the Department ofFinance, the Legislative Analyst's Office, individuals withexpertise in statewide accountability efforts, UC, CSU, andCCC, and consider any recommendations for theirmodification and refinement; revise these procedures toprovide for the submission of this data to the committees ineach house of the Legislature that consider the annualstate budget and the budget subcommittees in each houseof the Legislature that consider appropriations for the UC,instead of to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee;authorize UC to give public notice of a project to biddersunder this provision either in the newspaper and tradepaper as indicated above or electronically on the InternetWeb site of the university.(SB 876)

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014

Aug. 11From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto committee. Readsecond time, amended, andre-referred to Com. onB. &F.R.




Page 5079.)





Pending



AB 1483 (Gatto )Requires the LAO's Office to conduct a study of, and reportto the Legislature on, the feasibility of establishing a UCcampus devoted to science, technology, engineering, arts,and mathematics, appropriate $50M GF to the Controllerfor allocation to UC for establishment of the campus.




AB 1497 (Chau)Legislative intent: Enact legislation that requires lawenforcement agencies to develop written policies relating tothe handling of incidents involving the use of deadly forceby a peace officer that resulted in the death of a member ofthe public.

Staff: Jason Murphy




AB 1499 (Skinner)Requires PUC, in allocating funds between eligibletechnologies, to consider the relative amount and cost ofcertain factors. Requires recipients of self-generationincentive program funds to provide to PUC and CARBrelevant data and subjects them to inspection to verifyequipment operation and performance. (AB 1624)

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014

May 23In committee: Set,second hearing. Held undersubmission.


May 8Re-referred to Com.on APPR.

May 7Read second time andamended.

May 6From committee: Dopass as amended andre-refer to Com. on APPR.(Ayes 6. Noes 2.)(May 1).

Apr. 28In committee: Hearing postponed bycommittee.

Apr. 22From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 8.

Noes 4.) (April 21).Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

Apr. 22Re-referred to Com.on U. & C.

Apr. 21From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto Com. on U. & C.Read second time andamended.

Jan. 30Referred to Com. on U. & C.




Pending

AB 1500 (Perez J)Requires any aggregate increase in revenues derived fromincome apportionments based on a single sale factor andallowance of the 4-factor formula and revised rulesdetermining whether a taxpayer is doing business in CA tobe deposited, less $90M into the Middle Class ScholarshipFund and allocated for the purpose of increasingaffordability of higher education; double-joined with AB1501.


Withdrawn from committee.Ordered to third reading.(Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page5122.) Read third time.Urgency clause refusedadoption. (Ayes 22. Noes 15.Page 5122.)

Support (03/22/12)

AB 1501 (Assembly Budget Committee)Establishes the Middle Class Scholarship Program toprovide undergraduates at UC/CSU with scholarships at60% of fees charged if specified conditions are met;provides that eligible students with annual householdincomes exceeding $150K receive scholarships that arereduced according to prescribed calculations; requiresUC/CSU to maintain institutional need-based grantprograms at least equivalent to level maintained during2011-12 in order for students to remain eligible;continuously appropriates $150M from GF to CCC;specifies CSAC reporting requirements and authorization toreduce scholarships if necessary; authorizes an amountequal to a qualified student's scholarship to be refundedfrom the Tax Relief and Refund Account; makes billcontingent upon enactment of AB 1500.


Withdrawn from committee.Ordered to third reading.(Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page5122.)

Support with Amendments(03/22/12)Support with Amendments(06/22/12)



AB 1502 (Assembly Budget Committee)2012-13 State Budget Trailer Bill: Proposes a tuitionbuy-out to appropriate $125M each to UC/CSU if 2012-13tuition/fees are frozen at 2011-12 levels, and contingentupon passage of the Governor's Schools and Local PublicSafety Protection Act of 2012 tax initiative on theNovember 6, 2012 statewide general election ballot,augments appropriation to UC by $37.6M and to UCHastings by $365K for pension contribution costs.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1503 (Lieu)Relates to emergency medical care billing.



Pending

AB 1510 (Dababneh)Enacts the Athletic Training Practice Act which wouldprovide for the licensure and regulation of athletic trainers.(Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1517 (Skinner)Encourages a law enforcement agency in whosejurisdiction the sexual assault offense occurred to submitsexual assault forensic evidence received by the agency onor after January 1, 2016, to the crime lab within 10 daysafter it is booked into evidence, and ensure that a rapidturnaround DNA program, as defined, is in place to submitforensic evidence collected from the victim of a sexualassault to the crime lab within 5 days after the evidence isobtained from the victim.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Com. on PUB.S.

Pending



AB 1524 (Waldron)Requires a person or public or private entity that owns oroperates an unmanned aircraft, as defined, to placespecified identifying information or digitally store identifyinginformation on that unmanned aircraft.

Staff: Jason Murphy


AB 1530 (Levine)Requires the Public Utilities Commission for customers ofthe state's 3 largest electrical corporations that install cleandistributed energy (1) require those electrical corporationsto collect all applicable nonbypassable charges fixed,implemented, administered, or imposed by the PublicUtilities Commission based only on the actual meteredconsumption of electricity delivered to the customerthrough the electrical corporation's transmission ordistribution system, which charges are to be at the samerate per kilowatthour as paid by other customers that do notemploy a clean distributed energy resource, and (2)calculate a reserve capacity for standby service, ifapplicable, based on the capacity needed by the electricalcorporation to serve a customer's electrical demand duringan outage of the clean distributed energy resourceproviding electric service for that customer.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Jun. 29 In committee:Set, final hearing. Hearingcanceled at the request ofauthor.

Pending

AB 1532 (Perez J)Requires funds in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund tobe used for specified purposes and allocation of thosemoneys to measures and programs that meet specifiedcriteria, requires CalEPA to develop a methodology toidentify priority community areas for investmentopportunities, requires State Air Resources Board todevelop, submit to legislative budget committees, andadopt 3 investment plans that include specified analysisand information, requires submittal of annual December 1streport to appropriate legislative committees containingspecified information; prohibits Governor's written findingsfrom being subject to judicial review.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 1533 (O'Donnell)Extends the College Promise Partnership Act indefinitely.

Staff: Karen French


Pending

AB 1535 (Jones)Revises definition of the practice of audiology to includeselling of hearing aids, and specifies related requirements;eliminates Hearing Aid Dispensers Bureau andconsolidates its functions into the Speech-LanguagePathology and Audiology Board.



Pending

AB 1538 (Eggman)Provides that if an otherwise qualifying institution has astudent body composed of at least 2/3 students who arereceiving federal Pell grants, and a default rate thatexceeds the existing statutory maximum for Cal Granteligibility, or a graduation rate less than the existingstatutory minimum for eligibility, as prescribed, this billwould deem the institution eligible if the Student AidCommission certifies that the institution satisfies specifiedconditions.


From printer. May be heardin committee February 22.

Pending

AB 1539 (Hagman)Requires the Instructional Quality Commission to considerdeveloping and recommending to the state board, on orbefore 7/31/19, computer science content, standards forK-12 pursuant to recommendations by computer scienceexperts; requires the commission to consider existingcomputer science content standards, including nationalK-12 computer science content standards developed by theComputer Science Teachers Association; requires theSPI, in consultation with the state board, to considerconvening that group of experts and ensure that the groupincludes individuals from specified groups. Subjectsoperation of provision to an appropriation made for thesepurposes in the annual Budget Act or another statute.


2014

Jan. 30Referred to Com. on ED.



Pending



AB 1540 (Hagman)Authorizes the governing board of a school district toauthorize a pupil, upon recommendation of a CCC dean ofa computer science dept or other appropriate CCC careercomputer science administrator, and with parental consent,to attend a CCC during any session/term and undertakeone or more courses of computer science offered at theCCC.


2014


Jan. 30Referred to Coms.on HIGHER ED. and ED.



Pending

AB 1541 (Waldron)Relates to Medi-Cal hospital reimbursement.



AB 1542 (Mathis)Provides that a medical doctor or osteopath who hassuccessfully completed a residency program accredited byan organization that is a predecessor to the AccreditationCouncil for Graduate Medical Evaluation and is recognizedby the administrative director would satisfy the residencytraining requirement.



Pending

AB 1544 (Allen)Increases Student Aid Commission membership to 16 byadding an additional representative from public, proprietary,or nonprofit postsecondary schools.





AB 1548 (Mullin)Requires a test sponsor to also submit specifiedinformation that is required to be submitted to the CaliforniaPostsecondary Education Commission to theSuperintendent of Public Instruction, and would authorizethe submission of that information in digital format.



Pending

AB 1549 (Rendon)Requires the California State Auditor, beginning January 1,2015, and every 3 years thereafter, until January 1, 2025,to audit 2 institutions selected by the California StateAuditor from each segment of public postsecondaryeducation, including UC, to determine if their practices areconsistent with Title IX, its implementing regulations, andfederal guidance on Title IX related to sexual harassmentand assault.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch

AB 1551 (Allen)Enacts the California Israel Commerce Protection Act toprohibit investment of state trust moneys, including the GFportion of the UC Retirement Fund, in business firms orfinancial institutions that engage in discriminatory businesspractices in furtherance/compliance with the boycott ofIsrael.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Jan. 05 From printer.May be heard in committeeFebruary 4.

Pending

AB 1552 (Allen )Prohibits a public entity from entering into a contract toacquire or dispose of goods, services, IT, or constructionunless it includes a representation that the contractor willnot during the duration of the contract engage in theboycott of a person/entity based in or doing business with ajurisdiction with which the state can enjoy open trade.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Jan. 05 From printer.May be heard in committeeFebruary 4.

Pending



AB 1558 (Hernandez)Requests UC to establish the California Health DataOrganization and would request the organization to collectdata from payers, as specified, and establish an all-payerclaims database.


Read first time. To print. Not Taking A Position(04/16/14)Oppose Unless Amended(06/13/14)

AB 1559 (Pan)Requires DPH to expand statewide screening of newbornsto include screening for adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD).


Read first time. To print. Neutral (04/10/14)

AB 1560 (Friedman )Prohibits a physician and surgeon from supervising morethan 18 nurse practitioners, certified-nurse midwives, andphysician assistants at any one time.


Ordered to inactive file at therequest of Senator Hill.

Watch (05/04/17)

AB 1561 (Hernandez)Requests UC not to and prohibits CSU from enteringinto/renewing a contract providing for a compensationincrease for any administrator using state moneys ormoneys from tuition/fees in a fiscal year in which amount ofGF moneys appropriated in annual Budget Act for currentfiscal year is less than amount appropriated in immediatelypreceding fiscal year, or if mandatory systemwide residenttuition/fees have been increased in the same fiscal year.Requests UC not to and prohibits CSU from increasingadministrator compensation by more than 10% relative tothe immediately preceding compensation for that position,and subsequent to this increase, requests and requirescompensation to only be increased by percentage ofinflation, as specified. (UC Named)

Staff: Steve Juarez


Oppose (03/22/12)



AB 1564 (Lara)Includes volunteers of public-private organizations,including nonprofit organizations, whose duties requiredirect contact with and supervision of children in the list ofindividuals who are mandated reporters, requiresemployers to provide training in child abuse and neglectidentification and reporting to their employees andvolunteers who are mandated reporters.



Pending

AB 1566 (Wilk)Requires a written report submitted by any state agency tothe Legislature, a Member of the Legislature, or any statelegislative or executive body to include a signed statementby the head of the agency declaring that the factualcontents are true, accurate, and complete to the best ofhis/her knowledge.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 May. 23 Fromcommittee: Without furtheraction pursuant to Joint Rule62(a).

Pending

AB 1568 (Bonta)Establishes, contingent upon federal approval/financialparticipation, the Medi-Cal 2020 Demonstration Project Actand subsequent components of California's Medi-Cal 2020demonstration project, and distinguishes applicableMedi-Cal Hospital/Uninsured Care Demonstration ProjectAct payment methodologies and requirements thereof.Implements the Global Payment Program (GPP), createsthe Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives in Medi-Cal(PRIME) program and Whole Person Care pilot program,and implements the Dental Transformation Initiative (DTI).Requires Department of Health Care Services to conductany study, report, assessment, evaluation, or other similardemonstration project activity required under the SpecialTerms and Conditions. (SB 815)



Support (04/20/16)



AB 1575 (Bonta)Makes various changes to the Medical CannabisRegulation and Safety Act, including exempting from civilpenalty state authorized research institutions engaged inthe research of medical cannabis, medical cannabisproducts, or devices used for the medical use of cannabisor cannabis products, to possess, transport, purchase, orotherwise legally obtain small amounts of medical cannabisor medical cannabis products to conduct related researchand development. Requires a research institution engagedin such research to obtain written authorization from itslocal jurisdiction as specified. (UC Named)



Pending

AB 1577 (Eggman)Establishes the Public Higher Education Pantry AssistanceProgram Account in the Emergency Food AssistanceProgram Fund, and requires that moneys in the account,upon legislative appropriation, be allocated to food banksthat support on-campus pantry and hunger relief effortsserving low-income students. (AB 1747)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 1578 (Pan)Requests UC to include essential health benefits and theimpact on the California Health Benefit Exchange inCHBRP analyses, and to assess legislation impactinghealth insurance benefit design, cost sharing, premiums,and other health insurance topics. Also requests that UC provide these analyses to appropriate legislativepolicy/fiscal committees within 60 days or an agreed upontimeline, after receiving the request. Extends deadline forUC to report to the Governor/Legislature on implementationof the program until 1/1/16.


2014

Aug. 14In committee: Heldunder submission.

Aug. 4In committee: Placedon APPR. suspense file.



June 5Referred to Com. on G.O.



Page 5365.)


May 27From committee: Dopass as amended. (Ayes 12.Noes 0.) (May 23).

Read second time andamended. Ordered to secondreading.



Noes 4.) (April 30).Re-referred to Com. on


APPR.

Apr. 29Re-referred to Com.on A. & A.R.

Apr. 28From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto Com. on A. & A.R.Read second time andamended.

Mar. 26In committee: Set,second hearing. Furtherhearing to be set.

Mar. 5In committee: Set,first hearing. Hearingcanceled at the requestofauthor.

Feb. 6Referred to Com. on A. & A.R.

Jan. 31From printer. Maybe heard in committee March 2.


Pending

AB 1582 (Allen)Requires that the Conflict of Interest Code of each publicpostsecondary educational institution require an employeeof that institution to disclose any item of value, anyroyalties, or any other compensation the employeereceives as a result of a decision to adopt specific coursematerials required for coursework or instruction.


2016 Apr. 13 In committee:Set, second hearing. Hearingcanceled at the request ofauthor.

Pending



AB 1590 (Wieckowski)Makes changes to Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Awards,changes the date that the Student Aid Commission needsto certify the institution's latest 3-year cohort default rateand graduation rate, defines the graduation rate of aqualifying institution.



AB 1594 (McCarty)Prohibits smoking, including the use of an electronicsmoking device, and the use of a tobacco product on aCSU or CCC campus, and authorizes the governing bodiesof those campuses/districts to set standards to enforce theprohibition. Encourages UC to adopt and enforce new, orcontinue to enforce existing, substantially similar policies.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1595 (Jones)Provides that a person meeting applicable eligibilityrequirements shall be eligible for Medi-Cal benefits ifincome does not exceed 133% of federal poverty level.



AB 1598 (Weber)Budget Act of 2016 (UC Named) (SB 825)

Staff: Sandy Fried

2016 Jun. 01 Re-referred toCom. on BUDGET.

Pending

AB 1600 (Assembly Budget Committee)Budget Trailer Bill: School Finance. (SB 828)

Staff: Sandy Fried

2016 Aug. 23 Ordered toinactive file at the request ofSenator Leno.

Pending



AB 1602 (Assembly Budget Committee)Budget Trailer Bill: Education. Requires UC, if funds areappropriated in the Budget Act of 2016 to the university, toadopt a plan to improve the university's admission,enrollment, and graduation of students who were enrolledin schools identified by the Superintendent of PublicInstruction as having at least 75% of the school's totalenrollment in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, consist ofunduplicated pupils. Extends cooperative endeavorsdesigned to accomplish specified purposes related toteacher professional development indefinitely. Enacts theCalifornia Firearm Violence Research Act. Establishes theA-G Success Initiative and would appropriate the sum of$4,000,000 from the General Fund to the University ofCalifornia to be used for the development of online classesand curriculum for at least 45 middle and high schoolcourses that would be aligned with the academic contentand state standards adopted by the State Board ofEducation and approved by the University of California forpurposes of satisfying the "a-g" subject requirements. (SB830)

Staff: Sandy Fried

2016 Jun. 27 Chaptered bySecretary of State - Chapter24, Statutes of 2016.

Pending

AB 1603 (Ridley-Thomas)Revises the definition of "public employee" for the purposeof the Meyers-Milias-Brown Ac to also include personsjointly employed by a public agency and any otheremployer at specified clinics and hospitals.


Ordered to inactive file at therequest of Senator McGuire.

Pending

AB 1605 (Assembly Budget Committee)Budget Trailer Bill: Health. (SB 833)


2016 Aug. 23 Ordered toinactive file at the request ofSenator Leno.

Pending

AB 1613 (Assembly Budget Committee)Appropriates $5M from the Greenhouse Gas ReductionFund to UC.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 1614 (Monning)Extend sunset date of Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA) inMonterey County; repeals establishment of RedevelopmentAgency of Fort Ord; and repeals its continuance of statesubventions.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1615 (Miller)Requires the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau to license andregulate hydrolysis facilities and hydrolysis facilitymanagers and enact requirements substantially similar tothose applicable to crematoria. (Impacts UC healthsciences education and research enterprise, anatomicalDonation Program) (AB 4'11)



Pending

AB 1618 (Galgiani)Requires High-Speed Rail Authority to consult with UC,CSU, and CCC to determine how the state can best meetthe educational needs for the future high-speed railoperations, design, construction, and maintenanceworkforce. (UC Named)



Pending

AB 1621 (Halderman)Exempts physicians and surgeons, if working on a traumacase, from requirement to provide specified information topatients if conditions are present during prostatescreenings.



Pending

AB 1622 (Low)Requires the CCC and CSU and requests UC to designatecampus dream resource liaisons. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Support (04/17/17)



AB 1624 (Assembly Budget Committee)Extends UC's ability to utilize "best value" procedures forthe procurement of goods and services until 1/1/19 andmakes the deadline for the reports regarding the UC use ofbest value procurement on or before 1/1/18. (Budget Act of2016 trailer bill.) (SB 854)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1628 (Grayson )Legislative intent: Enact legislation that would prohibit theuse of independent contractors on public works projects.(Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


AB 1635 (Quirk-Silva)Requires state agencies to establish an annual goal that atleast 25% of procurement activities include a smallbusiness participant, and report statistics regarding smallbusiness participation in the agency's procurementactivities. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1637 (Wieckowski)Requires qualifying institutions to calculate, as specified,and certify to the Student Aid Commission its studentdefault risk index score by October 1 of each year; makesan otherwise qualifying institution ineligible for new CalGrant awards if the institution's student default risk indexscore exceeds a specified threshold.



Watch (04/12/12)



AB 1639 (Hill)Specifies that, in addition to any other benefit limitationsprescribed by law, for purposes of determining a retirementbenefit paid to a person who first becomes a member of apublic retirement system on or after January 1, 2013, to theextent that the benefits payable under the system aresubject to the compensation limits prescribed by a specifiedprovision of the Internal Revenue Code, the maximumsalary, compensation, or payrate taken into account underthe plan for any year shall not exceed the amount permittedto be taken into account under that provision of federal law.Prohibits a public employer from making contributions toany qualified public retirement plan based on any portion ofcompensation that exceeds the amount specified in thatfederal provision. (AB 89 '11)

Staff: Jason Murphy

From committee: That themeasure be retained incommittee, and that thesubject matter be referred tothe Committee on Rules forassignment to the propercommittee for study. (Ayes 4.Noes 2.) (April 26).

Pending

AB 1640 (Jones-Sawyer)Makes changes to sex offenders registration.

Staff: Jason Murphy


AB 1643 (Bonta)Creates the Health Care for All Commission to investigateand make recommendations on improving health careaccess and affordability for all Californians. (Two-year bill)



Neutral (04/05/17)



AB 1653 (Weber)Encourages each UC campus and requires CSU, CCC,and independent institutions of higher education togenerate a biennial campus climate report as specified,post it on its Website, and submit it to the Governor,Attorney General, and appropriate legislative policycommittees. Encourages UC, and requires CSU, CCC, andindependent institutions of higher education to create,review every 2 years thereafter, and, as necessary, updateprotocols, policies, and procedures for compliance with theJeanne Clery and Violence Against WomenReauthorization Acts. Requests UC, and requires CSU,CCC, and independent institutions of higher education toadopt and publish policies on harassment, intimidation, andbullying for inclusion within their rules and regulationsgoverning student behavior. (AB 340 '15)



Pending

AB 1654 (Santiago)Requires Department of Justice to provide guidance to UC,CSU, CCC, and public/private higher education institutionsregarding compliance with the Jeanne Clery Act andViolence Against Women Reauthorization Act.

Staff: Jason Murphy



AB 1655 (Grayson)Expresses the intent of the Legislature to ensure that theLegislature has accurate information upon which to basefunding decisions relating to UC. Requires that theamounts included UC reports to the Legislature be basedon publicly available information. Requires that the costsreported be differentiated by student academic levels anddisciplines.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 1657 (Wieckowski)Imposes an additional penalty of $1 upon every convictionfor a violation of state or local traffic laws, except foroffenses relating to parking, requires the penalty to bedeposited with the county treasurer who would transfer themoneys to the State Treasurer, to be make available, uponappropriation by the Legislature, for allocation to theRoman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Penalty Account, whichthe bill would authorize the University of California toestablish in the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury ResearchFund. (AB 1685 '10)



Support (03/23/12)Gov Sig Requested(08/06/12)Support (08/21/12)Support (08/23/12)Support (08/24/12)

AB 1663 (Dickinson)Requests UC to set a tuition fee within a range thatcorresponds to actual program costs for COSMOS of up tobut not exceeding $2,810 per session in the year 2012,returns this provision to existing law on January 1, 2018,increases application fee to an amount not exceeding $30.(UC Named, UC Sponsor)



SponsorSupport (03/12/12)Support (04/13/12)Support (04/16/12)Support (06/05/12)Support (06/29/12)Gov Sig Requested(09/06/12)



AB 1668 (Calderon)Enacts the Right to Try Act. Authorizes availability andhealth benefit plan coverage of investigational drugs,biological products, or devices for eligible patients withimmediately life-threatening diseases/conditions andprohibits disciplinary action against a physician's licensebased solely on a recommendation or prescription for theseproducts if consistent with institutional/accreditedinstitutional review board protocol. (AB 159 '15, SB 149 '15)




AB 1674 (Grayson)Requests UC and its academic senate to ensure thatimplementation of the admissions policy on nonresidentundergraduates include guidance ensuring that academicqualifications for admitted nonresident undergraduatesgenerally exceeds that of resident undergraduates.

Staff: Karen French


Oppose Unless Amended(04/12/17)Neutral (05/30/17)

AB 1677 (Gomez)Establishes a loan assumption program for employees ofeligible public facilities, as defined to include statehospitals, state veterans' homes, members of the CaliforniaAssociation of Public Hospitals and Health Systems,California facilities administered by the federal VeteransHealth Administration, and health care districts located inCalifornia.


From printer. May be heardin committee March 15.

Watch (03/13/14)



AB 1681 (Cooper)Requires a manufacturer or operating system provider of asmartphone sold or leased in California on or after 1/1/17,that is unable to decrypted the smartphone pursuant to astate court order to be subject to a civil penalty of $2,500for each instance in which the smartphone is unable to bedecrypted.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Apr. 13 In committee:Set, first hearing. Testimonytaken. Held withoutrecommendation.

Pending

AB 1683 (Jones)Requires the State Department of Public Health to inform apatient diagnosed with cancer or receiving cancer therapytreatment from, a specified health care practitioner, or ahospital or other facility within an area designated as acancer reporting area of the reporting requirement.


Read first time. To print. Watch (06/30/14)

AB 1703 (Santiago)Specifies that "immediate medical or hospital care"includes critical specialty medical procedures or treatment,such as dialysis, which cannot be furnished, performed, orsupplied at a city or county jail.



Pending

AB 1705 (Williams)Legislative Intent: Define the term "substantially complex"relating to public contract payments.

Staff: Jason Murphy


AB 1707 (Linder)Requires a response to a request for public recordsdemonstrate that the record in question is exempt under anexpress provision of the act also to identify the type ortypes of record withheld and the specific exemption thatjustifies withholding that type of record.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Apr. 12 In committee:Set, second hearing. Hearingcanceled at the request ofauthor.

Pending



AB 1710 (Dickinson)Requires, with respect to information required to beincluded in a security breach notification, if theperson/business providing the notification was the sourceof the breach, that the person/business offer to provideappropriate identity theft prevention and mitigation servicesto the affected person at no cost for not less than 12months if the breach exposed specified personalinformation. (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Apr. 1Re-referred to Com.on JUD.

Watch (04/24/14)

AB 1711 (McCarty)Requires UC, in collaboration with UC Academic Senate,as a condition of receiving funds appropriated in the annualBudget Act, to ensure that implementation of anyadmissions policy for nonresident undergraduate studentadmission include guidance ensuring that the academicqualifications for admitted nonresident undergraduatestudents generally exceeds the academic qualifications ofresident undergraduate students, and requires UC to reportto the Legislature annually regarding implementation of thepolicy, including, but not limited to, the mean and medianscores on academic indicators of admitted resident andnonresident undergraduate students at each campus.

Staff: Sandy Fried

2016 Aug. 11 Joint Rule62(a), file notice suspended.(Page 4861.) Joint Rule62(a), file notice suspended.(Page 4861.) (pendingre-refer to Com. on APPR.)From committee: Do passand re-refer to Com. onAPPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.)(August 11). Re-referred toCom. on APPR.

Concern (03/10/16)Concern (05/05/16)Oppose (06/23/16)Oppose (08/10/16)

AB 1715 (Holden)Enacts the Behavior Analyst Act.



Concern (06/20/16)

AB 1717 (Arambula)Legislative intent: Require the Department of Correctionsand Rehabilitation to adopt utilization management bestpractices within its institutions as a way to provide effectand cost efficient medical care for the inmate population.





AB 1721 (Medina)Raises the Cal Grant A/B award limit to 34,000, andexpresses legislative intent to increase aid for needystudents by expanding the Cal Grant Program to broadenfinancial aid access to CCC students.



Neutral (05/26/16)

AB 1724 (Waldron)Requires a person or public or private entity that owns oroperates an unmanned aircraft to place specifiedidentifying information or digitally store identifyinginformation on that unmanned aircraft.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Mar. 29 In committee:Set, first hearing. Hearingcanceled at the request ofauthor.

Pending

AB 1726 (Bonta)Requires UC, CSU, CCC, and Departments of PublicHealth and Health care Services to use additional separatecollection categories and other tabulations for specifiedAsian and Pacific Islander groups. Would not applycategorization requirements to UC graduate andprofessional school demographics. (AB 176 '15)



Support (04/26/16)

AB 1731 (Block)Requires general acute care hospitals with licensedperinatal services to offer to parents of newborns, prior todischarge, a pulse oximetry test for identification of criticalcongenital heart disease using protocols approved by DPHor designee, in consistency with protocols established byfederal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,provides that DPH may be designated responsibilities thatare consistent with those currently set forth in other statenewborn screening programs.



Neutral (04/16/12)



AB 1732 (Ting)Requires all single-user toilet facilities in any businessestablishment, place of public accommodation, orgovernment agency to be identified as all-gender toiletfacilities.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1733 (Logue)Deletes conviction of more than one misdemeanor or anyfelony involving use, consumption, or self-administration ofany of specified substances, or combination thereof, fromthe list of what constitutes unprofessional conduct, makes itunprofessional conduct to willfully violate specifiedprovisions governing patient access to health care records,relates to PACE program.



New Bill (04/16/12)

AB 1734 (Jones-Sawyer)Requires all state agencies, departments, boards, andcommissions to establish and achieve an annual goal of25% small business participation in state procurements andcontracts, to ensure that the state's procurement andcontract processes are administered in order to meet orexceed the goal, report to the Director of General Servicesstatistics regarding small business participation in theagency's procurements and contracts, and requires acorrective plan of action for any agency that does not meetstated goals. (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy


AB 1740 (Alejo)Establishes the California Law Fellowship Program for thepurpose of offering licensed attorneys and other qualifyinglaw school graduates limited-term placements in publicsector positions within state government as California LawFellows, and encouraging each participant fellow to seekpermanent public-sector employment at the conclusion ofhis or her fellowship. (AB 100 '15, AB 1800 '13)


2016 Mar. 28 Re-referred toCom. on RLS.

Pending



AB 1743 (Campos)Requires a California postsecondary educational institutionthat offers athletic scholarships to student athletes toprovide specified information on its Internet Web site thatdescribes, among other things, the institution's athleticprogram's policies concerning athletic scholarshipissuance, renewal, release, and medical expenses.



Pending

AB 1747 (Weber)Requires each public and private postsecondaryeducational institution that is located in a county thatparticipates in the Restaurant Meals Program to apply tobecome an approved food vendor for the CalFreshprogram, if the institution operates any qualifying foodfacilities on campus, or to provide contracting food vendorswith specified information about the program.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1750 (Alejo)Requires the Instructional Quality Commission, subject toavailable funds, to identify model programs, standards, andcurricula related to ethnic studies at the high school level;consult with experts on ethnic studies, multiculturalism, ordiversity, including, among others, representatives fromCDE and high school teachers; and to submit a relatedreport to the Governor, Legislature, and CDE's Website.



AB 1755 (Gomez)Requires entities to make reports of breaches of patients'medical information no later than 15 business days afterthe unlawful or unauthorized access, use, or disclosure hasbeen detected and would authorize the report made to thepatient or the patient's representative to be made byalternative means, including email, as specified.



Neutral (04/24/14)Support (05/06/14)Amend (06/19/14)



AB 1756 (Brough)Repeals the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.Eliminates $70M for transportation research at UC andCSU.

Staff: Karen French

Referred to Com. on TRANS.

Pending

AB 1763 (Gipson)Requires health care service plan contracts or healthinsurance policies to cover colorectal cancer screeningsand laboratory tests.



Pending

AB 1764 (Waldron)Requests UC to include in its California Health BenefitReview Program (CHBRP) analyses, relevant data on theimpact of coverage or repeal of coverage of the benefit orservice on anticipated costs or savings estimated uponimplementation for two subsequent state fiscal years and,if applicable, for five subsequent state fiscal years.


2016 May. 27 In committee:Held under submission.

Pending

AB 1766 (Nazarian)Authorizes the County of Los Angeles, in conjunction withUC, a local education agency, and a nonprofit childadvocacy organization, to participate in a pilot project toestablish the University-Affiliated First Star High SchoolAcademy; requires that the academy be licensed as atransitional housing placement provider, but would specifycertain alternative requirements for the project including,among others, that the academy serve foster children whoare attending high school and are at least 13 years of age.


Read first time. To print. Support (04/25/14)



AB 1767 (Cervantes)Establishes the California Kickstart My Future LoanForgiveness Program.

Staff: Karen French

From committee: Do passand re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.)(March 13). Re-referred toCom. on APPR.

Pending

AB 1770 (Alejo)Provides that a noncitizen is eligible for aid under the FoodAssistance Program if he/she is lawfully present in the U.S.



Pending

AB 1771 (Perez V)Requires a health care service plan/insurer, forcontracts/policies issued, amended, or renewed on or after1/1/16, to cover telephone visits by a contracted physicianor contracted qualified nonphysician health care provider.Provides that plan/insurer is not required to reimburseseparately for telephone visits as part of a bundle ofservices reimbursed in a specified manner.




AB 1774 (Bonilla)Repeals laws requiring a clinical laboratory to be licensedand inspected by the California Department of PublicHealth, including the licensing fee.



Pending

AB 1776 (Anderson)Legislative intent - Enact legislation that would addressgeneral acute care hospital issues.



Pending



AB 1778 (Quirk)Requires, commencing 1/1/18, UC, CSU and CCC, in orderto receive state funds for student financial assistance, toconduct annual employee training, in addition to the currentrequired trauma-informed training, on the employee'sobligations in responding to and reporting incidents ofsexual assault, domestic/dating violence, and stalkinginvolving students. (SB 967'14)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Neutral (05/12/16)

AB 1781 (Lopez)Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, inconjunction with Department of Education and otherappropriate state agencies and stakeholders, to (1)convene a task force to examine rules and regulationsregarding priorities established for children attending childdevelopment programs under contract with the department,(2) report to the Legislature as to whether these prioritiesshould be amended to give priority to children of CaliforniaNational Guard students or other military personnelstudents, and (3) develop plans for these childdevelopment programs to implement in order to support thechildren in cases of state emergency when the students arecalled to duty.


2016 Apr. 12 Re-referred toCom. on V.A. In committee:Set, first hearing. Hearingcanceled at the request ofauthor.

Pending

AB 1783 (Hayashi)Licensed Dentist: Change of Location Form.



Pending



AB 1785 (Galgiani)States findings and declarations on use of prisontelemedicine; establishes protocols to determine whentelemedicine services are appropriate; requires operationaltelemedicine services program at all adult institutions;requires patient evaluation with distant physician whenmedically necessary; and requires annual report toLegislature on implementation of statewide telemedicineservices.



AB 1790 (Salas )Requires general acute care hospitals and primary healthclinics to develop, adopt, and implement policies,procedures, and training to prevent, diagnose and treatCoccidioidomycosis infections (Valley Fever).


Referred to Com. on B. & P. Pending

AB 1791 (Waldron)Requires Medical Board of California, in determiningcontinuing education requirements, to consider including acourse in integrating HIV/AIDS pre-exposure prophylaxis(PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) medicationmaintenance and counseling in primary care settings.



AB 1795 (Gipson)Authorizes a local emergency medical services agency tosubmit a plan to transport specified patients to a communitycare facility in lieu of transportation to a general acute carehospital.



Pending



AB 1796 (Linder)Require the Franchise Tax Board to revise taxpayer forminstructions for tax returns to include information about theability of a taxpayer to directly deposit a portion of a refundinto the Golden State Scholarshare College Savings Trust.(AB 1175 '11)


Apr. 21Re-referred to Com.on REV. & TAX.

Apr. 10From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto Com. on REV. &TAX. Read second time andamended.

Apr. 7In committee: Set,second hearing. Hearingcanceled at the requestofauthor.

Mar. 24In committee: Set,first hearing. Hearingcanceled at the requestofauthor.

Feb. 27Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.



Pending

AB 1800 (Alejo)Establishes the California Law Fellowship Program to offerlicensed attorneys limited term placement opportunities inpublic sector legal positions within the executive,legislative, and judicial branches of state government andencourage participating attorneys to seek permanentemployment in the public sector upon conclusion offellowship.





AB 1801 (Nazarian)Authorizes a local emergency medical services agency tosubmit a plan to transport specified patients to a communitycare facility in lieu of transportation to a general acute carehospital.



Pending

AB 1803 (Choi )Requires public or private institutions of higher educationthat offers baccalaureate degree programs provide careerplacement and job search services to students.

Staff: Tyler Aguilar


Pending

AB 1805 (Skinner)Relates to Medi-Cal reimbursement provider payments.



AB 1806 (Ting )Budget Act of 2018. (SB 839)

Staff: Seija Virtanen

Referred to Com. on BUDGET.

Pending

AB 1812 (Pan)Expands list of federal agencies authorized to receivedisclosures of specified information to include the Centersfor Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Health Resourcesand Services Administration, the Indian Health Service,Tribal Epidemiology Centers, as defined, the NationalInstitutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute, and theVeterans Health Care Administration within the USDepartment of Veterans Affairs.


2014

Feb. 27Referred to Com. on HEALTH.



Pending



AB 1817 (Arambula)Requires CDCR to maintain statewide utilizationmanagement program for review, approval, and oversightof community hospital bed usage and case managementprocesses for high medical risk and high medical costpatients. Requires development and implementation ofpolicies and procedures ensuring that all adult prisonsemploy the program and to establish annual quantitativeutilization management performance objectives.


Vetoed by Governor. Watch (06/17/10)

AB 1818 (Perea)Allows a tax credit against an undetermined percentage ofqualified UC-owned patent royalties paid by taxpayers. (UCNamed)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Support (05/09/12)

AB 1820 (Quirk)Prohibits law enforcement from using unmanned aircraftsystems (UAS), obtaining UAS from another public agencyby contract, loan, or other arrangement, or usinginformation obtained from UAS used by another publicagency, except as specified. Prohibits using UAS to surveilprivate property unless a search warrant is obtained.Requires images, footage, or data obtained through UAS tobe permanently destroyed within one year, except whenused for academic research or teaching purposes. (AB 56'14)

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Jun. 28 In committee:Set, first hearing. Failedpassage. Reconsiderationgranted.

Pending



AB 1822 (Bonta)Creates an additional exemption from the tissue banklicensing requirement for the storage of HCT/P regulatedby the federal Food and Drug Administration, by a personwho is licensed to provide health care services, if specifiedcircumstances apply.


2014




Watch (06/30/14)

AB 1823 (Bonilla)Provides for establishment of the California Cancer ClinicalTrials Program and requests that UC establish or designatean institute or office within the university to administer theprogram, governed by a board authorized to solicit fundsfrom various specified sources and required to, uponreceipt by the program administrator of at least $500,000,establish a related grant program to increase patientaccess to eligible cancer clinical trials in underserved ordisadvantaged communities and populations. (AB 1060'15)




AB 1832 (Silva)Extends time period for which CSU/CCC are required andUC is requested to grant priority registration for enrollmentof members of the Armed Forces from 4 to 15 years ofleaving state/federal active duty.



Pending



AB 1834 (Williams)Amends HEERA to provide that student employees whoseemployment is contingent upon their status as students aredefined as employees or higher education employees - tocreate collective bargaining rights for new classes ofworking students, including UC graduate studentresearchers (GSRs). (SB 259 '11, SB 259' 13)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Read first time. To print. Oppose (08/01/13)Not Taking A Position(04/16/14)Oppose (05/06/14)Oppose (06/18/14)Oppose (07/28/14)

AB 1837 (Low)Establishes the Office of Higher Education Performanceand Accountability as the statewide postsecondaryeducation coordination and planning entity. (SB 42 '15)



Pending

AB 1838 (Bonilla)Makes a pathway in licensure for accelerated medicaleducation programs; UC co-sponsor with Medical Board ofCalifornia. (UC CO-SPONSOR)


Read first time. To print. Co-SponsorSupport (03/13/13)Support (05/23/14)

AB 1839 (Ma)Amends the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act to referunregistered assistants as veterinary assistants; authorizesveterinary assistants to administer a controlled substanceonly if specified requirements are satisfied, includingcompletion of a fingerprinting background check;authorizes the Veterinary Medical Board to limit veterinaryassistants' access to specified dangerous drugs.



Watch (06/22/12)



AB 1841 (Mullin)Specifies that the "technical supportive services" a medicalassistant may perform also includes handing to a patient aproperly labeled and prepackaged prescription drug, otherthan a controlled substance, ordered by a licensedphysician and surgeon, a licensed podiatrist, a physicianassistant, a nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife.



AB 1844 (Campos)Prohibits an employer from requiring or requesting anemployee or applicant to disclose a user name or passwordfor the purpose of accessing a personal social mediaaccount, prohibits an employer from discharging,disciplining, threatening to discharge or discipline, orotherwise retaliating against an employee or applicant fornot complying with a request or demand by the employerthat violates specified provisions. (SB 1349)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1858 (Calderon )Requires UC, CSU, CCC and independent institution ofhigher education to use the Financial Aid Shopping Sheetor a successor document identified by the Student AidCommission to inform students or potential students aboutfinancial aid award packages.



Pending

AB 1862 (Logue)Requires DPH to issue a single consolidated license tocertain general acute care hospitals that include more thanone physical plant, if one is used as a 24/7 freestandingemergency department (ED) among other specifiedconditions; authorizes transfer of ownership of afreestanding ED; requires EMSA/DPH/EMS triage criteriafor transportation of patients to freestanding EDs, andrequires local EMS agency triage preparation andprotocols.



Pending



AB 1863 (Wood)Adds marriage and family therapist as coveredprofessionals in the definition of visit under Medi-Cal, andrequires federally qualified health centers (FQHC) or ruralhealth clinics (RHC) that currently include the cost of theseservices for the purpose of establishing its FQHC/RHCrate, to apply for an adjustment to its per-visit rate, andafter the rate is approved, requires FQHC/RHC facilities tobill these services as a separate visit. (AB 858 '15)



Pending

AB 1867 (Gomez Reyes)Requires an employer with 50 or more employees tomaintain records of employee complaints of sexualharassment for 10 years from the date of filing.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1868 (Gomez)Covers under the Medi-Cal program, medical and surgicalservices provided by a doctor of podiatric medicine, withinscope of practice that, if provided by a physician, would beconsidered physician services, and which services may beprovided by either a physician or podiatrist in the state.



Neutral (03/13/14)

AB 1869 (Anderson)Legislative intent: Address the scope of practice ofpharmacists.



Pending

AB 1872 (Gray)Appropriates $1.315M from the GF to UC for allocation toUC Merced for various public safety purposes.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Jun. 09 Referred toCom. on B. & F.R.

Watch (05/26/16)



AB 1882 (Arambula)Requires general acute care hospitals with emergencydepartments to adopt protocols or policies establishing aprocedure for assessing patients who are comatose afterexperiencing cardiac arrest, to determine whether to treatthese patients with chilling or therapeutic hypothermia.


In committee: Set, secondhearing. Held withoutrecommendation.

Pending

AB 1886 (Eggman)Requires specified information, regarding all current andformer licensed physicians and surgeons, includingenforcement actions, disciplinary actions,civil judgments,arbitration awards, and certain misdemeanor convictions,to be posted indefinitely on the Medical Board ofCalifornia's Website.



Watch (04/30/14)

AB 1887 (Medina)Authorizes any student attending any CCC, CSU or UCcampus who is exempt from paying nonresident tuition toserve on any board or commission.


Read second time andamended.

Pending

AB 1888 (Low)Requires, commencing with the 2017-18 academic year,each Cal Grant participating institution, as a condition for itsvoluntary participation in the Cal Grant Program, to certifyto the commission in the institution's participationagreement for the Cal Grant program that the institutionshall not subject a student or employee of the institution todiscrimination on the basis of, among other things, sex,sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.



Pending



AB 1894 (Weber)Requires an approved on-campus qualifying food facilitythat participates in the RMP pursuant to the bill to meet allof the requirements for participation in that program.


From committee: Do passand re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.)(March 13). Re-referred toCom. on HUM. S.

Pending

AB 1895 (Calderon)Requires a CSU or UC campus participating in the DREAMLoan Program to adopt procedures for a borrower to selectan income-based repayment plan for the repayment of aDREAM loan.



Pending

AB 1896 (Cervantes)Includes within the definition of "sexual assault counselor"for these purposes a person who is engaged in a programon the campus of a public institution of higher education,with the same primary purpose of rendering advice orassistance to victims of sexual assault and the samequalifications.

Staff: Jason Murphy

01/23/18From printer. Maybe heard in committeeFebruary 22. 01/22/18Readfirst time. To print.

Pending

AB 1899 (Mitchell)Requires students who are victims of trafficking, domesticviolence, and other serious crimes, who have been granteda specified status under federal law, to be exempt frompaying nonresident tuition at the CSU and CCC, and to beeligible to apply for, and participate in, all student financialaid programs and scholarships administered by a publicpostsecondary educational institution or the State ofCalifornia, to the same extent as individuals who areadmitted to the United States as refugees under specifiedfederal law; requests UC to adopt policies that areconsistent with the provisions of the bill.



Pending



AB 1900 (Gatto)Requires OEHHA to identify all constituents that may befound in landfill gas that is to be injected into a commoncarrier pipeline and that could adversely impact the healthand safety of the public, and to specify the maximumamount of those constituents that may be found in thatlandfill gas; makes bill contigent upon enactment of AB2196.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1912 (Achadjian)Requires a person convicted of soliciting a minor who theperson knew, or reasonably should have known, was avictim of human trafficking to register as a sex offender,pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration Act, for fiveyears after a first conviction, 10 years after a secondconviction, and 20 years after a third or subsequentconviction.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Apr. 12 In committee:Set, first hearing. Hearingcanceled at the request ofauthor.

Pending

AB 1914 (Bonilla)Requires UC and CSU campus academic senates, incollaboration with students and administrators, to developpolicies regarding required academic materials in order toencourage efforts to reduce redundancy in the delivery ofacademic materials, including, but not necessarily limitedto, textbooks, as defined, and access codes. Requests UCand requires CSU to submit the policies to the regents andtrustees, as appropriate, for their review.



Amend (05/26/16)

AB 1924 (Logue)Establishes a Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program thatwould include campuses of the CSU, community collegedistricts, and county offices of education in up to 7 areas ofthe state, but would only include institutions that explicitlyrequest inclusion in the program.



Pending



AB 1925 (Logue)Establishes a pilot program with the goal of establishing acoordinated curriculum that enables students, including, butnot necessarily limited to, students who have earnedcollege course credit through concurrent enrollment in highschool and community college, to earn a baccalaureatedegree from a participating UC campus within 3 years ofgraduating from a secondary school, at a total cost to thestudent as close as possible to $25,000, excluding the costof mandatory campus-based fees; authorizes UC toestablish a Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program thatincludes any campus of the UC, any campus of theCalifornia Community Colleges that volunteers toparticipate, and any secondary educational institution thatvolunteers to participate.



Pending

AB 1927 (Frazier)Requires CC, CSU, UC and accredited privatenonprofit/for-profit postsecondary educational institutions, ,as a condition for participation in the Cal Grant Program, toadopt policies to be used for negotiating contracts fordisbursements of financial aid awards and other refundsonto debit cards, prepaid cards, or preloaded cards. (AB1162 '13)



Watch (03/20/14)Pending (04/24/14)Neutral (05/19/14)

AB 1931 (Cook)Establishes the California Veterans Services andWorkforce Development Division to administer veteransassistance programs and coordinate with state agenciesand other entities, including UC. (UC Named)



Pending



AB 1936 (Low)Establishes the Office of Higher Education Performanceand Accountability. (AB 217 '17, AB 1837 '16)



Pending

AB 1938 (Fletcher)Deletes a provision that requires the Dental Board ofCalifornia to review the scope of practice of dentalauxiliaries and requires the department to report its findingsand recommendations to the Legislature by a specifieddate.



AB 1940 (Cooper)Requires a law enforcement agency, department, or entity,if it employs peace officers and uses body-worn camerasfor those officers, to develop a body-worn camera policy.Prohibits a peace officer from using a personal device tomake an unauthorized recording of the video/audio takenfrom a body-worn camera. Requires a law enforcementagency to have an assigned independent investigator orsupervisor accompany a peace officer involved in anincident involving a serious use of force when reviewing the recording. Does not apply to a law enforcement agency,department, or entity that has developed a body-worncamera policy, as specified, before 1/1/17.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Jun. 28 In committee:Set, first hearing. Failedpassage.

Pending



AB 1951 (O'Donnell )Enacts the Pathways to College Act which approves anationally recognized high school alternative assessment inlieu of the consortium summative assessment in Englishlanguage arts and mathematics for grade 11.


04/04/18

Re-referred to Com. on ED.04/03/18

From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer to Com.on ED. Read second timeand amended. 02/08/18

Referred to Com. on ED.01/30/18

From printer. May be heardin committee March 1.01/29/18

Read first time. To print.

Pending

AB 1952 (Mayes)Requires a plan to end hunger developed by the StateDepartment of Social Services, the State Department ofPublic Health, the State Department of Education, and theDepartment of Food and Agriculture include a request toUC, and direct CSU and CCC to develop systems thatallow EBT cards to be used on their respective campuses.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Coms. on HUM.S. and AGRI.

Pending

AB 1953 (Skinner)Creates the Higher Education Energy Efficiency Fund toprovide financial assistance to UC and CSU for energyefficient retrofits. Requires the Energy Commission, inconsultation with UC and CSU to establish a system toprioritize eligible campuses, and recipients to report annualenergy savings achieved from projects supported by thefinancial assistance.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Support (03/25/14)Support (04/08/14)Support (06/23/14)



AB 1955 (Block)Requires CSU and requests UC to designate an individualat each campus to serve as a liaison between campus lawenforcement agencies and students exercising rightsguaranteed by the United States Constitution and CaliforniaConstitution.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Support in Concept(03/22/12)Gov Sig Requested(09/12/12)

AB 1957 (Quirk)Authorizes the governing board of a law enforcementagency, in closed session, to review the footage from abody-worn camera when an officer is involved in anincident that results in great bodily harm or death.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Jun. 13 Stricken fromfile.

Pending

AB 1961 (Choi)Requires higher education institutions receiving state fundsfor student financial assistance to, as a condition of receiptof the funds, separately list the cost of university operatedhousing and meal plans on all Websites and documents itprovides to students for purposes of advertising ordisplaying the student costs associated with universityoperated housing; and prohibits each of these institutionsfrom requiring a student to have a campus meal plan inorder to live in university operated housing.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 1966 (Fletcher)Relates to federally qualified health center services andrural health clinic services. Permits an FQHC or RHC tohave inpatient obstetrical services reimbursed on afee-for-service basis.



Pending



AB 1967 (Patterson)Requires each state entity that makes a budget request forthe construction or retrofit of a state-owned building orcampus of buildings to make that building or campus zeronet energy. (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Coms. on A. &A.R. and NAT. RES.

Pending

AB 1969 (Levine)Request UC, and requires CSU/CCC to coordinate effortswhen procuring systemwide IT and software for purposesof enhancing student achievement; applicable only tolarge-scale IT and software purchases that benefit the 3segments and for which coordination by these segmentswould reduce costs and increase efficiency. Requires thesegments, while investing in and upgrading infrastructureand software for data storage and analysis to developrelated procedures to coordinate collection/sharing ofstudent performance data.



Pending

AB 1972 (Choi)Authorizes an individual to enter into income shareagreements with any person for payments to or on behalfof that individual for costs associated with a postsecondarytraining program or any other program designed toincrease the individual's human capital, employability, orearning potential in exchange for agreeing to pay to theholder of the income share agreement.


Referred to Coms. on B. &F. and REV. & TAX.

Pending

AB 1976 (Limon)Requires an employer to make reasonable efforts toprovide an employee with use of a room or location, otherthan a bathroom, for lactation purposes.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 1977 (Hernandez R)Appropriates $82,243,000 from the GF to UC for allocation,without regard to fiscal year, to Student AcademicPreparation and Educational Partnerships (SAPEP).




AB 1978 (Chavez)Spot bill: Make changes to the Cal Grant Program.



Pending

AB 1984 (Wagner)Authorizes, until January 1, 2018, UCI to operateilluminated advertising on buses pilot program similar to theone operated by the City of Santa Monica; requires UCI tosubmit a report by 7/1/17.

Staff: Jason Murphy

From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer tocommittee. Read secondtime, amended, andre-referred to Com. on T. &H.

Pending

AB 1985 (Williams)Commencing 1/1/17, requires CCC to begin developmentof, and requires each CCC district subsequently to beginadoption and implementation of, a uniform policy to awarda pupil who passes an Advanced Placement examinationwith a course credit for certain requirements in a course,with subject matter similar to that of the examination.



Pending

AB 1989 (Jones)Creates a grant and low-interest loan program for waterprojects that result in the net reduction of water-relatedgreenhouse gas emissions.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (05/26/16)



AB 1990 (Fong)Establishes the small-scale renewable general program.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Ordered to inactive file at therequest of Senator NegreteMcLeod.

Pending

AB 1991 (Jones)Requires a state agency that seeks to award a contract ona noncompetitive bid basis in an amount of $1M or more tonotify the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of bothhouses of the Legislature of that proposed award. Requiresthat notification to include information explaining thenecessity of contracting on a noncompetitive bid basis andthe efforts of the state agency to ascertain that there is onlyone source capable of fulfilling the contract. (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Mar. 28 Re-referred toCom. on A. & A.R.

Pending

AB 1994 (Skinner)Provides with respect to hospital employees that the term"injury" includes a blood-borne infectious disease, neck orback impairment, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcusaureus or H1N1 influenza that develops or manifests itselfduring the period of the person's employment with thehospital.



Oppose (04/16/10)

AB 2000 (Gomez)Provides that a student may qualify for exemption fromnonresident tuition pursuant to the above-referencedprovision either by high school attendance in California for3 or more years or by either elementary or secondaryschool attendance, or both, in California for a total of 3 ormore years and attainment of credits from a California highschool equivalent to 3 or more years of full-time high schoolcoursework, in addition to other specified conditions.



Pending



AB 2001 (Bonilla)States legislative intent to bring together elementary andsecondary school policy leaders, CCC, CSU, UC, privatecolleges and universities, and postsecondary careertechnical and vocational programs to develop criteria andcreate pathways in which assessments taken by middleand high school pupils are aligned with college and careerreadiness and are recognized as one of a number ofmultiple measures for entry or placement into college andcareer training.




AB 2009 (Lopez)Requests UC, and requires CSU and CCC, to designate aDream Resource Liaison on each of their respectivecampuses to assist students meeting specifiedrequirements, including undocumented students, bystreamlining access to all available financial aid andacademic opportunities for those students. Makes theseprovisions inoperative on 7/1/22, and repeals them as of1/1/23. (AB 1366 '15)



PendingGov Sig Requested(09/12/16)

AB 2015 (Chau)Prohibits a health care service plan or health insurer fromdiscriminating against any health care provider who isacting within the scope of that provider's license orcertification, as specified.




AB 2017 (Chiu)Prohibits a public employer from deterring or discouragingprospective public employees from becoming or remainingmembers of an employee organization.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R., & S.S.

Pending



AB 2022 (Wagner)Requires state agencies to provide the Controller with itsbudget or salary information, or both, if requested by theController; states that it is the intent of the Legislature thatthe UC comply with this provision.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Com. on B., P. &C.P.

Pending

AB 2024 (Wood)Authorizes a federally certified critical access hospital toemploy those medical professionals and charge forprofessional services rendered by those medicalprofessionals, and would prohibit the critical accesshospital from directing or interfering with the professionaljudgment of a physician and surgeon.



Watch (04/04/16)

AB 2025 (De La Torre)Requires, to the extent necessary for continuingimplementation of Medi-Cal Hospital/Uninsured CareDemonstration Project Act, submittal of an application for awaiver or demonstration project to CMS.



Pending

AB 2028 (Hernandez)Authorizes a health care provider or a health care serviceplan to disclose information relevant to the incident of childabuse or neglect that may be given to an investigator froman agency investigating the case, including theinvestigation report and other pertinent materials that maybe given to the licensing agency.



Neutral



AB 2029 (Garcia)Requires federally qualified health centers or rural healthclinics to apply for a rate adjustment for using a certifiedelectronic health record system as a change in the scope ofservices, and to participate in the 340B Drug PricingProgram.


05/16/18

In committee: Set, firsthearing. Referred to APPR.suspense file. 05/02/18

Re-referred to Com. onAPPR. 05/01/18

Read second time andamended. 04/30/18

From committee: Amend,and do pass as amendedand re-refer to Com. onAPPR. withrecommendation: ToConsent Calendar. (Ayes 15.Noes 0.) (April 24). 04/17/18

In committee: Set, firsthearing. Hearing canceled atthe request of author.04/12/18

Re-referred to Com. onHEALTH. 04/11/18

From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer to Com.on HEALTH. Read secondtime and amended. 02/12/18

Referred to Com. onHEALTH. 02/06/18



Pending



AB 2030 (Campos)Prohibits an employer who employs 25 or more employeesworking at the same location from discharging ordiscriminating against an employee taking time off, withindefined limitations, without loss of pay.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2033 (Achadjian)Requires the Department of Justice to make all of thesestatements, photographs, and fingerprints of convictedarsonist available to all chief fire officials of legallyorganized fire departments or fire protection districts in thestate.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2041 (Caballero)Urges UC to require the Office of the Chief InvestmentOfficer (OCIO) to adopt and implement a diversity pledgeand implement a hiring strategy that requires thatcandidates from underrepresented groups be given fullconsideration.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

Pending

AB 2050 (Quirk)Requires the State Air Resources Board to includespecified elements when updating a scoping plan forachieving the maximum technologically feasible andcost-effective reductions in statewide greenhouse gasemissions. Requires the Economic and TechnologyAdvancement Advisory Committee to consist of a certainnumber of members who are experts in energy technologyand economics. Deletes authorization for the committee toadvise the state board on certain developments relating toemission reductions.



Watch (04/03/14)



AB 2051 (Gonzalez)Requires DHCS within 30 calendar days of receivingconfirmation of certification as a Medi-Cal provider for anapplicant that is an affiliate primary care clinic, to providespecified written notice to the applicant informing theapplicant that its Medi-Cal enrollment is approved.; requiresthe department to enroll the affiliate primary care clinicretroactive to the date of certification.




AB 2053 (Gonzalez)Requires employer training and education regarding sexualharassment to all supervisory employees to includeprevention of abusive conduct.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2059 (Muratsuchi)Requires a health care provider to provide an electroniccopy of an electronic medical record or electronic healthrecord, when requested, if it exists in digital/electronicformat and can be delivered electronically. Extends theperiod following presentation of the written request andauthorization after which a provider that fails to make therecords available may be subject to reasonable expenses,including court costs, incurred to enforce these provisionsfrom 5 days to 20 business days.



Watch (04/24/14)Amend (06/19/14)



AB 2061 (Frazier)Finds and declares that UC Institute of TransportationStudies is encouraged to perform studies on quantifyingGHG emissions reductions and infrastructure damageresulting from the use of near-zero and zero-emissiontrucks.

Staff: Jason Murphy

07/05/18

Read second time andamended. Re-referred toCom. on APPR. 07/03/18

From committee: Amend,and do pass as amendedand re-refer to Com. onAPPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.)(June 26). 06/18/18

From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer tocommittee. Read secondtime, amended, andre-referred to Com. on T. &H. 06/07/18

Referred to Com. on T. & H.05/31/18

In Senate. Read first time. ToCom. on RLS. forassignment. 05/30/18

Read third time. Passed.Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes78. Noes 0. Page 5529.)05/29/18

Read second time. Orderedto third reading. 05/25/18

Read second time andamended. Ordered returnedto second reading. 05/25/18

From committee: Amend,and do pass as amended.(Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25).04/04/18




From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer to Com.on APPR. Read second timeand amended. 03/20/18

From committee: Do passand re-refer to Com. onAPPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.)(March 19). Re-referred toCom. on APPR. 03/06/18

Re-referred to Com. onTRANS. 03/05/18

From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer to Com.on TRANS. Read secondtime and amended. 02/16/18

Referred to Com. on TRANS.02/08/18



Pending

AB 2062 (Davis)Authorizes all agencies to permit electronic filing of astatement of economic interests (Form 700), and requiresFPPC to: approve/certify electronic filing systemsproposed by agencies if they meet prescribedrequirements; to conduct discretionary audits of thesesystems; and to accept electronic copies of Form 700forwarded to it by agencies that received an electronicallyfiled statement from filers.

Staff: Jason Murphy





AB 2064 (Allen T)Requires CSU and requests UC to determine the amountsof undergraduate tuition and mandatory systemwide feesfor each incoming first-year class; prohibits the tuition andmandatory systemwide fees set for an incoming first-yearclass under the bill from being increased for that class;provides that the exceptions do not apply to a studentduring the time the student is taking a leave of absence toserve in the military.


2016 Apr. 19 In committee:Set, second hearing. Failedpassage. Reconsiderationgranted.

Concern (04/05/16)

AB 2070 (Reyes)Requires CCC, CSU, UC and independent postsecondaryinstitutions' outreach programs to include informingstudents about specified topics relating to domestic anddating violence.



Pending

AB 2071 (Lowenthal)Provides for release to parole to a medical facility if thoseprisoners are eligible for certain levels of care and wouldnot pose a threat to public safety.



Pending

AB 2072 (Mendoza)Provides that written information shall be on allcommunication, options for children with hearing loss, andthat the information shall be provided to parents when theirnewborn or infant fails the hearing screening, at a followupappointment to diagnose a hearing loss, and at entry intothe Early Start program.





AB 2077 (Solorio)Provides for centralized pharmacy packaging in a hospital,allowing the pharmacy to be located outside of the hospitalon either the same or separate premises within a 100 miradius regulated under the hospital's license; modifiesdefinition of "manufacturer" so that the compounding that isdone at a pharmacy serving multiple hospitals does notinappropriately transform the same compounding activitiesthat are now lawful at a hospital pharmacy intomanufacturing activities.



AB 2081 (Melendez)Establishes the Campus Free Speech Act. (ACA 14)

Staff: Karen French

Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and JUD.

Pending

AB 2084 (Wood )Provides that comprehensive medication management(CMM) services, are a Medi-Cal covered benefit. Includes,a written medication treatment plan to resolve documentedmedication therapy problems. Requires the evaluation ofthe effectiveness of CMM on quality of care, patientoutcomes and, total program costs.



Neutral (04/12/16)

AB 2088 (Santiago)Requires a health care provider to allow a patient,regardless of age, who inspects records to provide to thehealth care provider a written addendum with respect toany item or statement in his or her records that the patientbelieves to be incomplete or incorrect.



Pending



AB 2091 (Grayson)Establishes the Prescribed Burning Board in theDepartment of Forestry and Fire Protection; UCAppointment.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

Pending

AB 2092 (Chavez)Makes changes to the Donahoe Higher Education Actrelating to the common course numbering system.



Pending

AB 2093 (Skinner)Enacts the Foster Youth Higher Education Preparation andSupport Act of 2012; requests UC and CCC and requiresCSU to establish foster youth campus support programsand a designated coordinator; requires Dept. of SocialServices to annually notify foster youth aged 13 or olderand their caregivers of the postsecondary educationalsupport pursuant to this bill.



Pending

AB 2096 (Perez V)Relates to Medi-Cal demonstration projects.



Oppose (04/15/12)



AB 2097 (Melendez)Repeals authorization for the Superintendent of PublicInstruction to collect/utilize social security numbers (SSN)of individuals with exceptional needs as pupil ID numbers,and instead requires the SPI to assign a student ID numberto these students for purposes of evaluating specialeducation programs/services. Declares that the CaliforniaDepartment of Education is authorized to prohibit schooldistricts from collecting/soliciting a SSN from pupils or theirparents/guardians unless required to do so by state/federallaw.



Pending

AB 2098 (McCarty)Spot bill: Makes changes to the Donahoe Higher EducationAct.


From committee chair, withauthor's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com.on ED. Read second timeand amended.

Pending

AB 2099 (Frazier)Unless an exception applies, deems a U.S. Dept. ofEducation accredited public/private postsecondaryeducational institution eligible for Title 38 awards if theinstitution satisfies specified criteria for qualification.Requires CSAAVE to notify initial Title 38 recipientsseeking to attend, or attending, an institution that isineligible for initial/renewal Title 38 awards that theinstitution is ineligible for Title 38 awards for the academicyear, and provide initial/renewal Title 38 recipients at anineligible institution with a complete list of all Californiapostsecondary educational institutions at which the studentwould be eligible to receive the award. (UC Named)






AB 2101 (Acosta)Establishes a pilot program to train and place volunteers toprovide care to elderly persons who have a cognitiveimpairment, and provides stipends and educational awardsto volunteers.


03/22/18

Re-referred to Com. onAGING & L.T.C. 03/21/18

From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer to Com.on AGING & L.T.C. Readsecond time and amended.03/19/18

Referred to Com. on AGING& L.T.C. 02/09/18



Pending

AB 2104 (Gordon)Authorizes public transportation agencies that imposeconditions or regulations on the parking or standing of avehicle upon its grounds to enforce those conditions orregulations through a civil process, and to impoundvehicles or designate specific employees for the purpose ofremoving vehicles pursuant to existing law; applies to manytypes of public entities, including universities (UC Named incode)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 2110 (Ting )Requires SBE to consider incorporating computer sciencecurriculum content into the mathematics, science, historysocial science, and English language arts/English languagedevelopment curriculum frameworks; require computerscience curriculum to be consistent with recognizedcomputer science standards and focus on foundationalconcepts in computer science; and to consult classroominstructors to ensure the age appropriateness of theinstructional material.


Mar. 6Referred to Com. on ED.

Pending

AB 2114 (Smyth)Requires swimming pools, spas, or public wading pools tohave at least two circulation suction outlets per pump, andbe separated by at least 3 ft; requires building permits torequire all outlets to be upgraded with an anti-entrapmentcover or be designed to use alternatives to suction outlets,including, but not limited to, skimmers or perimeter overflowsystems to conduct water to the recirculation pump;requires the circulation system to have the capacity toprovide a complete turnover of pool water.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2121 (Gonzalez)Establishes the Responsible Interventions for BeverageServers (RIBS) Training Act of 2016.



Pending

AB 2123 (Baker)Legislative intent: Enact legislation relating to studentfinancial aid programs.


2016 Feb. 18 From printer.May be heard in committeeMarch 19.

Pending



AB 2127 (Nestande)Establishes a 2-year pilot program in at least 3 consentingcounties to evaluate a nonemergency medicaltransportation model in which the state would contract witha broker to manage the provision of nonemergency medicaltransportation services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries.



Pending

AB 2132 (Baker)Legislative intent: Enact legislation that would makestatutory changes relating to postsecondary education.



Pending

AB 2133 (Blumenfield)Enacts the Combat to College Act of 2012.



Pending

AB 2136 (Mayes)Requests UC to enact exemptions from requirements topay nonresident tuition for its students that are equivalentto those applicable to students of the CCC and CSUpursuant to this bill.



Neutral (04/13/15)

AB 2137 (Santiago)Requests UC to submit annual reports, on or before March1 in each year from 2017 to 2022, inclusive, on specifiedtopics relating to community college student transfers toUC.



Amend (05/26/16)Neutral (06/29/16)



AB 2139 (Eggman)Requires a provider, upon diagnosing a patient with aterminal illness, to notify the patient or another personauthorized to make health care decisions for the patient, ofthe right to comprehensive information and counseling onlegal end-of-life options.



Watch (04/24/13)

AB 2143 (Caballero )Adds physician assistants who specialize in mental healthservices and psychiatric-mental health nurse practitionersto those licensed mental health service providers eligiblefor grants under the Licensed Mental Health ServiceProvider Education Program.


Referred to Coms. on B. &P. and HEALTH.

Pending

AB 2145 (Ammiano)Requires the Director of Alcohol and Drug Programs topublish annually a report on drug overdose trendsstatewide that reviews state death rates from available datato ascertain changes in the causes or rates of fatal andnonfatal drug overdoses for the preceding period of notless than 5 years.



Pending

AB 2152 (Levine)Requires UC, CSU, CCC, any private or independentinstitution of higher education, and any campus or researchinstitution that is a part of, or affiliated with, any of thosesegments, to report annually on any contract with a federalagency to which it is a party, requires that the report bemade publicly available on the Internet Web site of thesegment of which the institution is a part, or with which theinstitution is affiliated.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 2153 (Lieu)Requires every licensed general acute care hospital withan emergency department to determine the range ofcrowding scores that constitute each category of thecrowding scale for its emergency department.


To inactive file on motion ofSenator Strickland.


AB 2156 (Levine)Requires CSU and request UC, to participate in regionalconversations pursuant to the Federal WorkforceInnovation and Opportunity Act; requires CSU and requestUC, to submit a report to the Legislature on or before1/1/18, on specified topics related to regional workforcedemands.



Pending

AB 2157 (Baker)Legislative intent: Enact statutory changes related topostsecondary education in this state.



Pending

AB 2160 (Ting)Requires that, except for pupils who opt out, as specified,each pupil enrolled in grade 12 be deemed a Cal Grantapplicant; requires that a grade point average be submittedfor all Cal Grant A and B applicants, and submittedelectronically for all grade 12 pupils at public schools,including charter schools, each academic year, except forpupils who have opted out, as specified, and would providethat grade point averages submitted shall be subject toreview by the commission or its designee.



Support (05/09/14)Support (06/18/14)Support (07/25/14)Gov Sig Requested(08/29/14)



AB 2164 (O'Donnell)Prohibits UC/Hastings, CSU, and CCC from collectingmandatory systemwide tuition and fees from the survivingspouse/child of a person who died resulting from anindustrial injury/illness arising out of and in the course ofactive law enforcement or fire suppression/preventionduties.



Neutral (05/26/16)

AB 2166 (Caballero)Requires the Department of Food and Agriculture toencourage CCC, CSU, UC, and state and countyfairgrounds to establish and maintain smart farms on therespective campuses or fairgrounds to provide regionalagricultural businesses the opportunity show up-to-dateagricultural technology in real world practice.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

Pending

AB 2167 (Chau)Spot bill: Enact legislation relating to the use of technologythat provides an electronic alert when a patient hasingested a prescription pill, also known as a "digital pill," toensure that medical privacy protections are safeguarded.



Pending

AB 2174 (Jones)Requires the Department of Public Health to ensure apatient whose name appears on the Ken Maddy CaliforniaCancer Registry has received specified notice including,that the department is authorized to release confidentialpatient information to health researchers, prior to anyresearcher contacting the patient. (AB 972 '15)






AB 2179 (Gray)Requires the State Water Resources Control Board toestablish water efficiency standards and goals inconjunction with UC Merced.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2181 (Brown )On or before 1/1/18, UC shall prepare and submit to theLegislature and the Governor a report on the greenhousegas emissions that are associated with energy-intensiveproducts in projects within UC jurisdiction; UC shallincorporate the greenhouse gas emissions information intoUC procurement processes, including bid specifications.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 May. 27 Joint Rule62(a), file notice suspended.(Page 4943.) In committee:Held under submission.

Pending

AB 2190 (Reyes )Requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning andDevelopment to provide a 30-day notice to a hospital at riskof collapse or loss of life in the event of seismic activityprior to revoking an additional extension and to provide thehospital with the opportunity to provide evidence andinformation to challenge the revocation.



Pending



AB 2192 (Stone)Expands the scope of the California Taxpayer Access toPublicly Funded Research Act to include research grantsprovided in whole or in part by any state agency within theexecutive branch.

Staff: Jason Murphy

04/03/18

Re-referred to Com. on A. &A.R. 04/02/18

From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer to Com.on A. & A.R. Read secondtime and amended. 03/19/18

Re-referred to Com. on A. &A.R. 03/15/18

From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer to Com.on A. & A.R. Read secondtime and amended. 03/15/18

Referred to Com. on A. &A.R. 02/13/18



Pending

AB 2193 (Maienschein)Makes it the duty of licensed health care practitioners whotreat or attend the mother or child, or both, to screen themother for maternal mental health conditions at least onceduring pregnancy and once during the postpartum periodand to report the findings of the screening to the mother'sprimary care physician.



Pending



AB 2194 (Fletcher)Establishes the Acuity-Adaptable Care Delivery PilotProgram to provide not less than one but not more than 5general acute care hospitals with the ability to use licensedintensive care beds as stepdown and medical surgical bedsinterchangeably, based on the acuity of the patient.



Pending

AB 2200 (Perez J)Continues the California Cyber Security Task Force in theGovernor's Office of Emergency Services, and requires theoffice and Department of Technology to convenestakeholders to act in an advisory capacity and compilepolicy recommendations on cyber security for the state andto complete and issue a report of policy recommendationsto the Governor's office and Legislature by 1/1/15. Createsthe Cyber Security Steering Committee in the Governor'sOffice of Emergency Services consisting of 13 members,including a representative of the state's higher educationsystem with knowledge, expertise, and decisionmakingauthority with respect to IT and information security, whoshall be appointed by the Governor.



Pending

AB 2202 (Gray)Appropriates an unspecified GF sum of moneys to UC forthe creation, construction, and establishment of the UCMerced School of Medicine.



Pending

AB 2203 (Gray)Requires that the basic Medi-Cal rate for primary careservices provided by a primary care service provider be notless than 100% of the payment rate that applies to thoseservices as established by the Medicare Program.



Pending



AB 2206 (Williams)Requires the state board, in coordination with the PublicUtilities Commission and State Energy Resources andConservation Development Commission, to consider and,as appropriate, adopt a policy or programs to increase theproduction and use of renewable gas, as specified,generated by either an eligible renewable energy resourcethat meets the requirements of the California RenewablesPortfolio Standard Program or direct solar energy, asspecified.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Jun. 28 Withdrawnfrom committee. Re-referredto Com. on RLS.

Pending

AB 2207 (Allen)Legislative intent: Enact legislation that would enhance andadvance opportunities for the development of thebiotechnology sector in this state.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2214 (Harper)Requires CSU and CCC and requests UC to require theirfaculty members to annually disclose, on or before 4/15/17,and on or before April 15 of each year thereafter, on a formand in a manner to be determined by CCC, CSU and UC,all of the income he or she received in the immediatelypreceding calendar year from a publisher, periodical, orprovider of online content for royalties, advances,consulting services, or for any other purpose.



Pending

AB 2216 (Bonta)Establishes the Teaching Health Center Primary CareGraduate Medical Education Fund for purposes of fundingprimary care residency programs.



Pending



AB 2220 ( Bonta)Requires all intercollegiate athletic programs at UC, CSU,private postsecondary educational institutions, independentinstitutions of higher education that provide athleticscholarships for student athletes to comply with the StudentAthlete Bill of Rights.


Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and HIGHER ED.

Pending

AB 2222 (Holden)Establishes the Transit Pass Program with moneys madeavailable, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to supporttransit pass programs that provide free or reduced-faretransit passes to UC students who receive Cal Grants.



Watch (04/04/16)

AB 2232 (Gray)Appropriates $1.255M from the GF to UC to supportexpansion of the San Joaquin Valley Program in MedicalEducation.



Neutral (02/26/14)Not Taking A Position(03/26/14)

AB 2233 (Nielsen)Enacts the Academic Correctional Health Care Act andrequires CDCR to collaborate with UC and prison FederalReceiver to engage in a study to assess concept of turningover inmate health care delivery to UC system. (UCNamed, UC Action)


From Senate committeewithout further actionpursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).

Watch (05/11/10)



AB 2234 (Hill)Would include in the definition of an eligiblecustomer-generator, a public agency customer, as defined,meeting the existing requirements applicable to residential,small commercial, commercial, industrial, or agriculturalcustomers, except that that generation facility have a totalcapacity of not more than 2 megawatts. (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2235 (Buchanan)Enacts the Kindergarten-University Public EducationFacilities Bond Act of 2014 to authorize $4.3B of stategeneral obligation bonds to provide aid to school districts,county superintendents of schools, county boards ofeducation, charter schools, CCC, CSU, UC and theHastings College of the Law to construct and modernizeeducation facilities.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Read first time. Introducedmeasure version corrected.

Support (04/30/14)

AB 2239 (Garcia)Encourages the governing board of a school district tosupport schools of the school district in submitting anyforeign language course that is specifically designed fornative speakers of that language to UC for certification andaddition to the school's "A-G" course list.



AB 2244 (Feuer)Requires all health care service plans and health insurersthat offer individual health care coverage to offer thatcoverage to any child or adult seeking coverage; prohibitsthe exclusion or limitation of coverage due to preexistingcondition.





AB 2247 (Williams)Requires any CCC, CSU and UC campus that receivespublic funding through state or federal financial aidprograms, be accredited by an accrediting agencyrecognized by the United States Department of Education,and offers education and training programs to Californiastudents to make final accreditation documents available tothe public via the institution's Internet Web site.


2014

Mar. 6Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.




Pending

AB 2248 (McCarty)Requires written notification to initial/renewal Cal Grantrecipients that, in order to graduate in 4 years, 15 semesterunits or the equivalent quarter units, or 30 semester unitsper academic year or the equivalent quarter units, and thatan award is limited to 4 academic years.



Oppose (03/26/18)

AB 2249 (Buchanan)Expands the statement of legislative intent to includeschools as being sites where the 200,000 solar waterheating systems may be located, revises certain eligibilitycriteria as being applicable to installation of solar waterheating systems at municipal and educational sites.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2250 (Gaines B)Military Reserve who served for at least 36 months andreceived a specified discharge, to be exempt from payingnonresident tuition for his or her first year of continuousenrollment at the CSU and CCC, and would request sucha person to be exempt from paying nonresident tuition for hisor her first year of continuous enrollment at the UC. (UCNamed)



Pending



AB 2261 (Gorell)Establishes the California Veterans Services andWorkforce Development Division within the Department ofVeterans Affairs.

Staff: Jason Murphy


AB 2269 (Waldron)Prohibits an animal shelter entity or other person thataccepts animals from the public or takes in stray orunwanted animals from selling, giving, or otherwisetransferring a living animal to a research facility, animaldealer, or other person for the purpose of research,experimentation, or testing. Also prohibits a researchfacility, animal dealer, or other person from procuring,purchasing, receiving, accepting, or using a living animalfor the purpose of research experimentation, if that animalis transferred from, or received from, an animal shelter,entity or other person that accepts animals from the publicor takes in stray or unwanted animals. Prohibits a person oranimal shelter entity from euthanizing an animal for thepurpose of transferring the carcass to a research facility oranimal dealer.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2272 (Thurmond)Requires the Division of Occupational Safety and Health toconvene an advisory committee to develop a regulationthat requires a health facility to evacuate or remove plumethrough the use of a plume scavenging system in allsettings that employ techniques that involve the creation ofplume and would authorize certain entities and people tobe on the advisory committee, including, among others,practicing physicians and surgeons from affectedspecialties.



Pending



AB 2286 (Mullin )Requires the Contractors' State License Board to establish,by regulation, expedited processes for applications forlicensure of contractors and registration of homeimprovement salespersons, include criteria for approval.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 May. 05 Referred toCom. on B., P. & E.D.

Pending

AB 2292 (Lowenthal)Authorizes an outpatient setting and an ambulatory surgicalcenter to purchase drugs at wholesale for administration ordispensing under the same circumstances and subject tothe same licensing, regulatory, and inspectionrequirements as surgical clinics.



Pending

AB 2302 (Harper)Urges UC to refrain from forming a labor institute at the UCIrvine.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Apr. 19 In committee:Set, first hearing. Failedpassage. Reconsiderationgranted.

Pending

AB 2306 (Santiago)Increases applicable maximum for total Cal Grant awardsto a community college applicant to the award level for a6-year period of full-time attendance, provides that this6-year period of Cal Grant eligibility shall carry over to any4-year qualifying institution if the applicant transfers from acommunity college to a 4-year qualifying institution, butshall not exceed the 6-year maximum in total.



Neutral (03/27/18)

AB 2311 (Arambula )Removes the repeal date of the UCLA international medicalgraduates (IMG) program. (UC Sponsor)


Referred to Com. on B. & P. SponsorSupport (03/28/18)



AB 2316 (Hueso)Relates to public postsecondary education admissions.



Pending

AB 2317 (Mullin)Authorizes CSU award the Doctor of Audiology degree;requires the degree to be distinguished from doctoraldegree programs at UC; requires that the degree befocused on preparing audiologists to provide health careservices and be consistent with the standards foraccreditation set forth by the Council on AcademicAccreditation in Audiology and Speech-LanguagePathology.



Pending

AB 2325 (Bonilla)Requires a pathologist diagnosing cancer to report cancerdiagnoses to the Department of Public Health either directlyfrom an electronic medical record or using a designatedWeb portal provided by the department.



Pending

AB 2329 (Bonilla)Creates a computer science strategic implementationadvisory panel whose membership includes UCfaculty/advisers to provide input on an implementation plan.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2334 (Salas)Prohibits a medical care provider or health facility fromcharging, assessing, or collecting, directly or through acollection agency or other intermediary, or pursuant to anyjudgment, any interest on, or late fees or charges withrespect to or arising out of, any unpaid balance on a bill formedical services rendered.



Pending



AB 2340 (Gallagher)Exempts from both the school zone and the universityprohibitions a person holding a valid license to carry aconcealed firearm who is also protected by a domesticviolence protective order.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Apr. 21 Fromcommittee: Without furtheraction pursuant to Joint Rule62(a).

Pending

AB 2344 (Nielsen)Amends the Nursing Practice Act to specify that the term"institution of higher education" includes communitycolleges and private postsecondary institutions offering anassociate of arts or associate of science degree.



Pending

AB 2346 (Gonzalez)Authorizes establishment and administration of anassistance program for physicians and surgeons to provideservices for the treatment and recovery of physicians andsurgeons for the abuse of drugs or alcohol or mentalillness.


Read first time. Neutral (04/24/14)

AB 2348 (Mitchell)Authorizes a registered nurse to dispense specified drugsor devices upon order by certified nurse-midwife, nursepractitioner, or physician assistant; and to dispense oradminister hormonal contraceptives in strict adherence tospecified standardized procedures.



Watch (06/22/12)



AB 2350 (O'Donnell)Prohibits preventing a middle/high school pupil who isclassified as an English learner and scores at anyproficiency level on the assessment of English languagedevelopment from participating in a school's standardinstructional program courses, including, among others,courses required for graduation and college admission.


2016 Aug. 31 Ordered toinactive file at the request ofAssembly Member Calderon.

Pending

AB 2361 (Weber )Relates to UC service work performed by contractors,requires contractors agree to provide to UC and the officeof the State Controller with specified information, requiresUC to provide to the office of the State Controller specifiedinformation regarding service work performed pursuant toan outsource contract during the prior calendar year.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and A. & A.R.

Pending

AB 2374 (Kiley )Spot bill: Enact legislation relating to postsecondaryeducation in this state.

Staff: Karen French

From committee chair, withauthor's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com.on HIGHER ED. Readsecond time and amended.

Support (03/27/18)

AB 2377 (Irwin)Establishes a technical assistance grant program toprovide funds to technical assistance providers, to provideassistance to Healthy Soils Program, alternative manuremanagement practices programs, and State WaterEfficiency and Enhancement Program.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Coms. on AGRI.and NAT. RES.

Pending

AB 2382 (Blumenfield)Authorizes CSU to award the Doctor of Physical Therapydegree; Requires the degree to be distinguished fromdoctoral degree programs at UC.

Staff: Steve Juarez


Amend (06/22/10)



AB 2385 (Cunningham)Spot bill: Relates to public postsecondary educationtextbooks.


From committee chair, withauthor's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com.on HIGHER ED. Readsecond time and amended.

Pending

AB 2386 (Garcia)Legislative intent: Enact legislation relating topostsecondary education in this state.



Pending

AB 2387 (Miller)Amends existing law that authorizes a county sheriff, policechief, or other public agency that contracts for emergencyhealth services, to contract with providers of emergencyhealth care services for care to local law enforcementpatients. Deletes the repeal date of the existing law andadd a definition for "local law enforcement patient."



Pending

AB 2389 (Harper)Exempts travel that is required to attend or to participate ina collegiate academic conference or competition, or acollegiate athletic event, and travel that is required tofurther recruitment of a prospective collegiate studentathlete, from the existing travel ban.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Coauthors revised. Pending

AB 2391 (Harper)Requires CCC and CSU, and requests UC to include onthe back of the student identification cards the telephonenumber for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, theCrisis Text Line, and the campus police or securitytelephone number or, if the campus does not have acampus police or security telephone number, the localnonemergency telephone number.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

Pending



AB 2399 (Nazarian)Deletes provisions that create the Umbilical Cord BloodEducation Account and remove the prohibition againstusing public funds to provide information about umbilicalcord blood banking. Extends the Umbilical Cord BloodCollection Program to 1/1/23.



Support (03/30/16)

AB 2400 (Ridley-Thomas)Requires 90-day notice to contracting providers whencontract changes are made and gives providers under apreferred provider arrangement the right to negotiate andagree to the change. Authorizes alternative rates ofpayment contracts to permit material changes by insurers if90-day notice is given to providers. Prohibits a contractbetween a plan or insurer and a provider that is issued,amended, or renewed on or after 1/1/15, from requiring aprovider to accept or participate in additional products orproduct networks, without making specified disclosures, orthat would terminate the provider's contract or eligibility toparticipate in other product networks, when the providerexercises the right to negotiate, accept, or refuse a materialchange to the contract.


Read first time. Watch (03/13/13)Neutral (06/19/14)

AB 2402 (Olsen)Legislative intent: Enact legislation that would amend theEducation Code relating to loan assumption.


2016 Feb. 22 Read first time. Pending



AB 2418 (Bonilla )Requires a health care service plan contract/healthinsurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after1/1/16, that covers prescription drug benefits to permit andapply a prorated daily cost-sharing rate to refills that aredispensed by a participating pharmacy for less than thestandard refill amount if the prescriber/pharmacist indicatesthat the refill is in the best interest of the enrollee/insuredand is for the purpose of synchronizing refill dates of theenrollee's/ insured's medications, provided that certainrequirements are satisfied; and that these contracts/policiesallow for early refill of covered topical ophthalmic productsat 70% of the predicted days of use.



Neutral (05/01/14)

AB 2419 (Jones)Establishes The New University of California as a 4thsegment of public postsecondary education in this state.The university would provide no instruction, but ratherwould issue credit and degrees to persons who pass itsexaminations. (AB 1306 '13)


2016 Apr. 19 In committee:Set, first hearing. Failedpassage. Reconsiderationgranted.

Pending

AB 2422 (Jones)Spot bill: Makes changes to the Medical Practice Act thatprovides for the licensure and regulation of physicians andsurgeons by the Medical Board of California.



AB 2424 (Gomez)Creates the Community-based Health Improvement andInnovation Fund in the State Treasury and the moneys inthe fund would be available, upon appropriation by theLegislature, for certain purposes, including, but not limitedto, reducing health inequity and disparities in the rates andoutcomes of priority chronic health conditions.



Pending



AB 2426 (Bradford)Regulates the practice of surrogacy practitioners.



Pending

AB 2430 (Gaines)Allows a taxpayer to designate an amount in excess ofpersonal income tax liability to be deposited in the Type 1Diabetes Research Fund, and requires moneys transferredto the Fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to beallocated to the Franchise Tax Board and the Controller,and to UC for distribution of grants to authorized diabetesresearch organizations for the purpose of type 1 diabetesresearch.



Pending

AB 2431 (Dababneh)Requires any public postsecondary educational institution,or employee or student thereof, that confines dogs or catsfor science or research purposes and intends to destroy thedog or cat used for those purposes to first offer the dog orcat to an animal adoption organization or animal rescueorganization.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Read first time. Oppose (04/22/14)

AB 2433 (Mansoor)Relates to health care coverage for catastrophic plans andthe federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act(PPACA). Provides, to the extent permitted by PPACA, arequirement that an individual be deemed to face hardshipfor purposes of this provision if his or her coverage waswithdrawn from the market between specified dates.


2014





Watch (06/30/14)



AB 2434 (Bonta)Establishes the 9-member Blue Ribbon Commission onPublic Postsecondary Education, and specifies itsmembership and duties.



Pending

AB 2439 (Nazarian)Creates a pilot project selecting four or fewer underspecified circumstances,general acute care hospitals tooffer an HIV test to any patient in its emergencydepartments and to collect and report specified informationto Department of Public Health, to assess and makerecommendations.




AB 2440 (Berryhill)Requests UC to submit to the Governor and the Legislatureby July 1, 2011, an evaluation of the accuracy of themedical, public health, and cost projections and estimatesfound in CHBRP reports it has issued pursuant to theprogram prior to December 31, 2009.


In committee: Set, firsthearing. Failed passage.

Pending

AB 2442 (Williams)Establishes the California Hope Public Trust and Fund tosupport UC/CSU; the amount appropriated in accordancewith the following schedule: 50% to CSU, 25% to UC and25% to CCC.






AB 2452 (Quirk)Authorizes state entities to enter into contracts with theCalifornia Council on Science and Technology for thecouncil's assistance in translating scientific studies toinform public policy. Requires that a contract between theentity and the council be entered into on a noncompetitivebid basis and would exempt the contract from statecontracting procedures and requirements.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Apr. 14 Fromcommittee: Be re-referred toCom. on A. & A.R.Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes0.) (April 14). Re-referred toCom. on A. & A.R.

Pending

AB 2455 (Chiu)Requires CSU and CCC implement a process and theinfrastructure to allow a person who enrolls online at theinstitution, to submit an affidavit of voter registrationelectronically on the Internet Web site of the Secretary ofState by 7/1/18. Encourages UC to comply.



Support (06/10/15)Gov Sig Requested(09/12/15)Support (05/24/16)

AB 2458 (Bonilla)Establishes the Graduate Medical Education Fund, to beused to administer and fund grants to graduate medicaleducation residency programs located in Californiahospitals or teaching health centers; appropriates $25Mfrom the GF in the 2014-15 fiscal year for this purpose and$2.84M per year for 3 years, commencing with the 2014-15fiscal year, from the California Health Data and PlanningFund for this purpose.





AB 2459 (Friedman)Allows a tax credit equal to the cost of health insurancepremiums of the lowest cost bronze plan for the qualifiedindividual, certified by the board of Covered California, ordependent that exceeds 8% of the modified adjusted grossincome.


08/06/18

From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer tocommittee. Read secondtime, amended, andre-referred to Com. on GOV.& F. 06/07/18

Referred to Com. on GOV. &F. 05/31/18






Joint Rule 62(a), file noticesuspended. (Page 5298.)05/23/18




From committee: Amend,and do pass as amendedand re-refer to Com. on


APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.)(May 14). 04/18/18

From committee: Do passand re-refer to Com. on REV.& TAX. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.)(April 17). Re-referred toCom. on REV. & TAX.04/12/18





Referred to Coms. onHEALTH and REV. & TAX.02/15/18



Pending



AB 2465 (Chesbro)Authorizes the Department of Forestry and Fire Protectionto contract with an institution of the UC with expertise in fireresearch and outreach for purposes of developing auniform prescribed burn template for forest landowners thatprovides standardized procedures associated with planningand implementation of a prescribed burn.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014

Aug. 18Read second timeand amended. Ordered tothird reading.

Aug. 14From committee: Dopass as amended. (Ayes 5.Noes 0.) (August14).

June 30In committee:Placed on APPR. suspensefile.



June 5Referred to Com. on E.Q.



Page 5192.)

May 23From committee: Dopass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.)(May 23). Readsecondtime. Ordered to thirdreading.



Noes 0.) (April 28).Re-referred to Com. on


APPR.


Apr. 21From committeechair, with author'samendments: Amend, andre-referto Com. on NAT.RES. Read second time andamended.


Mar. 28Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. From committeechair, withauthor'samendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com.on NAT. RES. Readsecondtime and amended.




Pending

AB 2467 (Gomez)Requires covered hospitals and medical entities to annuallysubmit to the Office of Statewide Health Planning andDevelopment an executive compensation report for everyexecutive whose annual compensation exceeds a specifiedthreshold, and requires the hospitals/medical entities with100 or more employees to annually report compensationinformation by employee classification and by gender,ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, and gender identity, asself-reported by its employees.


2016 Jun. 02 Read thirdtime. Refused passage.(Ayes 33. Noes 36. Page5252.).




AB 2470 (Grayson)Establishes the Invasive Species Council of California,appropriates from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund$2M to UC for invasive species research and outreach thatreduces greenhouse gas emissions and is coordinated withthe council and recommended by the committee.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Coms. on AGRI.and NAT. RES.

Pending

AB 2471 (Frazier)Requires a public entity, when authorized to order changesor additions in the work in a public works contract awardedto the lowest bidder, to issue a change order promptly, andin no event later than 60 days after the extra work isperformed and documentation has been submitted.Requires prejudgment interest to accrue on any amount that this bill would require to be paid that the public entityfails to pay. (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Mar. 13Referred to Com. on A. & A.R.


AB 2477 (Rubio)Requires CCC and CSU and requests UC to designate aDream Resource Liaison on each of their respectivecampuses. (AB 2009 '16, AB 1622 '17)



PendingSupport (03/27/18)

AB 2479 (Voepel )Requires UCLA and CSUS to establish a pilot program towaive the tuition for participating students who enter into anincome share agreement with the university.


Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

Pending



AB 2481 (Bradford)Amends the Higher Education Assessment Act of 1990.


2014




Pending

AB 2484 (Gray)Legislative intent: Enact legislation relating to campussecurity at the UC Merced.

Staff: Jason Murphy


AB 2486 (Gomez)Exempts victims of certain crimes from payment ofnonresident tuition at public postsecondary institutions.



AB 2491 (Adams)Provides that the provider of any medical care or servicesto an injured party shall have an implied lien upon anydamages recovered by that person by judgment,settlement, or compromise in the amount of the reasonablecharges of the provider for that care or services, if theattorney for the injured party submits a claim for settlementpurposes to an insurance company for that medical care orservices on behalf of the injured party.



Pending



AB 2502 (Wood )Legislative intent: Establish a system to collect informationregarding the cost of health care.


03/23/18





Pending

AB 2505 (Quirk)Prohibits a person from killing an animal by using carbondioxide gas.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2506 (Thurmond)Establishes standards to be met by postsecondaryeducational institutions, commencing with the 2017-18academic year, to be deemed as qualifying institutionsregarding the Chafee Educational and Training Voucherprogram.



Pending



AB 2507 (Gordon)Includes video and telephone communications in thedefinition of telehealth. Prohibits a provider from usingtelehealth when inappropriate and requires plans/insurersto include telehealth coverage/reimbursement to the sameextent as in person or other means. Prohibitsplans/insurers from altering the provider-patient relationshipbased on the telehealth modality. Applies confidentiality ofhealth care information and patient privacy laws totelehealth.



Pending

AB 2512 (Blumenfield)Authorize OSHPD to contract for purposes of carrying outduties establishing a seismic safety building standardsprogram and provides for extended deadline for to ahospital owned or operated by a nonprofit organizationexclusively providing pediatric care at no cost to thepatient.


Re-referred to Com. onAPPR.

Pending

AB 2514 (Pan)Allows a 5-yr tax credit to a health care professionalresiding and practicing in a rural medically underservedarea for purposes of payment of a portion of their studentloans as specified.


Read first time. Watch



AB 2517 (Wood )Establishes the Advisory Panel on Health Care DeliverySystems and Universal Coverage.


05/01/18



From committee: Amend,and do pass as amendedand re-refer to Com. onAPPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.)(April 24). 04/17/18

In committee: Hearingpostponed by committee.04/03/18






Pending



AB 2520 (Rodriguez)Requires the Student Aid Commission, by the 2017-18academic year, to report to the Legislature and theGovernor on specified measures to increase studentparticipation in state and federal financial aid programs,including at least one measure to encourage and supportCalifornia high school pupils in completing and submittingthe Free Application for Federal Student Aid.



Pending

AB 2524 (Irwin)Enacts the OpenJustice Data Act of 2016, which requiresDepartment of Justice to make available to the publicinformation on criminal statistics through its OpenJusticeWeb portal, and to provide annual electronic incident-basedcrime reporting. Requires local and state crime reportingagencies to submit crime data only through electronicmeans.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2527 (Bonta)Legislative intent: Enact subsequent legislation that wouldprovide incentives to encourage women to pursuepostsecondary education in the fields of science,technology, engineering, and math.





AB 2531 (Burke)Requires women providing human oocytes for research tobe compensated for their time, discomfort, andinconvenience in the same manner as other researchsubjects, as prescribed and determined by a humansubject research panel or institutional review board, andmakes a research program/project that provides suchcompensation subject to specified provisions of existing lawrelating to institutional review board requirements andwritten records. Also requires an institutional review boardthat reviews and approves medical and scientific researchto require of any research program/project that comesunder its review that involves assisted oocyte production(AOP) or any alternative method of oocyte retrieval toinform the subject that ongoing studies will continue toassess the long-term health impacts of ovarian stimulationand oocyte retrieval.


2016 Aug. 30 In Assembly.Concurrence in Senateamendments pending.

Pending

AB 2548 (Ting)Requires CDE to periodically conduct studies of thepercentages of California public high school graduatesestimated to be eligible for admission to UC and CSU.



AB 2551 (Hernandez)Legislative intent: Establish a new fee structure for loanrepayment of health professions development programs.


Read third time. Urgencyclause refused adoption.(Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page5028.)

Pending



AB 2554 (Bonta)Specifies that the surviving child or spouse of a firefighteremployed by the federal government whose dutyassignment involved the performance of firefightingservices in CA be eligible for exemption from mandatorysystemwide tuition and fees from CCC, CSU and UC.


03/13/18

Re-referred to Com. onHIGHER ED. 03/12/18

From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer to Com.on HIGHER ED. Readsecond time and amended.03/05/18

Referred to Com. onHIGHER ED. 02/16/18



Neutral (03/27/18)



AB 2557 (Pan)Clarifies that a general acute care hospital buildingdescribed above may be used for purposes other thannonacute care hospital purposes if an extension of the1/1/08 deadline has been granted and, before the end ofthe extension, a replacement building has beenconstructed or a retrofit has been performed; authorizes ahospital located in the County of Sacramento, San Mateo,or Santa Barbara or the City of San Jose that has receivedthe additional 2-year extension to the January 2008deadline pursuant to specified provisions to request anadditional extension until 9/1/15, to obtain either acertificate of occupancy for a replacement building or aconstruction final for a building on which a retrofit has beenperformed.


2014

Aug. 21Read third time andamended. Ordered to secondreading.

Aug. 7From consentcalendar. Ordered to thirdreading.

Aug. 5Read second time.Ordered to consent calendar.

Aug. 4From committee: Beplaced on second reading filepursuant to SenateRule 28.8and ordered to consentcalendar.

June 25From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on APPR.withrecommendation: toconsent calendar. (Ayes 6.Noes 0.) (June 25).

Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

June 11Referred to Com. on ED.



Page 5112.)


May 14From committee: Dopass. To consent calendar.(Ayes 17. Noes 0.)(May 14).




Apr. 22In committee: Hearing postponed bycommittee.

Mar. 13Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.




Pending

AB 2563 (Patterson)Requires Cal Grant participating institutions to implement afinancial aid book advance program that would providecredit at the institution's campus bookstore to studentsreceiving Cal Grant B or Cal Grant C awards for thepurchase of books and educational materials before theCal Grant B or Cal Grant C funds are disbursed to thestudent.



Watch (03/27/18)

AB 2566 (Weber)Amends the Ortiz‑PachecoPoochigian‑Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program toextend the period of eligibility by one‑year, allowingan applicant for Cal Grant A and B Entitlement awards tosubmit a complete financial aid application by a specifieddate.





AB 2571 (Gonzalez )Restricts new, additional, or renewed investments by apublic investment fund to comply with a race and genderpay equity policy consistent with requirements establishedin the bill.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2577 (Chu)Provides that in the case of specified active firefightingmembers, peace officers, and others, a respiratory illnessor disease, including, among other things, occupationalasthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ispresumed to arise out of and in the course of employment,unless the presumption is controverted. (UC Named

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Apr. 20 In committee:Hearing postponed bycommittee.

Pending

AB 2578 (Jones)Requires approval by the Department of Managed HealthCare or the Department of Insurance of an increase in theamount of the premium, copayment, coinsuranceobligation, deductible, and other charges under a healthcare service plan or health insurance policy.


Read third time, passagerefused. (Ayes 16. Noes 19.Page 5114.)

Pending



AB 2593 (Grayson)Requires a health care service plan contract or a healthinsurance policy, as of January 1, 2019, to provide that ifan enrollee, insured, or subscriber receives coveredservices from a noncontracting air ambulance provider,they shall pay no more than the same cost sharing for thein-network cost-sharing amount.


08/06/18


From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer tocommittee. Read secondtime, amended, andre-referred to Com. onAPPR. 07/03/18

Read second time andamended. Re-referred toCom. on APPR. 07/02/18

From committee: Amend,and do pass as amendedand re-refer to Com. onAPPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.)(June 27). 06/18/18

From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer tocommittee. Read secondtime, amended, andre-referred to Com. onHEALTH. 06/13/18









From committee: Do passand re-refer to Com. onAPPR. withrecommendation: ToConsent Calendar. (Ayes 15.Noes 0.) (April 17).Re-referred to Com. onAPPR. 03/05/18




Pending

AB 2595 (Linder )Establishes the Cybersecurity Integration Center(Cal-CSIC) to develop a California cybersecurity strategy,and which includes representatives from UC among otherentities.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2598 (Fuentes)Legislative intent: Enact legislation that would establish andadminister a demonstration program that identifies,develops, and supports methods that maximize academiccredit awarded by institutions of higher education toveterans and members of the military for militaryexperience, education, and training obtained during militaryservice in order to expedite the entry of veterans andmembers of the military into the workforce.



Pending



AB 2599 (Bass)Facilitates financial viability of new private nonprofithospital to serve South LA - formerly served byMLK/Harbor Hospital - by requiring DHS and CMAC to takenecessary steps to ensure availability of Medi-Cal funding.



Support (04/28/10)Support (08/23/10)

AB 2600 (Lackey)Requests UC to establish the California Institute forAerospace to achieve specified goals relating to thedevelopment of the aerospace industry in the state;requests UC to locate the California Institute for Aerospaceat a satellite campus within 20 miles of Edwards Air ForceBase or United States Air Force Plant 42; shall beimplemented only to the extent that UC determine thatadequate funding for its purposes has been provided fromfederal, local, or private sector sources, has beenappropriated to UC the annual Budget Act or in anotherstatute, or has been provided from a combination of thesesources.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 2616 (Skinner)Provides with respect to hospital employees who providedirect patient care in an acute care hospital, that the term"injury" includes a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcusaureus skin infection (MRSA skin infection) that developsor manifests itself during the period of the person'semployment with the hospital. (AB 664 '09, AB 1994 '10,AB 375 '11)


2014

Apr. 3From committee chair,with author's amendments: Amend, and re-referto Com.on PUB. S. Read secondtime and amended.

Apr. 1Re-referred to Com.on PUB. S.

Mar. 28Referred to Com. on PUB. S. From committeechair, withauthor'samendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com.on PUB. S. Readsecondtime and amended.




Oppose (04/16/14)Oppose (06/20/14)Oppose (08/19/14)Gov Veto Requested(09/08/14)

AB 2617 (Mayes)Requires the Department of Water Resources to developand solicit comments on a proposed report, in consultationwith subject matter experts at UC, CSU, the State WaterResources Control Board, the State Energy ResourcesConservation and Development Commission, and localwater districts, by December 1, 2017, and, by July 1, 2018,to issue a final report that contains, among other things,recommendations to public entities to help them achievewater-resilient communities and prioritize cost-effectivewater efficiency measures with low adverse environmentalimpacts based on local conditions.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Jun. 09 Referred toCom. on RLS.

Pending



AB 2626 (Fong)Makes changes to the public postsecondary educationcapitol outlay plan reporting requirement.

Staff: Jason Murphy


AB 2646 (Mayes)Legislative intent: Enact statutory changes related topostsecondary education in this state.



AB 2648 (Williams)Legislative intent: Enact legislation that would increase thestate's investment in public postsecondary education andto find a dedicated revenue source to fund publicpostsecondary education in California.

Staff: Jason Murphy


AB 2652 (Eggman)Requires a private entity with no physical presence in thisstate, that would be subject to the requirements of theCalifornia Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009 ifthe entity was located in this state, to register with thebureau and participate in the act's Student TuitionRecovery Fund for its California students.


2016 Jun. 15 In committee:Hearing postponed bycommittee.

Pending



AB 2653 (Allen)Requires a health care service plan contract issued,amended, delivered, or renewed on/after January 1, 2019,that covers outpatient prescription drug benefits fornaltrexone or acamprosate to provide coverage for those 2drugs if prescribed by a licensed health care professional.


03/23/18





Pending

AB 2654 (Bonilla )Requires a postsecondary educational institution to post itswritten policy on sexual harassment on its Internet Website; requires the policy to include specific rules andprocedures for pursuing available remedies and resources,both on and off campus.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Neutral (04/14/16)



AB 2664 (Irwin)Requires UC to make one-time expenditures for activitiesto expand/accelerate economic development to align withother efforts to support innovation and entrepreneurship.Identifies a specific funding source in the Budget Act of2016 appropriated for that purpose and allocates $2.2Munder that appropriation to each UC campus. Requires theregents to designate an external advisory board toencourage the effective use of these funds, and prohibits acampus from expending these funds unless the externaladvisory body has certified that the campus chancellor hasmade certain demonstrations, including, among others, thatfunds will only be used for activities that supportexpansion/acceleration of economic development, and thatprivate funds that at least match the state funds will also beused on those activities. Requires UC to report to theDepartment of Finance and the Legislature on or before11/30/17, on the specific activities at each campussupported by these funds.

Staff: Jason Murphy


SponsorSupport (04/05/16)Support (04/12/16)Support (06/22/16)Support (07/29/16)

AB 2667 (Hill)Requires hospitals, clinics, or birthing centers, upondischarging a child, to provide and discuss informationrelating to obtaining, at no cost or low cost, information andassistance relating to child passenger restraint systemrequirements, installation, and inspection , including,among other things, the telephone number of the localoffice of the Department of the California Highway Patrol.


Vetoed by Governor.

AB 2681 (O'Donnell)Establishes the California College Promise Grant Programto provide planning grants to eligible schools and CCC toestablish College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP)partnerships.



Pending



AB 2686 (Jones-Sawyer )Spot bill: Enact legislation relating to state-authorizedstudent financial aid programs and the Free Application forFederal Student Aid (FAFSA).



Pending

AB 2696 (Gaines )Requires the State Department of Public Health to submit areport to the Legislature that includes a summary andcompilation of recommendations on diabetes preventionand management from certain sources, including UC andthe federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.



Watch (03/23/16)

AB 2699 (Assembly Accountability and AdministrativeReview)Authorizes a state employee/applicant who files a writtencomplaint alleging certain improper acts to also file a copyof the complaint with the State Personnel Board. Imposesspecified fines and penalties on a person who intentionallyengages in specified improper acts against a stateemployee/applicant who made a protected disclosure. (UCNamed)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Coms. on P.E.,R. & S.S. and JUD.

Pending

AB 2700 (Assembly Accountability and AdministrativeReview)Authorizes a state employee or an applicant for stateemployment who files a written complaint with his or hersupervisor, manager, or appointing power alleging certainimproper acts to also file a copy of the complaint with theState Personnel Board; would impose specified fines andpenalties on a person who intentionally engages inspecified improper acts against a state employee or anapplicant for state employment who has made a protecteddisclosure, as defined. (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy

From printer. May be heardin committee May 25.

Pending



AB 2703 (Linder)Relates to medical confidentiality.


2016 May. 03 In committee:Set, first hearing. Hearingcanceled at the request ofauthor.

Pending

AB 2722 (Medina )Provides that the California Military Department GI BillAward could be used to obtain one baccalaureate,graduate, or doctoral degree if the person agrees to serve2 years in the California National Guard or the CaliforniaState Military Reserve.


Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and V.A.

Pending

AB 2726 (Daly)Amends competitive bidding procedures for the sale of UCReal Property to: require public notice only when propertybeing sold is valued over $1M; authorize UC to considerbidder's qualifications as well as terms in bid/proposalselection; and authorize UC to reject all bids/proposals andexempt additional property, i.e. foreclosures, from theserequirements.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Read first time. SponsorSupport (04/02/14)Support (04/28/14)Support (05/22/14)Support (06/18/14)Support (08/01/14)Support (08/25/14)

AB 2731 (Arambula)Legislative intent: Revise existing informed consentrequirements for patients with prostate cancer to requirethe diagnosing physician to document that a referral to aradiation oncologist has been offered to the patient.



Pending



AB 2732 (Chang)Requires CSU and requests UC to provide, as part ofestablished on-campus orientations, educational andpreventive information about cyberbullying to students at allcampuses of their respective segments.



Pending

AB 2743 (Eggman)Requires a Department of Public Health Web-basedelectronic acute psychiatric bed registry on the availabilityof acute psychiatric beds in health facilities to facilitateidentification and designation of health facilities for thetemporary detention and treatment of individuals who meetspecified criteria for temporary detention. Requires a healthfacility to designate an employee to submit to the registrynotification that an acute psychiatric bed has becomeavailable, and to serve as the contact to respond torequests for information related to data reported to theregistry.




AB 2745 (Holden)Specifies that a licensee who is otherwise eligible for ahealing arts license but is unable to practice some aspectsof medicine safely due to a disability is authorized toreceive the limited license if the certain conditions are met.



Watch (03/23/16)

AB 2747 (Holden)Spot bill: Enact legislation to protect the right of all collegeathletes to study, work, and participate in athletics.



Pending



AB 2750 (Gomez)Creates an exemption from the tissue bank licensingrequirement for the storage of HCT/P by a person if thatperson is a hospital or outpatient setting and the HCT/Pmeets specified requirements that the HCT/P was obtainedfrom a tissue bank licensed by the state, is stored in theoriginal unopened enclosure for one finished unit oftransplantable tissue and in strict accordance with thepackage insert and any other manufacturer instructions andguidelines, and is intended for the express purpose ofimplantation into or application on a patient.



Pending

AB 2766 (Lopez )Requires the Student Aid Commission to include 4 studentmembers, one from each of the following: UC, CSU, CCC,and a California private postsecondary educationalinstitution.



Pending

AB 2771 (Eggman)Enacts the Higher Education Facilities Bond Act of 2018 toauthorize $7B for construction and remodeling of UC, UCHastings, and CSU facilities. (SB 1225, SB 483 '17, SB 271'09, SB 69 '05, AB 2999 '06, SB 1164 '06, ABX5 10 '03)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 2782 (Bloom)Creates the Healthy California Fund from bottledsweetened beverage fees, which funds specified statedepartments for diabetes/childhood obesity treatment andprevention activities and programs, including Department ofPublic Health (DPH), which would subgrant 1% touniversities for chronic disease surveillance. Creates theHealthy California Fund Oversight Committee, whichincludes a member of a university facility, and seekscooperation and assistance from specified entities,including UC, for purposes of program evaluation and thecreation of a master plan.


2016 Apr. 12 In committee:Set, first hearing. Hearingcanceled at the request ofauthor.

Pending

AB 2786 (Chavez)Requires CSU and requests UC to offer eligible students oftheir respective segments an agreement guaranteeing thata student who meets certain conditions may complete abaccalaureate degree within 4 academic years, with theexception of certain programs that may require up to 5academic years to complete.



Pending

AB 2787 (Chavez)Extends the Middle Class Scholarship Program toundergraduate students who meet the requirements of theprogram and are enrolled in private nonprofitpostsecondary educational institutions, commencing withthe 2017-18 academic year, as specified, but the bill wouldnot affect the statutory appropriation for the program for the2017-18 fiscal year.


2016 Apr. 19 In committee:Set, second hearing. Failedpassage. Reconsiderationgranted.

Pending



AB 2789 (Wood)Requires health care practitioners authorized to issueprescriptions to have the capability to transmit electronicdata transmission prescriptions.


04/04/18

Re-referred to Com. on B. &P. 04/03/18

From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer to Com.on B. & P. Read second timeand amended. 03/08/18

Referred to Com. on B. & P.02/17/18



Pending

AB 2792 (Bonta )Creates the Transparent Review of Unjust Transfers andHolds (TRUTH) Act, to require a local law enforcementagency, prior to an interview between the U.S. Immigrationand Customs Enforcement (ICE) and an individual incustody regarding civil immigration violations, to providethe individual a written consent form that would explain,among other things, the purpose of the interview, that it isvoluntary, and that the individual may decline to beinterviewed. Requires a local law enforcement agency toprovide copies of specified documentation received fromICE to the individual and to notify the individual regardingthe intent of the agency to comply with ICE requests.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 2800 (Quirk)Requires the Natural Resources Agency to establish aClimate-Safe Infrastructure Working Group consisting ofprofessional engineers with relevant expertise fromspecified state agencies and scientists with expertise inclimate change impacts from UC and CSU, to examine andreport to the Legislature regarding the integration ofscientific data on projected climate change impacts intostate infrastructure engineering.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2804 (Waldron)Creates one-year and five-year plans to expand thesubstance use disorder treatment workforce to aid in thetreatment of alcohol and drug abuse, set out one-yeargoals for school districts, CSU, UC, CCC, and Departmentof Health Care Services.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2813 (Irwin)Establishes in statute the California CybersecurityIntegration Center within the Office of Emergency Services;UC Appointment.

Staff: Jason Murphy

03/23/18

From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer to Com.on P. & C.P. Read secondtime and amended. 03/22/18

Referred to Coms. on P. &C.P. and G.O. 02/17/18



Pending



AB 2823 (Gatto )Requires a state agency to disclose the cover page andsignature block of a proposed alternative investmentagreement and all provisions in the alternative investmentagreement or related documents that govern reclaiming ofmoney or benefits under stated conditions including, butnot limited to, those that have the effect of allowing theexternal manager or general partner to pay back anamount less than the full cost of the initial payment beingreimbursed. (AB 2833, SB 574'15)

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Jun. 27 In committee:Set, first hearing. Failedpassage.

Pending

AB 2833 (Cooley)Requires, for new contracts as of 1/1/17, and existingcontracts for which a new capital commitment is madeon/after that date, a public investment fund to requirealternative investment vehicles disclosure of fees,expenses, carried interest connected with these vehiclesand the underlying investments and other specifiedinformation. Requires disclosure of alternative investmentvehicles and the gross and net rate of return of each atleast once annually at a public open meeting. Requires apublic investment fund to undertake reasonable efforts toobtain the above-mentioned information for any existingcontract for which it has not made a new capitalcommitment on/after 1/1/17. (SB 574 '15)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

AB 2836 (Gloria )Spot bill: Enact legislation that would promote the state'sexisting repatriation policy to encourage disclosure andreturn of Indian remains and cultural items to appropriateIndian tribes.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



AB 2844 (Bloom)With certain exceptions, requires a person that submits abid/proposal to, or enters into/renews a contract with, astate agency for any contract of $100,000 or more tocertify, under penalty of perjury, at the time the bid/proposalis submitted or the contract is renewed that they are incompliance with the Unruh Civil Rights Act and theCalifornia Fair Employment and Housing Act, and that anypolicy that they have adopted against any sovereignnation/peoples recognized by the U.S. government,including, but not limited to, the nation and people of Israel,is not used to discriminate in violation of those Acts.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (05/26/16)

AB 2849 (Gomez)Spot bill: Relates to hospital community benefits plans.


2016 Mar. 17 Referred toCom. on NAT. RES.

Pending

AB 2850 (O'Donnell)Makes changes to the Assumption Program of Loans forEducation.


2016 Mar. 28 Re-referred toCom. on HIGHER ED.

Pending



AB 2861 (Salas)Requires, to the extent federal financial participation isavailable and any necessary federal approvals have beenobtained, that a Drug Medi-Cal certified provider isreimbursed for telehealth individual counseling services bya licensed healing arts practitioner or a registered/certifiedalcohol or other drug counselor, when medically necessaryand in accordance with the Medicaid state plan.


08/06/18


From committee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer tocommittee. Read secondtime, amended, andre-referred to Com. onAPPR. 06/28/18

From committee: Do passand re-refer to Com. onAPPR. withrecommendation: ToConsent Calendar. (Ayes 9.Noes 0.) (June 27).Re-referred to Com. onAPPR. 06/07/18







Joint Rule 62(a), file noticesuspended. (Page 5298.)05/23/18





From committee: Amend,and do pass as amendedand re-refer to Com. onAPPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.)(April 24). 03/08/18




Pending

AB 2874 (Thurmond)Requires a 180-day notice before hospitals or healthfacilities reduce, eliminate services of, or close facilities,and to notify the Attorney General before reducing oreliminating services.


03/23/18


Referred to Coms. onHEALTH and JUD. 02/17/18



Pending



AB 2880 (Assembly Judiciary Committee )For contracts entered into on or after 1/1/17, requires astate agency entering into a contract for services toconsider the intellectual property rights of both the stateand the contracting party unless the agency, prior toexecuting the contract, obtains the consent of thedepartment.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Aug. 29 Ordered toinactive file at the request ofSenator Monning.

Pending

AB 2893 (Waldron)Requests UC CHBRP analyses to include relevant data onthe impact or repeal of coverage of benefits or services onanticipated costs or savings estimated uponimplementation for the 2 subsequent fiscal years to theeffective date of the legislation.


03/21/18







AB 2894 (Gloria)Allows enrolled students of any of the 5 postsecondaryeducation segments of who are called to active militaryduty during an academic term, to have the option to:choose to withdraw retroactively to the beginning of theterm if at least 75% of the term has been completed;choose to request that faculty assign a grade for the coursebased on the work completed; or - if faculty assigns agrade of Incomplete - to complete the course requirementsin a minimum of 2 weeks after returning.



Pending



AB 2895 (Hernandez)Requires an employer to keep a complete, updated copy ofits written injury prevention program at each worksite, makeit available to any employee upon oral request, and informemployees and new hires of the availability of and theirrights to inspect and receive a copy of the program.Requires employer compliance within five business days ofan employee written request for a copy of the program, andentitles an employee to injunctive relief.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Aug. 22 Ordered toinactive file at the request ofSenator Lara.

Pending

AB 2903 (Gatto)Requires the executive director of the Public UtilitiesCommission to work with the UC, CSU, and otherpostsecondary educational institutions to developcurriculum and training necessary or useful to candidatesfor employment with the commission.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Aug. 17 Fromcommittee chair, withauthor's amendments:Amend, and re-refer tocommittee. Read secondtime, amended, andre-referred to Com. on E., U.,& C.

Pending

AB 2904 (Carrillo )Requires a health care provider to document the consent ofthe patient to use telehealth in either printed or electronicform.


03/23/18





Pending

AB 2908 (Assembly Higher Education Committee )Postsecondary education omnibus bill.



Pending



AB 2990 (Low)Spot bill: Enact legislation to ensure that there is propernotice given to qualifying survivors of deceased publicsafety and fire suppression personnel from mandatorysystemwide tuition and fees.



Neutral (03/27/18)

AB 2991 (Cervantes)Spot bill: Makes changes to postsecondary education.



Pending

AB 3008 (Burke)Requests UC to enact exemptions for its students fromrequirements to pay nonresident tuition that are equivalentto those applicable to students of the CSU and CCCpursuant to this bill.



Pending

AB 3087 (Kalra )Requires a health facility to report information onfee-for-service and managed care Medicare reimbursementfor each procedure performed.


03/23/18





Pending



AB 3186 (Medina)Eliminates the sunset on UC's existing Best ValueProcurement pilot program, thus providing UC with ongoingauthority to take in account factors other than justlowest-cost in the procurement of goods and services. (UCSponsor)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Sponsor

AB 3213 (Bonta)Requires CSU and 4-year private postsecondaryeducational institutions and independent institutions ofhigher education and requests UC to include specifieditems in a calculation of a full-time student's cost ofattendance at that institution.



Pending

AB X1 1 (Perez J)ABX1 1: Medi-Cal Expansion: Implements federalAffordable Care Act provisions for Medi-Cal eligibilitydetermination based on income; Low Income HealthProgram enrollees; optional expansion contingent onFMAP. (SBX1 1)

Staff: Muoi Trinh

Chaptered by Secretary ofState. Chapter 3, Statutes of2013-14 First ExtraordinarySession.

Pending

AB X1 2 (Pan)Insurance Market Reform: Implements California'sindividual health insurance market with PPACA in the areasof open enrollment, preexisting condition exclusion, insuredclaims experience as part of a single risk pool, the use ofcertain factors in determining individual plan rates,insurance advertising and marketing, small employerenrollment periods and coverage effective date andpremium rates, a risk adjustment program, insurance datareporting, and insurer disclosure requirements.(Companion to SBX1 2)



Pending



AB X1 11 (Gray)Appropriates $97.6M GF to the Merced County Associationof Governments for construction of phase 2 and 3 of theCampus Parkway Project, a planned road project toconnect the UC Merced to State Highway 99, in the Countyof Merced.

Staff: Sandy Fried

2015 Aug. 21 From printer. Pending

AB X2 1 (Bonta )ABX2 1: Establishes a new managed care organizationprovider tax on licensed health care service plans,Medi-Cal contracted managed care plans, and alternatehealth care service plans. Establishes taxing tiers and perenrollee amounts, and a related fund for tax moneys to paythe nonfederal share of Medi-Cal rates for health careservices. Provides for a graduated elimination of the grosspremiums tax for health care service plans subject to theprovider tax. (SBX2 2)


2016 Mar. 01 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Chapter3, Statutes of 2015-16Second ExtraordinarySession.

Pending

AB X2 2 (Bonta)ABX2 2: Legislative intent: Enact legislation to stabilizefunding for the Medi-Cal program and to provide rateincreases for Medi-Cal and developmental servicesproviders.


2016 Mar. 14 From Senatecommittee without furtheraction.

Pending

AB X2 6 (Santiago )Defines the term "smoking" for purposes of the STAKE Act,changes the STAKE Act's definition of "tobacco products"to include electronic devices, such as electronic cigarettes,that deliver nicotine or other vaporized liquids. (SB 140,SBX2 5)


2016 Mar. 15 Died on thirdreading file.

PendingPending



AB X2 12 (Patterson)Relates to purchasing or selling embryonic or cadavericfetal tissue for research purposes. Includes in the definitionof "valuable consideration" all forms of payment, for theremoval, processing, disposal, preservation, quality control,storage, transplantation, or implantation of a part. Prohibitsthe use of public funds to support any facility that furnishescadaveric fetal tissue for research.


2016 Mar. 15 Died at Desk. Pending

AB X2 13 (Gipson)Declares intent to enact legislation to increase funding forthe AIDS Medi-Cal Waiver Program.


2016 Mar. 15 Died at Desk. Pending

AB X2 15 (Eggman)ABX2 15: Enacts the End of Life Option Act (Right-to-Die,Aid-in-Dying, Assisted Death Bill ). (SB 128)


2015 Oct. 05 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Chapter1, Statutes of 2015-16Second ExtraordinarySession.


AB X2 16 (Bonta )ABX2 16: Expands the definition of tobacco products forpurposes of that act to include electronic cigarettes, asdefined, thereby subjecting manufacturers, importers,distributors, wholesalers, and retailers of electroniccigarettes to the same licensing requirements imposedpursuant to that act on manufacturers, importers,distributors, wholesalers, and retailers of tobacco products.(SBX2 13)


2016 Mar. 15 Fromcommittee without furtheraction.

Pending



AB X2 20 (Bonta)ABX2 20: Establishes a new managed care organizationprovider tax on licensed health care service plans,managed care plans contracted with the department toprovide Medi-Cal services, and alternate health careservice plans (AHCSP). (SBX2 14, SBX2 15)



Pending

ACA 3 (Gallagher)Requires, with respect to any public retirement systems,that any enhancement to a public employee's retirementformula or retirement benefit, adopted on or after themeasure's effective date, apply only to service performedon and after the operative date of the enhancement andshall not be applied to any service performed prior to theoperative date of the change; specifies how changes inmembership classification or changes in employment are tobe applied in this context; provides that specifiedcost-of-living adjustments are not enhancements ofretirement benefits.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2015 Jun. 24 In committee:Set, second hearing. Failedpassage. Reconsiderationgranted.

Pending

ACA 5 (Portantino)Creates a board of trustees to govern the provision ofretirement plan benefits to employees or retirees of UC andany trust or similar arrangement established by UC to fundpostemployment health benefits.

Staff: Steve Juarez

Read second time. To thirdreading.

Oppose (06/19/08)



ACA 13 (Eggman (D))Excludes appropriations of revenues from a fund not yetestablished, to be known as the Higher EducationAssistance Fund, from the appropriations subject toconstitutional limitation and also excludes revenues derivedfrom a tax that has not yet been enacted from beingdeemed to be General Fund revenues, state revenues, orGeneral Fund proceeds of taxes for purposes of calculatingthe minimum funding requirements for school districts andcommunity college districts. (AB 1356)

Staff: Karen French

From printer. May be heardin committee May 5.

Pending

ACA 14 (Melendez)Establishes the Campus Free Speech Act to require highereducation institution governing boards to develop andadopt a policy on free expression, form a committee on freeexpression, incorporate its free expression policies andregulations into a section of its freshman orientationprogram, and make non compliant institutions ineligible forany state funding except for the Cal Grant Program or asuccessor state funded student financial aid program.

Staff: Karen French


Pending

ACA 15 (Brough)Prohibits a government employer from enhancingemployee pension benefits without approval by the votersof the jurisdiction. Prohibits a government employer frompaying more than 1/2 of the total cost of retirement benefitsfor new government employees without approval by thevoters of the jurisdiction. Prohibits retirement boards fromimposing charges or other financial conditions on agovernment employer that proposes to close a definedbenefit pension plan to new members unless the voters orthe sponsoring government employer approve thosecharges or conditions.

Staff: Jason Murphy

From printer. May be heardin committee June 9.

Pending



ACA 21 (Mayes)Creates the California Infrastructure Investment Fund. (UCNamed)



Pending

ACA 22 (McCarty)Imposes a surcharge of 10% on the net income of allcorporations that is over $1M and requires revenues bedeposited in the newly created Middle Class Fiscal ReliefFund; 40% of funds to support the public school systemand public institutions of higher education as described insubdivision (a) of Section 8 of Article XVI.



Pending

ACA 26 (Weber)Authorizes the Legislature to suspend or expel a regent byresolution adopted by rollcall vote entered in the journal,2/3 of the membership of each house concurring.

Staff: Karen French


Pending

ACA 27 (Quirk-Silva )Requires UCOP to submit a written report to the regents,the Governor, and the appropriate policy and fiscalcommittees of the Legislature specifying its receipts andexpenditures for the immediately preceding fiscal year,requires an appropriation for UCOP be made only in theannual Budget Bill relating solely to that office, adds CCCChancellor to the regents as a voting ex officio member,makes UC President nonvoting ex officio member.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



ACA X2 1 (Perez J)State Reserve Policy: Establishes a replacement version ofthe Budget Stabilization Account, and would require theController, commencing with the 2015- 16 fiscal year andeach fiscal year thereafter, to transfer from the GeneralFund to the account 1.5% of the estimated amount ofGeneral Fund revenues for that fiscal year.

Staff: Steve Juarez

Apr. 24Read first time. Toprint.

Pending

ACR 1 (Medina)States that the UC Riverside School of Medicine serves animportant role in the State of California by training a diverseworkforce of physicians and providing health care to anunderserved region.


Chaptered by Secretary ofState - Res. Chapter 54,Statutes of 2013.

Support (03/13/13)

ACR 2 (Hall)Urges UC to expedite negotiations with the Board ofSupervisors of Los Angeles County and the Charles DrewUniversity of Medicine and Science to discuss the futuremanagement of Martin Luther King, Jr. Hospital.



Pending

ACR 17 (Fong)Declares March as Campus Safety Month.



Support (03/14/11)

ACR 20 (Logue)Recognizes the need for the inclusion of Sikhism in worldreligions, Eastern religions, Asian, and South Asiancourses at all postsecondary educational institutions andrecommend that the concerned governing bodies considerincluding Sikhism in their institution's world religions,Eastern religions, Asian, and South Asian courses.



Pending



ACR 62 (Brownley)Proclaims March as Read Across California Month andrequests stakeholder collaboration to raise awareness ofimportance of reading to children in conjunction with ReadAcross America campaign.



Support (07/28/11)

ACR 73 (Alejo)Requests UC to prohibit, by the end of the 2012-13academic year, standardized test scores from being usedas the sole criterion for consideration, or the primarycriterion for ending consideration, of an applicant foradmission to the UC's various graduate programs andprofessional schools.



Pending

ACR 76 (Lowenthal B)Recognizes the importance of the right of freedom ofspeech, would condemn biased, hurtful, and dangerousspeech intended to stoke fear and intimidation in itslisteners, and would encourage public postsecondaryeducational institutions to ensure that they provide a safe,encouraging environment for exercising the right offreedom of speech.


Aug. 15Introduced. To print. Pending

ACR 80 (Allen)Urges UC to reverse recently adopted fee increases.

Staff: Karen French

From printer. Pending



ACR 97 (Bonilla)Urges both private and public medical training institutions inthe state to provide equal access to osteopathic andallopathic students to apply to training programs, wouldurge osteopathic medical schools, allopathic medicalschools, and their training institutions to build on currentsuccesses of working toward greater collaboration andcoordination of education and training for California's futurephysicians, and would urge efforts by training institutionsand allopathic and osteopathic medical schools to worktoward greater acceptance and integration of osteopathicand allopathic students.


2015 Sep. 21 Chaptered bySecretary of State - Res.Chapter 189, Statutes of2015.


ACR 103 (Fong)Declares March as Campus Safety Month; encouragescitizens to visit the Internet Web site of the nationalnonprofit organization Security On Campus, Inc., to viewpublic safety information about public and private collegesand universities.


In Senate. To Com. on RLS. Pending

ACR 145 (Lackey )Declares the Legislature's support for the creation of aCalifornia Institute for Aerospace in southern California'sAntelope Valley.

Staff: Jason Murphy

From committee: Beadopted. Ordered to ThirdReading. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.)(March 13).

Pending

ACR 150 (Limon)Recognizes the week of March 18, 2018, to March 24,2018, inclusive, as Dual Enrollment Week in California.

Staff: Karen French

Amended. Ordered to thirdreading.

Pending



ACR 153 (Burke )Requests the California Council on Science andTechnology to place an emphasis on selecting fellows whoare reflective of the state's diversity, specifically regardingrace, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. (UC Named)


2016 Jun. 29 In committee:Hearing cancelled at therequest of author.

Pending

ACR 156 (Gonzalez Fletcher)Proclaims 1/30/18 as Chronic Traumatic EncephalopathyAwareness Day; recognizes the efforts of advocacyorganizations like the Faces of CTE in educating the publicabout the causes and dangers of Chronic TraumaticEncephalopathy.



Pending

ACR 158 (Holden)Encourages the Academic Senates of the UC, CSU andCCC to expedite their current efforts to streamline thetransfer process and ensure that all general educationcredits can transfer between UC, CSU and CCC systems.


2016 Aug. 25 Chaptered bySecretary of State - Res.Chapter 142, Statutes of2016.

Pending

ACR 159 (Gorell)Encourages CCC, CSU, and UC to consider and adopt theAmerican Council on Education credit recommendations togive veterans due credit for their military experience.



Pending (06/12/12)

ACR 167 (Acosta)Urges UC Regents to reject the recently proposed studenttuition and fee increases.





ACR 168 (Perez J)Expresses congratulations and appreciation to theUniversity of California Education Abroad Program on its50th Anniversary, for its historic and continued success inproviding study abroad opportunities to Californians, andfor advancing internationalization on University of Californiacampuses and in the state.



SponsorSupport (08/17/12)Support (08/27/12)

AJR 13 (Lara)Urges the President and the Congress of the United Statesto continue to provide resources to increase the supply ofphysicians in California and to consider solutions thatwould increase the number of graduate medical educationresidency positions.



Pending

AJR 20 (Perez J)Requests Congress and the President to enact legislationto maintain the 3.4% interest rate for Federal DirectStafford Loans.



Support (05/31/12)

HR 12 (Bigelow)Commends the UC 4-H Youth Development Program on itscentennial.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Read. Amended. Adopted.(Page 591.).

Pending

HR 20 (Medina)Resolution relative to the California Dream Act of 2011.

Staff: Karen French

Read. Adopted. (Ayes 58.Noes 7. Page 438.).

Pending



HR 26 (Williams)States that the Assembly encourages public employers totake full advantage of the Public Service Loan ForgivenessProgram and other available programs and the Assemblyseek opportunities to promote policies that will providemore loan repayment options to graduates burdened bystudent loan debt, so that they can gain meaningfulemployment that enhances their individual financial stabilityas well as benefits the state as a whole.


BILL HISTORY 2013

Sept. 6Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

Sept. 3Introduced.

Pending

HR 35 (Rubio)Resolves that UC maintain in-state tuition, scholarships,fellowships, and grants, and support resources forundocumented students, financially support undocumentedstudents who are in good academic standing, and protectall of its students, faculty, and staff, and considersupportive housing options for those who are at risk ofbeing negatively impacted by President Trump'simmigration executive orders.

Staff: Karen French

Read. Adopted. (Page2571.).

Watch (07/13/17)

HR 37 (Hill)Encourages acute care hospitals to participate in freecollection programs for umbilical cord blood and cord tissuein order to maximize the potential medical benefits thatumbilical cord blood therapies can provide. (AB 52 '10)


Amended. Ordered to thirdreading. Assembly Rule 63suspended. (Page 6750.)Read. Adopted. (Page6763.).

Pending

HR 49 (Jones-Sawyer)Encourages California Student Aid Commission and theLegislative Analyst to conduct a study on enacting, in futurelegislation, a Pay it Forward, Pay it Back Pilot Program.(UC Named) (AB 1456 '14)


2014

Aug. 4Introduced.

Pending



HR 66 (Gipson)Calls upon U.S. Congress to take affirmative steps towarda bipartisan and more effective version of DACA thatprovides a pathway to citizenship.

Staff: Karen French

Read. Adopted. (Ayes 60.Noes 1. Page 3248.).

Pending

SB 1 (Steinberg)Expands health care coverage options for children.


Returned to Secretary ofSenate pursuant to JointRule 56.

Pending

SB 2 (Lieu)Makes various changes to the Political Reform Act,including increases in fines and penalties fornoncompliance, and requirements for advertisementdisclosure, slate mailers, reference to ballot measurecommittee positions.

Staff: Jason Murphy

From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time and amended.Re-referred to Com. onAPPR.

Pending

SB 3 (Leno )Increases the minimum wage to $15/hour.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Apr. 04 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Chapter4, Statutes of 2016.


SB 4 (Lara)Requires individuals under 19 years of age who do nothave, or are unable to establish, satisfactory immigrationstatus and are enrolled in restricted-scope Medi-Cal at thetime the director of Health Care Services makes adetermination that systems have been programmed forimplementation to extend their eligibility, to be enrolled inthe full scope of Medi-Cal benefits, if otherwise eligible,pursuant to an eligibility and enrollment plan, as specified.(SB 1005 '14)


2015 Oct. 09 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Chapter709, Statutes of 2015.

Pending



SB 5 (de Leon)Enacts the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate,Coastal Protection, and Outdoor Access For All Act of2018. Appropriates up to $10M to the UC Natural ReserveSystem for matching grants for acquisition of land,construction and development of research facilities toimprove the management of natural lands, for preservationof wildlife resources, and to further climate changeresearch.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Chaptered by Secretary ofState. Chapter 852, Statutesof 2017.

Pending

SB 7 (Steinberg)Provides intent to enact legislation to impose a hospitalquality assurance fee to increase federal financialparticipation for supplemental Medi-Cal payments tohospitals from Jan. 1 - June 30, 2011. (Spot bill forsix-month fee program from 1/1/11 - 6/30/11)



SB 8 (Hertzberg )States legislative findings for the Upward Mobility Act, toimpose a tax on specified services and use the revenue toincrease funding for specified programs, including $2B forUC and CSU. Expands the Sales and Use Tax Law toimpose a tax on the gross receipts from the sale in thisstate of, or the receipt of the benefit in this state of servicesat a rate of a percentage to be determined.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Feb. 01 Returned toSecretary of Senate pursuantto Joint Rule 56.

Pending

SB 10 (Lara)Seeks a federal waiver to allow individuals who areineligible for health coverage due to immigration status toobtain coverage from the Health Benefit Exchange(Covered California). (SB 4 '15, SB 1005 '14)


2016 Jun. 10 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Chapter22, Statutes of 2016.

Pending



SB 11 (Pavley)Extends smog abatement fees in amounts required tomake deposits into the Alternative and Renewable Fueland Vehicle Technology (ARFVT), Fund the Air QualityImprovement Fund, and a specified Subaccount. Relates togrants for air emission pollutant reduction projects. Relatesto AB 118 ('07-Support), which provides grant funding toUC

Staff: Jason Murphy


Support (04/01/13)

SB 15 (Block )Senate Democrats Higher Education Plan: Stateslegislative intent to appropriate funds to UC for purposes ofeliminating the University's 5% tuition increase plan;increases annual Competitive Cal Grant A/B awards from22,500 to 30,000; establishes the Graduation IncentiveGrant Program for CSU students with financial need. (UCNamed)


2015 Jun. 15 Referred toCom. on HIGHER ED.

Support in Concept(04/07/15)Support in Concept(06/02/15)

SB 16 (Wieckowski )Reduces the maximum of disposable earnings under awage garnishment order for specified student loan debt;and prohibits the amount of disposable earnings subject tolevy from exceeding the lesser of 15% of weeklydisposable earnings or 50% of the amount by which thedisposable weekly earnings exceed 40 times the stateminimum hourly wage. (AB 233 '13)

Staff: Karen French

Motion to reconsider madeby Assembly MemberMcCarty.

Neutral (03/15/17)



SB 18 (Hernandez E)Requires the State Department of Health Care Services toaccept contributions by private foundations in the amountof at least $6M for the purpose of providing Medi-Calrenewal assistance payments, as specified; appropriates$6M from the Healthcare Outreach and Medi-CalEnrollment Account, to be available for encumbrance orexpenditure until 12/31/16 and authorize the use ofpreviously appropriated funds in that account for thispurpose.


Set, first hearing. Hearingcanceled at the request ofauthor.

Watch (04/11/13)

SB 19 (Wolk)Enacts the California POLST eRegistry Pilot Act. (SB 1357'14)



Watch (03/16/15)

SB 21 (Hill)Requires law enforcement to submit to its governing bodyat a regularly scheduled open public hearing, a proposedSurveillance Use Policy, and to cease using thesurveillance technology within 30 days if the proposed planis not adopted.

Staff: Jason Murphy

September 1 hearing: Heldin committee and undersubmission.

Watch (06/22/17)

SB 22 (Hill)Requires a law enforcement agency written procedure toaccount for firearms and a record of those which are lost,stolen, or otherwise disposed of to be entered into theAutomated Firearms System (AFS). (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



SB 23 (Portantino )Extends the UC Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Programuntil January 1, 2025, and increases the birth certificate feeto $19 and the amount of that fee for allocation to theprogram fund to $3. (Two-year bill)



SponsorSupport (03/16/17)Support (04/11/17)

SB 24 (Portantino)Expands the ranges of financial interest to be reported inthe Statement of Economic Interests (Form 700), to providefor eight total ranges of fair market value of investmentsand real property interests and 10 total ranges of aggregatevalue of income. (AB 10 '14)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Ordered to inactive file onrequest of Assembly MemberCalderon.

Pending

SB 26 (Hernandez)Establishes the Health Care Cost and Quality Database.(SB 1322 '14)



Pending

SB 27 (Hill )Prohibits the administration of medically importantantimicrobial drugs to livestock unless prescribed by aveterinarian or feed directive, and prohibits suchadministration solely to increase the rate of weight gain orimproved feed efficiency. Requires the Dept. of Food andAgriculture, in consultation with the Veterinary MedicalBoard, Dept. of Public Health, universities, and cooperativeextensions, to develop antimicrobial stewardship guidelinesand best management practices on the proper use ofmedically important antimicrobial drugs.



Pending



SB 28 (Hernandez E)Requires MRMIB to provide Ca Health Benefit Exchangewith information to notify subscribers/applicants of possibleeligibility for reduced-cost coverage through the exchangeor no-cost coverage through Medi-Cal, including children.Relates to premium tax credits, training of county staff,eligibility for benefits, budgeting methodology, countyletters, plan letters, status reports, provider bulletins,transitions and alternative benefits packages.



Pending

SB 31 (Lara)Enacts the California Religious Freedom Act prohibiting astate agency or public employee acting under color of lawfrom disclosing to the federal government personallyidentifiable information on a person's religious beliefs,practices, or affiliation, and prohibits law enforcementagencies from collecting such information and expendingagency/department resources to investigate/enforce anyviolation in connection with a registry based on suchinformation.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 32 (Price)Requests UC and requires CSU to explore innovative waysto offer a bachelor's degree at a cost of no more than$10,000; requires these costs to include only systemwidefees and textbooks.


Set, first hearing. Held incommittee withoutrecommendation.

Pending

SB 35 (Padilla)Establishes procedures to register voters in accordancewith the federal National Voter Registration Act of 1993.(UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy


PendingSupport in Concept(04/14/14)



SB 36 (Hernandez)Authorizes Department of Health Care Services to requestone or more temporary extensions until the approvedeffective date of the subsequent demonstration project(Section 1115 waiver renewal), and to extend and applyexisting payment methodologies and allocations, asprescribed.




SB 38 (Padilla)Requires health facilities/clinics to report radiation eventsbeginning July 1, 2012, and limits scope of information toreport.



Pending

SB 40 (Pavley)Changes the name of the Safe, Clean, and ReliableDrinking Water Supply Act of 2012 to the Safe, Clean, andReliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2014 and declareslegislative intent to reduce and potentially refocus the$11.1B bond. (The Water Bond [SBX7 2'09, Ch. 3] contains$10M grant funding for UC's Sierra Nevada ResearchInstitute housed at UCM) (Similar to SB 36 '12)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Re-referred to Coms. onN.R. & W. and RLS.

Pending

SB 41 (Yee)Relates to hypodermic needles and syringes. (SB 1029 '10Vetoed)





SB 42 (Liu)Establishes the Office of Higher Education PerformanceAccountability, authorized to require institutions of publicpostsecondary education to submit specified data, and toadminister a study on UC/CSU admissions policies todetermine the number of freshman/transfer studentseligible for admission; and requires a report to theLegislature summarizing the study methodology andfindings. Repeals these provisions on 1/1/21. (AB 1348'13, AB 2190 '12, SB 1138 '12)


2016 Apr. 25 Last day toconsider Governors vetopursuant to Joint Rule 58.5.

Concern (10/06/15)

SB 43 (Hill)Requires annual hospital and clinical labantibiograms.(Two-year bill)


July 11 set for first hearingcanceled at the request ofauthor.

Concern (03/21/17)Watch (04/20/17)Amend (06/08/17)

SB 45 (Mendoza)Prohibits a mass mailing from being sent within the 60 dayspreceding an election by or on behalf of a candidate whosename will appear on the ballot.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 46 (Corbett)Amends the California data security breach notification lawto include in the definition of personal information:password, user name or security question and answer foran account other than a financial account.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Ordered to third reading. Pending



SB 48 (Hill)Requires that findings supporting a decision to approve theinclusion of expenses incurred for research anddevelopment projects or programs in electricity rates beinformed by independent expert review, as defined.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Set, second hearing. Hearingcanceled at the request ofauthor.

Pending

SB 51 (Alquist)Requires health care service plans and insurers to complywith federal law requirements related to the PatientProtection and Affordable Care Act which prohibits healthinsurance issuers from establishing lifetime orunreasonable annual limits on benefits and requires issuersto provide annual rebates based on revenue expenditures.



SB 52 (Leno)Legislative Intent: Strengthens the PRA and campaignreporting compliance to require that advertisementsdisclose specified funding, expenditures, and informationprominently identifying the three largest major donors.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 53 (Hueso (D))Authorizes vehicles operated primarily by natural gas toexceed specified weight limits by an amount, and requiresUC ITS or the Department of Transportation to estimate thedamage caused by these vehicles and report findings tothe Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing andthe Assembly Committee on Transportation. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



SB 54 (de Leon)Enacts the California Values Act, encourages entities thatprovide physical/mental health and wellness, education, oraccess to justice services, including UC, to adopt a modelpolicy limiting immigration enforcement to the fullest extentpossible consistent with federal/state law, and whichamong other things and subject to exceptions, prohibits lawenforcement agencies from using resources for immigrationenforcement purposes. Requires joint law enforcement taskforce reporting, and notification to the FBI of specifiedparole release schedules.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 56 (Alquist)Creates the California Health Benefits Service Program toexpand cost-effective public health coverage options to theuninsured and purchasers of health insurance.


In Senate. To unfinishedbusiness. (Veto)

SB 58 (Cannella)Prohibits mandatory systemwide UC, CSU, and CCCstudent fees/tuition from exceeding the 2011-12 levelduring the 2013-14 through 2018-19 fiscal years, pursuantto Prop 30. (AB 67) (Two-Year Bill)



Oppose (04/29/13)

SB 64 (Corbett)Creates the Clean Technology Investment Account, fundedby annual budget appropriation from the GHG ReductionFund or other funds, to provide grants to nonprofit publicbenefit corporations and regional technology alliances toimplement programs that accelerate development oftransformative technologies that reduce GHG emissionsand foster job creation.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



SB 65 (Leno)Budget Act of 2013 (AB 73) (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy

From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time and amended.Re-referred to Com. on B. &F.R.

Pending

SB 67 (Price)Requires all state agencies, departments, boards, andcommissions to establish and achieve an annual goal of25% small business participation in state procurements andcontracts (AB 309 '09)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Set, second hearing. Held incommittee and undersubmission.

SB 68 (Lara)Requests UC, and requires CSU and CCC to exempt astudent, other than a nonimmigrant alien, from nonresidenttuition if the student has three or more years of attendance,or attainment of equivalent credits earned while inCalifornia, at California elementary, secondary, or adultschools, CCC campuses, or a combination thereof, and ifthe student graduates from a California high school orattains the equivalent, attains an associate degree from aCCC campus, or fulfills minimum transfer requirements forUC/CSU for students transferring from CCC campuses.(SB 1503 '04, AB 153 '03, AB 540 '01)

Staff: Karen French


Support (06/19/17)Support (08/25/17)Support (09/11/17)Support (09/12/17)

SB 69 (Leno)Budget Act of 2015. (AB 103)

Staff: Sandy Fried


Pending

SB 72 (Mitchell )Budget Act of 2017 (AB 96)

Staff: Kieran Flaherty


Pending



SB 73 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)Budget Act of 2011: Trigger: Health and Human ServicesProvisions



Pending

SB 75 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Budget Trailer Bill - Health (UC Named) (AB 94)



Pending

SB 77 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Health trailer bill. (AB 82)


Withdrawn from committee.(Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page1983.) Ordered to thirdreading. Amendments byAssembly Member BethGaines tabled on motion byAssembly Member John A.PÃ©rez. (Ayes 54. Noes 22.Page 2014.) Amendments byAssembly Member Grovetabled on motion byAssembly Member Atkins.(Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page2016.)

Pending

SB 80 (Wieckowski)Requires a state agency, upon determining that a project isexempt from CEQA, to file a notice of that determinationwith the Office of Planning and Research, and requires alead agency to post specified notices on its Website andvia email upon request.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Last day to considerGovernorâ€™s vetopursuant to Joint Rule 58.5.

Pending

SB 81 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Budget Trailer Bill - Higher Education (UC Named) (AB108)

Staff: Sandy Fried


Pending



SB 86 (Budget and Fiscal Review Cmte)Appropriates $1.855M to the San Joaquin Valley MedicalProgram. The program shall enroll 48 students. Thesefunds shall be available for expenditure through 6/30/17.

Staff: Sandy Fried

2016 Mar. 07 Ordered toinactive file on request ofSenator Leno.

Pending

SB 88 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Authorizes UC to pledge its annual GF supportappropriation, less certain amounts, to secure the paymentof its general revenue bonds or commercial paperassociated with the general revenue bond program;authorizes UC to fund debt service for capital expendituresfrom its GF support appropriation; authorizes UC to fundpay-as-you-go capital outlay projects from its GF supportappropriation; establishes the Middle Class ScholarshipProgram. (AB 94)

Staff: Jason Murphy

From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time and amended.Re-referred to Com. onBUDGET. (Corrected June15.)

Pending

SB 90 (Steinberg)Relates to Medi-Cal: Makes inpatient hospital rate freezesinoperative, Relates to demonstration project for seniors,disabled persons, and children with special health careneeds, Provides for reduced disproportionate sharehospital replacement payments, fee-for-service rates, QAF,and extensions of requirements for hospitals at risk ofcollapse. (Related to AB 113)



Pending

SB 92 (Aanestad)2009 Healthcare Restoration Act: various health carereform options for affordability, access, safety, and choice.






SB 93 (Budget and Fiscal Review Cmte)Appropriates $11M to fund research on reducing carbonemissions; Grants shall be issued on a competitive basis toinstitutions, including UC, CSU, federal researchlaboratories, and private non-profit colleges anduniversities. (AB 109)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

Pending

SB 96 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Requires the State Energy Resources Conservation andDevelopment Commission, in administering moneys in thefund for research, development, and demonstrationprograms, to develop and administer the EPIC program forthe purpose of awarding funds to projects that may lead totechnological advancement and breakthroughs toovercome barriers that prevent the achievement of thestate' s statutory energy goals and that may result in aportfolio of projects that is strategically focused andsufficiently narrow to make advancement on the mostsignificant technological challenges.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Aug. 26From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.

Pending

SB 97 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Budget Bill Jr. (UC Named) (AB 123)

Staff: Sandy Fried


Pending

SB 98 (Budget and Fiscal Review Cmte)Extends the Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program untilJanuary 1, 2023. Requires UC, by January 1, 2022, if itelects to administer the program, to provide a report to theAssembly and Senate Committees on Health thataddresses various topics relating to the program, including,among other things, the number of cord blood unitscollected and registered under the program, disaggregatedby race and ethnicity. (AB 114)


Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET pursuant toAssembly Rule 97.

Pending



SB 100 (Price)Amends existing laws for licensure and regulation ofhealing arts practitioners and usage of title designations,amends laws relating to clinical licensure, States legislativeintent for periodic state inspection of peer review process ofacute care hospitals.



SB 101 (Corbett)Prohibits athlete agents from ownership or financial interestin entities that directly employ athletes in the same sportas a person the agent represents, limits prohibition onathlete agents dividing fees or receiving compensation tofees or compensation directly related to on-field activities ofathletes or other representation of the league, team, ororganization directly related to athlete employment.



Watch (03/18/11)

SB 103 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Requires the Director of the Office of Planning andResearch to administer a study to evaluate the admissionspolicies used by UC and CSU and determine the number ofstudents eligible for admission to those segments; requiresthe office to submit a report summarizing the methodologyand findings of this study to the Legislature and theGovernor by12/1/16; requires the Student Aid Commission,beginning with the 2016-17 academic year, to annuallyadjust annual income calculations to reflect changes in thecost of living for the Middle Class Scholarship Program.(AB 128)


2015 Sep. 22 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Chapter324, Statutes of 2015.

Pending

SB 104 (Budget and Fiscal Review Cmt)Drought Package: Takes various measures to provide fordrought relief. Operative only if AB 79 or SB 103 isenacted, amending the Budget Act of 2013. (Relates toGovernor Brown's Save Our Water Campaign)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Enrolled and presented tothe Governor at 1 p.m.

Pending



SB 110 (Fuller)Makes a person who, by any means, includingelectronically, willfully threatens unlawful violence toanother person to occur upon the grounds of a school,including a public university, with specific intent and undercertain circumstances, and that threat causes a disruptionat the school, guilty of a misdemeanor or felony punishableby imprisonment in a county jail for a specified term.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 114 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Reduces the 2017-18 appropriation for the UC MiddleClass Scholarship Program from $117M to $96M, Allowsthe use of UC funds from the Budget Act of 2016 foractivities to expand or accelerate economic developmentbe used to fund activities associated with research. (AB129)

Staff: Karen French


Pending

SB 115 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Appropriates $20M for immigration services funding forpayment to existing qualifying nonprofit organizations undercontract for work on behalf of clients involved in, applyingfor, or subject to, federal DACA status. (AB 130, AB 3)

Staff: Karen French


Pending

SB 117 (Hueso)Prohibits physicians/surgeons, including osteopaths, fromrecommending, prescribing, or providing integrative cancertreatment unless certain requirements are met, includingthat the treatment is recommended or prescribed afterinformed consent and that it meets the evidence basedmedical standard; specifies that noncompliance constitutesunprofessional conduct and cause for disciplinary action.(2-Year Bill)


From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time and amended.Re-referred to Com. on B., P.& E.D.

Pending



SB 119 (Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review)Funding for DACA services; Appropriates $1M to UC to beused for the California DREAM Program. (AB 134)

Staff: Karen French


Support (09/12/17)

SB 121 (Budget and Fiscal Review Cmte)Revises and recasts the Every Kid Counts (EKC) Act torequire the Student Aid Commission to distribute grants forchildren's savings account programs, and appropriates$3M to the Commission for this purpose. (AB 1175 '17)



Pending

SB 122 (Price)Allows BRN to approve a school of nursing that is affiliatedwith an institution of higher education and subject torequirements under the Ca Private PostsecondaryEducation Act of 2009 to grant nursing degrees, requiresBRN meetings to be held in northern and southernCalifornia, makes various changes related to healing artslicensing requirements. (SB 538 '11)




SB 124 (Leno)Prohibits a person confined in a juvenile facility who is animminent danger to himself, herself, or others as a result ofa mental disorder, or who is gravely disabled, from beingsubject to solitary confinement.


2015 Aug. 27 August 27hearing: Held in committeeand under submission.

Pending



SB 125 (Hernandez)CHBRP Reauthorization: Expands UC CHBRP analyses toinclude essential health benefits and the impact on theCalifornia Health Benefit Exchange, and assessments oflegislation impacting health insurance benefit design, costsharing, premiums, and other related topics; and allowssubmittal of analyses to legislative policy/fiscal committeeseither within 60 days or according to a timeline agreed toby the Legislature and CHBRP. Extends deadline for UC toreport to the Governor/Legislature on CHBRPimplementation until January 1, 2017, and extends theCHBRP/Fund sunset date until June 30, 2017, to berepealed January 1, 2018. Also, extends plan/insurerannual enrollment periods from November 1, of thepreceding calendar year, to January 31 of the benefit year.



Neutral (02/19/15)

SB 126 (Steinberg)Extends health coverage for pervasive developmentaldisorder/autism until January 1, 2017.



Watch (03/21/13)

SB 128 (Wolk)Enacts the End of Life Option Act (Right-to-Die,Aid-in-Dying, Assisted Death Bill) (SB 128)


2015 Jul. 07 July 7 set forsecond hearing canceled atthe request of author.

Pending

SB 131 (Cannella)Appropriates $1.855M for UC San Joaquin Valley PRIMEexpansion. (AB 174'15, SB 841'14, AB 2232'14)



Not Taking A Position(03/24/15)Not Taking A Position(04/22/15)



SB 133 (Hernandez)Requires health care service plans to include notice of theprocess to obtain continuity of care in disclosure forms andevidence of coverage.



Neutral (04/10/17)Watch (04/20/17)Not Taking A Position(08/29/17)

SB 134 (Hernandez)Relates to the Affordable Care Act.



Neutral (05/04/17)Watch (06/08/17)

SB 135 (Padilla)Requires OES, UC, Caltech, CA Geological Survey, USGeological Survey, and others to develop a comprehensivestatewide earthquake early warning system through apublic private partnership and to develop an approvalmechanism to review standards compliance. Makesprovisions contingent upon OES identification of fundingsources, outside of state funds, by 1/1/16.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Support (04/03/13)

SB 136 (Hall)Authorizes projects at UCLA to be performed withuniversity employees if the value of the project does notexceed $100,000.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



SB 137 (Hernandez)Requires a health care service plan and certain insurersthat contract with provisions for alternative rates ofpayment, to publish and maintain a related providerdirectories, and to make such directories available on theplan's/ insurer's Website. Requires the development ofdirectory standards. Requires assurances of correctdirectory information and periodic updates. Requiresreimbursement for any amount paid for the difference ofin-network services. Authorize a plan/insurer to delaypayment or reimbursement owed to a provider or providergroup, as specified, upon failure to respond to attempts toverify information.



Watch (03/16/15)

SB 138 (Hernandez E)Specifies the manner in which a health care serviceplan/insurer is required to maintain confidentiality ofinformation regarding treatment of insured individuals thatinvolves sensitive services including those who are insuredor covered as dependents on another person's plan/policy.


Set, first hearing. Referred toAPPR. suspense file.

Pending

SB 139 (Galgiani)Authorizes synthetic cannabinoid compounds to beobtained and used for bona fide research, instruction, oranalysis if that possession and use does not violate federallaw.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 140 (Leno)Defines the term "smoking" for purposes of the STAKE Act.(SB 648'14)


2015 Jul. 08 July 8 set forfirst hearing. Held incommittee withoutrecommendation.

Pending



SB 141 (Correa)Requests UC, and requires CSU /CCC to exempt U.S.citizen students residing in a foreign country fromnonresident tuition if they: demonstrate financial need,have a deported/voluntarily departed parent and movedabroad as a result, lived in California immediately beforemoving abroad, attended a secondary school in the statefor three or more years, and is in their first academic yearas a matriculated student in California public highereducation. (Double-joined with SB 150)



Oppose (04/29/13)Oppose (05/16/13)Amend (08/01/13)

SB 142 (Jackson)Extends liability for wrongful occupation of real propertyand damages to a person who operates an unmannedaircraft/system less than 350 ft above ground level withinthe airspace overlaying the real property, without theexpress permission of the person/entity with legal authorityto grant access or without legal authority.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 146 (Wyland)Adds professional clinical counselors/trainees to UC, CSU,and CCC curriculum and state standards and expandsvarious other requirements for the profession, includingincreased applicant, licensee, and registrant fees forrescoring of exams or replacement or issuance ofcertificates or letters of good standing.



SB 147 (Hernandez)Authorizes an alternative payment methodology pilotproject, commencing no sooner than 7/1/16 , for federallyqualified health centers that agree to participate. (SB1081'14)



Watch (06/18/15)



SB 149 (Stone)Permits a manufacturer of an investigational drug,biological product, or device to make the product availableto eligible patients with an immediately life-threateningdisease or condition. (AB 159)



Concern (04/02/15)Cost (04/09/15)Neutral (06/23/15)

SB 151 (Hernandez)Extends applicability of the Stop Tobacco Access to KidsEnforcement Act to persons under 21 years of age.


2015 Jul. 08 July 8 set forfirst hearing canceled at therequest of author.

Pending

SB 152 (Hernandez)Requires that specified Department of Health CareServices reports be issued at least biannually and madepublic within 90 days.



Neutral (04/10/17)Watch (06/08/17)

SB 158 (Correa)Establishes the Regional Center Excellence in CommunityAutism Partnerships (RE CAP) program; authorizescontract with a UC or CSU campus serve as thecoordinating center to develop the program and establishimplementing guidelines as specified.



Pending

SB 161 (Wright)Requires health care service plan contracts and healthinsurance policies that cover cancer chemotherapytreatment to cover prescribed anticancer medicationsadministered orally on the same basis as they coverintravenously administered cancer medications.


Stricken from Senate file.



SB 166 (Steinberg)Requires health care service plan contracts/insurancepolicies to cover behavioral intervention therapy fortreatment of autism and related pervasive developmentaldisorders.



SB 169 (Jackson)Requires higher education institutions that receive statefunds for student financial assistance to, as a condition ofreceipt, comply with certain Title IX requirements and todesignate a sex equity coordinator or officer.

Staff: Jason Murphy



SB 171 (Hernandez)Implements various provisions governing Medicaidmanaged care plans. (UC Named) (AB 205)



Gov Sig Requested(09/17/17)Gov Sig Requested(09/27/17)

SB 172 (Portantino)Expands the definition of basic health care services toinclude standard fertility preservation services when amedically necessary treatment may directly or indirectlycause iatrogenic infertility. (AB 428 '11) (Two-year bill)



Watch (04/20/17)

SB 173 (Simitian)Requires health care practitioners that performmammographies to include in the mammography reportspecified information and, when applicable, a specifiednotice on breast density.





SB 174 (De Leon )Appropriates funding for expenditure from the CollegeAccess Tax Credit Fund for distribution to supplement CalGrant B access cost awards to bring those students' totalannual awards to not more than $5,000; operative only ifSB 798 is enacted and takes effect on or before 1/1/15.(SB 285 '13) (UC Named)


2014

Jan. 7Set for hearingJanuary 15.

Jan. 6From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on ED.2013

Feb. 14Referred to Com. on ED.

Feb. 6From printer. May beacted upon on or after March 8.

Feb. 5Introduced. Read firsttime. To Com. on RLS. forassignment. Toprint.

Neutral (06/05/14)

SB 175 (Huff )Requires agencies that employ peace officers and requiresthem to wear body-worn cameras to develop a policy onthe use of the body-worn cameras.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Aug. 31 Ordered toinactive file on request ofAssembly Member Calderon.

Pending

SB 180 (Florez)Requires every primary care clinic and general acute carehospital to enroll and participate in the California HealthAlert Network administered by the EmergencyPreparedness Office in the State Department of PublicHealth.



Pending



SB 181 (Liu)Prohibits resident undergraduate fee increases charged toUC/CSU students from being effective before 3 monthshave elapsed, requires Regents/Trustees to developmethodologies for adjustment of fees pursuant toprescribed procedure, applicable to UC, only if regentsadopt by resolution, requests UC regents to adopt policiesconsistent with this bill. (UC Named) (SB 969 '10) (2-Yr Bill)



Pending

SB 183 (Lara)Prohibits federal immigration enforcement agents, officers,or personnel from entering a building owned, leased, oroccupied by the state, a public school, or a CCC campus toperform surveillance, make an arrest, or question anindividual therein, without a valid federal warrant, and limitstheir activities therein with a warrant to the individual who isthe subject of the warrant. (UC Named) (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French

In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Pending

SB 185 (Hernandez E)Authorizes UC and requires CSU to consider race, gender,ethnicity, and national origin for admissions, requests UCand requires CSU to submit related report to Legislatureand Governor. (UC Named) (AB 2047'10-Vetoed)


Consideration of Governor'sveto stricken from file. Vetosustained.

Neutral (04/20/11)

SB 190 (Wright)Authorizes licensed gambling establishments to conductwagering on professional and collegiate sports or athleticevents, other than those taking place in California or inwhich any California college team participates. (SB 1390'12)


Held in committee and undersubmission.

Con/Info (04/22/13)



SB 191 (Beall)Authorizes a county, or a qualified provider in the countymental health plan network, and a local educational agencyto form a partnership to create a program that includestargeted interventions for pupils with identifiedsocial-emotional, behavioral, and academic needs, and anagreement to establish a county operated/contractedMedi-Cal mental health and substance use disorderprovider for mental health services. (Two-year bill)



Watch (02/28/17)

SB 192 (Beall)Establishes and administers a grant program thatdistributes funds from a new Mental Health ServicesReversion Fund to counties to fund prevention and earlyintervention or innovative programs that are consistent withmental health funding priorities established by theLegislature and the Mental Health Services Act (Prop. 63).



Pending

SB 195 (Liu)States legislative intent that postsecondary educationbudget/policy decisions adhere to 3 goals (1-improvestudent access/success, 2-better align degrees/credentials,3-ensure effective, efficient use of resources to increaseoutcomes and maintain affordability, as evidenced byreduced time to degree, control of costs, and maintenanceof low fees), and that metrics be developed/adopted. (UCNamed) (SB 721 '12, AB 2 '10, AB 218 '09)



Support If Amended(08/09/13)Gov Sig Requested(09/17/13)

SB 196 (Corbett)Makes changes to how hospitals provide notice when theyintend to eliminate or reduce of emergency services.


Stricken from Senate file.



SB 199 (Hernandez)Requires the Secretary of California Health and HumanServices, in furtherance of the goal of creating theCalifornia Health Care Cost, Quality, and Equity Atlas, toconvene an advisory committee composed of a broadspectrum of health care stakeholders and experts. (SB1159 '16)




SB 201 (Skinner)Amends HEERA to provide collective bargaining rights toUC student employees, including GSRs, whoseemployment is contingent on their status as students. (AB1834 '14, SB 259' 13, SB 259 '11)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Oppose (08/31/17)Gov Veto Requested(09/29/17)

SB 203 (Monning )Establishes the Sugar-Sweetened Beverages SafetyWarning Act.



Watch (03/24/15)

SB 208 (Steinberg)Establishes pilot projects providing health care toMedi-Cal/Medicare dual eligibility beneficiaries;demonstration projects for seniors and disabled personsand children; submittal of data by Medi-Cal managementcare plans measuring rate, performance and quality; StateChidren's Services Act model health care delivery systems;Health Care Coverage Initiative; and coverage expansionand enrollment.



Pending (06/17/10)



SB 209 (Lieu)Relates to income taxes exclusions.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Aug. 12Set, first hearing.Referred to REV. & TAX.suspense file. Fromcommittee: Do pass andre-refer to Com. on APPR.(Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Pending

SB 212 (Pavley)Expresses legislative intent to enact legislation thatexpands, and increases funding for, the AssumptionProgram of Loans for Education.



Pending

SB 220 (Yee)Requires health care service plan contracts and healthinsurance policies by 9/23/10 to cover, and not imposecost-sharing requirements, for certain preventive servicesconsistent with federal law; contracts and policiesprocessed by 1/1/11 to cover tobacco cessation treatment;requests UC-CHBRP report to determine state savings.



SB 222 (Hernandez)Suspends Medi-Cal on the date a person is no longer aninmate of a public institution or is no longer otherwiseeligible, and requires development of a simplified annualrenewal process. (Two-year bill)



Watch (03/24/17)

SB 224 (Walters)Expands statewide screenings of newborns in OrangeCounty to include Krabbe disease.



Watch (04/11/13)



SB 225 (Wieckowski)Revises definition of biohazard bag and limits application ofthe requirement that film bags used for transport be markedand certified by the manufacturer as having passedspecified tests only to those film bags that are used fortransport from the generator's facility onto roadways andinto commerce to a treatment and disposal facility. Revisesrequirements for biohazard bags used to collect medicalwaste within a facility, requires a hazardous wastetransporter that transports medical waste. to maintain atracking document in compliance with specifiedrequirements for purposes of tracking medical waste fromthe point when the waste leaves the generator facility untilthe waste receives final treatment.



Watch (07/02/15)

SB 227 (Alquist)Relates to the MRMIP: Requires a health care service planand a health insurer to elect to either accept for coverageat rates set my MRMIB persons eligible for MRMIP thathave been assigned to the plan or insurer by MRMIBregardless of health status or previous health care claimsexperience. claims experience.



SB 229 (Knight)Expresses intent to enact legislation to address studentfinancial aid fraud.


Referred to Com. on RLS. Pending



SB 233 (Pavley)Expands definition of emergency services and care toinclude other appropriate licensed persons acting withintheir scope of licensure under supervision of physician/surgeon; authorizes treating physician/surgeon to requestto communicate directly with consulting physician/surgeon,and require s consulting physician/surgeon to examine andtreat patient in person upon determination that it ismedically necessary.



Watch (06/30/11)

SB 236 (Nguyen)As a condition for receiving budget funding, prohibits UCfrom providing state-funded financial assistance to anundergraduate who, absent of financial assistance, isstatutorily required to pay tuition/fees at a higher rate thanresidents and freezes tuition/fees at 2018-19 levels fromthe 2018?19 through 2022?23 academic years, and capsout-of-state undergraduates at 10% of the incomingundergraduate class at each campus. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French

Returned to Secretary ofSenate pursuant to JointRule 62(a).

Oppose (04/12/17)

SB 238 (De Leon)Requires the court to suspend, or where appropriate,revoke the privilege of a person to conduct the business ofan athlete agent if the person is convicted of a violation ofthe Miller-Ayala Athlete Agents Act.



Support (03/30/11)Support (06/03/11)

SB 239 (Hernandez E)Imposes hospital quality assurance fee on certain generalacute care hospitals for deposit into the Hospital QualityAssurance Revenue Fund, to cover children's health carecoverage and supplemental payments for certain servicesto private hospitals, and increased capitation payments forMedi-Cal managed care plans; requires Web posting ofrelated information; also relates to construction payments.


From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time and amended.Re-referred to Com. onHEALTH.




SB 240 (Yee)Permits a vote by mail voter to return his/her voted vote bymail ballot to the elections official from whom it came at avote by mail ballot drop off location.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 241 (Evans)Enacts the Oil Severance Tax Law and creates theCalifornia Higher Education Fund (CHEF); imposes an oiland gas severance tax to appropriate revenues to fund UC,CSU, CCC, Parks and Recreation. (Two-Year Bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Support in Concept(04/24/13)

SB 243 (Hernandez)Requires claims for payments pursuant to the Medi-Calinpatient hospital reimbursement methodology to beincreased, and prohibits the 10% reduction on providerpayments for dates of service on/after 6/1/11. Requirespayments for medical care services rendered byfee-for-service Medi-Cal providers to not be less than 100%of the payment rate applicable to those services asestablished by Medicare, for both fee-for-service andmanaged care plans, and requires these provisions to beimplemented only to the extent permitted by federal lawand that federal financial participation is available. (AB366'15, AB 1805'14)



Neutral (03/25/15)

SB 244 (Lara)Establishes that personal information collected/obtained byeducational entities, including UC, for purposes of providingspecified educational services and benefits is confidential,and only maintained to administer the publicservices/programs for which that information wascollected/obtained, and prohibits disclosure to any otherperson, except as provided. (SB 68, SB 173)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Amend (06/22/17)



SB 247 (Lara)Encourages UC to establish undocumented studentsupport services that include state and institutional financialaid assistance, academic counseling, referral services, andon-campus Dream Centers.



Pending

SB 249 (Leno)Authorizes local health officer and DPH to access reportsof HIV infection that are electronically submitted by labspursuant to existing law; authorizes local public healthagency staff to further disclose acquired information to theHIV positive person of record or their provider; authorizesDPH to share health records on diagnosis, care, andHIV/AIDS treatment relative to a beneficiary enrolled infederal Ryan White Act funded programs who may beeligible under PPACA.



Pending

SB 250 (Wolk)Creates the Olive Oil Commission of California to conductresearch for specified purposes and makerecommendations accordingly, and authorizes it to charge producers an annual assessment not exceeding a specifiedamount or the reasonable costs of implementation, and toexpend those funds for purposes of implementing the bill

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 259 (Bates)Amends the Health Care Professional Disaster ResponseAct. (AB 317'15)



Watch (03/24/15)



SB 260 (Monning)Repeals the contracting counties exemption from theKnox-Keene Act (Act) for purposes of carrying outcontracts for county organized health systems (COHS) toprovide services under Medi-Cal and deletes relatedexemptions; deems a COHS to be a health care serviceplan as of specified dates and subject to the Act.


2015 Sep. 09Reconsideration granted.Ordered to inactive file onrequest of Assembly MemberBonta.

Pending

SB 264 (Pavley)Requires an accountable care organization to have aclinical laboratory testing advisory board to recommendtesting guidelines that may be adopted.



Watch (03/21/13)

SB 265 (Lara)States intent to enact legislation to ensure clear, consistentpractices for electronic textbooks for college and universitystudents.



SB 266 (Lieu)Requires a body awarding a contract for a public work tofurnish, within 10 days after receipt of a written requestfrom the Labor Commissioner, a copy of the valid notice ofcompletion for the public work or a document evidencingthe awarding body's acceptance of the public work on aparticular date, whichever occurs later. Requires awardingbody to notify appropriate office of Labor Commissioner if,at the time of receipt of the Labor Commissioner's writtenrequest, there has been no valid notice of completion filedby awarding body in the office of the county recorder, andno document evidencing awarding body's acceptance ofthe public work on a particular date. If awarding body failsto timely furnish Labor Commissioner with applicabledocument, the bill requires that the period for service ofassessments be tolled until the Labor Commissioner'sreceipt of the applicable document.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014

Jan. 6From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on APPR. Withdrawn fromcommittee.

Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

Pending



SB 270 (Alquist)Relates to medical information.



SB 274 (Wyland)Sets forth provisions that certain healing arts practitionersengage in their practice when they perform services forremuneration in any form, including donations, revises andrecasts provisions relating to clinical counselor trainees,interns, and applicants, and instead provides thatexperience shall not be gained as an independentcontractor, requires clinical counselor interns whenapplying for licensure as a professional to show proof ofemployment or as volunteer by providing copies of W-2 oremployer letter.



SB 276 (Corbett)Requires a general acute care hospital that is approved toprovide cardiac catheterization laboratory service todevelop, maintain, and implement certain policies andprocedures.


Re-referred to Com. on RLS.pursuant to Assembly Rule77.2.

Watch (06/22/12)

SB 277 (Pan)Eliminates exemption from existing specified immunizationrequirements based on personal beliefs, but allowsexemption from future immunization requirements deemedappropriate by DPH for medical reasons or personalbeliefs. Narrows authorization for temporary exclusion froma school/institution to apply only to a child exposed to aspecified disease and whose immunization documentationdoes not show proof of immunization against measles,mumps, and pertussis. Provides for specifiedexceptions/exemptions.



Pending



SB 282 (Yee)Extends Confidentiality of Medical Information Act torequire that an authorization to disclose medicalinformation accompany a 'demand for settlement' or 'offerto compromise' issued on a patient's behalf prior to aformal 'service of a complaint' in any action arising out ofthe professional negligence of licensed marriage and familytherapist.



Pending

SB 284 (De Leon)Establishes the College Access Tax Credit and Fund forwhich 60% of a taxpayer's contribution is allocated forawarding Cal Grants, not to exceed $500M/yr.; operativeonly if SB 285 is enacted. (SB 1356 '12)



Neutral (04/18/13)

SB 285 (De Leon)Appropriates funding for expenditure from the CollegeAccess Tax Credit fund for distribution to students tosupplement Cal Grant B access cost awards to bring thosestudents' total annual awards for access costs to not morethan $5,000 and to defray administrative costs associatedwith implementation. (Operative only if SB 284 is enacted)



Pending

SB 286 (Hertzberg )Implements a 2nd phase-in period to expand the directaccess program to allow 8,000 GWh over a period of threeyears. (AB 1350 '13)

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Aug. 11 August 11hearing. Held in committeeand under submission.

Support (04/20/15)Not Taking A Position(07/02/15)Support (07/13/15)



SB 288 (Hernandez )Amends an existing law establishing the California HealthBenefit Exchange and provides for a Small BusinessHealth Options Program. Changes the name of the SHOPProgram to the Covered California for Small BusinessExchange.



Watch (06/08/17)

SB 289 (Mitchell )Requires a health care service plan or a health insurer, withrespect to plan contracts and policies on/after 1/1/17, tocover telephonic and electronic patient managementservices provided by a physician or non-physician providerand reimburse those services based on complexity andtime expenditure. Provides that a plan or insurer is notrequired to reimburse separately for specified telephonic orelectronic visits, including a telephonic or electronic visitprovided as part of a bundle of services reimbursed in aspecified manner. (AB 1771'14)



Neutral (04/23/15)

SB 290 (Knight)Makes one-year exemption from payment of nonresidenttuition applicable to a student enrolled, or intending toenroll, at a CCC campus, or as an undergraduate at a CSUcampus, who was a member of the U.S. Armed Forcesstationed in this state on active duty for more than one yearimmediately prior to being discharged if he or she files anaffidavit with the institution at which he or she is enrolled orintends to enroll, stating that he or she intends to establishresidency in California as soon as possible, and uses thisexemption within 2 years of being discharged; requests UCto enact regulations and procedures that exempt fromnonresident tuition students of that university who meet therequirements applicable to students of CCC and CSUunder the bill.


From committee: Do pass asamended and re-refer toCom. on APPR. (Ayes 9.Noes 0.) (August 13).

Neutral (08/08/13)Gov Sig Requested(09/13/13)



SB 293 (Padilla)Makes changes to requirements for private/public works ofimprovement timeframe for payment disbursement,preliminary notice compliance, and limitations on retentionproceeds and progress payments. (AB 2216 '10) (UCNamed)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 294 (Hernandez)Authorizes a hospice licensee to provide any authorizedinterdisciplinary hospice services, including palliative care,to a patient who has a serious illness.




SB 295 (De Le?n )Extends the College Access Tax Credit Fund to taxableyears beginning before January 1, 2018. (SB 284'13; SB285'13)



Neutral (06/17/15)

SB 299 (Monning)Exempts from notarization requirements any provider thatchooses electronic Medi-Cal enrollment. Relates todesignation of a provider as a "high" categorical risk.



Pending

SB 301 (Liu)Expresses intent to enact legislation to create theK-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2014 toauthorize an unspecified sum of state GO bonds to financeschool districts, county superintendents of schools, countyboards of education, CCC, UC, Hastings, and CSU toconstruct and modernize education facilities. (AB 41 '12,AB 331 'll) (Two-Year Bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy




SB 306 (Torres )Makes technical, non-substantive changes to provisions ofthe Nursing Practice Act, with regard to the licensure andregulation of registered nurses by the Board of RegisteredNursing.


2014

Jan. 13From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on B.,P.& C.P.

Watch (03/13/14)

SB 307 (Nguyen)Requests UC to convene a task force of UC, CSU, andCCC representatives to conduct a study on housinginsecurity and homelessness of current postsecondarystudents and prospective applicants.

Staff: Karen French


Watch (06/22/17)

SB 311 (Alquist)Requires the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board toapply the Medicaid prospective payment system to servicesprovided under the program by federally qualified healthcenters and rural health clinics and would authorize theboard to adopt emergency regulations to implement thatrequirement.



SB 315 (Monning )Creates the California Health Access Model Program TwoAccount for administering a 2nd competitive grant selectionprocess to fund one or more projects designed todemonstrate specified new or enhanced cost effectivemethods of delivering quality health care services toimprove access to quality health care for vulnerablepopulations or communities. Transfers up to $3M from theCa. Health Facilities Financing Authority HospitalEquipment Loan Program Fund to the account for purposesof the bill. Operative only if AB 648 is enacted.

Staff: Steve Juarez

2015 Sep. 08 Ordered toinactive file on request ofAssembly Member Holden.

Pending



SB 316 (Alquist)Amends Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act toincreases the size of the group of purchasers to whichwritten disclosures shall be made from 25 to 50.


To Com. on HEALTH. Watch

SB 320 (Leyva)Requires each public university student health center tooffer abortion by medication techniques.



Concern (04/19/17)

SB 323 (Hernandez)Amends the Nursing Practice Act regarding NursePractitioners (NPs), including authorization for nationalcertified NPs to practice without physician/surgeonsupervision, inclusion of NP under the definition of licenseeand licentiate, and Board of Registered Nursing review anddisciplinary actions on NP convictions for violations ofprohibitions, and disclosure of reports as specified.Prohibits entities in specified settings from interfering with,controlling, or otherwise directing the professional judgmentof such a nurse practitioner. (SB 491'14)


2016 Jun. 28 June 28 set forfinal hearing canceled at therequest of author.

Support (04/13/15)Support (05/07/15)Support (06/20/16)

SB 326 (Nguyen)Requires, for fiscal year 2018-19 and thereafter, that$117M or the total General Fund (GF) appropriation forfiscal year 2017-18 for the Middle Class Scholarship (MCS)Program, whichever is larger, be appropriated from the GFand transferred to the MCS Fund, and requires on/afterJuly 1, 2018, continuous appropriation of the funds to theStudent Aid Commission for allocation for the MCSprogram. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending



SB 331 (Jackson)Expands definition of "domestic violence victim serviceorganization" to include a public/private institution of highereducation, thereby expanding the scope of domesticviolence privilege. (UC Sponsor)

Staff: Jason Murphy


SponsorSupport (03/14/17)Support (05/01/17)Support (06/06/17)Support (07/05/17)Gov Sig Requested(08/01/17)

SB 335 (Hernandez E)Imposes a quality assurance fee, on certain general acutecare hospitals, for the period of July 1, 2011, throughDecember 31, 2013. This bill would require that the moneycollected from the quality assurance fee be deposited intothe Hospital Quality Assurance Revenue Fund.



Watch (06/30/11)Support (08/22/11)

SB 336 (De Leon)Requires hospitals to determine range of crowding scoresfor its emergency department and calculate and record acrowding score every 4 hours. (AB 911 '09)


In Senate. Consideration ofGovernor's veto pending.


SB 337 (Pavley)Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act to require thatthe medical record for each patient episode of care identifythe supervising physician/surgeon, and establishes analternative medical records review mechanism.






SB 345 (Bradford)Requires local law enforcement agencies to conspicuouslypost on their Websites all current standards, policies,practices, operating procedures, and education and trainingmaterials that would otherwise be available to the public if arequest was made pursuant to the Public Records Act.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 346 (Glazer)Establishes the Student Success and On-time CompletionFund in the State Treasury.

Staff: Karen French

July 11 set for first hearing.Failed passage in committee.(Ayes 5. Noes 3.)Reconsideration granted.

Pending

SB 347 (Jackson)Enacts the State Remote Piloted Aircraft Act, whichprohibits operating a remote piloted aircraft in any numberof specified manners and requires operators of remotepiloted aircrafts to maintain adequate liability insurance orproof of financial responsibility

Staff: Jason Murphy

June 27 set for first hearingcanceled at the request ofauthor.

Pending

SB 349 (Lara)Establishes minimum staffing requirements for chronicdialysis clinics, and minimum transition times betweenpatients receiving services.



Not Taking A Position(04/10/17)Cost (08/29/17)



SB 351 (Hernandez E)Requires a diagnosis and billing outlier hospital andhospital affiliated with a diagnosis and billing outlier healthsystem to notify the patient/payers of that status and thatthe hospital's total billed charges may be subject toadjustment as specified, and makes noncompliance afelony/misdemeanor. Requires OSHPD to assign eachhospital a separate diagnosis and billing indicator rate for 4disorders (Severe Malnutrition, Acute Heart Failure,Encephalopathy, Autonomic Nerve Disorder) and calculatethat rate for each of those disorders, and post this info onits Website. Requires DPH to contract with independentmedical review organizations, or DMHC to conduct reviewsthat a patient/payer could request within one year ofreceiving a bill, and requires a written decision; requires ahospital to adjust any charges necessary in accordancewith the written decision within 30 days, and subjects ahospital that fails comply to a daily $100 civil penalty.



Watch (04/11/13)

SB 352 (Pavley)Relates to existing law which requires that servicesperformed by a medical assistant be in a specified clinicwhen under the specific authorization of a physicianassistant, nurse practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife.


In Senate. Concurrence inAssembly amendmentspending.

Pending

SB 357 (Hueso)Creates a Mexico City trade and investment office thatwould facilitate access to educational exchange programsbetween California and Mexico.

Staff: Karen French


Pending

SB 359 (Mitchell )Enacts the California Mathematics Placement Act of 2015.






SB 360 (DeSaulnier)Expands Controlled Substance Utilization Review andEvaluation System (CURES) to add requirements forsecurity printer information contained on prescription forms;tracking and identifying customers; health care practitioneraccess to information; auditing; and assessing penaltyfees.



Watch (06/30/11)

SB 361 (Padilla)Requires Secretary of State to annually inform UC, CSU,CCC, and high schools, that voter registration forms areavailable from the Secretary of State and to provide formsupon request.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Aug. 20From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time and amended.Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Pending

SB 362 (Vidak )Requires a report submitted to the Legislature by UC, CSU,or CCC to be delivered to the Senate and Assembly budgetsubcommittees on education, the appropriate Senate andAssembly higher education policy committees, the LAO,the Governor, and the Department of Finance.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 367 (Wolk)Revises and recasts provisions regarding the ScientificAdvisory Panel on Environmental Farming; UCAppointment.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 368 (Maldonado)Authorizes the Office of Health Information Integrity to auditof a health care provider's procedures and records at anytime to determine compliance with the Confidentiality ofMedical Information Act.





SB 370 (Wolk)Allows health care providers, health care plans, and otherspecified entities to include a patient's or client's height,weight, and body mass index, and other patient/clientinformation of public health importance in the list ofinformation that may be disclosed to local healthdepartments operating countywide or regionalimmunization information and reminder systems.



Watch (03/24/14)

SB 374 (Newman)Requires large group, individual, and small group healthinsurance policies to provide all covered mental health andsubstance use disorder benefits in compliance with thoseprovisions of federal law governing mental health parity.



Pending

SB 376 (Lara)Requires a bidder, to qualify as a lowest responsible bidderor best value awardee, to certify in writing to the Universityof California (UC) that the bid includes a total employeecompensation package that is valued on a per-employeebasis at a level sufficient that it does not materiallyundercut the average per-employee value of totalcompensation for UC employees who perform comparablework at the relevant campus, medical center, or laboratoryat which the bidder proposes to perform the work; requiresthe UC to include in its request for proposals a calculationof the average per-employee value of total compensationfor UC employees who perform comparable work at therelevant location; remove personal services from the lowestresponsible bidder requirement exemption and wouldrequire contracts for services involving an expenditureexceeding $100,000 annually to include any renewals orextensions of the contract that will also result in anexpenditure exceeding $100,000 annually.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Oppose (09/11/14)Oppose (04/15/15)Oppose (05/01/15)Oppose (05/29/15)Oppose (07/01/15)Oppose (07/08/15)Oppose (08/18/15)Oppose (09/02/15)Oppose (09/03/15)Oppose (09/04/15)Oppose (09/08/15)Oppose (09/09/15)Oppose (09/10/15)Gov Veto Requested(09/21/15)



SB 379 (Hancock)Requires an early college high school or middle collegehigh school charter school, for purposes of calculatingaverage daily attendance for classroom-based instructionapportionments, to offer at least 80% of the instructionaltime at a charter school site, and to require an 11th/12thgrader who is also enrolled in classes at UC/CSU or pupilswho are also special part time community college students,to attend the charter school for a minimum of 50% of theminimum number of minutes of instruction the charterschool is required to offer in a fiscal year. Requires an earlycollege high school or middle college high school charterschool student who is not enrolled at UC/CSU or who is nota special part time community college student, to attend thecharter school for a minimum of 67% of the minimumnumber of minutes of instruction the charter school isrequired to offer in a fiscal year. Requires annual audits onthese requirements. (SB 1316 '11)


From committee: Do pass.(Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August14).

Pending

SB 380 (Allen )Expresses intent to enact legislation to establish theTopline Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program,administered by the Student Aid Commission, to makefunds available to students at public postsecondaryeducational institutions who graduated in the top 5% oftheir secondary school classes and have committed toteaching in public secondary schools for a specifiednumber of years.


2016 May. 10 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Chapter14, Statutes of 2016.

Pending

SB 382 (Pan)Creates the California Mosquito Surveillance and ResearchProgram Account, and appropriates $2M GF and requiresthat $1.5M be used to fund the California VectorborneDisease Surveillance System, known as CalSurv, asspecified. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



SB 388 (Lieu)Provides that if an interrogation focuses on matters thatmay result in punitive action against a public safety officeror firefighter who is not formally under investigation, but isinterviewed regarding the investigation of another publicsafety officer or firefighter, the public safety officer orfirefighter being interviewed is entitled to representation, asspecified.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Set, second hearing.Testimony taken. Furtherhearing to be set.

Watch (04/02/13)

SB 389 (Berryhill )Enacts the Sustainable Environmental Protection Act andwould specify the environmental review required pursuantto CEQA for projects related to specified environmentaltopical areas.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 392 (Nguyen )Makes changes to existing law regarding the licensure andregulation of general acute care hospitals and other healthfacilities.



Watch (03/24/14)

SB 393 (Hernandez E)Establishes Patient-Centered Medical Home Act of 2011.(AB 1542 '09)



Pending



SB 399 (Portantino)Classifies qualified behavioral service providers as qualifiedautism service professionals. Specifies that the lack ofparent/caregiver participation shall not be used todeny/reduce medically necessary services if a hardshipinterferes with parent/caregiver participation, and that thesetting, location, or time of treatment not be used as theonly reason to deny medically necessary services.



Pending

SB 400 (Jackson)Relates to law prohibiting employers from taking adverseemployment actions against victims of domestic violencewho take time off from work. Extends protections to victimsof stalking; prohibits employer from discharging ordiscriminating against an employee or refusing to rehirebecause of employee's status as a victim of domesticviolence, sexual assault, or stalking if notice is provided tothe employer; requires providing reasonableaccommodations including safety measures.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 402 (De Leon)Requires perinatal hospitals to adopt, by 1/1/25, the "TenSteps to Successful Breastfeeding," per Baby FriendlyUSA/Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, or an alternateprocess adopted by a health care service plan that includesevidenced based policies and practices and targetedoutcomes, or the Model Hospital Policy Recommendations.




SB 407 (Morrell)Authorizes a health care provider to employ or contractlicensed midwives to provide comprehensive perinatalservices, and makes midwives eligible to serve ascomprehensive perinatal providers upon adoption ofregulations by the board.



Watch (03/24/15)



SB 408 (Morrell)Authorizes a midwife assistant to perform certain assistiveactivities under supervision of a licensed midwife, includingadministration of medicine, withdrawing of blood, andmidwife technical support services. Prohibits a midwifeassistant from being employed for inpatient care in alicensed general acute care hospital.



Watch (03/24/15)

SB 412 (Pan)Spot bill: Provisional licensing of clinics. (Two-year bill)



Pending

SB 416 (Kehoe)Requires the State Department of Public Health and theState Department of Health Care Services to collaboratewith UC to include specified information related to genderinto the California Health Interview Survey.



Amend (06/16/11)Neutral (06/30/11)

SB 420 (Walters)Requests UC to exempt every student who is a member, ora child of or dependent spouse of a member of the ArmedForces Reserve from nonresident tuition.



Pending



SB 424 (Pan)Provides that provisions prohibiting eavesdropping andrecording or intercepting certain communications do notprohibit any POST-certified police officer of a university orcollege campus acting within their scope of authority, fromoverhearing or recording any communication that he/shecould lawfully overhear or record prior to 1/1/68, in anycriminal investigation related to sexual assault or othersexual offensed. Provides that those provisions also shallnot prohibit those officers from using or operating bodycameras. Also states that these provisions shall not beused to impinge upon the lawful exercise of constitutionallyprotected rights of freedom of speech or assembly, or theconstitutionally protected right of personal privacy.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2015 Aug. 10 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Chapter159, Statutes of 2015.

Watch (05/07/15)

SB 431 (Emmerson)Expands regulation of pharmacy auditing and reporting ofhandling of dangerous drugs.



Watch (06/30/11)

SB 437 (Atkins)Spot bill: Relates to the Medi-Cal program and the FamilyPlanning, Access, Care, and Treatment Program.



Pending

SB 438 (Hill)Discontinues the requirement that funding sources for theStatewide Earthquake Early Warning System exclude theGeneral Fund and be limited to federal, revenue bond, andprivate source funds. Deletes the repeal and contingentoperation that the Office of Emergency Services (OES)develop the system. Establishes, within OES, the CaliforniaEarthquake Early Warning Program and Advisory Boardwhich includes the UC president or designee. (SB 135 '13)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (06/09/16)



SB 440 (Hertzberg)Reauthorizes the Breast Cancer Research Voluntary TaxContribution and Cancer Research Voluntary TaxContribution Funds through 1/1/25, and requests UC topost award funding and expenditure details on its Website.(UC Sponsor)



SponsorSupport (03/14/17)Support (06/07/17)Gov Sig Requested(09/07/17)Gov Sig Requested(09/07/17)

SB 442 (Calderon R)Expands hospital policy and procedure to provide fortranslation and interpreter services and recognition ofcultural needs of patients.



Watch (06/16/11)

SB 446 (Nguyen)Makes changes to Medi-Cal with regard to legislative intentto provide for health care for the elderly and others wholack sufficient annual income to meet health care costs.



Pending

SB 447 (Allen)Requires reimbursement for devices covered under theMedi-Cal and Family PACT Programs, and requires a clinicto bill theses programs at the Medi-Cal reimbursement ratefor contraceptive drugs, devices, and supplies. Requiresthe clinic dispensing fee to be determined by theDepartment of Health Care Services or by the differencebetween the actual acquisition cost and the Medi-Calreimbursement rate. Requires federal approval of stateplan amendments, and requires provider bulletins.



Neutral (04/02/15)



SB 448 (Galgiani)Adds uniformed peace officers of the Department of Fishand Wildlife, the Department of Parks and Recreation, theState Department of Developmental Services, and theState Department of State Hospitals, and a special agent ofthe Attorney General or any district attorney to the list oflaw enforcement officers to whom the eavesdropping andrecording or intercepting communications requirementsapply.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 454 (Corbett)Creates the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations OpenAccess Act.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Neutral (03/21/13)

SB 455 (Hernandez E)Requires, with respect to a patient classification system fordetermining nursing care requirement, that a committee foreach general acute care hospital review reliability of thesystem for validating staffing requirements at least annuallyto determine whether the it accurately measures patientcare needs; requires that at least 50% of the committeemembers be registered nurses who provide direct patientcare; requires that these nurses be appointed by thebargaining agent of the registered nurses, if any, and in theabsence of a bargaining agent, by the nursingadministrator; requires the remaining members of thecommittee to be appointed by the nursing administrator.(SB 1246 '12)






SB 456 (Pan)Authorizes a federally qualified health center or rural healthclinic to enter into an agreement with a public or privateentity willing and qualified to provide services that followthe patient. The bill would describe those entities eligible tocontract with an FQHC or RHC under the bill, and woulddefine "services that follow the patient" as services thatpromote continuity of care and contribute to overall patientwellness.


September 1 hearingpostponed by committee.

Pending

SB 457 (Bates)Requires licensed physicians/surgeons, midwives, andcertified nurses-midwifes only to: attend cases ofpregnancy and out-of-hospital childbirth under specifiedconditions, use a risk factor self-screening form, disclosespecified information and obtain patient consent, providespecified records and speak with the receivingphysician/surgeon about the labor up to the point oftransfer to a hospital, and submit specified forms toOSHPD. Require hospitals to report patient transfers toOSHPD within 30 days. (Two-year bill)



Pending

SB 458 (Gaines)Allows, for taxable years beginning on/after January 1,2015, and before January 1, 2017, a credit equal to acertain percentage of a contribution to the College AccessTax Credit Fund. Specifies that the aggregate amount ofcredit that may be allocated shall not exceed anunspecified sum for each calendar year, and requires theCalifornia Educational Facilities Authority to perform certainduties with regard to allocating and certifying the tax creditsallowed. (SB SB 284'13, SB 798'13)



Pending



SB 459 (Liu)States intent to enact legislation to require data collectedfrom state and county agencies pursuant to mandatoryreporting requirements to be shared among state agencies,authorizes state agencies to share data, between andamong state agencies, county agencies, local educationagencies, researchers, practitioners, and organizationsserving youth and families, consistent with state andfederal privacy and data protection laws, encourages theseagencies to cooperate to utilize data and develop protocolsfor exchanging information safely and securely.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 460 (de Leon)Enacts the California Internet Consumer Protection and NetNeutrality Act of 2018.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 464 (Hernandez)Authorizes a physician and surgeon, a registered nurseacting in accordance with the authority of the NursingPractice Act, a certified nurse-midwife acting within thescope of specified existing law relating to nurse-midwives,a nurse practitioner acting within the scope of specifiedexisting law relating to nurse practitioners, a physicianassistant acting within the scope of specified existing lawrelating to physician assistants, or a pharmacist actingwithin the scope of a specified existing law relating topharmacists to use a self screening tool that will identifypatient risk factors for the use of self-administeredhormonal contraceptives by a patient, and, after anappropriate prior examination, prescribe, furnish, ordispense, as applicable, self-administered hormonalcontraceptives to the patient.



Pending



SB 466 (Hill )Extends the repeal date of the Board of Registered Nursingto 1/1/18 and makes changes to the Nursing Practice Act.(SB 98'11)



Watch (03/24/15)

SB 472 (Nielsen)Enacts the Campus Free Expression Act. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending

SB 474 (Evans)Regulates indemnification agreements in privatecommercial and public works construction contracts so thatcontract and insurance requirements that shift indemnityaway from at-fault parties to non-fault parties are void andunenforceable.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 478 (Portantino)Requires CCC to direct the appropriate officials at theirrespective campuses to (1) identify students whocompleted an associate degree for transfer, (2) notifystudents of their completion of the degree requirements, (3)automatically award students with the degree, and (4) addthe student to an I.D. system at the end of each academicyear that can be accessed electronically by the chancellor,CSU and UC.

Staff: Karen French


Watch (07/06/16)



SB 482 (Lara)Requires health care practitioners who prescribe, order,administer, or furnish a controlled substance to consult theCURES database to review a patient's controlledsubstance history no earlier than 24 hours, or the previousbusiness day, before prescribing them a Schedule II, III, orIV controlled substance for the first time and at least onceevery four months thereafter if the substance remains partof the patient's treatment. Authorizes a health carepractitioner to provide a patient with a copy of the patient'sCURES patient activity report if no additional CURES datais provided, and prohibits a regulatory board whoselicensees do not prescribe, order, administer, furnish, ordispense controlled substances from obtaining data fromthe CURES database.




SB 483 (Glazer)Enacts the Higher Education Facilities Bond Act of 2018 forthe issuance of up to $2B in state GO bonds to aid UC andCSU for the construction and equipping of educationalfacilities, with one-half of the amount designated for UCand the Hastings College of the Law and the other halfdesignated for CSU. Requires funding requests to beaccompanied by the 5-year capital outlay plan of theuniversity, including a seismic retrofitting schedule. Providefor the submission of the bond act for the November 6,2018, statewide primary election. (SB 69 '05, AB 2999 '06,SB 1164 '06, ABX5 10 '03) (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Support (04/19/17)

SB 484 (Rubio)Amends PRA to include LAO and Legislature as authorizedinspectors of Dept of Corrections health care servicecontract negotiations information.

Staff: Jason Murphy




SB 487 (Pan)Amends The Medical Practice Act to provide that the awardor maintenance of hospital and/or clinical privileges shallnot be contingent upon participation in a program formaintenance of certification, and, in the case of a publichospital, that physicians and surgeons providing substantialdirect patient care may limit hospital committee votingrights on issues affecting such care to those physicians andsurgeons providing direct patient care.(Two-year bill)



Concern (03/24/17)

SB 491 (Hernandez E)Authorizes a nurse practitioner to perform those acts andcertain additional acts without physician supervision if thenurse practitioner meets specified experience andcertification requirements; requires a nurse practitioner torefer a patient to a physician and surgeon or other licensedhealth care provider under certain circumstances, andwould require specified nurse practitioners to maintain acurrent list of licensed health care providers most oftenused for the purposes of obtaining information or advice;requires a nurse practitioner practicing under theseprovisions to maintain professional liability insurance.


Aug. 14Read second timeand amended. Re-referred toCom. on APPR.

Support (05/09/12)

SB 492 (Hernandez E)Expands the scope of practice of optometrists to includeadministering immunizations and requires the Board ofOptometry to grant a certificate to an optometrist for theuse of immunizations if he/she meets certain requirements.Requires the board to set, by regulation, the fee for theissuance/renewal of a certificate for the use ofimmunizations, at the reasonable cost of regulating thecertified optometrists, not to exceed $100.






SB 493 (Hernandez E)Authorizes pharmacists to administer drugs and biologicalsordered by prescribers, and perform other specifiedfunctions; and authorizes a fee for issuance/renewal ofadvanced practice pharmacists not to exceed $300;operative only if SB 205 and this bill are chaptered andeffective by 1/1/14 and this bill is chaptered last.


From committee: Do passand re-refer to Com. onHEALTH. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.)(August 6). Re-referred toCom. on


SB 494 (Hill)Creates the California Earthquake Safety Fund and wouldrequire moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by theLegislature, be used for seismic safety andearthquake-related programs, including the earthquakeearly warning system described above; authorizes the fundto accept federal funds, funds from revenue bonds, localfunds, and funds from private sources for purposes ofcarrying out its provisions.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (04/23/15)

SB 495 (Yee)Makes legislative findings and declarations that UC/CSUshould make funding student health center clinics a prioritywhen allocating funds for student and campus services,and should consider additional compensation to physicianswho address student health care challenges at studenthealth centers in the respective segments.


In Assembly. Read first time.Held at Desk.




SB 496 (Wright)Creates exception in Government Claims Act for a claimalleging violation of Whistleblower Protection Act; revisesprovisions governing a formal hearing or investigation of awhistleblower complaint by the State Personnel Board;authorizes State Auditor investigation of impropergovernmental activity; regards related actions for damagesfor any acts of reprisal/retaliation; provides an exemptionfor actions from the claims requirements of the GovernmentClaims Act; and provides for decisions.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (04/18/13)

SB 497 (Walters)Amends the California Global Warming Solutions Act of2006 to require the State Air Resources Board to freelyallocate GHG emissions allowances to the UC, CSU andprivate colleges and universities for purposes of anymarket-based compliance mechanism adopted by theboard.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Set, second hearing. Failedpassage in committee. (Ayes3. Noes 6. Page 789.)Reconsideration granted.

Support (04/22/13)

SB 502 (Block)Informal Bid Limit: Raises the dollar threshold for the costof a project to $640K; requires UC, with respect to projectsthat do not require the application of all competitive biddingprovisions, to establish a procedure to qualify and rate abidder for work to be awarded when the cost of the projectexceeds $300K but does not exceed $640K.

Staff: Jason Murphy


SponsorSupport (04/24/13)Support (08/07/13)Support (06/12/14)Support (07/01/14)Gov Sig Requested(08/28/14)



SB 505 (Jackson)Requires law enforcement agencies to develop, adopt, andimplement written policies and standard protocolspertaining to the best manner to conduct a "welfare check,"when the inquiry into the welfare or well-being of theperson is motivated by a concern that the person may be adanger to himself or herself or to others; requires thosepolicies to encourage a peace officer, prior to conductingthe welfare check and whenever possible and reasonable,as specified, to conduct a search of the Department ofJustice Automated Firearms System via the California LawEnforcement Telecommunications System to determinewhether the person is the registered owner of a firearm.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014

June 10From committeewith author's amendments.Read second timeandamended. Re-referred toCom. on ED. 2013

Aug. 14Set, first hearing.Hearing canceled at therequest of author.

June 6Referred to Com. on ED.

May 30In Assembly. Readfirst time. Held at Desk.

May 29Read third time.Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.Page 1174.) Ordered totheAssembly.

May 28Read second timeand amended. Ordered tothird reading.

May 24From committee: Dopass as amended. (Ayes 5.Noes 2. Page 1015.)(May 23).

May 21Set for hearing May 23.

May 20Placed on APPR.suspense file.

May 15From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on APPR.


May 2Set, first hearing.Hearing canceled at therequest of author.


Apr. 26Set for hearing May 6.

Apr. 24Read second timeand amended. Re-referred toCom. on APPR.

Apr. 23From committee: Dopass as amended andre-refer to Com. on APPR.(Ayes 9. Noes 0.Page 484.) (April 10).

Apr. 1From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on ED.

Mar. 28Set for hearing April 10.

Mar. 27Hearing postponedby committee.




Feb. 21Introduced. Readfirst time. To Com. on RLS.for assignment. Toprint.

Pending

SB 516 (Fuller)Spot bill: Relates to the Medi-Cal disease managementwaiver. (Two-year bill)



Pending



SB 517 (Wyland)Establishes the Invigorating Science, Technology,Engineering, and Mathematics (iSTEM) TeacherPreparation Grant Program, to be administered by theStudent Aid Commission, to award grants to eligibleapplicants for tuition and student fees for programs ofprofessional preparation to the extent that funds areappropriated for this purpose in the annual Budget Act.



Pending

SB 518 (Leno)Amends the Respiratory Care Practice Act to, for intentpurposes, define overlapping functions under theRespiratory Care Practice Act to include providing therapy,management, rehabilitation, diagnostic evaluation, andcare for nonrespiratory-related diagnoses or conditions,provided certain requirements are met. Provides thatassociated aspects of cardiopulmonary and other systemsfunctions includes patients with deficiencies andabnormalities affected the heart and cardiovascularsystem. Provides a further definition of respiratory care.



Support (04/21/15)

SB 520 (Steinberg)Establishes the California Online Student Access IncentiveGrant programs as 3 separate programs under theadministration of UC, CSU and CCC, for each segmentrespectively, in consultation with their respective statewideacademic senates.


Referred to Com. onHIGHER ED.

Oppose (04/23/13)Oppose (04/29/13)Oppose (05/16/13)Oppose (07/05/13)Attachment (07/05/13)



SB 523 (Hernandez (D))Imposes a quality assurance fee for emergency medicaltransport in connection to ground emergency Medi-Caltransportation services.



Pending

SB 524 (Lara)Creates the Pathways Curriculum Task Force to developlearning goals and a K-12 pathways curriculum onopportunities in higher education, for transmittal to UCwithin 1 year of convening, and requires the task force, withcooperation from UC, CSU, and CCC, to create an annualprocess for the curriculum.


From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time and amended.Re-referred to Com. on ED.

Watch (04/18/13)

SB 525 (Nielsen)Amends the Respiratory Care Practice Act to: define"overlapping functions", provide that the scope of practiceincludes patients with deficiencies and abnormalitiesaffecting the heart and cardiovascular system, and expandthe scope of practice to include administration of medicalgases and pharmacological agents for the purpose ofinducing conscious or deep sedation under specifiedsupervision and direct orders and all forms of specified lifesupport.




SB 529 (Correa)Requests UC to compile information to update statestrategic plans on aging and long-term care by January 1,20 14 and periodically thereafter. (UC Named)



Pending



SB 534 (Hernandez E)Requires specified health care clinics to comply withprescribed federal certification standards effectiveimmediately preceding 1/1/13 - until DPH adoptsregulations for provision of services, and addressestemporary license suspensions for primary care clinics andhospice providers.



Watch (06/13/13)

SB 536 (Pan)Requires DOJ to make gun violence restraining orderinformation from the Ca. Restraining and Protective OrderSystem or any similar database available to researchersaffiliated with the Firearm Violence Research Center foracademic and policy research.(SB 1006 '16)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 538 (Price)Extends operation of Board of Registered Nursing throughJanuary 1, 2016.



Watch (03/22/11)

SB 539 (de Leon)Establishes the Community College Completion IncentiveGrant Program, under the administration of the chancellor,to create guided pathways, defined as comprehensive setsof community college programs and services focused onimproving student success.

Staff: Karen French

June 20 hearing postponedby committee.

Watch (07/13/17)

SB 543 (Price)Extends operation of various businesses and professionsboards through January 1, 2016 and extend operation ofpeer review report requirement and peer review oversightcommittee indefinitely.



Watch (03/22/11)



SB 544 (Price)Authorizes Dental Board to contract with collection agencyfor outstanding fees, fines, or cost recovery, and providesfor protection of personal information of persons owingmoney.



SB 546 (Hill)Requires that each time a veterinarian prescribes,administers, dispenses, or furnishes a dangerous drug orprescription medicine, unless in conjunction with surgeryduring an anesthetic procedure or emergency services, theveterinarian offer to provide the client with a consultationthat includes specified information. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 547 (Block)Requires academic senates of UC, CSU, and CCC tojointly develop and identify online high demand transferablelower division courses.



Support If Amended(04/23/13)Support If Amended(05/16/13)

SB 554 (Yee)Requires direct care registered nurses to receive/completean orientation to the their assigned hospital and patientcare unit and to have demonstrated competency. Specifiesthat, until orientation and competency validation arecompleted he/she would not be counted as staff incomputing nurse-to-patient ratio.



Cost (04/14/11)New Bill (01/04/12)



SB 559 (Padilla)Expands the bases upon which discrimination is prohibitedunder the Unruh Civil Rights Act and FEHA to includegenetic information, including the provision of emergencyservices in a health facility.



SB 562 (Lara)Creates the Healthy California program to providecomprehensive universal single-payer health carecoverage and a health care cost control system.




SB 563 (Galgiani)Requires a person/entity requesting a copy of constructiondocuments for the construction or alteration of a hospitalbuilding to bear the cost of producing the copy of thosedocuments.



Watch (04/11/13)

SB 565 (McGuire )Lowers rates to 7.5%/annum or 3%/annum plus the rateestablished by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco,under which educational institutions of collegiate grade areauthorized to make loans or forbearances to financestudent educational expenses including tuition, room andboard, and other costs of attendance or living at theinstitution.



Pending

SB 566 (Leno)Enacts the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



SB 570 (Jackson )Requires security breach notifications to be titled "Notice ofData Breach" and to present the information underprescribed headings, and prescribes a model securitybreach notification form. Triple-jointed with SB 34 and AB964.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 573 (Lara)Authorizes UC, CSU, and CCC, to develop a servicelearning program at each campus for specified students with financial need who qualify for the nonresident tuitionexemption, including AB 540 students.

Staff: Karen French


Watch (06/22/16)

SB 574 (Lara)Requires UC to pay specific lower-wage contractedworkers (custodial, security, maintenance, etc.) an amountof total compensation (salary and benefits) that iscommensurate with University employees performingsimilar tasks. (SB 959 '16, SB 376 '15)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Oppose (03/28/17)Oppose (04/13/17)Oppose (06/21/17)Oppose (07/05/17)Oppose (08/17/17)Oppose (09/07/17)Oppose (09/11/17)Oppose (09/12/17)Gov Veto Requested(09/25/17)



SB 575 (Leyva)Requires health care providers to provide patients with acopy of health records at no charge to support a claim foreligibility for a public benefit program and specifiesadditional public benefit programs to which theserequirements would apply.



Watch (04/20/17)

SB 577 (Dodd)Authorizes CCC, in consultation with UC to authorize up tofive community college district to offer a teachercredentialing program of professional preparation thatmeets specified requirements, including that the programhas been accredited by the commission's Committee onAccreditation. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Concern (04/03/17)

SB 580 (Leno)Appropriates $5M from the Firearms Safety andEnforcement Special Fund to the Department of Justice forthe 2014-15 fiscal year to contract with local lawenforcement agencies to reduce the backlog of individualswho are identified by the Armed Prohibited PersonsSystem as illegally possessing firearms.



Pending

SB 586 (Hernandez )Establishes a Whole Child Model program, under whichmanaged care plans under county organized healthsystems or Regional Health Authority that elect, and areselected, to participate would provide CCS services undera capitated payment model to Medi-Cal and S-CHIPeligible CCS children and youth.



Support (05/05/15)Support (06/01/15)Not Taking A Position(06/30/16)



SB 588 (Emmerson)Provides that where the records are delivered to theattorney or the attorney's representative for inspection orcopying at the record custodian's place of business and ifany portion of the patient's medical records is stored onpaper, the fee for complying with the authorization wouldbe $15 dollars, plus actual costs, as specified; authorizesthe health care provider, in its sole discretion, to produce apaper copy of the electronic records for the attorney toinspect and copy, and to charge specified fees.


From committee: Do passand re-refer to Com. on JUD.(Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 617.)(April 17). Re-referred toCom. on JUD.

Pending

SB 590 (Stone)Requires, for all pharmacist licensure exam applicants, that900 hours of the 1,500 required pharmacy practiceexperience include experience in a pharmacy, includingboth a community and institutional pharmacy practicesetting.



Support (06/12/15)

SB 591 (Pan)Imposes an additional cigarette tax and deposits therevenue in the California Tobacco Tax Act of 2015 Fund, tobe continuously appropriated and transferred into theTobacco Prevention and Education Account (whichallocates a percentage of the funding to UC), the TobaccoDisease Related Health Care Account, and the TobaccoLaw Enforcement Account to be expended for specifiedpurposes . (SB 768'13) (UC Named)


2016 Feb. 01 Died on filepursuant to Joint Rule 56.

Pending

SB 592 (Nielsen)Requires UC and CSU to report uniform application,admission, and freshman class profiles on the Internet.

Staff: Karen French


Watch (07/13/17)



SB 594 (Hill )Prohibits nonprofit organizations or officers, employees, oragents thereof from using public resources received from alocal agency for campaign activity. Requires auditablenonprofit organizations that engage in campaign activity todeposit into a separate bank account all "specific sourcesof funds" it receives and pay for all campaign activity fromthat separate bank account; and to periodically discloseidentity and amount of these payments. Requires AGbiennial audit/report, and authorizes civil non-compliancepenalty against auditable nonprofit organizations.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Aug. 22From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

Watch (08/27/13)

SB 595 (Calderon R)Requests UC and requires CSU/CCC not to contract withany entity, whether a specific depository institution or anentity that partners with one or more depository institutions,on or after January 1, 2014, that requires a student to openan account as a condition of receiving financial aid, and tooffer students the option of a check or direct deposit offinancial aid in a similar time frame to that which is offeredby an entity partnered with a campus.


From committee: Do pass.Ordered to consent calendar.(Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August14).

Neutral (03/21/13)

SB 598 (Hill)Authorizes, at a pharmacist's discretion, selection of abiosimilar when filing a prescription for a prescribedbiological product only if it has federal approval and theprescriber does not personally indicate no substitution.Requires pharmacy to notify prescriber or enter into patientrecord the dispensed product. Prohibits a biosimilar unlessthe cost is less. Requires patient notification, and postinginterchangeable biosimilar products on a specified Website.


Hearing postponed bycommittee.

Neutral (05/16/13)



SB 601 (Morrell)States legislative intent for UC to provide an annual writtenreport to the Legislature on the annual return oninvestments and asset type for the UC Retirement Systemfor the past 20 years. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 606 (Ducheny)Makes osteopathic physicians and surgeons eligible for theloan repayment program.



SB 610 (Pan)Requires Department of Health Care Services to finalize anew rate within one year after a federally qualified healthcenter's (FQHC) or rural health clinic's (RHC) submissionof a scope of service rate change, and to correct erroneouspayments at least quarterly to reprocess past claims andensure all claims are reimbursed at the appropriatefinalized new rate. Imposes various requirements on thedepartment regarding the annual reconciliation toreasonable cost process, and requires the department tocomplete the final reconciliation review and pay to a FQHCand RHC any remaining amount owed within 18 months ofthe last date of the fiscal year for which the department isconducting the review. Double-jointed with AB 858.



Pending

SB 611 (Steinberg)Requests UC to establish UC Curriculum IntegrationInstitute (UCCII) to facilitate statewide collaboration inproviding pupils with course content identified in CTEModel Curriculum. (UC Named) (UC Sponsored)






SB 612 (Steinberg)Reauthorizes California Subject Matter Projects(CSMP)indefinitely and adds areas of emphasis in physicaleducation, arts, world language, and instructional strategiesfor career-oriented high priority industry integratedacademic/technical content.(UC Named) (UC Sponsored)




SB 613 (Allen)Require the Department of Public Health to convene aworkgroup to update the Guidelines for Alzheimer'sDisease Management in California to address changes inthe health care system, including changes in the federalPatient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Medicaid, andMedicare.



Pending

SB 615 (Galgiani)Expands definition of "public works," for purposes ofprevailing rate of per diem wages, to also include anyconstruction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repairsdone under private contract on a hospital or health carefacility project that is paid for with proceeds of conduitrevenue bonds issued on/after 1/1/14.



Watch (04/11/13)



SB 617 (Evans)Amends various provisions of CEQA, including requiring alead agency to include in the EIR a detailed statement onsignificant effects that may result from locating a proposedproject near, or attracting people to, existing or reasonablyforeseeable natural hazards or adverse environmentalconditions, and revises definitions of "environment" and"significant effect on the environment."

Staff: Jason Murphy

Ordered to inactive file onrequest of Senator Corbett.

Watch (04/18/13)

SB 622 (Hernandez )Revises and recasts provisions of the Optometry PracticeAct to expand the scope of practice for optometrists.


2016 Jun. 28 June 28 set forfinal hearing canceled at therequest of author.


SB 623 ( Monning (D-017))Establishes the Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Fundin the State Treasury and would provide that moneys in thefund are continuously appropriated to the state board;Requires the State Water Resources Control Board tosecure access to safe drinking water for all Californians,while also ensuring the long-term sustainability of drinkingwater service and infrastructure.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

Pending

SB 628 (Yee)make it unprofessional conduct for an acupuncturist to usethe title of "Doctor" or use the abbreviation "Dr." inconnection with the practice of acupuncture unless he orshe holds a degree that is approved by the board for theuse of that title .





SB 629 (Mitchell)Provides that a person who participates in the taking ofanother person from the lawful custody of a peace officer isguilty of a felony, punishable by imprisonment in a countyjail for 2, 3, or 4 years.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2015 Jul. 02 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Chapter47, Statutes of 2015.

Pending

SB 630 (Pavley)Revises Tahoe Regional Planning Compact regional plan,effective contingent upon Governor declaration; requiresCalifornia Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, until 1/1/18, toannually prepare and submit to DOF and legislative budgetcommittees a revenue report. (Relates to UC research)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Aug. 20Read second timeand amended. Re-referred toCom. on APPR.

Pending

SB 631 (Beall)Requires a general acute care hospital that providesobservation and short-stay observation services, asdefined, to apply for approval from the State Department ofPublic Health to provide the services as a supplementalservice, and would require a general acute care hospital toobtain a special permit to provide short-stay observationservices; requires the department to adopt and enforcestaffing standards for certain outpatient services and allambulatory surgery centers, as specified, and would makeother conforming changes.



Watch (04/11/13)Pending (04/22/13)



SB 634 (Block)Applies the California Private Postsecondary Education Actof 2009 to an accredited private entity with no physicalpresence in this state that offers and awards degrees to thepublic in this state by means of distance education for aninstitutional charge if the entity does not participate in aregional state authorization reciprocity agreement enteredinto or recognized by the state pursuant to specified law.The bill would authorize the Department of ConsumerAffairs to enter into a regional state authorization reciprocityagreement with other states through a compact on behalfof this state.



Support (04/07/15)Support (04/16/15)

SB 635 (Hernandez E)Transfers funding exceeding the first $1 million toSong-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act.



Watch (04/07/11)

SB 636 (Wright)Specifies that records retained by Secretary of Statepertaining to program participants are confidential and shallnot be disclosed.

Staff: Jason Murphy


SB 638 (De Leon)Prohibits a public agency from taking punitive actionagainst a public safety officer placed on a Brady list,however, allows action against officer based on underlyingacts or omissions for which officer was placed on the list,prohibits introduction of evidence that officer was placed ona list in any administrative appeal of a punitive action orcivil proceeding between the office and the public agency.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (04/28/11)



SB 639 (Hernandez E)Relates PPACA; prohibits the deductible under a smallemployer health care service plan contract or healthinsurance policy from exceeding certain levels, except formultiple employer welfare arrangements. Relates tocoverage, including coverage for pediatric oral carebenefits, and emergency room, mental health andsubstance abuse services. Relates to establishment of anindex rate for the small employer market based on certainclaims.



Watch (04/11/13)

SB 640 (Lara)Requires that Medi-Cal provider payment reductions,limitations, and adjustments do not apply to skilled nursingfacilities or subacute care units that are a distinct part of ageneral acute care hospital, or to specified Medi-Calprovider payments for fee-for-service benefits, includingpayments to pharmacies, for dates of service on or after6/1/11. (AB 900)



Pending

SB 641 (Lara)Prohibits the release of data obtained from CURES to a lawenforcement agency except pursuant to a warrant basedon probable cause.



Watch (06/29/16)Amend (03/24/17)Not Taking A Position(08/29/17)



SB 643 (McGuire )Requires the Medical Board of California to prioritize itsinvestigative and prosecutorial resources to identify anddiscipline physicians and surgeons that have repeatedlyrecommended excessive cannabis to patients for medicalpurposes or repeatedly recommended cannabis to patientsfor medical purposes without a good faith examination.Operative only if AB 266 is enacted.



Pending

SB 645 (Nielsen)Requires DPH, before implementing the diagnosis relatedgroup methodology, to develop a methodology, inconsultation with the hospital community, for hospitals toreview base payment rates proposed by the department,requires DPH, commencing July 1, 2013, to begincollecting diagnosis codes and procedure codes toestablish a database from which to develop base paymentrates and to develop an education and training program forhospital Medi-Cal billing staff, in consultation with thehospital community, to be conducted between April 1,2014, and May 13, 2014.




SB 647 (Pan)Requires the DMHC and the DOI, no later than July 1,2018, and annually on July 1 thereafter, to submit to theLegislature, and post on each department' s Internet Website, a record of all complaints received by eachdepartment regarding employee welfare benefit plans asdefined under the federal Employee Retirement IncomeSecurity Act of 1974. (Two-year bill)



Pending



SB 648 (Corbett)Makes the provision of the STAKE Act restricting the saleof cigarette and tobacco products from vending machinesapplicable to electronic cigarettes.




SB 659 (Bates )Requires the Department of Social Services todesign/implement a 5-yr. pilot project that providesmonetary grants to organizations operating programs thatassist CalWORKs recipients achieve economicindependence. Requires the department to develop acompetitive review process and ongoing evaluation of theeffectiveness of an organization receiving grant funding,and authorizes the department to enter into an agreementwith an academic institution or other entity with sufficientexpertise for the purpose of performing the evaluation.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 660 (Leno)Makes changes to the CA Public Utilities Commission.Operative only if SB 48 and this bill are both chaptered andthis bill is chaptered last.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 665 (Block)Requires the Attorney General to establish a statewide TitleIX Oversight Office, which would, among other things,serve as a point of contact for students who are dissatisfiedwith campus-based policies or investigative proceduresdesigned to prevent or address incidents of rape or sexualassault; requires all students enrolled at CCC, CSU, UC,and independent postsecondary educational institution toreceive information or to complete a form of annualtraining, electronic or in person, on rape and sexual assaultawareness and prevention.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



SB 667 (Wyland)Makes technical, nonsubstantive changes to provisionsstating that if book of registrations of Medical, Dental, andPharmacy Boards of CA are destroyed, Medical Board mayreproduce them.



Watch (03/22/11)

SB 668 (Leyva)Modifies the definition of "sexual assault counselor" forpurposes of the sexual assault counselor-victim privilegeregarding disclosure of confidential communication.(Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 670 (Steinberg)Authorizes Medical Board, upon receipt ofdisciplinary/negligence report involving death of a patient,to inspect and copy records of the deceased patient withoutauthorization or a court order to determine extent thatcause of death was resulted from physician's/surgeon'sviolation of Medical Practice Act. Requires notification.Provides that failing to attend an interview is unprofessionalconduct. Relates to prescription authority andpatient/doctor privacy.



Pending



SB 671 (Hill )Authorizes a pharmacist , except as specified, to select analternative biological product when filling a prescription fora prescribed biological product if the alternative isinterchangeable and the prescriber does not personallyindicate in a prescribed manner that a substitution is not tobe made. Requires a pharmacist/designee, within aspecified period following dispensing, to make anelectronically accessible entry in a described entry systemof the specific biological product provided to the patient.Provides an alternate means of communicating the nameof the biological product dispensed to the prescriber if thepharmacy does not have access to one or more of thedescribed entry systems. Requires that the substitution of abiological product be communicated to the patient.



Watch (04/02/15)

SB 672 (Hernandez)Exempts from discovery as evidence proceedings andrecords of specified committees of health careprofessionals and review committees having theresponsibility of evaluation and improvement of quality ofcare, and extends this exemption, only for purposes of civilproceedings, to the proceedings and records of pharmacyorganized committees and review committees.




SB 674 (Allen)Updates qualified borrower eligibility and qualified loanrequirements of the California Student Loan RefinancingProgram. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Neutral (04/03/17)



SB 675 (Liu)Requires a hospital to take specified actions regardingfamily caregivers, including notifying them of the patient'sdischarge/transfer to another facility and providinginformation and counseling on the posthospital care needsof a patient who consents to such disclosure.




SB 676 (Cannella)Applies forfeiture provisions to violations of disorderlyconduct related to invasion of privacy.



Pending

SB 677 (Moorlach)Prohibits an administrator, professor, teacher or otherfaculty member, or any other person acting on behalf of ahigher education institution, from, among other things,preventing a student from providing information to, ortestifying before, any public body conducting aninvestigation, hearing, or inquiry, if the student hasreasonable cause to believe that the information disclosesa violation of a law. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 681 (Hill)Makes it unlawful to engage in a pattern or practice ofsending written communications, stating that the recipient,is or may be infringing, or has or may have infringed, on aU.S. patent if the sender makes a specified false statementor representation in bad faith, fraudulently seekscompensation for specified conduct, or fraudulentlyconceals or omits specified information. Imposes a civilpenalty of up to $2,500 for each violation. Specifies that itdoes not impair or impede any other rights, causes ofaction, claims, or defenses available under other law andthat the remedies under its provisions are cumulative withany other remedies available under other law.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



SB 683 (Wolk )Authorizes the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Controlto issue a special nonprofit sales license to a nonprofitmutual benefit corporation to, among other things, acceptthe transfer of, and take title to, up to 20,000 gallons ofwine per year produced by the UC Davis College ofAgriculture & Environmental Sciences and sell transferredwine to consumers and licensees.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (06/09/16)

SB 686 (Wilk)Requires a public entity, including UC, to conduct a meetand confer conference within a specific period for thesettlement of disputes in connection with a public worksproject. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 687 (Skinner)Requires any nonprofit public/mutual benefit corporationthat operates or controls a health facility or facility thatprovides similar health care and emergency services at alicensed emergency center to provide written notice to, andobtain written consent of, the Attorney General prior to anydisposition transaction of the facility or a reduction orelimnation of services.




SB 689 (Harman)Requires UCRS, PERS/STRS to establish Websiteproviding information on retiree pensions of $100,000 orhigher annually and information about costs ofpostretirement health care benefits. (2 yr bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy




SB 690 (Jackson)Allows the State Bar of California (State Bar) to discloseinformation it is currently prohibited from disclosing and thatlaw schools need in order to comply with regulatory andaccreditation requirements.

Staff: Karen French


Pending

SB 691 (Lara)Adds immigration status to the list of covered classes ofpeople afforded equal rights and opportunities in highereducation institutions.

Staff: Karen French


Pending

SB 692 (Walters)Prohibits practice of specified types of engineering byanyone who has not passed a specified examination andwho is not appropriately board licensed in the particulardiscipline. Authorizes any licensed engineer to practiceengineering work in any of those fields in which he/she iscompetent and proficient.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 693 (Hueso )Establishes provisions to be generally applicable when apublic entity is required by statute or regulation to obtain anenforceable commitment that a bidder, contractor, or otherentity will use a skilled and trained workforce to complete acontract or project.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 694 (Padilla)Establishes the Statewide Office of Oral Health andauthorizes it to perform a study to be conducted by a dentalschool at a Calif. institution of higher education.



Pending



SB 697 (Emmerson)Provides that veterinary medicine is practiced as advertisedand requires veterinarian medical board to prioritizeresources for cases against those unlicensed andunregistered.



Watch (04/13/11)

SB 698 (Hill (D))Makes driving under the influence of 0.04-0.07% of alcoholor any controlled substance or 5 ng/ml or more of THC acrime, punishable as an infraction or misdemeanor, andrequires a court-ordered 3-month program and 6-monthinstallation of an ignition interlock device (IID) for violations.(Two-year bill)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 700 (Negrete McLeod)Redifines peer review related to specified healing artslicentiates and expands reporting and disclosurerequirements.



SB 701 (Emmerson)Creates entities known as hospital-affiliated outpatientsettings and aligns their accreditation and reportingprocesses with their affiliated general acute care hospitals.



Pending

SB 703 (Hernandez E)Enacts legislation to make necessary improvements toMedi-Cal.


Referred to Com. on RLS. Watch (04/11/13)



SB 704 (Negrete McLeod)Revises and recasts exam provisions for marriage andfamily therapists, social workers, interns, and associateclinical social workers to require passage of specifiedclinical exams and a state law and ethics exam subject tospecified fees.



SB 707 (Canella)Establishes a Denti-Cal Advisory Group to study thestructure, policies, and priorities of Denti-Cal with the goalof raising the Denti-Cal utilization rate among eligible childbeneficiaries to 60% or greater and improving the oralhealth of the Medi-Cal eligible population. (Two-year bill)



Pending

SB 713 (Nielsen)Expands the list of prior felony convictions to include afelony forming the basis upon which an individual waspreviously deported, thereby allowing a law enforcementofficial, if the continued detention of the individual on thebasis of the immigration hold would not violate any federal,state, or local law, or any local policy, to detain anindividual with that felony conviction on the basis of a U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) hold after thatindividual becomes eligible for release from custody.(TRUST Act)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 718 (Yee)Prohibits specified hospitals from acting against employeesthat seek assistance for violent incidents. Requireshospitals to evaluate and treat injured or victimizedemployees, maintain 5-yr written documentation, and reportviolent incidents. Authorizes civil penalty against hospitalsfor noncompliance. Requires the division to post hospitalviolent incident reports on its Website and adoptimplementation regulations by 1/1/15. (AB 1136 '11)



Watch (04/11/13)



SB 720 (Mitchell)Makes changes to requirements for the adoption andenforcement of regulations prescribing building standardsfor the adequacy and safety of health facility physicalplants. (SB 766'13)



Pending

SB 721 (Block)States intent that budget and policy decisions onpostsecondary education adhere to 3 goals: 1) Improvestudent success, 2) better alignment of degrees, 3)increase efficiency. Includes intent to identify/define relatedmetrics and 2025 target date leading to statewide adoption.Requires LAO-DOF involvement. Requires segments tohave opportunity to annually provide their own assessment.(UC Named)




SB 726 (Ashburn)Authorizes the direct employment by qualified districthospitals of an unlimited number of physicians andsurgeons under a pilot project through January 1, 2016.


Motion failed in committee(Ayes 3. Noes 4. Page4953.)

Watch

SB 727 (Galgiani)Authorizes public postsecondary educational institutions toadopt policies that allow use of innovative pricingtechniques and payment options for textbooks andinstructional materials, and requires an opt out provision forstudents and documented evidence that the proposedoptions would actually reduce costs.

Staff: Karen French

Ordered to inactive file onrequest of Senator Galgiani.

Pending



SB 729 (Fuller)States intent to enact legislation to implement the CaliforniaClean Energy Jobs Act (Proposition 39 Implementation)

Staff: Jason Murphy


SB 731 (Steinberg)Makes various changes to CEQA.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Read second time andamended. Re-referred toCom. on L.

Watch (04/18/13)

SB 733 (Leno)Requires the California Victim Compensation andGovernment Claims Board (CVCGCB) to administer aprogram to evaluate applications and award grants totrauma recovery centers (TRCs).




SB 742 (Yee)Makes nonsubstantive clarifying change to MedicalPractice Act providing for licensing of physicians/surgeonsanf requiring action against licensees charged withunprofessional conduct.



SB 743 (Emmerson)Increases appropriations and transfers from the MedicalProviders Interim Payment Fund (from one to two billion)for providers of Medi-Cal, HIV drug treatment, and servicesfor developmentally disabled.





SB 744 (Strickland T)Department of Public health sponsored measure to imposeadditional requirements and fees related to licensure,registration and regulation of clinical laboratories andvarious clinical laboratory personnel.



SB 746 (Leno)Requires health care service plans to disclose specifiedaggregate data for products and rate filings in the largegroup market annually; requires a plan that exclusivelycontracts with no more than 2 medical groups to annuallydisclose certain information with respect to its large groupplan contracts to DMHC, including the plan's overall annualmedical trend factor assumptions by major servicecategory.



Pending

SB 747 (Kehoe)Requires physicians/surgeons, nurses, and other healthprofessionals to complete a course on cultural competency,sensitivity, and best practices for providing adequate careto LGBT persons.



Watch (04/07/11)

SB 751 (Gaines)Provides that contracts between certain insurers andhospitals/health facilities may not contain a provisionrestricting ability of insurer to furnish information toinsureds concerning cost range of procedures or quality ofservices performed.



Oppose Unless Amended(04/28/10)Oppose Unless Amended(06/08/11)



SB 754 (Evans)Amends the California Environmental Quality Act.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 761 (Lowenthal A)Adopts regulations that require entities that track datapertaining to consumers' online activities to provide theseconsumers a method to opt out of being tracked in thismanner.

Staff: Jason Murphy


SB 762 (Aanestad)Makes it unlawful for a city or county to prohibit a healingarts licensee from engaging in any act or procedure fallingunder the scope of practice of that licensee.



SB 763 (Hill)Requires the Medical Board of California, the OsteopathicMedical Board of California, the California Board ofPodiatric Medicine, the State Board of ChiropracticExaminers, the Naturopathic Medicine Committee, and theAcupuncture Board by 1/1/18, to make specifiedinformation with respect to licensees on probation andlicensees practicing under a probationary license availableto an inquiring member of the public, on any documentsinforming the public of individual probation orders, and inplain view on the profile Internet Web pages of licenseessubject to probation.


2016 Aug. 19 Read third timeand amended. Ordered tothird reading. Re-referred toCom. on RLS. pursuant toAssembly Rule 97.

Pending



SB 764 (Steinberg)Requires the State Department of Developmental Servicesto provide to the fiscal and appropriate policy committees ofthe Legislature specified information that is providedvoluntarily by regional centers relating to the provision oftelehealth services.



SB 768 (De Leon)Imposes an additional cigarette tax and deposits therevenue in the California Tobacco Tax Act of 2014 Fund forcontinuous appropriation and transfer into the TobaccoPrevention and Education Account, Tobacco DiseaseRelated Health Care Account, and Tobacco LawEnforcement Account. Requires moneys in the Fund to betransferred to the California Children and Families FirstTrust Fund, the Cigarette and Tobacco Products SurtaxFund, the Breast Cancer Fund, and GF, as necessary tooffset revenue decreases to those funds directly resultingfrom imposition of additional taxes by these provisions. (UCNamed) (SB 900 '09)



Neutral (05/21/12)

SB 769 (Hill )Extends the statewide baccalaureate degree pilot programuntil July 1, 2028.

Staff: Karen French


Oppose (03/29/17)Oppose (04/20/17)Not Taking A Position(07/06/17)

SB 770 (Evans)Mandates health care service plan contracts and healthinsurance policies to provide coverage for behavioral healthtreatment of autism disorders.





SB 771 (de Leon)Establishes a CEQA continuing education requirement foremployees of public agencies. (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 773 (Allen)Requests UC, until 1/1/20, to conduct a study on motorvehicle registration fraud and failure to register a motorvehicle, and to post a report of the study on its Website.Requires DMV and CHP to provide specified information toUC researchers who are conducting the study, requires theDMV to enter into an agreement with UC to share itsvehicle registration information for purposes of conductingthe study and would require the CHP to provide specifiedinformation to UC researchers who are conducting thestudy.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 775 (Wieckowski )Establishes as a market based compliance mechanism andprogram of emissions limits for covered entities whichimposes a quarterly price increase on minimum reserveand auction offer prices.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 780 (Jackson)Requires health insurers to issue a 30-day notification forterminating contracts with hospitals for services atalternative payment rates if the termination would result ina material change to the provider network, and requires a15-day written notice to insureds who obtained serviceswithin 6 months prior to the contract termination date.



Pending



SB 787 (Bates (R))Requires a general acute care hospital that providesemergency medical services that is scheduled for closureto conduct public hearings for public review and comment.(AB 911)


2016 Feb. 01 Returned toSecretary of Senate pursuantto Joint Rule 62(a).

Neutral (10/15/15)

SB 789 (Wieckowski)Restricts rather than suspends driving privileges of aperson who fails to furnish proof of financial responsibilityat the time of an accident, in order to allow the person todrive to school at a UC, CSU, CCC or privatepostsecondary educational institution.


2015 Jul. 01 July 1 hearing:Heard for testimony only.

Pending

SB 790 (McGuire)Prohibits a manufacturer of a prescribed product fromoffering or giving a gift to a health care provider.



Amend (06/22/17)Not Taking A Position(08/29/17)

SB 791 (Glazer (D))Requires postsecondary educational institutions withcurrent/former students receiving certain federal loans tocollect specified information available from the U.S.Department of Education regarding its current/formerstudent borrowers and to publish and make availableannually the forbearance, deferment, delinquency, andofficial cohort default rate percentages, and specifieddefinitions, for each campus listed on its Webpageregarding student financial aid, and if applicable, as part ofthe School Performance Fact Sheet. (Two-year bill)

Staff: Karen French


Pending



SB 792 (Mendoza)Prohibits a day care center from employing any person whohas not been immunized against influenza, pertusis, andmeasles.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 793 (Wolk)Requires green tariff shared renewables programs topermit a participating customer to subscribe to the programand be provided with a nonbinding estimate of reasonablyanticipated bill credits/charges for up to 20 years.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 798 (Hill)Extends operation of the Medical Board of California andthe review for repeal of the Osteopathic Medical Board ofCalifornia through 1/1/22, and makes various changes toMedical Practice Act, medical training, license andcertification requirements, and healing arts practitionerprovisions.



Amend (06/22/17)Not Taking A Position(08/29/17)

SB 799 (Calderon R)Requires a health care service plan contract or healthinsurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on/after1/1/14 to cover genetic testing for hereditary nonpolyposiscolorectal cancer (HNPCC) and annual screenings forcolorectal cancer under specified circumstances; requires aphysician/ surgeon who diagnoses a patient with colorectalcancer to provide the patient with specified information.



Pending



SB 801 (Kehoe)Directs persons appointed to a specific term on a stateboard, commission, or similar multimember state body tofile one original copy of their statements of economicinterests with respective board, commission, or body;designates FPPC as filing officer for those statements.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (04/25/11)

SB 809 (DeSaulnier)Establishes the CURES fund.



Neutral (05/16/12)Support (04/08/13)

SB 810 (Leno)Establishes State Healthcare System/Agency and PolicyBoard, makes all residents eligible for specified benefitsunder the System, which on a single-payer basis,negotiates or set fees for and pays claims for servicesprovided.


Died on third reading.

SB 813 (Senate Veterans Affairs Committee)Requests UC and requires CSU/CCC to grant priorityenrollment to Armed Forces members within 4 years ofleaving active duty. (UC Named)



Support (04/11/11)Support (06/09/11)



SB 815 (Hernandez)Establishes the Medi-Cal 2020 Demonstration Project Act(Ca. Medi-Cal 2020 demonstration project implementation),retains the Demonstration Disproportionate Share HospitalFund, implements the Global Payment Program (GPP)alternative payment model for the uninsured, andestablishes the Public Hospital Redesign and Incentives inMedi-Cal (PRIME) program. (UC Named) (AB 1568)



Support (04/20/16)

SB 818 (Nielsen )Appropriates certain sums to the State Department ofHealth Care Services to restore rates paid to Medi-Calproviders to those levels in effect prior to theimplementation of the provider rate reductions; requiresDOF to calculate the amounts necessary to provide theserate increases; makes these rate increases retroactive to7/1/15.


2016 Jan. 28 Referred toComs. on HEALTH andHUMAN S.

Pending

SB 820 (Leyva)Prohibits secrecy clauses in non-disclosure agreementsrelated to specified sexual misconduct, including claims ofsexual assault/harassment, or harassment/discriminationbased on sex.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Com. on JUD. Pending



SB 821 (Block)Requires that any person who willfully threatens to commita crime against another person or at a location or eventthat will result in death or great bodily injury to anotherperson, with the specific intent that the statement, madeverbally, in writing, or by an electronic communicationdevice, is to be taken as a threat, even if there is no intentof carrying it out, be punished by imprisonment in a countyjail not to exceed one year, or in state prison. Specifies thata threat to commit a crime at a location/event causes theevacuation, lockdown, or closure of a campus, orcancellation, evacuation, lockdown, or closure of an event.(SB 456 '15)

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 May. 27 May 27hearing: Held in committeeand under submission.

Pending

SB 822 (Wiener)States intent to enact legislation to effectuate net neutralityin California utilizing the state's regulatory powers and toprevent Internet service providers from engaging inpractices inconsistent with net neutrality.

Staff: Jason Murphy

From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time and amended.Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

Pending

SB 824 (Negrete McLeod)Requires an optician owning a business to file a notice withthe Medical Board within 10 days of completion of transferof ownership.



Watch (03/23/11)

SB 825 (Leno)Budget Act of 2016 (UC Named) (AB 1598)

Staff: Sandy Fried

2016 May. 26 Fromcommittee with author'samendments. Read secondtime and amended.Re-referred to Com. on B. &F.R. (Corrected June 6).

Pending



SB 826 (Leno)Enacts the Budget Act of 2016. Appropriates $3.312B toUC (Contains one-time funding for: innovation andentrepreneurship-$22M, low-income/underrepresentedstudent support services-$20M, firearm-related violenceresearch-$5M). Additional appropriations include UCMpublic safety equipment ($1.1M), UC-CSMP ($3.41M),5.086M, UC-ITS ($3M), precision medicine ($10M). (SB1006, SB 1050, AB 2664)

Staff: Sandy Fried


Pending

SB 828 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Budget Trailer Bill: School Finance. (AB 1600)

Staff: Sandy Fried


Pending

SB 830 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Revises items of appropriation in the Budget Act of 2016.(SB 826)

Staff: Sandy Fried

2016 Aug. 31 Fromcommittee: Do pass. (Ayes16. Noes 10.) (August 31).Read second time. Orderedto third reading.

Pending

SB 833 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Budget Trailer Bill: Health. (AB 1605)



Pending

SB 835 (Wolk)Expands Best Value Contracting pilot program to all UCcampuses, including medical centers, for projects over$1M; requires UC to adopt and publish procedures andrequired guidelines for evaluating qualifications of biddersto ensure the best value selections by UC are conductedfairly and impartially.(UC NAMED)(UC SPONSOR)

Staff: Jason Murphy


SponsorGov Sig Requested(09/19/10)Support (04/21/11)Support (04/21/11)Support (06/16/11)Support (06/22/11)Support (06/22/11)Sponsor (08/30/11)



SB 836 (Corbett)Enacts the Cal BRAIN Act of 2014 which requests UC toestablish and convene certain stakeholders to develop agoverning structure for the Cal BRAIN program designed todo specified tasks, and provide information about it througha Website, to be implemented contingent upon adequatefunding appropriation, as determined by the Regents, toUC in the annual Budget Act.


01/07/14From printer. Maybe acted upon on or afterFebruary 6.01/06/14Introduced. Readfirst time. To Com. on RLS.for assignment. To print.


SB 838 (Strickland)Requires Cal-COBRA plans and insurers to provide noticeof the availability of premium assistance to qualifiedbeneficiaries who experience a qualifying event betweenspecified dates.



Pending

SB 839 (Mitchell)Budget Act of 2018. (AB 1806)



SB 841 (Cannella )Appropriates $1.855M for UC San Joaquin Valley PRIMEexpansion. (AB 2232)


01/07/14Introduced. Readfirst time. To Com. on RLS.for assignment. To print.

Neutral (02/25/14)Not Taking A Position(03/17/14)

SB 842 (Rubio)Requests UC and requires CSU/CCC to exempt fromnonresident tuition, students who are spouses/partners ordependent children Armed Forces members on active dutyon or after January 1, 1991, regardless of citizenshipstatus.





SB 844 (Price)Expands definition of general acute care hospital toprovide, for purposes of licensing, that dietary services maybe provided either at a hospital or adjacent facility withdedicated accommodations for delivery of these servicesand DPH determines that all applicable statutory/regulatorystandards pertaining to dietary services have been met.



SB 845 (Correa)Requests UC and private postsecondary educationalinstitutions, and requires CSU/CCC to develop, inconsultation with stakeholders, model contracts fordisbursing financial aid, scholarships, campus-based aid,or refunds on debit, prepaid, or preloaded cards, and tomake these model contracts, and all binding contracts ofthis nature, publicly available on their Websites. (AB 1162'13)


Jan. 8Introduced. Read firsttime. To Com. on RLS. forassignment. Toprint.

Neutral (03/21/14)

SB 848 (Wolk)Enacts the Safe Drinking Water, Water quality, and WaterSupply Act of 2014 ($7.5B bond). Repeals the Safe, Clean,and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012 ($11.1Bbond). Authorizes legislative appropriation of anyunencumbered proceeds of specified existing acts in theirrespective bond funds as of 11/5/14. (SB 42 '12)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Set for hearing February 11. Pending

SB 850 (Block)Authorizes CCC, in consultation with CSU and UC, toestablish a statewide baccalaureate degree pilot program,and requires LAO statewide interim and final evaluation,and to report the results to the Legislature and Governor.





SB 851 (Leno (D))Budget Act of 2014

Staff: Jason Murphy

Jan. 9Introduced. Read firsttime. Referred to Com. on B.& F.R.

Pending



SB 852 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Budget Conference Committee bill

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014

May 29Joint Rules, 28, 28.1,and 29 suspended in theSenate. (Ayes 27.

Noes 4.) . Joint Rules, 28,28.1, and 29 suspended intheAssembly. SenatorsLeno, Hancock, Lara, andNielsen appointedtoconference committee. Assembly Members Skinner,Bloom, Gorell, andWeberappointed to conferencecommittee.

May 27Senate refused toconcur in Assemblyamendments. (Ayes 1. Noes33.)

May 23In Senate.Concurrence in Assemblyamendments pending.

May 23Read third time.Passed. Ordered to theSenate.

May 19Assembly Rule 96suspended. (Page 4989.) Withdrawn from committee.

Ordered to second reading. Read second time. Orderedto thirdreading.

May 14From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.


Apr. 10In Assembly. Readfirst time. Held at Desk.

Apr. 10Read third time.


Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 12.Page 3130.) Ordered totheAssembly.


Apr. 3Withdrawn fromcommittee. Ordered tosecond reading.

Jan. 23Referred to Com. on B. & F.R.

Jan. 10From printer. May beacted upon on or afterFebruary 9.


Pending

SB 854 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Extends UC's ability to utilize "best value" procedures forthe procurement of goods and services until 1/1/19 andmakes the deadline for the reports regarding the UC use ofbest value procurement on or before 1/1/18.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



SB 857 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review )Health trailer bill


2014

June 20Chaptered bySecretary of State. Chapter31, Statutes of 2014.

June 20Approved by theGovernor.

June 19Enrolled andpresented to the Governor at 1 p.m.

June 15In Senate.Concurrence in Assemblyamendments pending. Assemblyamendmentsconcurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes11. Page 3905.) Orderedtoengrossing and enrolling.

June 15Assembly Rule 96suspended. (Page 5515.) Withdrawn from committee.

Ordered to third reading. Assembly Rule 63suspended. (Page 5515.)

Read third time. Amendments by AssemblyMember Olsen tabledonmotion by AssemblyMember V. Manuel P?rez.(Ayes 55. Noes 24.Page5518.) Amendments byAssembly Member Grovetabled on motionbyAssembly Member V.Manuel P?rez. (Ayes 54.Noes 24. Page 5519.)

Amendments by Assemb

June 12From committeewith author's amendments.Read second timeandamended. Re-referred toCom. on BUDGET.

May 8Referred to Com. on


BUDGET.


Apr. 10Read third time.Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 12.Page 3131.) Ordered totheAssembly.






Pending



SB 860 (Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill. Relates toCal Grants; Middle Class Scholarship; UC debt service forcapital expenditures, Cal BRAIN; UC annual performancemeasures; UCB Tolman Hall Seismic ReplacementBuilding project. (UC Named)

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014




June 15In Senate.Concurrence in Assemblyamendments pending. Assemblyamendmentsconcurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3912.) Orderedtoengrossing and enrolling.



Read third time. Passed.(Ayes 65. Noes 8. Page5531.) Ordered tothe Senate.











Pending

SB 863 (De Leon)Makes various changes relating to workers' compensation,including: prohibiting interested party referrals with financialinterests; requirements for public self-insured employers, disability indemnity and payments, spinal surgeryrecommendation, dispute resolution, medical evaluators,injury ratings, reimbursement of medical providers, medicaltreatment utilization review and independent medicalreview process, inclusion of treating physician in andsubmittal of a plan for a medical provider network,secondary review process to govern billing disputesrelating to medical-legal expenses, revision of proceduresrelating to liens, review/adoption of an official medical feeschedule for physician and non-physician practitionerservices, requirements of an employer to arrange, provide,and pay for language interpreter services; adds a $120Kreturn-to-work program; contingent upon enactment of SB1105.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



SB 866 (Hernandez E)Requires development of a prior authorization form for useby health care service plans and insurers that providesprescription drug benefits. Requires prescribing providers,when requesting prior authorization for prescription drugbenefits, to submit prior authorization form to plan orinsurer. Requires plan and insurer to utilize and acceptthose forms for prescription drug benefits.



SB 867 (Roth)Extends operation of the Maddy Emergency MedicalServices (EMS) Fund, which provides funding for pediatrictrauma centers, indefinitely. (SB 57 '05; SB 191'13)



Pending



SB 870 (Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)Health trailer bill No.2


2014




June 15In Senate.Concurrence in Assemblyamendments pending. Assemblyamendmentsconcurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes11. Page 3909.) Orderedtoengrossing and enrolling.



Read third time. Passed.(Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page5526.) Ordered tothe Senate.











Pending



SB 872 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Amends Budget Act of 2014 appropriations, including anadditional $50M each to UC and CSU for one-timepurposes, including deferred maintenance, and stateslegislative intent that if the economy continues to recoverand GF revenues exceed projections, this augmentationshall become on-going beginning in fiscal year 2015-16 forthe purpose of increasing enrollment of California studentsand improving student services.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014










Support (08/12/14)



SB 874 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Public Resources trailer bill. Creates a continuouslyappropriated subaccount within the State EnergyConservation Assistance Account to track award andrepayment of loans made with moneys transferred from theGHG Reduction Fund, and authorizes moneys in thesubaccount for loans only toward projects in buildingsowned/operated by a state agency or entity, including,without limitation, UC and CSU. (AB 1478)

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014


Aug. 11Joint Rule 62(a) filenotice suspended.









Pending



SB 876 (Liu )Affords persons experiencing homelessness the right touse public spaces without discrimination based on theirhousing status and describes basic human and civil rightsthat may be exercised without being subject to criminal orcivil sanctions, including the right to use and move freely inpublic spaces, the right to rest in public spaces and toprotect oneself from the elements, the right to eat in anypublic space in which having food is not prohibited, and theright to perform religious observances in public spaces.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Apr. 11 April 12 set forsecond hearing canceled atthe request of author.

Pending

SB 885 (Wolk)Specifies that a design professional only has the duty todefend him/herself from claims or lawsuits arising fromnegligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of thedesign professional.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Jul. 12 June 28 set forfirst hearing canceled at therequest of author.

Pending

SB 890 (Alquist)Implements health care reforms pursuant to the federalPatient Protection and Affordable Care Act, includingrequiring health care service plans and health insurers thatissue individual coverage to offer standard benefit plandesigns to individuals with coverage choice categories;allowing transfer of coverage on renewal date; creating aninsurance market reform commission; requiring changes toto minimum amount of fees and premiums spent onbenefits; revising disclosure requirements; requiringcoverage for basic health care services; prohibiting lifetimebenefit limits. (Federal Health Reform)





SB 893 (Nguyen)Prohibits UC, Hastings College of Law, CSU, and CCCfrom collecting fees/tuition from a student in anundergraduate program who is the surviving dependent ofany individual killed in the San Bernardino terrorist attack ifCal Grant A requirements are met and either thedependent or the person killed in the attack was aCalifornia resident on 12/2/15.



Neutral (02/29/16)

SB 895 (Alquist)Revises hospital inspection requirements for facilitiescertified for Medicare/Medicaid to be conducted uponcompletion of every other DPH survey, and once every twoyears for all other facilities.



SB 896 (Bates)Spot bill: Relates to health care professionals.


2016 Aug. 29 In Senate.Consideration of Governor'sveto pending.

Pending

SB 898 (Nguyen)Exempts from sales and use taxes the gross receipts fromthe sale of, storage, use, or other consumption of, animalwhole blood, plasma, blood products, and bloodderivatives, sold by a nonprofit animal blood bankingbusiness for use in the cure, mitigation, treatment, orprevention of injury or disease in animals.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Sep. 13 In Senate.Consideration of Governor'sveto pending.

Pending

SB 900 (Alquist)Establishes State Health Benefit Exchange.





SB 906 (Beall)Revises the definition of foster youth or former foster youthto mean a person in California whose dependency wasestablished or continued by the court on/after the youth's16th birthday and who is no older than 25 years of age atthe commencement of the academic year, for purposes ofgranting priority registration for enrollment at UC, CSU, andCCC. (AB 194 '11)




SB 920 (Hernandez E)Provides that provisions governing various qualityassurance fee payments shall become inoperative onDecember 1, 2013, if DHS has not received federalapproval or the specified letter indicating likely federalapproval. Extends operative date of provisions governingthe various payments to January 1, 2015, and makesrelated changes.



Watch (03/23/11)New Bill (01/04/12)

SB 922 (Nguyen)Authorizes the disposal of surplus state real property within2 miles of a UC, CSU, or CCC campus for the developmentof affordable student housing.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Re-referred to Coms. on G.O. and EQ.

Pending

SB 924 (Wyland)Provides for patient direct access to physical therapytreatment and requires physical therapists to comply withreferral, financial interest disclosure, and notification tophysician/surgeon requirements.


Re-referred to Com. on RLS.(Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page6337.) .

Watch (05/25/11)



SB 927 (Cannella)Revises water bond as the Safe, Clean, and ReliableDrinking Water Supply Act of 2014 to authorize a $9.2Bbond; deletes $10M for UC Sierra Nevada ResearchInstitute. (SB 40 '12, SB 42 '12, SB 848 '14)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. forassignment. To print.

Pending (03/20/14)

SB 928 (Correa)Requires GO-Biz to establish and operate, or to create apublic-private partnership to establish and operate aninternational trade and investment office in Mexico, and tosubmit a strategy and business plan to the Senate SelectCommittee on California-Mexico Cooperation.


From printer. May be actedupon on or after March 1.

Watch (04/03/14)

SB 931 (Vargas)Authorizes an employer to pay an employee's wages bymeans of a payroll card.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Oppose (07/08/10)Oppose (06/15/11)New Bill (09/01/11)Oppose (08/15/15)



SB 932 (Hernandez)Requires notice to and prior approval from the Departmentof Managed Health Care director for mergers, acquisitions,and collaborations involving health care service plans.Prohibits specified provisions in contracts between healthcare service plans or health insurers that contract withproviders for alternative rates of payment and contractingproviders, and agreements between network vendors orpayors and general acute care hospitals that arecontracting providers, including a requirement that the plan,insurer, or network vendor/payor includes in its network anyprovider(s) owned/controlled by, or affiliated with, thecontracting provider or general acute care hospitalcontracting provider. Prohibits a contracting provider fromimposing these prohibited terms as a condition to itsparticipation in a network or more favorable contract rates.



Pending

SB 933 (Runner G)Repeals Hearing Aid Dispensers Law, abolishes HearingAid Dispensers Account, renames Speech-LanguagePathologists and Audiologists Licensure Act asSpeech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists andHearing Aid Dispensers Licensure Act, includes thelicensing, regulatory, and disciplinary provisions applicableto hearing aid dispensers under the Hearing AidDispensers Law.



SB 937 (Wiener)Requires an employer to respond to employee lactationaccommodation requests within five days, submit a writtenresponse when unable to provide a break time or locationper policy, and maintain records of such requests. Alsoestablishes additional employee remedies andauthorization for civil action, and increases the civilviolation penalty to $500.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Coms. on L. &I.R., JUD., and T. & H.

Pending



SB 940 (Beall)Provides alternative financial aid application submittaldeadlines for current/former foster youth attendingqualifying institutions offering baccalaureate degrees orattending a community college, and who have not reachedage 26 as of July 1 of the award year; and authorizesrenewal of Cal Grant A/B awards for these foster youth for8 years of full time attendance in an undergraduateprogram.



Support (03/08/18)

SB 946 (Health Cmte)Amends various provisions of existing law relating to publichealth including: deleting 2002 HIPPA assessment andreporting requirements for state entities, replacing the term'telemedicine' w/'telehealth', revising HIV reporting form,and changing requirements for cost of service/ratenegotiation and rate-setting methodology for county mentalhealth services.



SB 951 (Hernandez)Requires an individual or small group health care serviceplan contract or health insurance policy issued, amended,or renewed on or after January 1, 2014, to cover essentialhealth benefits, which would be defined to include thehealth benefits covered by particular plans.



Pending

SB 956 (Romero)Increases spending for the California SchoolParaprofessional Teacher Training Program.

Staff: Teala Daniels-Cabral


Neutral (06/17/10)



SB 957 (Leno)Budget Act of 2012.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Introduced. Read first time.Referred to Com. on B. &

Pending

SB 959 (Lara)Requires a bidder, to qualify as lowest responsible bidderor best value awardee on contracts for specified services,to certify in writing to UC that the bid includes a totalemployee compensation package valued on aper-employee basis at a level sufficient to not materiallyundercut the average per-employee value of totalcompensation for UC employees who perform comparablework at the relevant campus, medical center, or lab atwhich the bidder proposes to perform the work. Requiresthe bidder to provide any applicable collective bargainingagreements and to notify UC of any changes in thesubmitted bid information during performance of thecontract. Requires UC to include in its RFP a calculation ofaverage per-employee value of total compensation for UCemployees who perform comparable work. Requirescontracts for services of an expenditure of $100,000+/yr toinclude contract renewals/extensions resulting in anexpenditure of $100,000+/yr. (SB 376'15)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Oppose (03/09/16)Oppose (04/21/16)Oppose (06/15/16)Oppose (06/22/16)Oppose (08/01/16)Gov Veto Requested(09/14/16)

SB 960 (Hernandez)Does not require face-to-face provider-patient contactunder Medi-Cal for store and forward (telehealth)reproductive health care, contingent upon federal financialparticipation. Requires Medi-Cal managed care plans thatcontract with the Department of Health Care Services tocover store and forward (telehealth) reproductive healthcare.






SB 961 (Wright)Requires health care services plan contracts and healthinsurance policies that provide coverage for cancerchemotherapy treatment to provide coverage for aprescribed, orally administered, nongeneric cancermedication, as specified.



SB 967 (De Leon)Requires governing boards of UC, CSU, CCC , andindependent postsecondary institutions to, in order toreceive state funds for student financial assistance, to : 1)adopt policies on campus sexual assault, domesticviolence, dating violence, and stalking, including anaffirmative consent standard in the determination ofwhether consent was given by a complainant, 2) adoptspecified sexual assault policies and protocols, 3) iffeasible, enter into MOUs, agreements, or collaborativepartnerships with on-campus/community-basedorganizations to refer students for assistance or makeservices available to them, and 4) implement relatedcomprehensive prevention and outreach programs.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. forassignment. To print.

Gov Sig Requested(09/09/13)Support (08/21/14)

SB 968 (Pan )Requests UC and requires CSU, CCC, and qualifyingindependent higher education institutions to have one fulltime equivalent mental health counselor per 1,000 studentsenrolled at each campus. Requires each campus toconduct a survey at least every 3 years and focus groupson student mental health and other issues, and requiresdata collection on attempted suicides to be included in areport to the Legislature.



Pending



SB 971 (Cannella)Revises the RPS Program so that the specified minimumquantities of renewable electricity products required to beprocured are based upon a percentage of the utility's netprogram retail sales of electricity; defines net programsales of electricity; States intent to increase amount ofelectricity generated from eligible renewable energyresources per year.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Set, second hearing. Failedpassage in committee. (Ayes5. Noes 7. Page 3303.)Reconsideration granted.

Watch (03/13/12)

SB 972 (Portantino)Requires public higher education institutions to have theNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline telephone numberprinted on student ID cards.



SB 974 (Lara)Extends eligibility for full scope Medi Cal to individuals of allages who are otherwise eligible for those benefits but fortheir immigration status. (SB 1418 '16, SB 10 '15, SB 4'15, SB 1005 '14)



Pending

SB 975 (Price)Requires handling of human tissue to comply with theedition of Standards for Tissue Banking in effect on Jan.2011, as published by the American Association of TissueBanks.





SB 986 (Hernandez)Requires, until 1/1/18, that a Medi-Cal beneficiary whoreceived a medical exemption from enrollment in aMedi-Cal managed care plan and will or has receivedspecified transplantations, including allogeneic bonemarrow transplantation, receive an extension of thatexemption for up to 12 months if the treating physiciandetermines that it is medically necessary for the beneficiaryto remain under the care of the treating physician.


2014

Apr. 10From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.


Mar. 24Set, first hearing.Hearing canceled at therequest of author.





Pending

SB 992 (Senate Public Safety Committee)Relates to pharmacy practice.


2016 Feb. 18 Referred toCom. on RLS.

Pending



SB 994 (Hill)Requires a "covered licensee," defined as a dentist,physician and surgeon, osteopathic physician and surgeon,or person licensed to practice podiatric medicine, whopractices in a setting other than a clinic, general acute carehospital, or skilled nursing facility, to adopt and implementan antimicrobial stewardship policy consistent withspecified guidelines or methods of intervention, as defined,before applying for a renewal license and, upon applyingfor a renewal license, to certify in writing, on a formprescribed by the respective licensing board, that he or shehas both adopted an antimicrobial stewardship policy andis in compliance with that policy.


2016 Aug. 11 In Assembly.Read first time. Held at Desk.

Pending

SB 997 (Lara )Authorizes enrollment of undocumented children eligible forfull-scope Medi-Cal benefits who were enrolled in acomprehensive, low-cost coverage provided by a Medi-Calmanaged care plan as of5/1/16 to be enrolled in full-scopeMedi-Cal with their Medi-Cal managed care plan if theundocumented child is determined eligible for full-scopeMedi-Cal benefits. (SB 4 '15, SB 1005 '14)



Pending



SB 999 (Liu)Recommends that UC and CSU, in conjunction withDepartment of Social Services, examine and interpretexemptions to the federal prohibition on student eligibilityfor CalFresh benefits, and establish guidelines.


2014

May 7Read second time andamended. Re-referred toCom. on APPR.

May 6From committee: Dopass as amended andre-refer to Com. on APPR.with recommendation:To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page3338.) (April 30).

Apr. 24Set for hearing April 30.

Apr. 23From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 4. Noes0. Page3213.) (April 22).Re-referred to Com. on ED.


Apr. 3Re-referred to Coms.on HUMAN S. and ED.

Mar. 24From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

Feb. 27Referred to Com. on RLS.



Pending



SB 1003 (Evans)Excludes from gross income the amount of student loanindebtedness repaid or canceled.


2014

July 3Re-referred to Com.on RLS. pursuant toAssembly Rule 96(a).

June 30From committeewith author's amendments.Read second timeandamended. Re-referred toCom. on G.O.

May 12Referred to Com. on G.O.



Apr. 9Read second time.Ordered to consent calendar.

Apr. 8From committee: Dopass. Ordered to consentcalendar. (Ayes 9. Noes0.Page 3091.) (April 8).


Feb. 27Referred to Com. on G.O.



Pending



SB 1004 (Wiener)Requires counties to expend Mental Health Services Actprevention and early intervention funds on early psychosisand mood disorder detection and intervention, collegemental health outreach, engagement and service delivery,and childhood trauma prevention and early intervention.



Pending

SB 1005 (Lara)Creates the California Health Exchange Program for AllCalifornians to facilitate enrollment into qualified healthplans of undocumented immigrants. Mandates health careservices plans and health insurers to fairly and affirmativelyoffer, market, and sell at least one product within each of 5levels of coverage in the Covered California Exchange.



Neutral (03/14/14)

SB 1006 (Wolk)Enacts the California Firearm Violence Research Act.Declares the intent of the Legislature that UC establish theCalifornia Firearm Violence Research Center to researchfirearm-related violence.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Jun. 14 June 14 set forfirst hearing canceled at therequest of author.

Watch (04/14/16)

SB 1016 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Education Finance Trailer Bill: Makes various changes toK-12 and higher education, including CCC and financial aid(Cal Grant) reductions to private for-profit and independentnon-profit institutions.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



SB 1017 (Evans)Establishes the California Higher Education EndowmentCorporation with an oversight governing board thatincludes UC members and UC President, and imposes anoil/gas severance tax to fund UC (50%), CSU (50%), CCC(50%), Dept. of Parks and Rec. (25%), and Health andHuman Services Agency (25%) for specified purposes. (SB241 '13)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. forassignment. Toprint.

Pending

SB 1022 (Huff)Requests UC and requires CSU to publicly providegraduate labor market outcome information relating tograduates of their undergraduate programs.




SB 1028 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Amends the Budget Act of 2012 by appropriating $4.75Mfrom the 2006 University Capital Outlay Bond Fund forUCM capital outlay, appropriates $5M to CSU for openeducation resources - a funding mechanism for SB 1052 &SB 1053, provided that CSU reimburses UC/CCC for coststhose segments incur in association with these activities.(Similar to AB 1476)

Staff: Jason Murphy



SB 1029 (Hertzberg)Requires a state or local public agency to submit an annualreport for any issue of debt for which it has submitted areport of final sale.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (05/26/16)



SB 1033 (Hill)Requires specified regulatory entities to require a licenseeto disclose on a separate document her/his probationarystatus, certain information related to the probation, theBreEze profile Web address or specified Website, and theregulatory entity's telephone number to a patient, patient'sguardian, or health care surrogate prior to the first visitfollowing the probationary order while the licensee is onprobation under specified circumstances, including anaccusation alleging, a statement of issues indicating, or anadministrative law judge's legal conclusion finding thelicensee committed gross negligence or was on probationmore than once, among others. Exempts a licensee fromthat disclosure requirement if the visit occurs in anemergency room and the licensee who will be treating thepatient during the visit is not known to the patient untilimmediately prior to the start of the visit.


2016 Jun. 02 Ordered toinactive file on request ofSenator Monning.


SB 1034 (Mitchell)Indefinitely extends the requirement that a health facility atwhich a mammogram is performed includes a prescribedbreast density notice in the summary of the written reportsent to a patient. (SB 1538 '12)


Set for hearing April 25. Pending

SB 1039 (Hernandez E)Expands authorizations for pharmacy/assistant pharmacytechnicians and intern pharmacists to perform specifiedtasks only while assisting and under direct supervision of apharmacist; includes specified duties while working in a licensed general acute care hospital. Authorizes hospitalpharmacies of licensed general acute care hospitals tofurnish a dangerous drug/device pursuant to preprinted orelectronic orders/protocols of the hospital. Requires thesehospitals to store/maintain drugs in accordance withnational standards and manufacturers' guidelines.


2014

Feb. 27Referred to Coms.on B., P. & E.D. and HEALTH.



Neutral (04/10/14)



SB 1040 (Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)Augments appropriations to UC and Hastings for pensioncontribution costs; appropriates specified amounts toUC/CSU for 2013-14 if those institutions maintain the2011-12 mandatory systemwide tuition level for the2012-13 academic year.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Re-referred to Com. onBUDGET pursuant toAssembly Rule 77.2. Fromcommittee with author'samendments. Read secondtime and amended.Re-referred to Com. onBUDGET.

Pending

SB 1042 (Calderon R)Requires permanent food facilities to provide a babychanging table within or adjacent to toilet rooms, unlessdoing so would result in noncompliance with law ensuringaccess for disabled persons. (AB 1105 '06)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 1047 (Nielsen)States intent to enact legislation to increase the Medi-Calreimbursement rates for services provided by qualifiedproviders in counties with both a population density under300 persons per square mile and a total population under500,000 persons.



SB 1050 (De Leon)Establishes the K-12 College Readiness Block Grant toprepare California's high school pupils, particularlyunduplicated pupils, to be eligible for admission into apostsecondary institution, and increase the4-year-college-going rates of these pupils. Requires UC, asa condition of Budget Act funding for specified enrollmentincreases, to develop an implementation plan to increaseresident admissions, significantly increase admissions forpupils enrolled in high schools with 75%+ enrollment forfree/reduced-price meals. Repeals the sunset provision inthe California Subject Matter Projects (CSMP) statute.


2016 Jun. 06 Referred toComs. on HIGHER ED. andED.

Sponsor



SB 1052 (Steinberg)Establishes Open Education Resources Counciladministered by the Intersegmental Cmte. of the AcademicSenates of UC/CSU/CCC to carry out various requirementsfor approval, production, access, purchase, and use ofopen source materials/textbooks. Provisions operative onlyif sufficient funding is provided, i.e. annual Budget, federal,or private funds.



Support with Amendments(07/20/12)Gov Sig Requested(09/06/12)

SB 1053 (Steinberg)Establishes Digital Open Source Library with Web-basedfunctioning enabling students, faculty, and staff to find,adopt, utilize, or modify course materials at little or no cost.Expresses findings and declarations on cost ofcollege/university textbooks. (UC Named)




SB 1061 (Walters)Prohibits practice of specified types of engineering byanyone who has not passed a specified examination andwho is not appropriately board licensed in the particulardiscipline. Authorizes any licensed engineer to practiceengineering work in any of those fields in which he/she iscompetent and proficient. (SB 692 '11)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 1066 (Mendoza)Amends the Donahoe Higher Education Act. (Spot bill.)



Pending



SB 1069 (Torres)Allows a student who uses a Cal/Pell Grant to pay tuition ata qualifying institution is not thereby made ineligible toapply for payment from the Student Tuition Recovery Fundand, when the application of such student is granted,requires the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education topay that amount to the Student Aid Commission.


Apr. 29Read second timeand amended. Re-referred toCom. on APPR.

Pending

SB 1070 (Steinberg)Establishes CTE Pathways Program to require CCCChancellor and SPI to assist economic and workforceregional development centers and consortia, CCCs,middle/high schools, and CAROCPs to improve linkages toCTE pathways in the form of grants. Potentially providesgrant funding opportunities for UCCI, including professionaldevelopment initiatives.




SB 1072 (Strickland)Requires DPH, until January 1, 2018, to expand statewidescreening of newborns to include 2 types of lysosomalstorage diseases: Hurler syndrome and Krabbe disease,and exempts amendment of contracts for this purpose fromstandard contracting requirements.



Pending

SB 1076 (Hernandez)Requires a general acute care hospital that providesobservation services to comply with the same licensednurse-to-patient ratios as supplemental emergencyservices. (SB 483 '15, SB 1269'1






SB 1080 (Fuller)Declares intent to enact legislation to reduce the $11.1Bwater bond.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 1081 (Hernandez E)Requires DHS to authorize an alternative paymentmethodology pilot project to be implemented in any countyand FQHC willing to participate with capitated monthlypayments for each Medi-Cal managed care enrollee;requires an evaluation of the APM pilot project to beconducted by an independent entity.



Neutral (04/24/13)

SB 1083 (Pavley)Amends the Physician Assistant Practice Act to authorize aphysician assistant to certify disability, after performing aphysical examination under the supervision of aphysician/surgeon; expands definition of practitioner toinclude a physician assistant.



Watch (04/30/14)

SB 1091 (Alquist)States intent to enact legislation to allow Medi-Calreimbursement for health care services provided to childrenin county juvenile detention facilities.



SB 1092 (Alquist)Applies the maximum credit to the consolidated line ofcredit of a hospital incurred after January 1, 2010.





SB 1094 (Kehoe)Authorizes a public agency to permit a governmental entityto hold title to and manage interest in real property,including any endowment. Removes a requirement that astate/local agency exercise due diligence in reviewingqualifications of a special district or nonprofit organizationto manage the endowment. Modifies requirements that theholder of such funds must meet. Relates to fees forreviewing qualifications of potential holders of property.Relates to endowment and escrow accounts. Redefinesmitigation agreement.(Relates to UC projects subject toCalifornia Endangered Species Act endowments)

Staff: Jason Murphy



SB 1095 (Pan)Expands statewide screening of newborns to includescreening for any disease that is detectable in bloodsamples as soon as the disease is adopted by the federalRecommended Uniform Screening Panel (RUSP).



Neutral (03/23/16)

SB 1100 (Monning)Requires, as part of Worker Occupational Safety andHealth Training and Education Program, that theCommission on Health and Safety and Workers'Compensation collaborate with the Occupational HealthBranch of the State Department of Public Health and theUniversity of California occupational health centersaffiliated with regional schools of medicine and publichealth.


2016 Jun. 02 Ordered toinactive file on request ofSenator Monning.

Pending



SB 1103 (Wright)Requires CSAC, beginning in 2013, to provide on its Website, the information submitted by a Cal Grant participatinginstitution pursuant to reporting requirements in asearchable database, and other specified information andlinks useful to students/parents who are in the process ofselecting a college/university.



Pending

SB 1105 (Liu)Requires standardized student financial aid applications, ifsubmitted online, to permit applicants to register to voteonline by submitting an affidavit of registration electronicallyon the Secretary of State's Website.



Pending

SB 1106 (Yee)Prohibits dispensing of a drug sample or starter kit unless manufacturer's warning pamphlet is attached.


Read second time. To thirdreading. Re-referred to Com.on HEALTH.

SB 1109 (Cox)Relates to taxes imposed on the sale and distribution ofcigarettes and tobacco products. Eliminates legislativevoting percentages for allocations to various accounts.Provides that those funds shall be transferred to theGeneral Fund for appropriation by the Legislature forpurposes of the Healthy Families Program and theMedi-Cal program, provides for the distribution of fundsheld by county children and families commissions and bythe Children and Families Commission that remainunencumbered.


Set, first hearing. Failedpassage in committee. (Ayes2. Noes 6. Page 3210.)Reconsideration granted.



SB 1111 (Alquist)Revises provisions regarding regulation of healing artslicensees.



SB 1116 (Torres)Authorizes a physician/surgeon and osteopathicphysician/surgeon to pay a a voluntary contribution forpurposes of the Steven M. Thompson Physician CorpsLoan Repayment Program.



Pending

SB 1119 (Alquist)Specifies legislative findings and declarations for regulationof businesses that provide medical staff to hospitals andother medical entities and declares intent to enactlegislation for regulation.



SB 1122 (Pavley)Authorizes the Strategic Growth Council to manage andaward financial assistance for the purpose of supportingthe implementation of sustainable communities strategiesor alternative planning strategies, to be funded frommoneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, uponappropriation by the Legislature.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Coms. on E.Q.and RLS.

Pending



SB 1123 (Leyva)Requires that high school graduation courseworkrequirements include completion of one course invisual/performing arts, foreign language, or, commencingwith the 2012‑13 school year through the end of the2021‑22 school year on 7/1/22 or until theoccurrence of a specified event relating to career technicaleducation (CTE) requirements of UC and CSU, whicheveroccurs earlier, CTE, as specified.



Pending

SB 1135 (Monning)Requires health plans/insurers that provide coverage forhospital, physician, or dental services to provideinformation to enrollees/insureds regarding access tohealth care services, including wait times, availability ofphone triage/screening, availability of interpreter servicesduring an appointment, and information on consumerassistance from licensing agencies, and to provide acontracting provider with specified information on theprovision of referrals or health care services in a timelymanner.



Watch (03/23/16)

SB 1137 (Hertzberg)Makes it a crime to knowingly introduce ransomware intoany computer, system or network to restrict access byauthorized persons until the payment of money or otherconsideration is made. Provides criminal penalties forviolations. Includes inducing another person to introduceransomware with the intent of demanding payment or otherconsideration to remove the ransomware, restore access orotherwise remediates the impact of the ransomware.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



SB 1138 (Liu)Requires CDE/SBE to succeed to data managementresponsibilities of CPEC for maintaining comprehensivestudent database from January 1 - July 1, 2013 (to berepealed January 1, 2015), requests UC and requires CSUto provide expenditure and financial aid reports to theLegislature, and requires LAO to annually report findings,conclusions, or recommendations on implementation ofthese policies to the Legislature. (UC Named, UC Report)



Oppose (04/20/12)

SB 1139 (Lara)Prohibits students, including those without lawfulimmigration status and/or who are exempt fromnonresident tuition who meet admission requirements to amedical school program at any public/privatepostsecondary educational institution offering such aprogram from being denied admission based oncitizenship/immigration status. Also prohibits such astudent from being denied admission, based oncitizenship/immigration status, to a healing arts residencytraining program whose participants are not paid. Exemptsa nonimmigrant alien, as defined in a specified provision offederal law.



Watch (03/23/16)Concern (05/02/16)

SB 1146 (Corbett)States legislative intent regarding research anddevelopment: to capitalize on the state spending,understand status and trends, make strategic investments,and maximize investments.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 1149 (Galgiani)Requires CSAC to establish an appeal process for anotherwise qualifying institution that fails to satisfy the 3-yrcohort default and graduation rate requirements.



Neutral (04/24/14)



SB 1150 (Hueso)Provides that a maximum of 2 visits on the same day at asingle location be reimbursed when either after the first visitthe patient suffers illness/injury requiring additionaldiagnosis/treatment or the patient has a medical visit, asdefined, and another health visit, as defined, or both. (SB1224)



Pending



SB 1159 (Lara)Requires, no later than 1/1/16, professional and vocationallicensing boards within Department of Consumer Affairs torequire an applicant to provide either a federal tax IDnumber of social security number, if the applicant is anindividual, and requires the bodies to report to theFranchise Tax Board, and subject a licensee to a penaltyfor failure to provide that information. Prohibits, except asspecified, any entity within the department from denyinglicensure to an applicant based on citizenship/immigrationstatus. Requires every board within the department toimplement regulatory/procedural changes necessary toimplement these provisions no later than 1/1/16 andauthorizes implementation at an any time prior to that date.


2014


May 8Read third time.Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0.)Ordered to theAssembly.





Noes 1. Page 3211.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.


Apr. 10Re-referred to Com.on B., P. & E.D.

Apr. 7From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

Mar. 6Referred to Com. on RLS.



May 8Read third time.


Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0.)Ordered to the Assembly.







Apr. 10Re-referred to Com.on B., P. & E.D.





Pending (05/12/14)



SB 1164 (Ashburn)Specifies that definition of congregate living health facilityincludes facilities providing services to children withterminal or life-threatening illness.



SB 1166 (Jackson)Prohibits an employer, as defined, from refusing, asspecified, to allow an employee with more than 12 monthsof service with the employer, and who has at least 1,250hours of service with the employer during the previous12-month period, to take up to 12 weeks of parental leaveto bond with a new child within one year of the child's birth,adoption, or foster care placement and would also prohibitan employer from refusing to maintain and pay forcoverage under a group health plan for an employee whotakes this leave.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Aug. 19 FromAssembly without furtheraction.

Watch (05/26/16)

SB 1169 (Alquist)Requires health care service plans and insurers to assigntracking numbers to claims or provider request forauthorization, requires coverage for diagnosis andmedically necessary treatment of severe mental illnessesof persons any age, and of serious emotional disturbancesof children, under the same terms/conditions applicable toother medical conditions.





SB 1170 (Wieckowski)Prohibits a public entity from delegating to a contractor thedevelopment of a plan to prevent or reduce water pollutionor runoff on a public works contract, or to assumeresponsibility for the completeness and accuracy of a plandeveloped by that entity. Not applicable to contracts thatuse design-build, best value, and construction managerat-risk contracts where the construction manager isauthorized to retain a plan developer for the projectowners.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 1175 (Mendoza)Requires a 12-month limitation for provider submittal of billsto employers for workers' compensation medical-legalevaluation/expenses.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 1177 (Galgiani )Authorizes the Medical Board of California to establish aPhysician and Surgeon Health and Wellness Program forthe early identification of, and appropriate interventions tosupport a physician and surgeon in his or her rehabilitationfrom, substance abuse. Creates the Physician andSurgeon Health and Wellness Program Account within theContingent Fund of the Medical Board of California.Requires the board to adopt regulations to determine theappropriate fee for a physician and surgeon to participate inthe program.



Pending

SB 1184 (Cannella )Relates to health care workforce training programs.


2016 Mar. 03 Referred toCom. on RLS.

Pending



SB 1189 (Pan)Requires a licensed physician/surgeon to conduct aforensic autopsy and determine the results, and that themanner of death be determined by a county coroner ormedical examiner. Requires all persons in an autopsy suiteto be informed of bloodborne pathogens, and be informedthat they should wear specified protective equipment.Requires that only individuals who are directly involved inthe investigation of the death be allowed in the autopsysuite. Requires specified law enforcement materials relatedto a death to be made available.



Watch (08/05/16)

SB 1191 (Berryhill)Requires the Department of Fish and Wildlife to develop awildlife resources master plan, and allows the departmentto enter into an agreement with outside entities, includingUC, that are significantly involved with researching andunderstanding wildlife.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Apr. 11 April 12 set forfirst hearing canceled at therequest of author.

SB 1195 (Price)Makes various new changes in requirements of pharmacyservices to include auditing and reporting provisions.



Watch (05/22/12)



SB 1196 (Liu)Requires Governor or designee, in consultation with the 5segments of postsecondary education, private industry andpolicy research entities, and any other entity the Governordeems appropriate, to identify and establish specificpostsecondary educational attainment goals for UC, CSU,and CCC that satisfy specified criteria and a target date forthe segments to achieve these goals. Requires CSU andCCC, and, as a condition for GF appropriation, UC todevelop and adopt a plan for progressing toward thesestatewide goals, and requires the Governor to convene atechnical working group to assist with the plan. Requiresthe plan to include specific goals for satisfying thestatewide attainment goals and performance measuresspecified for each segment. Requests UC and requiresCSU and CCC to report to the Legislature on the plansannually.


2014

June 26From committee: Dopass as amended andre-refer to Com. on APPR.(Ayes 12. Noes 0.)(June 24).

Concern (06/23/14)

SB 1200 (Padilla)Request UC and requires CSU to develop guidelines forhigh school computer science courses to be approved foradmission, and encourages UC to ensure that computerscience courses that satisfy the math subject arearequirements for admission build upon fundamental mathcontent in courses that align with the academic contentstandards developed by the Academic Content StandardsCommission. States legislative intent that UC and CSUalign their respective model academic standards for highschool courses in language arts and math to theCommissions standards.



Concern (04/07/14)Neutral (05/08/14)Neutral (05/28/14)



SB 1204 (Hernandez)Increases the license application and renewal charge forhealth professionals; increases the monetary limits for loanrepayment; expands eligibility for loan repayment funds toinclude physicians who provide psychiatric services; andprovides for the deposit of additional moneys in acontinuously appropriated fund.


2016 Mar. 15 April 4 set forfirst hearing canceled at therequest of author.

SB 1207 (Wolk)Modifies the existing voluntary check-off system byestablishing the California Voluntary Contribution Programto be administered by the office of California Volunteers toexpand the contribution options for a taxpayer. (AffectsBreast Cancer and Cancer Research Tax Check-Offs)


2014

Apr. 2From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.


Mar. 6Referred to Com. on GOV. & F.



Pending



SB 1210 (Lara)Establishes the California DREAM Loan Program toprovide a loan to UC and CSU students who qualify for anonresident tuition exemption under AB 540 but lackaccess to federal student loans. Requires campuses tocontribute its discretionary funds into its' DREAM revolvingfund so that the contribution 50% of all funds in its 'DREAM revolving fund at the start of each academic yearbefore the loans are awarded for that academic year.Requires UC/CSU annual reports to the Legislature, as partof their respective annual financial aid reports, as well asannual reports of total funding in its' DREAM revolvingfund, contribution amounts, and administrative costs



SponsorSupport (05/28/13)Support (03/26/14)Support (03/31/14)Support (06/17/14)Support (07/15/14)Support (08/20/14)Support (08/21/14)Support (08/22/14)Support (08/25/14)Gov Sig Requested(08/28/14)

SB 1214 (Allen)Extends the Best Value pilot program until January 1, 2018,as the Best Value Construction Contracting Pilot Programand would repeal the reporting requirement. This bill wouldmodify the definition of the term "university" to mean alllocations of the University of California.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Support (04/07/16)Support (06/08/16)Support (08/24/16)Support (08/25/16)

SB 1218 (Nguyen )Makes nonsubstantive changes in a provision containinglegislative findings and intent related to CPEC.



Pending



SB 1219 (Gaines)Repeals the California Values Act which limits theinvolvement of law enforcement in federal immigrationenforcement, and allows law enforcement to voluntarilycooperate with immigration officials by detaining anindividual on the basis of an immigration hold underspecified circumstances. (UC Named) (SB 54' 16)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Com. on PUB.S.

Pending

SB 1236 (Alquist)Establishes program whereby state utilization controls shallnot be required for inpatient hospital services provided bydesignated public hospitals.



Pending

SB 1237 (Padilla)Requires hospitals and clinics that use ionizing radiation fordiagnostic purposes to record dose of radiation used.



Pending

SB 1238 (Hernandez E)Requires a licensed health care professional acting withinscope of practice to assess a patient for follow-up carefollowing stabilization in an emergency dept or postsurgicaloutpatient service. Requires an outpatient to be dischargedor admitted to inpatient status after no more than 24 hours,but as soon as reasonable and medically appropriate.Authorizes an outpatient stay of longer than 24 hours underspecified circumstances, including to arrange for a safedischarge and to make arrangements to provide publicsocial services to a patient, and authorizes the departmentto specify, by regulation, other circumstances permitting alonger stay.



Watch (04/24/14)



SB 1240 (Stone )Requires prescriptions to include a notice or descriptionregarding the condition or purpose for a drug beingprescribed, and adds Schedule V controlled substancesand dangerous drugs to the CURES reporting requirement.


Referred to Coms. on B., P.& E.D. and PUB. S.

Pending

SB 1241 (Leno)States intent to enact legislation to increase transparencyin the health care service plan contract and healthinsurance policy marketplace.




Pending

SB 1246 (Hernandez E)Requires general acute care hospitals to maintain aspecified patient classification system that is reviewed andupdated annually.



Pending



SB 1247 (Lieu)Revises and recasts the provisions of the PrivatePostsecondary Education Act of 2009. Removes anexemption for an institution that is approved to participatein veterans financial aid programs and that is not anindependent institution of higher education. Requiresestablishment of a process for investigation of complaintsfiled, to post information on a specified Internet Web site,and establishment of a task force to identify standards forspecified education and training programs.


2014

July 1Read second time andamended. Re-referred toCom. on APPR.

June 30From committee: Dopass as amended andre-refer to Com. on APPR.(Ayes 9. Noes 3.)(June 24).

June 18Read second timeand amended. Re-referred toCom. on B.,P. & C.P.

June 17From committee: Dopass as amended andre-refer to Com. on B.,P. &

C.P. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.)(June 10).

June 5From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

June 2Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and B.,P. &C.P.


May 27Read third time.Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 3.Page 3607.) Ordered totheAssembly.

May 23From committee: Dopass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.Page 3712.) (May 23).




May 12Placed on APPR.suspense file.


May 1From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8.


Apr. 28From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 8. Noes1. Page3279.) (April 28).Re-referred to Com. on ED.

Apr. 24Set for hearing April 30 in ED. pending receipt.


Mar. 6Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and ED.



Pending

SB 1250 (Hueso)Enacts the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking WaterSupply Act of 2014 to authorize a $10.2B bond to finance asafe drinking water and water supply program, contingentupon voter approval at the 11/4/14 statewide generalelection.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



SB 1252 (Stone )Requires, when a medical procedure is scheduled for apatient, the general acute care hospital, surgical clinic, andattending physician to notify the patient, in writing, of thenet costs to the patient for the medical procedure beingdone.


2016 Apr. 19 April 18 hearingpostponed by committee.


SB 1254 (Calderon R)Requires state agencies when notified by a femaleemployee that she is nearing maternity leave, to notify theemployee of information on breast‑feeding,including an explanation and summary regarding lactationaccommodation.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 1256 (Mitchell)Prohibits a healing arts licensee, or an employee/agentthereof, including a dentist, from arranging for orestablishing credit extended by a 3rd party with regard to apatient without first providing a written notice and a writtentreatment plan. Prohibits that arrangement or establishmentof credit with regard to a patient under general anesthesia,conscious sedation, or nitrous oxide. Prohibits thatarrangement or establishment of credit with regard to apatient under general anesthesia, conscious sedation, ornitrous oxide.


Introduced. To Com. onRLS. for assignment. Toprint.

Neutral (03/13/14)



SB 1258 (DeSaulnier)Expands CURES PDMP requirements to include Schedule5 controlled substances; authorization to investigatealleged substance abuse of, and history of controlledsubstances dispensed by, an applicant/licensee seekingapproval for access to CURES PDMP; DEA compliantelectronically transmitted prescriptions; and a 30-daylimitation on prescribing, filling, compounding, ordispensing a controlled substance. (SB 360'11; AB2548'10)


2014

Mar. 25From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on RLS.




Feb. 21Introduced. ToCom. on RLS. forassignment. To print.

Neutral (05/01/14)

SB 1261 (Stone )Removes from application and renewal fee waiverprovisions the requirement that a physician and surgeonreside in California.



Pending



SB 1264 (Pavley)Establishes the Educator Excellence Program,administered by Student Aid Commission to authorizesissuance of agreements for assumption of student loans,as specified. Requires Student Aid Commission enlistadvice and support of the California Center for theTeaching Profession, UC, CSU, AICCU, and privateemployers and their associations throughout the state.


2014



Apr. 9Set, first hearing.Testimony taken. Furtherhearing to be set.



Mar. 27Hearing postponedby committee.






Pending



SB 1267 (Padilla)Establishes the Genetic Information Privacy Act, whichwould provide that an individual's genetic information isprotected by the right of privacy.



Oppose (05/11/12)Attachment (05/11/12)

SB 1269 (Beall)Requires a general acute care hospital that providesobservation services, in an observation unit, to apply forapproval from the State Department of Public Health toprovide these services either as supplemental services orunder a special permit.



Not Taking A Position(04/24/14)Not Taking A Position(04/24/14)



SB 1271 (Evans)Excludes from gross income the amount of student loanindebtedness repaid or canceled. (SB 1003)


2014

Aug. 27From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

Aug. 26Action rescindedwhereby the bill wasre-referred to the Com.onRLS. pursuant toAssembly Rule 97. Orderedto third reading.

Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. pursuant toAssembly Rule 77.2.

Aug. 22Read third time andamended. Ordered to thirdreading. Re-referredto Com.on RLS. pursuant toAssembly Rule 97.

June 26Read second time.Ordered to third reading.

June 25From committee: Dopass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.)(June 23).

June 9Set, first hearing.Hearing canceled at therequest of author.

May 15Referred to Com. on U. & C.




Apr. 9From committee: Do


pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.Page 3119.) (April 9).


Mar. 6Referred to Com. on GOV. & F.




Pending

SB 1273 (Moorlach)Clarifies that counties may use Mental Health ServicesFund moneys to provide voluntary outpatient crisisstabilization services to individuals even when individualswho are receiving services involuntarily are treated at thesame facility.



Support (05/10/16)

SB 1274 (Wolk)Expresses intent to enact legislation to create anInnovation Acceleration Fund at UC to apply existingresearch efforts to solving the state's most pressing publicpolicy issues and to establish a robust innovationinfrastructure at its campuses to accelerate local economicdevelopment and job creation.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



SB 1275 (Stern)Enacts the Plan Against College Hunger Act of 2018 andestablishes the Plan Against College Hunger Program toreimburse public postsecondary educational institutionsthat provide student meal plans at no cost to the studentsattending more than part-time and who are Cal Grantrecipients. (UC Named)



SB 1276 (Hernandez E)Requires hospitals and emergency physicians to use areasonable payment formula (monthly payments that arenot more than 10% of a patient's family income for amonth, excluding deductions for essential living expensesmonthly) for patients who are eligible for charity care ofdiscount payments. Allows emergency physicians to acceptself-attestation of family income and essential livingexpenses by a patient or patient's legal representative.Requires hospitals or emergency physicians to obtaininformation to determine whether patients are eligible forthe California Health Benefit Exchange and inform patientsthat have not shown proof of 3rd-party coverage astatement that they may be eligible for such coverage.




SB 1279 (Calderon R)Requires a health care service plan contract or a healthinsurance policy to provide coverage for genetic testing forLynch syndrome and annual screenings, and requires aphysician and surgeon who makes a Lynch syndromediagnosis to provide the patient with specified information.



Pending



SB 1280 (Pavley)Best Value Procurement: Provides that UC and CCC mayutilize best value as a bid evaluation and selectionmethodology for certain contracts. (UC Named) (UC-CCCCo-Sponsored)

Staff: Jason Murphy





SB 1283 (Galgiani)Makes the use or possession of specified synthetic orsynthetic cannabinoid stimulant compounds/derivatives aninfraction, punishable by a fine up to $250.


2014

May 6Read second time andamended. Re-referred toCom. on APPR.

May 5From committee: Dopass as amended andre-refer to Com. on APPR.(Ayes 7. Noes 0.Page 3218.) (April 22).


Mar. 17Set, first hearing.Hearing canceled at therequest of author.


Mar. 6Referred to Com. on PUB. S.




Pending

SB 1285 (Hernandez E)Requires a hospital with an out-of-network emergencyutilization rate of 50% or more to adjust its total billedcharges for emergency services and care provided to apatient prior to stabilization to an amount no greater thanthe amount the hospital could expect to receive fromMedicare for the services and care.


Set, first hearing. Referred toAPPR. suspense file. Set,first hearing. Held incommittee and undersubmission.

Watch (06/01/12)



SB 1286 (Leno)Expands access to peace officer misconduct records.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (05/26/16)

SB 1289 (Corbett)Requires public, private, or independent postsecondaryinstitutions except the CCC, to make specified disclosuresrelated to private student loans in financial aid material andprivate loan applications provided or made available by theinstitution, to distinguish private from federal loans inindividual financial aid awards, and, if the institutionprovides a private loan lender list, to provide generalinformation about the loans available through the lenderand disclose the basis for each lender' s inclusion on thelist. Applies to UC only to the extent that Regents act byresolution.



Pending

SB 1293 (Knight)Makes nonsubstantive change to existing law thatestablishes various student financial aid programs fundedby the state or a public postsecondary educationalinstitution.



Pending

SB 1297 (Hueso)Requires OSHPD to publish on its Internet Web sitehistorical and current information collected by state andfederal regulators about hospitals.






SB 1299 (Padilla)Requires the Occupational Safety and Health StandardsBoard to adopt standards developed by the Division ofOccupational Safety and Health that require a generalacute care/psychiatric hospital to adopt a workplaceviolence prevention plan within its injury and illnessprevention plan. (SB718 '13)


Apr. 24From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 4.

Pending

SB 1300 (Jackson )Requires any employer to provide all employees at least 2hours of sexual harassment training within 6 months of hireand once every 2 years, and to also provide bystanderintervention training and information on how to reportharassment and make a complaint. Prohibits an employerfrom requiring a release of a claim or right in exchange fora raise or bonus or as a condition of employment, and fromrequiring a non-disparagement agreement regardingunlawful acts in the workplace.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Coms. on L. &I.R. and JUD.

Pending



SB 1311 (Hill)Requires general acute care hospitals to adopt/implementantimicrobial stewardship policies per federal guidelinesand professional organizations by 7/1/15, including anevaluation process for judicious use of antibiotics; and aphysician supervised multidisciplinary antimicrobialstewardship committee, subcommittee, or workgroup withat least one appointed physician or pharmacistknowledgeable about antimicrobial stewardship throughprior training or continuing education. Requires thesehospitals to report antimicrobial stewardship programactivities to appropriate hospital committees undertakingclinical quality improvement activities.


2014

Apr. 10From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. April 23hearingrescheduled for April24.






Neutral (04/24/14)

SB 1314 (Block)Provides that CCC students participating in specifiedbaccalaureate degree programs who also satisfy specifiedeligibility requirements shall receive these awards for upperdivision coursework fees.



Pending

SB 1316 (Wolk)Requires a tissue bank licensed by the department thatcollects, processes, stores, or distributes human milk to,among other things, work with lactation support groups toprovide breastfeeding education and lactation support for amother, from whom the tissue bank procures human milk.



Pending



SB 1318 (Wolk)Requires each clinic and health facility to annually offeronsite influenza vaccinations to its employees and torequire its onsite health care workers affiliated with theclinic or health facility, as defined, to be vaccinated.



Pending

SB 1322 (Hernandez E)Establishes the California Health Care Cost and QualityDatabase, and convenes an advisory committee of healthcare stakeholders and experts to research and recommendstrategies for promoting high-quality health care andcontaining health care costs. States legislative intent toestablish a system to provide valid health care performanceinformation as specified.



Watch (03/13/14)Neutral (04/24/14)Amend (06/19/14)

SB 1324 (Wyland)Requires SPI/SBE to consider ways to increase attendanceand graduation from college with degrees in variousscientific and engineering fields and to direct appropriateentity to revise science teaching frameworks and standardsand incorporate applied math, reading comprehension,expository writing, analytical, intellectual, and creativeskills, and engineering elements in science curriculum. (UCNamed)



Pending

SB 1328 (De Leon)Requires college textbook or instructional materialpublishers to include both public and privatepostsecondary institutions, or postsecondary institutionfaculty to provide information about that textbook orinstructional material in a specified order using standardXml or comma-delimited format. (UC Named)



Oppose (07/02/12)



SB 1330 (Hueso)State Yellow Ribbon Program for Non-Resident Veterans:Establishes the California Yellow Ribbon Matching Fund topay a portion of UC, CSU, and CCC enrolled students'nonresident tuition. (UC SPONSOR)



Pending



SB 1331 (Jackson)Requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards andTraining course on domestic violence complaints to includeprocedures and techniques for assessing lethality or signsof lethal violence in domestic violence situations. (UCNamed)

Staff: Jason Murphy

05/01/18

Read second time. Orderedto consent calendar.04/30/18

From committee: Be orderedto second reading pursuantto Senate Rule 28.8 andordered to consent calendar.04/20/18

Set for hearing April 30.04/17/18

From committee: Do passand re-refer to Com. onAPPR. withrecommendation: To consentcalendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.)(April 17). Re-referred toCom. on APPR. 04/05/18


Re-referred to Com. on PUB.S. 04/02/18

From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time and amended.Re-referred to Com. on RLS.03/01/18

Referred to Com. on RLS.02/20/18

From printer. May be actedupon on or after March 22.02/16/18

Introduced. Read first time.To Com. on RLS. forassignment. To print.

Pending



SB 1332 (Negrete McLeod)Moves a specified portion of the Public Utilities Codeconcerning RPS program and require that the tariff beadopted by July 1, 2013. Requires that this value includeavoided costs for distribution and transmission systemupgrades, whether the facility generates electricity in amanner that offsets peak demand on the distribution circuit,and all current and anticipated environmental andgreenhouse gases reduction compliance costs.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (03/15/12)

SB 1334 (Walters)Requires DPH to establish a pilot program to expand thescreening of newborns in Orange County to includescreening for Krabbe disease. Exempts the amendment ofcontracts for this purpose from standard contractingprovisions, and requires DGS to approve contracts andgive the Ca. Technology Agency authority over relatedinformation technology projects.



Pending

SB 1335 (Allen)Enacts the Sustainable Packaging for the State ofCalifornia Act of 2018, which prohibits a food service facilityin a state agency or large state facility from dispensingprepared food using disposable packaging unless thepackaging is accepted for recovery at a 75% or higher rateby its recycling or composting program.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Com. on EQ. Pending



SB 1337 (DeSaulnier)Requires written reports, documents, summaries, orstatements to the Legislature or legislative/executivebodies or requested there from to include a signedstatement by the agency/department head declaring thatthe factual contents of the written report are true, accurate,and complete.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014





Apr. 22From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes0.Page 3212.) (April 22).Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

Apr. 21From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on G.O.


Apr. 10Re-referred to Coms.on G.O. and JUD.

Apr. 7Withdrawn fromcommittee. Re-referred toCom. on RLS.

Apr. 3From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time andamended.Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

Mar. 17Referred to Com. on JUD.


Feb. 23From printer. May be


acted upon on or after March 25.


Pending

SB 1338 (Kehoe)Authorizes a nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, orphysician assistant who has completed training through apilot project on or before January 1, 2013, to continue,outside of that pilot project, to perform abortions byaspiration techniques.




SB 1339 (Monning)Revises provisions for intercounty transfers of specifiedpublic social service benefits, including Medi-Cal, to requirethe aid recipient to notify the destination or departurecounty of a change of residence, and the notified county toinitiate the transfer within seven business days and toprocess the transfer no later than the first day of the nextavailable benefit month following 30 days after a countywas notified. Requires the responsibility for payment of aidto transfer to the 2nd county as soon as administrativelypossible.



Pending

SB 1340 (Hernandez E)Prohibits a contract between a plan/insurer and aprovider/supplier from restricting the ability of theplan/insurer to furnish information to consumers/purchasersconcerning cost range of a procedure, full course oftreatment, or quality of services performed.






SB 1343 (Mitchell)Requires an employer of 5 or more employees to provide atleast 2 hours of sexual harassment training to allemployees by January 1, 2020, and once every 2 yearsafter that.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Coms. on L. &I.R. and JUD.

Pending

SB 1344 (Moorlach )Enacts the Education Savings Account Act of 2020, whichprohibits nonresident freshman/sophomore applicants toUC or CSU from being admitted unless and until regents ortrustees first determine that there are no residentapplicants from specified groups who meet the admissionseligibility requirements, so that the funds in each EducationSavings Account benefit California students.


Set for hearing April 4. Concern (03/15/18)Oppose (03/29/18)

SB 1349 (Yee)Prohibits public and private postsecondary educationalinstitutions, and their employees and representatives, fromrequiring or requesting a student, prospective student, orstudent group to disclose, access, or divulge personalsocial media, as defined, information, as specified.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 1350 (Lara)Requires the California Building Standards Commission todevelop and adopt standards governing the installation ofbaby diaper changing accommodations for restroomfacilities in a place of public accommodation.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending



SB 1353 (Hernandez E)Provides that the prohibition to disclose peace/custodialofficer personnel records in a criminal/civil proceedingexcept by discovery does not apply to civil rightsinvestigations/proceedings conducted by the AttorneyGeneral or to the criminal misconduct of peace/custodialofficers conducted by a grand jury, district attorney's office,or the Attorney General' s office. Authorizes disclosure offactual information concerning a disciplinary investigation ifthe peace officer who is the subject of a disciplinaryinvestigation, or an agent/representative of the officer,makes a false statement that is published by a Web siteaffiliated with a newspaper.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (03/09/12)

SB 1356 (De Leon)Allows a tax credit equal to a certain percentage of acontribution to the newly created Higher EducationInvestment Tax Credit Program Special Fund for allocationto CSAC for administration of the Cal Grant Program andspecifies that the aggregate amount of credit to allocateunder the Personal Income/Corporation Tax laws shall notexceed $500M/yr, and requires the Treasurer to performcertain duties regarding allocating and certifying the taxcredits. (operative only if SB 1466 is enacted and takeseffect on or before 1/1/13)



Pending

SB 1357 (Wolk)Requires the California Health and Human ServicesAgency, on or before 1/1/16, to establish and operate astatewide registry system, to be known as the CaliforniaPOLST Registry, to collect POLST forms received fromhealth care providers, who would be required to submit theforms to the registry unless a patient or his/her health caredecisionmaker chooses not to participate.


Apr. 3Re-referred to Coms.on HEALTH and JUD.

Pending



SB 1358 (Block )Increases applicable maximum for total Cal Grant awardsto an applicant to the award level for a 6-year period offull-time attendance.


2016 Apr. 12 April 13 set forfirst hearing canceled at therequest of author.

Neutral (04/11/16)

SB 1359 (Block)Requests UC, and requires CSU/CCC to identify in theonline campus course schedule its courses that exclusivelyuse digital course materials, as specified, andcommunicate to students that the materials for thesecourses are free of charge.



Pending

SB 1364 (Monning)Declares intent to enact legislation to create a competitivemarketplace for health care coverage consistent with theState Innovation Waiver requirements.



Pending

SB 1365 (Hernandez)Requires a general acute care hospital, except asspecified, to provide a delineated notice to each patientscheduled for a service in a hospital-based outpatientclinic, when that service is available in a nonhospital-basedlocation.




SB 1370 (Galgiani)Repeals the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking WaterSupply Act of 2012, and enacts the Reliable Water SupplyBond Act of 2014 to finance surface water storage projects.(SB 927'12, SB 40'12, AB 1503'12)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Watch (03/20/14)



SB 1373 (Lieu)Requires that when a patient seeks services at a hospitalfor an elective or scheduled procedure and the patient iscovered by a specified type of health care service plancontract or health insurance policy that providesout-of-network coverage, the hospital would be required toprovide the patient with a notice stating, among otherthings, that certain hospital-based providers may not bewithin the network of the patient's plan or insurer, prohibitsa hospital or a provider group from holding itself out asbeing within a plan or provider network unless all of theindividual providers providing services at the hospital orwith the provider group are within the plan or providernetwork or the hospital or provider group acknowledgesthat individual providers within the hospital or providergroup may be outside the plan or provider network .



Watch (03/15/12)

SB 1374 (Hernandez E )Expresses intent to enact legislation to ensure thecontinued viability of emergency medical systemsthroughout the state by establishing payment definitionsand policies for Medi-Cal, as related to ambulance servicesthat meet nationally recognized standards.


2014





Pending

SB 1375 (Alquist)Encourages UC and requires CSU and CCC to adopt anonline course for student veterans, and encourages UC,CSU, CCC to offer on-campus counseling services forstudent veterans. (UC Named, UC Action)



Pending



SB 1378 (Nguyen)Amends the Donahoe Higher Education Act. (UC Named)(Spot bill.)



SB 1381 (Nielsen)Enacts the Campus Free Expression Act, which declaresthat outdoor areas of public postsecondary educationalinstitutions are traditional public forums, and allows theseinstitutions to maintain and enforce reasonable time, place,and manner restrictions if narrowly tailored in service of asignificant institutional interest, employ clear, published,content/viewpoint-neutral criteria, and provide for amplealternative means of expression. (UC Named) (SB 472 '17)

Staff: Karen French


SB 1383 (Lara )Requires State Air Resources Board no later than 1/1/18 toapprove and begin implementing its comprehensivestrategy to reduce emissions of short-lived climatepollutants to achieve a reduction in methane andhydro-fluorocarbon gases by 40%, and anthropogenicblack carbon by 50% below 2013 levels by 2030. (Relatesto UC Carbon Neutrality Initiative and research on thesepollutants, referenced in the UC Bending the Curve report.)

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 1388 (Anderson)Establishes the Forming Open and Robust UniversityMinds (FORUM) Act, which encourages UC to develop andadopt a policy on free expression that contains specifiedstatements.

Staff: Karen French




SB 1390 (Wright)Authorizes licensed gambling establishments to conductwagering on professional and collegiate sports or athleticevents.



Concern (06/18/11)Watch (04/11/12)

SB 1392 (Galgiani)Relates to the consensus conference to address the issueof testing or treatment to prevent neonatal group Bstreptococcal disease (chemoprophylaxis).



Watch (04/18/15)

SB 1394 (Lowenthal A)Provides that, for all dwelling units intended for humanoccupancy for which a building permit is issued on or afterJanuary 1, 2014, for alterations, repairs, or additionsexceeding $1,000, the permit issuer shall not sign off onthe completion of work until the permittee demonstratesthat all smoke alarms required for the dwelling unit aredevices approved and listed by the State Fire Marshal.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 1399 (Wiener)Requires the Public Utilities Commission to require tariffsthat provide for bill credits for electricity generated byeligible renewable generating facilities and exported to theelectrical grid to be credited to electrical accounts ofnonresidential customers.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Com. on E., U.& C.

Pending



SB 1401 (McGuire)Develops at least 3 regional pilot projects in counties in theSan Francisco Bay area, the Central Valley region, and theSan Diego area, targeted to increase access toin‑home, private duty nursing care for childrenreceiving Medi‑Cal who are eligible forin‑home, shift nursing care services, and requires,for at least 2 years, an increased reimbursement rate forparticipating licensed home health agencies that arecurrently providing private duty nursing.



Watch (03/23/16)

SB 1404 (Leno)Makes legislative findings recognizing the TraumaRecovery Center at San Francisco General Hospital,UCSF, as the State Pilot Trauma Recovery Center (StatePilot TRC). Requires the use of a certain evidence-basedIntegrated Trauma Recovery Services model when grantsto trauma recovery centers (TRC) are provided. Requiresthe Victim Compensation Board to enter into aninteragency agreement with TRC UCSF, to establish theState Pilot TRC as the technical assistance provider to theboard and authorizes the board to provide grants, uponlegislative appropriation, to this provider. Also, requires theboard, through a competitive process, to select a 3rd partyevaluator to review the effectiveness of the TRC model andthe work done by grant recipients with the funds. (SB 518'15)



Support (04/05/16)

SB 1406 (Hill)Requires that a student participating in a baccalaureatedegree pilot program commence his/her degree programby the beginning of the 2022-23 academic year, andextends the inoperative and repeal dates for theauthorization to establish pilot baccalaureate degreeprograms by 2 years. (UC Named) (SB 769 '17)





SB 1407 (Leno)Prohibits a psychotherapist from releasing or disclosing theinformation in the mental health records of a minor patientto the patient's parent or guardian based solely on anauthorization to release those records signed by the parentor guardian, and from allowing the parent or guardian toinspect or obtain those records, if the minor has beenremoved from the parent's or guardian's physical custody independency proceedings.



Pending

SB 1408 (Allen)Allows the transplantation of tissue from a donor who isHIV-positive, if specified conditions are satisfied.


2016 May. 27 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Chapter18, Statutes of 2016.

Support (05/20/16)Support (05/26/16)Support (05/26/16)Gov Sig Requested(05/27/16)

SB 1410 (Cedillo)Makes changes to requirements for taking US MedicalLicensing Exam for a physician's and surgeon's certificate.



Pending

SB 1416 (Block)Increases the initial license/renewal fee for dentists at$525.



Watch (04/30/14)



SB 1417 (Galgiani)Creates the Graduation Incentive Loan Payment Programwhich requests UC and requires CSU to develop andimplement a program to provide a $2,500 student loan debtincentive to AB 540 students who complete anundergraduate degree within four years.



Cost (03/24/16)

SB 1418 (Lara)Extends eligibility for full-scope Medi-Cal to individuals 19and older who are otherwise ineligible due to immigrationstatus, contingent upon determination of sufficient funding,or for limited scope Medi-Cal otherwise. (SB 10 '15)


2016 May. 04 Re-referred toCom. on HEALTH.

Pending



SB 1421 (Skinner)Requires certain peace officer personnel records andrecords relating to specified incidents, complaints, andinvestigations involving peace officers to be available forpublic inspection pursuant to the Public Records Act. (AB1428 '17)

Staff: Jason Murphy

04/17/18

From committee: Do passand re-refer to Com. onAPPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.)(April 17). Re-referred toCom. on APPR. 04/12/18

Re-referred to Com. on PUB.S. 04/12/18


From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time and amended.Re-referred to Com. on RLS.03/08/18

Referred to Com. on RLS.02/20/18

From printer. May be actedupon on or after March 22.02/16/18

Introduced. Read first time.To Com. on RLS. forassignment. To print.

Pending

SB 1423 (Hernandez)SHIP in lieu of Medicaid. (UC Sponsor) (Spot bill)



SB 1426 (De Leon)Makes technical, nonsubstantive changes to the Breastand Cervical Cancer Treatment Program.



Pending



SB 1429 (Steinberg)Declares intent to bring interested parties together todevelop a legislative solution to issues of medicalmalpractice injury compensation. (MICRA)



Pending

SB 1439 (Block)Requires UC, CSU, and CCC to require, as part of thehiring process for an appointment to an academic oradministrative position, that an applicant discloses any finaladministrative/judicial decision determining that theapplicant committed sexual harassment. Prohibits UC,CSU, or CCC from asking an applicant to discloseinformation on any final administrative/judicial decision,including any inquiry about an applicable decision on anyemployment application, until it has determined that theapplicant meets the minimum employment qualificationsstated in the notice issued for the position.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SB 1442 (Oropeza)Declares intent to enact legislation to warn consumersregarding scientific findings linking certain conditions duringpregnancy to brain cancer in children.


To Com. on RLS.

SB 1444 (Hertzberg)Requires an agency that owns or licenses computerizeddata that includes personal information to prepare acomputerized personal information security plan that detailsthe agency's strategy to respond to a security breach ofcomputerized personal information and associatedconsequences caused by the disclosed personalinformation.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 Aug. 22 Returned bythe Governor at the requestof the Senate. Withdrawnfrom engrossing andenrolling. Ordered to inactivefile on request of SenatorHertzberg.

Pending



SB 1451 (Hill)Makes changes to the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA).

Staff: Jason Murphy

2014

May 6Set, first hearing.Hearing canceled at therequest of author.


May 1From committee: Dopass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes1. Page3342.) (April 30).Re-referred to Com. on JUD.


Apr. 23Re-referred to Coms.on E.Q. and JUD.






Pending



SB 1457 (Evans)Requires requests for treatment/service authorization underthe Medi Cal, Children's Services, and GeneticallyHandicapped Person's Programs to be submitted inelectronic format, excluding those submitted by dentalproviders enrolled in the Medi Cal Dental program. Requires designation of an alternate format for submittingrequests for authorization for treatment or services whenthe department's Website or other electronic means areunavailable due to system disruptions. (SB 945'13)



Pending

SB 1458 (Steinberg)Makes changes to school accountability and APIrequirements, including authorization to incorporatematriculation rates and indication of pupil preparedness forcollege and career into API. (Contains some provisionsfrom SB 547 '11 Vetoed)




SB 1461 (Negrete McLeod)Requests UC and prohibits CSU from increasing themandatory systemwide fees charged to residentundergraduate students by a specified amount in anacademic year in which funds are appropriated in theannual Budget Act to the applicable institution for purposesof enrollment growth and a cost-of-living adjustment, asspecified.



Oppose (04/16/12)

SB 1462 (Padilla)Establishes the state Broadband Council; imposesspecified duties on the council relating to the promotion ofbroadband deployment and adoption throughout the state.



Support (06/14/10)Support (08/25/10)



SB 1466 (Senate Business, Professions & EconomicDevelopmen)Health care professionals omnibus bill.


2014

Mar. 25Introduced. Readfirst time. To Com. on RLS.for assignment. Toprint.

Watch (04/16/14)

SB 1468 (Senate Business, Professions & EconomicDevelopmen)Amends the Medical Practice Act, which provides for thelicensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by theMedical Board of California and for the licensure andregulation of podiatrists by the California Board of PodiatricMedicine within the Medical Board of California.


To Com. on RLS.

SB 1471 (Hernandez )Increases the annual Competitive Cal Grant A/B award limitfrom $27,750 to $30,000.



SB 1476 (Senate Governance and Finance Committee)Allows tax check-off programs to be eligible for renewalevery seven years instead of five, and removes an inflationaccelerator imposed on tax check-off forms and insteadprovides that $250,000 will remain the minimum collectionamount for qualifying to remain on the tax check-off form.



Gov Sig Requested(09/12/15)Support (04/14/16)



SB 1478 (Committee on Business, Professions andEconomic De)Revises requirements for various health-related boards ofthe Department of Consumer Affairs, including exemptingretired/inactive licensees from the CURES fee requirement,expanding approved accreditation agencies, requiringapplicants for registration/licensure to submit to the Boardof Behavioral Sciences certification from their educationalinstitution specifying that the curriculum and courseworkcomplies with examination eligibility/registrationrequirements and requiring the board to accept educationgained from an out-of-state school if the education issubstantially similar, recasting instruction in psychologicaltesting and psychopharmacology as separate educationalrequirements, specifying that the Association of SocialWork Boards Clinical Examination fee only applies to aboard-administered clinical examination, referring tospecified titles using the term "intern" as "associate",prohibiting specified interns, trainees, or associates fromgaining supervised experience while employed asindependent contractors, specifying that the face-to-facecounseling requirement of practicum coursework is forcounseling of individuals, couples, families, or groups,deleting the requirement for the Medical Board of Californiato retain a copy of a complaint regarding poor quality ofcare by a licensee for 10 years, deleting the Task Force onCulturally and Linguistically Competent Physicians andDentists, and abolishing the Bureau of Medical Statistics.Double-jointed with AB 2331.



SB 1483 (Steinberg (D))Creates the Physician Health Program, administered by thePhysician Health, Recovery, and Monitoring OversightCommittee, increases biennial license renewal fee by$39.50 for these purposes, which is transferred monthly tothe Physician Health, Awareness, and Monitoring QualityTrust Fund for usage subject to legislative appropriation.


Ordered to inactive file onrequest of Assembly MemberAllen.

Watch (06/22/12)



SB 1487 (Hernandez E)Extends Medi-Cal eligibility to youths who were formerly infoster care and who are under 26 years of age, pursuant toprescribed provisions of federal law.



Pending

SB 1489 (Senate Business, Professions & EconomicDevelopmen)Amends the Medical Practice Act, which provides for thelicensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by theMedical Board of California and for the licensure andregulation of podiatrists by the California Board of PodiatricMedicine within the Medical Board of California.



Pending

SB 1493 (Cannella)Moves provisions requiring local publicly owned electricutilities to adopt/implement tariffs for electricity purchasedfrom an electric generation facility meeting certain size,deliverability, and interconnection requirements to theportion of the Public Utilities Code concerning the RPSprogram.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Com. on E., U. &C.

Watch (03/13/12)

SB 1516 (Leno)Requires bid specifications to provide a period of time afterthe award of the contract for the submission of datasubstantiating a request for a substitution of "an equal"item, but would allow a solicitation for bids to require thesubmission of data substantiating a request for substitutionof an equal item prior to the bid submission deadline only ifthe solicitation establishes a procedure for submission,evaluation, and determination, as provided.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Oppose (06/18/12)



SB 1524 (Hernandez E)Deletes requirements for nurse practitioners and certifiednurse-midwives to have supervised experience in order tofurnish or order drugs or devices.



Watch (06/22/12)

SB 1525 (Padilla)Enacts the Student Athlete Bill of Rights requiringintercollegiate athletic programs at 4-year higher educationinstitutions to comply with prescribed requirements.



Neutral (07/03/11)Oppose (04/17/12)Oppose (05/29/12)Oppose (06/20/12)

SB 1528 (Steinberg)Expresses legislative intent to establish a framework forcompensating persons injured at the fault of 3rd parties,and specifies that under these circumstances the lien andother rights of the parties provided in specified provisionsshall be maintained.


From Assembly withoutfurther action.

Oppose (08/28/12)Oppose (08/31/12)

SB 1529 (Alquist)Requires that a provider be temporarily suspendend andplaced under various restrictions and penalties uponreceipt of a credible allegation of fraud, for which aninvestigation is pending under Medi-Cal against thatprovider, or upon commencement of the specifiedsuspension of a provider, unless it is determined there isgood cause not to suspend or to partially suspend.



Watch (06/14/12)



SB 1538 (Simitian)Requires health facilities that perform mammographyexaminations to include a prescribed notice on breastdensity in the written report summary that is sent topatients.



Pending

SB 1539 (Corbett)Requires textbook publishers to provide prescribed dataabout the textbooks to prospective purchasers, including alist of products for sale by publisher germane topurchaser's subject of interest, wholesale/retail price ofproduct, estimated length of time to keep product on themarket, and a list of substantial content differencesbetween new and previous editions.



Support (04/20/11)Support (06/07/12)

SB 1543 (Emmerson)Prescribes fees charged by and procedures under which ahealth care provider furnishes patient medical records to anattorney upon subpoena, and hourly charge to provide,locate, reproduce, and supervise inspection of patientmedical records, and provides conditions that allowelectronic transfer.



Pending

SB 1564 (Strickland)Makes changes related to DPH licensing and regulation ofhealth facilities.





SB 1572 (Pavley)Appropriates specified portion of monies collected from theauction/sale of allowances in 2012-13 from the GHGReduction Fund to the state board with a specified portionmade available to fund prescribed projects meeting GHGreduction goals, and requires those funds to be committedby 12/31/13; creates the Higher Education GHG EmissionsReduction Account which provides for revenue collectedfrom the sale of an allowance to UC/CSU, and requiresUC/CSU to submit to state board and the Legislature areport of dispostion of funds received; also creates theWater Suppliers GHG Emissions Reduction Account. (UCNamed, UC Report)

Staff: Jason Murphy

Read second time andamended. Ordered to secondreading. Assembly Rule 63suspended. (Page 6750.)

Support (06/29/12)Support (08/28/12)

SB 1575 (Senate Business, Professions & EconomicDevelopmen)Makes changes to licensee and applicant requirements andother provisions for various professions and vocations byamending the Dental Practice Act, Medical Practice Act,Licensed Midwifery Practice Act, Occupational TherapyPractice Act, Psychology Licensing Law, Respiratory CarePractice Act, Pharmacy Law, Board of Behavioral Sciencesrequirements, Marriage and Family Therapist Act, andLicensed professional Clinical counselor Act.



Pending

SB X1 1 (Hernandez E)SBX1 1: Medi-Cal Expansion: Implements federalAffordable Care Act provisions related to eligibility andextending Medi-Cal eligibility determination, inclusionmental health services and substance use disorderservices within the essential health benefits package;alternative benefit package for full scope beneficiariesbased on income; and optional expansion contingent onFMAP. (ABX1 1)



Pending



SB X1 2 (Hernandez E)SB X1 2: Insurance Market Reform: Requires aplan/insurer to offer market, and sell all of its health benefitplans that are sold in the individual market for policy yearson or after a specified date, to all individuals anddependents in each service area in which the plan orinsurer provides for health care services; requires limit onenrollment in individual health benefit plans to specifiedopen enrollment and special enrollment periods.



Pending

SB X1 3 (Hernandez E)SB X1 3: Bridge Program: Implements Affordable Care Actprovisions related to bridge plan products within theCalifornia Health Benefit Exchange.



Pending

SB X2 2 (Hernandez)SBX2 2: Establishes a new managed care organizationprovider tax on licensed health care service plans,managed care plans contracted with the Department ofHealth Care Services to provide Medi-Cal services, andalternate health care service plans (AHCSP). stablishesapplicable taxing tiers and per enrollee amounts.Establishes a related fund for tax moneys to pay thenonfederal share of Medi-Cal rates for health care services,and provides for a graduation elimination of the grosspremiums tax for health care service plans subject to theprovider tax. (ABX2 20, SBX2 14)


2016 Mar. 01 Approved bythe Governor. Chaptered bySecretary of State. Chapter2, Statutes of 2015-16Second ExtraordinarySession.

Pending

SB X2 3 (Hernandez )SBX2 3: Declares intent to enact legislation to establishfunding sources and mechanisms to provide additionalsupport and access to Medi-Cal services anddevelopmental services programs.(ABX2 1)


2016 Mar. 15 FromAssembly without furtheraction.

Pending



SB X2 5 (Leno)SBX2 5: Defines the term smoking for purposes of theSTAKE Act. Changes the STAKE Act's definition oftobacco products to include electronic devices, such aselectronic cigarettes, that deliver nicotine or othervaporized liquids, and makes furnishing such a tobaccoproduct to a minor a misdemeanor. Requires that retailerswho sells such products be subject to a one-time licensefee. Requires all cartridges and solutions for filling orrefilling be in childproof packaging.


2016 May. 04 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Chapter7, Statutes of 2015-16Second ExtraordinarySession.

Pending

SB X2 7 (Hernandez)SBX2 7: Extends applicability of the Stop Tobacco Accessto Kids Enforcement Act to persons under 21 years of age.(SB 151)


2016 May. 04 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Chapter8, Statutes of 2015-16Second ExtraordinarySession.

Pending

SB X2 13 (Pan)SBX2 13: Expands the definition of tobacco products forpurposes of that act to include electronic cigarettes, asdefined, thereby subjecting manufacturers, importers,distributors, wholesalers, and retailers of electroniccigarettes to the same licensing requirements imposedpursuant to that act on manufacturers, importers,distributors, wholesalers, and retailers of tobacco products.(ABX2 16)



Pending



SB X2 14 (Hernandez )SBX2 14: Includes e-cigarettes in the definition of tobaccoproducts for purposes of the Cigarette and TobaccoProducts Licensing Act. Imposes additional taxes oncigarettes and e-cigarettes. Creates and directs revenuesto the California Health Care, Research, and PreventionTobacco Tax Act of 2015 Fund to be expended forspecified purposes, including funding UC ($40M) toincrease the number of physicians trained in California, andsupplementing the Cigarette and Tobacco Products SurtaxMedical Research Program (5%) administered by UC.


2016 Mar. 10 Died on thirdreading.

Watch (09/11/15)

SB X2 15 (Hernandez)SBX2 15: Establishes a new managed care organizationprovider tax on licensed health care service plans,managed care plans contracted with the department toprovide Medi-Cal services, and alternate health careservice plans (AHCSP). (ABX2 20, SBX2 14)



Pending

SB X3 24 (Alquist)SBX3 24 - Extends deadline for federal option to expandMedi-Cal continuous eligibility to children 19 years of ageand younger until July 1, 2012.


Chaptered by Secretary ofState. Chapter 24, Statutesof 2009-10 ThirdExtraordinary Session.

SCA 1 (Lara)Permits UC Regents to serve two ten-year terms, with theten-year limit applying to current Regents in their first termand Regents serving their second term not eligible forreappointment.

Staff: Sandy Fried

2016 Aug. 31 Ordered toinactive file on request ofSenator Lara.

Oppose (04/26/16)



SCA 2 (Nguyen)Provides that the display of the Flag of the United States onthe grounds of a campus of the UC, CSU and CCC shallnot be prohibited.


2015 Jul. 14 July 14 set forfirst hearing.Testimonytaken.

Pending

SCA 4 (Nguyen)Constitutional amendment to require that, for the 2017-18academic year, and each academic year thereafter,out-of-state undergraduate students constitute not morethan 10% of an incoming undergraduate class, and notmore than 10% of total undergraduate enrollment at eachUC campus. Prohibits the total amount of tuition/feescharged to UC undergraduate students from beingincreased from the 2016-17 academic year to the 2020-21academic year.


2015 Jul. 15 July 15 set forfirst hearing. Failed passagein committee. (Ayes 2. Noes6. Page 1950.)Reconsideration granted.

Oppose (07/09/15)

SCA 5 (Hernandez E)Eliminates the prohibition of using race, sex, color,ethnicity, or national origin on state discrimination orpreference in the operation of public education. (UCNamed)


Set for hearing August 20. Watch (04/24/13)

SCA 7 (Moorlach)Repeals the constitutional provisions of the Stem CellResearch and Cures Act which establishes the CaliforniaInstitute for Regenerative Medicine, and the right toconduct stem cell research.


June 7 set for first hearing.Failed passage in committee.(Ayes 2. Noes 6. Page1473.) Reconsiderationgranted.

Pending



SCA 8 (Moorlach)Permits a government employer, including UC, to reduceretirement benefits that are based on work not yetperformed by an employee regardless of the hire date.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SCA 10 (Moorlach)Prohibits a government employer, including UC, fromproviding public employees any retirement benefit increaseuntil that increase is approved by a 2/3 vote of theelectorate of the applicable jurisdiction and that vote iscertified. Defines retirement benefit to mean anypostemployment benefit and defines benefit increase asany change that increases the value of an employee'sretirement benefit.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SCA 12 (Runner)Requires UC to act in the best interests of the people ofCalifornia and to honor their fiduciary duty to Californiaresidents who aspire to attend the University of Californiaby ensuring that priority in admissions is given to applicantswho are California residents.

Staff: Jason Murphy

2016 May. 04 May 3 set forfirst hearing.Testimonytaken.

Oppose (04/13/16)

SCA 13 (Galgiani)Prohibits UC, during any year in which it provides morethan 600 managerial employees with annual salaries higherthan the Governor's, from increasing systemwide studenttuition and fees or from entering into a new, or renewing anexisting, services contract with a for-profit company payingsubstandard wages to its nonprofessional workers.

Staff: Karen French

Referred to Coms. on ED.and E. & C.A.

Pending



SCA 14 (Hernandez )Relates to UC president and terms of regenst. (SCA 1 '14)

Staff: Karen French

Referred to Coms. on ED.and E. & C.A.

Pending

SCA 15 (Yee)Subjects UC retirement plans to the provisions of the PublicEmployees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 and anysubsequent statutory enactment amending that act orenacting/amending a successor act, for UCofficers/employees first hired on/after the effective date ofthis measure.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Coms. on ED.,P.E. & R., and E. & C.A.

Oppose (08/29/12)

SCA 16 (Moorlach)Subjects UC to legislative control as necessary to providefor priority in admissions for California residents. Authorizesthe disbursement of funds under an agreement betweenthe State and a parent/legal guardian of an eligible child fortuition and education expenses, and for tax or other publicbenefits to educational institutions to further the promotionof intellectual, scientific, moral, and agriculturalimprovement.

Staff: Karen French

Set for hearing April 4. Concern (03/15/18)Oppose (03/29/18)

SCA 21 (De Leon)Requires that, in the 2013-14 fiscal year, and in each fiscalyear thereafter, the amount appropriated from the GF of thestate for the support of public institutions of highereducation, as defined, be greater than the amountappropriated from the GF of the state for the support of thestate prison system, as defined.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Referred to Coms. on B. &F.R. and E. & C.A.

Pending



SCA 22 (Rubio)Requires UC to modify admissions so that commencingwith the 2013-14 academic year, out-of-stateundergraduate students, as defined, would constitute moreno more than 10% of an incoming class, or more than 10%of the total undergraduate enrollment, at each UC campus.


Set, second hearing. Hearingcanceled at the request ofauthor. From committee withauthor's amendments. Readsecond time and amended.Re-referred to Com. on ED.

Oppose (06/22/12)

SCR 25 (Block)States the Legislature's support for a memorandum ofunderstanding to establish strategic partnerships for jointinnovation, exchanges, public-private partnerships, andcooperation between California and Israel involvingcollaboration with universities to facilitate joint industrialresearch and development, educational opportunities, andother economic development objectives.


2015 Jul. 22 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Res.Chapter 127, Statutes of2015.

Support (06/23/15)

SCR 35 (Stone)Urges each UC campus to adopt a resolution condemningall forms of anti-Semitism and racism, and condemns anyact of anti-Semitism augmenting education programs at allpublicly funded schools in California. (HR 35'12)



Watch (06/16/15)

SCR 63 (Bates)Declares the month of May 2015 as National StrokeAwareness Month in the state.



Pending

SCR 70 (Galgiani)Honors the University of California, Davis' greatachievement in earning the number one ranking in theworld for teaching and research in the areas of agricultureand forestry.


Aug. 20Introduced. Referredto Com. on RLS.

Pending



SCR 79 (Galgiani)Urges UC, CSU, and CCC to ensure that all persons intheir respective jurisdictions responsible for procurement ofcollege textbooks are aware of the benefits of recycledpaper that they consider those benefits when purchasingtextbooks for use in their respective institutions.

Staff: Jason Murphy

Introduced. Referred to Com.on RLS.

Neutral (06/05/14)

SCR 161 (De Leon)Promotes the LA Basin as a bioscience hub to provide neweconomic opportunity for the State, and declares intent todevelop and encourage state and local policy proposalsfocusing on the LA Basin bioscience industry. (UC Named)


2016 Sep. 09 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Res.Chapter 185, Statutes of2016.

Support (08/12/16)

SJR 1 (Vidak)Urges Congress and the U.S. President to work together tocreate a comprehensive and workable approach to reformthe nation's immigration system.(SJR 2 '16)

Staff: Karen French

June 20 hearing canceled atthe request of author.

Pending

SJR 2 (Vidak )Urges Congress and the U.S. President to create acomprehensive, workable approach to reform the nation'simmigration system according to specified principles, whichinclude allowing access to college degrees, driver'slicenses, and permanent residency for internationaluniversity students. (UC Named)


2015 Apr. 14 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Res.Chapter 23, Statutes of2015.

Pending



SJR 7 (Pan )Urges Congress and the U.S. President to create acomprehensive, workable approach to reform the nation'simmigration system according to specified principles, whichinclude allowing access to college degrees, driver'slicenses, and permanent residency for internationaluniversity students. (UC Named)


07/01/15Chaptered bySecretary of State. Res.Chapter 90, Statutes of2015. 07/01/15Enrolled andfiled with the Secretary ofState at 4:15 p.m.06/29/15In Senate. Orderedto engrossing and enrolling.06/29/15Read. Adopted.(Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page2179.) Ordered to theSenate. 06/24/15Fromcommittee: Be adopted.Ordered to consent calendar.(Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June23). 06/11/15Referred toCom. on HEALTH.04/27/15In Assembly. Heldat Desk. 04/27/15Read.Adopted. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.Page 772.) Ordered to theAssembly. 04/07/15Readsecond time. Ordered to thirdreading. 04/06/15Ordered tosecond reading.04/06/15Read third time andamended. 03/25/15Fromcommittee: Ordered to thirdreading.03/19/15Introduced.Referred to Com. on RLS.

Pending

SJR 15 (Dodd)Urges Congress to reauthorize the Children's HealthInsurance Program (CHIP) for at least 5 years.


In Assembly. Held at Desk. Pending



SJR 19 (Jackson)Requests the President and U.S. Congress to express theirsupport for access to comprehensive reproductive healthcare, including services provided by Planned Parenthood,and to oppose efforts to eliminate federal funding forPlanned Parenthood.


2016 Jun. 01 Chaptered bySecretary of State. Res.Chapter 52, Statutes of2016.

Pending

SR 7 (de Leon)Urges the President-elect to continue President Obama'sDeferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA),which grants "Dreamers", people brought into the countryas children by their parents, a temporary reprieve fromdeportation. (HR 4)

Staff: Karen French

Read. Adopted. (Ayes 27.Noes 3. Page 11.)

Pending

SR 22 (de Leon)Urges President Trump to publicly reaffirm and clarifyprinciples and content of the Immigration and CustomsEnforcement (ICE) policy on actions aimed at sensitivelocations, i.e. educational institutions and health carefacilities.

Staff: Jason Murphy


Pending

SR 26 (Hernandez (D))Affirms the Senates strong support for and urges the U.S.Congress to reject any effort to repeal the Affordable CareAct unless it is simultaneously replaced with an alternativeprogram that meets the standards clearly and consistentlyarticulated by President Trump.



Pending



SR 41 (de Leon)Calls upon the U.S. Senate to thoughtfully and carefullyconsider the full impact of any measures that amend,revise, or repeal provisions of the ACA, commends theSenate independently developing its own proposal, toensure adequate public review and input from the healthcare industry, consumers, and other stakeholders, and toensure that the Congressional Budget Office has providedestimates of a final version.



Pending

SR 84 (de Leon)Resolves that California residents eligible for in-state tuitionand financial aid under the California Dream Act of 2011are strongly encouraged to fill out the California Dream ActApplication and continue applying for college. (UC Named)


Read. Adopted. (Ayes 29.Noes 3.)

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Legislation as of 01/25/2022 Legislation Status UC Position

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