1995 Significant Legislation

Repeals and recasts the Gaming Registration Act, as specified. Enacts the Gambling Control Act. Creates the California Gambling Control Commission, and authorizes the commission to regulate legal gambling in this state, as specified. Creates a Gambling Control Commission consisting of five salaried members. No more than three of the five members may be of the same political party and a person is ineligible if within two years of appointment the person was employed by any gambling establishment. States legislative intent that the Act is not intended to expand opportunities for gambling but instead is to regulate businesses that offer legal forms of gambling, and pursuant to this, public trust and confidence requires strict regulation of all activities related to lawful gambling establishments.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

Requires certain applications for registration under the gaming Registration Act and filed with the Department of Justice, to be acted upon by the Attorney General within 180 days of the application being submitted.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

Designates the Governor as the state officer responsible for negotiating and executing, on behalf of the state, compacts with federally recognized Indian tribes for conducting Class III gaming, other than horseracing activities, on Indian lands in the state.

(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)

Requires that any Tribal-State compact governing the conduct of gambling activities on Indian land is to include, to the extent permitted by federal law, provisions guaranteeing the right of employees to join a union and to bargain collectively with their employers.

(In Senate Industrial Relations Committee)

Creates the California gaming Control Commission, and authorizes the commission to regulate and license legal gaming in this state.

(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)

Repeals and recasts the Gaming Registration Act, and enacts the Gambling Control Act. Creates the California Gambling Control Commission, and authorizes the commission to regulate legal gambling in this state, as specified. Creates the Division of Gambling Control within the Department of Justice. Specifies that the Division of Gambling Control is responsible for investigation and enforcement of controlled gambling activity in the state. States that the purpose of this bill is to regulate businesses that offer lawful forms of gaming; public trust that permissible gambling will not endanger public health, safety, or welfare, requires that comprehensive measures be enacted to ensure that gambling is free from criminal and corruptive elements; that it is conducted honestly and competitively, and that it is conducted in suitable locations.

(Failed passage in Senate Rules Committee)

Repeals and recasts the Gaming Registation Act. Creates within the Department of Justice, the Department of Gambling Control. Creates a five member California Gaming Control Commission, with a five year term of office. States that the purpose of this bill is to regulate businesses that offer lawful forms of gaming; public trust that permissible gambling will not endanger public health, safety, or welfare, requires that comprehensive measures be enacted to ensure that gaming is free from criminal and corruptive elements; that it is conducted honestly and competitively, and that it is conducted in suitable locations. States that unregulated gaming is inimical to public interest, and that it is not the intent of the Legislature to expand opportunities for gambling, or to create any right to operate a gambling enterprise.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

Specifies that the Governor is authorized and empowered to negotiate and execute compacts with federally recognized Indian tribes in the state pursuant to the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act for Class III gaming on Indian lands, including horse racing activities.

(In Assembly Government Organization Committee)

Allows California-base publicly-traded companies to be licensed by the Attorney General for ownership and operation of gaming clubs in California, even if those companies have an interest in gaming operations not authorized by California law outside of the state, as specified.

(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)

Creates an account in the General Fund through which Indian tribes will reimburse the state for the costs incurred for regulation of Indian gaming.

(In Senate Government Organization Committee)

Authorizes thoroughbred racing associations to execute agreements with other associations that conduct thoroughbred horseracing to distribute the signal and accept wagering on out-of-country thoroughbred races, as specified.

Chapter 836, Statutes of 1995

Allows a breeder award to the dam of an Appaloosa, regardless of whether the dam is an Appaloosa or not. Requires that a stallion owner, in order to be eligible for an Appaloosa stallion award, must own an Appaloosa sire only. Makes other technical clarifying changes.

Chapter 6, Statutes of 1995

Allows the California Horse Racing Board to permit quarter horse races over distances of not more than one-half of a mile.

(Placed on Assembly Inactive File)

Authorizes the use of revenue bonds and negotiable notes or negotiable bond anticipation notes to finance the construction of the Equine Drug Testing Laboratory on the campus of the University of California, Davis.

Chapter 825, Statutes of 1995

Permits the California Horse Racing Board to authorize any thoroughbred racing association conducting a meeting in this state to accept wagers on the results of out-of-state races, regardless of whether the race is a feature race and regardless of the amount of the gross purse, as specified.

(In Senate Governmental Organization Committee)

Clarifies the independence of a specified welfare fund for thoroughbred horsemen/women and backstretch personnel.

Chapter 248, Statutes of 1995

Allows the California Horse Racing Board to approve parimutuel wagering races that are not conducted on the same day.

(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)

Defines the procedures for conducting satellite wagering at fairgrounds.

(On Senate Unfinished Business)

Removes the restriction that the California Horse Racing Board shall only approve wagering on more than one race if all those races are conducted on the same racing program.

Chapter 254, Statutes of 1995

Allows when funds are available, for fairs in the northern racing zone, to provide vanning of participating racehorses from any California Horse Racing Board approved offside stabling facility, as specified.

Chapter 80, Statutes of 1995

Makes various changes in procedures and policies of the drug testing program administered by the California Horse Racing Board.

(Failed passage in Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)

Redefines "parimutuel wagering" to allow for wagering on horseraces by means other than tickets at a racetrack or other facility permitted by law to conduct satellite wagering.

(On Senate Inactive File)

Provides that at a quarter horse racing meeting, the "breakage" multiple would be reduced from $.10 to $.05. Sunsets January 1, 1999.

Chapter 959, Statutes of 1995

Requires signals of all racing programs to be accepted at each live racing meeting, without regard to the zone in which the racing program is conducted, as specified.

(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)

Permits publicly-traded corporations who operate horse racing tracks in California to own and operate card clubs in California, as specified.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

Authorizes the California Horse Racing Board to authorize fairs in the northern zone to contract with a racing association for the operation of an off-site satellite wagering facility, as specified.

(Failed passage in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

Redefines the specifics of the breeders and owners awards program for California-bred Arabian horses.

Chapter 826, Statutes of 1995

Deletes language excluding a public parking lot from the definition of "enclosure." Permits advance wagering to take place in areas that are more accessible to the public, such as a drive-up window within a designated area of the parking lot."

(In Senate Government Organization Committee)

Expands parimutuel wagering on horse races to include betting on additional portions of races other than just the outcome (propositional wagering), as specified.

(Held under submission in Senate Appropriations Committee)

Extends, for the 1995-96 year, statutory provisions providing the Department of Food and Agriculture with a method for allocating an augmentation to the department's budget of no more that 5% from the Fair and Exposition Fund to designated fairs, as specified.

Chapter 402, Statutes of 1995

Requires the California Horse Racing Board to ensure that the simulcasting of thoroughbred racing after 7 p.m. does not interfere with the simulcasting of quarter horse racing.

(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)

Requires the formation of only one organization of associations and fairs to operate the audio-visual signal system pursuant to board approval and supervision, as specified.

(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)

Permits any racing association in the state to send audiovisual signals to, and accept intrastate wagers from, other locations in the state, as specified.

(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)

Permits any licensed racing association or fair conducting a live racing meeting to transmit live audiovisual signals to a location that has an on-sale license for the sale of alcoholic beverages as specified.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

Permits the California Horse Racing Board to authorize satellite wagering at any facility in the southern region that conducted satellite wagering in 1993.

(Failed passage in Assembly Appropriations Committee; reconsideration granted)

Permits a recognized thoroughbred owners' organization to negotiate, receive, solicit, or obtain from any licensed thoroughbred association additional money for purses and other types of considerations, as specified.

(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)

Requires allocated days for horseracing conducted at specified fairs, to be conducted during the calendar period in which the general fair activities are conducted, rather than only on days which general fair activities are conducted.

Chapter 125, Statutes of 1995

Repeals all state taxes except for flat rate taxes, at unspecified percentages, on personal income and business income, the ad valorem property tax, excise taxes on alcoholic beverages and cigarettes and tobacco products, and a tax on horseracing.

(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

Exempts from the existing 3-year moratorium any application for the issuance of retail off-sale beer and wine licenses if specified conditions are found to exist.

Chapter 245, Statutes of 1995

Allows annual licensees who operate on an intermittent basis to return beer to the seller so long as the retailer notifies the seller within 15 days of any date the retailer leases to operate.

Chapter 97, Statutes of 1995

Authorizes a beach and athletic club, as specified, that does not discriminate or restrict membership, to apply to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for approval and issuance of a club license.

Chapter 173, Statutes of 1995

Prohibits any person holding a beer manufacturer's license for a specific location, issued after January 1, 1996, from holding an on-sale license for the same contiguous premises as described.

(Failed passage in Senate Governmental Organization Committee; reconsideration granted)

Provides for the issuance of a "replacement" off-sale beer and wine license, as specified.

Chapter 835, Statutes of 1995

Expands the existing tied-house exception permitting an out-of-state wholesaler to own 0n-sale beer and wine licenses to permit such a wholesaler to hold on-sale general retail licenses.

Chapter 76, Statutes of 1995

Allows an alcoholic beverage manufacturer to provide free food and beverages at retail trade events. Allows suppliers, other than suppliers that are members of a trade associations, to be charged the same fee for the privilege of providing food, beverages, entertainment or recreational activities, or for display booth space at these events.

Chapter 127, Statutes of 1995

Increases the annual retail package off-sale beer and wine license from $24 to $100 under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act.

(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)

Requires the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to send with each on-sale or off-sale license renewal notice information regarding the use of minor decoys to apprehend licensees or their employees who sell alcoholic beverages to minors. Provides that any hearings shall be held at the country in which the premises or licensees are located, as specified. Exempts an on-sale license for a conventions center hall, exhibit hall or auditorium from the law requiring bonafied eating places to correct objectionable conditions that occur during business hours on any public sidewalk abutting a licenses premises. Exempts an on-sale beer and wine license for a ballpark, stadium or coliseum featuring professional sporting events from this requirement.

Chapter 743, Statutes of 1995

Similar legislation is AB 684 (Tucker-D) which is in Senate Governmental Organization Committee.

Allows an alcoholic beverage manufacturer to hold an interest in an on-sale retail licensee, but solely for such retailing in or adjacent to the premises of a motion picture or television production facility, or a theme park affiliated with such a facility,

Chapter 232, Statutes of 1995

Allows municipalities to enforce ordinances which would prohibit possession of alcoholic beverages in unopened containers in parks where possession of such beverages is prohibited.

(Failed passage in Senate Governmental Organization Committee; reconsideration granted)

Prohibits a license from being issued for any premises for which a license has been denied or revoked, for reasons pertaining to the premises, 2 times within a 36-month period, unless 2 years have elapsed from the date that the last order becomes final.

(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)

Authorizes an incorporated beer manufacturer's trade association to conduct beer tastings, as specified, on behalf of 1 or more licensed beer manufacturers for public educational purposes.

Chapter 216, Statutes of 1995

Makes legislative findings and declarations regarding the use of the name "Crazy Horse" in connection with an alcoholic beverage label. Provides that it shall be unlawful for any alcoholic beverage bottled, sold, or distributed in California to carry a label bearing the name "Crazy Horse."

(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)

Allows annual licensees who operate on an intermittent basis, and temporary licensees, to return unsold wine to the seller, as specified.

Chapter 139, Statutes of 1995

Repeals all state taxes except for flat rate taxes, at unspecified percentages, on personal income and business income, the ad valorem property tax, excise taxes on alcoholic beverages and cigarettes and tobacco products, and a tax on horseracing.

(In Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee)

Requires the Departments of Corrections and Youth Authority to identify undocumented aliens within 90 days of assuming custody of an inmate and transport the inmate to the U.S. Attorney General within 48 hours. Requires the Department of Corrections to report quarterly to the Legislature on the number of undocumented felons referred to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee)

Requires the Employment Development Department (EDD) and Franchise Tax Board (FTB) to receive specified information from the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding illegal alien employees. Requires EDD and FTB to determine whether those employees have paid, or their employers have withheld, the appropriate amount of income taxes.

(Failed passage in Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee; reconsideration granted)

Establishes a Citizenship Center Program to provide citizenship instruction, testing and the dissemination of information about naturalization to prospective U.S. citizens through California Community Colleges, school district adult education programs, or community-based organizations.

(Failed passage in Assembly Higher Education; reconsideration granted)

Prohibits illegal aliens, except those designated as refugees, from establishing residency in California for purposes of determining whether they pay resident fees, or the higher non-resident tuition, while attending the University of California, California State Universities, and Community Colleges.

(Died in Senate Education Committee)

Prohibits housing authorities from allowing any undocumented person to reside in public housing units, as specified.

(Held under submission in Senate Appropriations Committee)

Requires the Department of Industrial Relations and the Employment Development Department to notify the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service regarding the employment of illegal aliens.

(Failed passage in Senate Industrial Relations Committee; recommendation granted)

Provides for the establishment of private school alternatives which require pupils receiving a scholarship to attend one of these schools to be a citizen, an alien lawfully admitted as a permanent resident, or a person otherwise allowed under federal law to be present in the U.S.

(In Senate Education Committee)

Waives or reduces penalties against employers found in violation of employing undocumented aliens if they fill the job vacated by undocumented citizens with legal residents or aliens.

(Failed passage in Senate Industrial Relations Committee; reconsideration granted)

Codifies a Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Industrial Relations and the federal Immigration and Naturalization Service about information-sharing as it relates to garment manufacturers and farm labor contractors.

(In Assembly Rules Committee)

Requests the Congress to take specified action to address the illegal immigration problems of California and other states.

(Failed passage in Senate Health and Human Services Committee; reconsideration granted)

Requests the President and Congress to take various actions to provide for the reimbursement of state costs for the provision of services to illegal immigrants and for the transfer of illegal immigrants in state and local correctional facilities to federal custody.

Resolution Chapter 103, Statutes of 1995

Sets up standards relative to persons showing proof of citizenship before registering to vote or being provided a ballot.

(In Assembly Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee)

Provides that all persons within the jurisdiction of the state have the right to be free from criminal intimidation on the basis of citizenship or legal residency in the United States, as specified.

(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)

Provides that any person who coerces another person, believing that person is not a legal resident of the United States, to work for below minimum wage, to work in unsafe or unlawful conditions or to purchase food, housing, etc., is guilty of a wobbler.

(Failed passage on Senate Floor; placed on Senate Inactive File)

Allows the California National Guard to patrol the California border and enforce immigration law.

(In Assembly Governmental Organization Committee)

Creates a California Telephone Verification System that supplements the federally instituted pilot program which provides employers with information on immigrant employees.

(Died in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee)

Requires each institution under the jurisdiction of the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to identify the citizenship status of every person enrolling in that institution.

(Failed passage in Assembly Higher Education Committee; reconsideration granted)

Eliminates the provision of pregnancy-related services to undocumented women and continuation of long-term care and renal dialysis for aliens who have exhausted appeals to retain an entitlement to full Medi-Cal benefits.

(Assembly refuses to concur in Senate amendments; on Assembly Unfinished Business File)

A similar bill is AB 326 (Knowles-R) which failed passage in Assembly Health Committee; reconsideration granted.

Adds immigration status and homelessness to the list of protected classes of persons, for the purposes of hate crimes law.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)

Requires persons who are issued a high school equivalency certificate to be U. S. citizens.

(In Assembly Education Committee)

Establishes the "605-Corridor Distance Learning Citizenship Project" as a pilot to use distance learning to promote citizenship training.

(Failed passage on Assembly Floor; placed on Assembly Inactive File)

Requires the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service to take appropriate action leading toward the execution of a memorandum of understanding with the California Labor Commissioner regarding sharing information about employers who have been fined, imprisoned or cited pursuant to violations of the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act and who have not paid the fine, completed the prison term, or the citation has not expired.

(In Senate Rules Committee)

Requests the President and Congress to stop appropriating funds for any military activity in support of any world organization unless the activity is specifically allowed by Congress, engaging in any military activity under the authority of the United Nations or of any world body, assisting in the formation of any form of global government, or taking further steps toward the economic or political merger of the U.S. into a world body or government.

(In Senate Rules Committee)

Requests Congress to amend the Clean Air Act to eliminate the provisions mandating an employer trip reduction program in areas of severe or extreme air pollution, and to allow states to pursue cost-effective alternatives to solving this air quality problem.

Resolution Chapter 68, Statutes of 1995

Requests the Congress to take specified action to address the illegal immigration problems of California and other states.

(Failed passage in Senate Health and Human Services Committee; reconsideration granted)

Requests the President and Congress to adopt a Congressional Joint Resolution proposing a federal balanced budget amendment.

(In Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee)

Similar legislation is SJR 11 (Leslie-R), which is in Senate Rules Committee, AJR 8 (Pringle-R) and AJR 13 (Richter-R), which are both in Assembly Rules Committee.

Requests Congress and the President to amend the federal Clean Air Act to retain the clean air standards, but remove requirements such as vehicle inspection and maintenance. Requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to re-evaluate the methodology and science used to measure the inventory of emissions and the effectiveness of components of the state clean air plans in complying with the goals of the federal Clean Air Act amendments of 1990.

Resolution Chapter 57, Statutes of 1995

Requests Congress to amend the proposed balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution to the effect that such an amendment will guarantee to the states that additional unfunded mandates will not be permitted in federal-state participatory programs, as specified.

(In Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)

Urges the Governor, President and Congress to seek resolution of the professional baseball strike before the 1995 professional baseball season begins.

(In Assembly Rules Committee)

Requests the President and Congress to enact appropriate legislation to eliminate all federal fuel taxes, except as specified, and to give states the discretion of levying their own fuel taxes.

Resolution Chapter 69, Statutes of 1995

Requests the President and Congress of the United States to (1) reorganize the federal Department of Transportation; (2) eliminate federal programs for highways and transit; (3) limit the federal role in transportation to aviation, Coast Guard and Amtrak; and (4) abandon efforts to develop and establish a national transportation system.

Resolution Chapter 70, Statutes of 1995

Requests the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw specified proposed rules requiring a determination of the validity of public rights-of-way on public lands, and urges the secretary, in considering those proposed rules, to provide for public notice, comment and participation.

(Failed passage in Assembly Natural Resources Committee; reconsideration granted)

Requests the President and Congress to act favorably on pending federal legislation which would grant to Filippino veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces full veterans' benefits.

Resolution Chapter 48, Statutes of 1995

States, again, support for the State of Alaska to participate in any future negotiations involving its boundaries with Russia.

(Failed passage in Assembly Rules Committee; reconsideration granted)

Declares that the California Legislature supports funding for community police and crime prevention programs, and that it opposes block grants.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)

Requests the President and Congress to (1) enact legislation to waive the immunity of the U.S. government to all suits regarding state reimbursements for illegal immigration costs, (2) enact legislation to transfer all illegal immigrants in state and local correctional facilities to the custody of the federal Bureau of Prisons, and (3) appropriate and distribute all funds necessary to cover the state costs for providing services for illegal immigrants.

Resolution Chapter 103, Statutes of 1995

Requests the President and Congress to take swift action to identify and locate those Persian Gulf War veterans who may be suffering from Gulf War Illness, and to make adequate federal funds available for research and full medical treatment for those individuals.

Resolution Chapter 44, Statutes of 1995

Urges the federal government to increase the minimum wage from $4.25 per hour to $5.15 per hour by 1997.

(In Senate Industrial Relations Committee)

Urges local, state and federal agencies to cooperatively designate, by July 1, 1996, and develop, by July 1, 2000, an appropriate non-motorized transportation route on the California perimeter of Lake Tahoe, as specified.

Resolution Chapter 80, Statutes of 1995

Requests the Congress to propose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that restricts any constitutional conventions called by the states to debate and vote on proposed constitutional amendments, as specified.

(In Senate Judiciary Committee)

Requests the U.S. Attorney General to investigate whether airlines' imposition of a limit on travel agents' sales commissions constitutes a violation of federal antitrust law.

Resolution Chapter 81, Statutes of 1995

Requests Congress to continue its Outer Continental Shelf Lands Moratorium which restricts oil and gas leasing in federal waters off California.

(Failed passage in Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

Urges the President and Congress to resist proposals that adversely impact student aid programs serving California students.

Resolution Chapter 96, Statutes of 1995

Requests the President and Congress to sell the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve Numbered 1, and to compensate the State Teachers' Retirement System for its share of the proceeds of the sale.

(In Assembly Rules Committee)

Requests the Congress and the President not to repeal or otherwise revoke the federal Clean Water Act by enacting HR 961 or similar legislation that would prove harmful to the health and safety of all Americans.

(In Senate Agriculture and Water Resources Committee)

Honors the veterans of the Korean War and urges the establishment of a Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Urges the President and Congress to take necessary measures to ensure that the Korean War does not again become a forgotten war.

Resolution Chapter 104, Statutes of 1995

Requests the President and Congress to take all steps necessary to ensure that all goods imported into the U.S. are certified by the importer to have been made without involuntary child labor. Condemns the murder of 12-year-old Iqbal Masih in Pakistan.

(In Senate Industrial Relations Committee)

Requests Congress to enact and the President to sign the Endangered Species Conservation and Management Act of 1995.

(In Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee)

Similar legislation is AJR 16 (Setencich-R), which is also in the Senate Natural Resources and Wildlife Committee.

Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of World War II and honors those who have served and continue to serve their country in the Armed Services.

Resolution Chapter 88, Statutes of 1995

Requests the President and Congress to not eliminate the U.S. Geological Survey.

Resolution Chapter 37, Statutes of 1995

Requests the President to support the repeal and Congress to repeal the California Desert Protection Act.

(In Assembly Natural Resources Committee)

Requests the Congress and the President to support the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs for children in the public schools.

(Failed passage in Assembly Education Committee)

Requests the federal government to expeditiously complete the building of the International Wastewater Treatment Plant on the Tijuana River near San Diego.

Resolution Chapter 35, Statutes of 1995

Requests the President and Congress not to repeal or otherwise weaken the federal Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act.

(Failed passage in Assembly Public Safety Committee; reconsideration granted)

Requests the Congress and the President to amend federal law to allow states to make the Social Security account numbers available to child support agencies for the exclusive purpose of child support enforcement.

Resolution Chapter 78, Statutes of 1995

Requests the President and Congress to continue their support of the school day care food and nutrition programs as uncapped entitlement.

(Failed passage in Assembly Education Committee; reconsideration granted)

Urges Congress to enact legislation that allows a single person to earn $34,000 and a married couple to earn $41,000 before any part of the Social Security income is taxed.

Resolution Chapter 89, Statutes of 1995

Requests the President and Congress to halt the illicit sale and trafficking in cultural antiquities, including Assyrian artifacts, and to support the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in its efforts.

Resolution Chapter 90, Statutes of 1995

Proclaims the Legislature's support for the maintenance and full funding of federal impact aid to local school districts.

Resolution Chapter 16, Statutes of 1995

AJR 26 (Rainey-R) - Taxation: Private Activity Bonds

Requires the President and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue to delete or revise certain proposed regulations of the Internal Revenue Service relating to private activity bonds that would limit the use of tax-exempt bond financing of public infrastructure.

Resolution Chapter 50, Statutes of 1995

Requests the U.S. Department of Defense to make every effort to ensure that the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) provides quality medical care at convenient locations for military and veterans' families, and that future changes in the CHAMPUS program be designed to enhance, rather than reduce, benefits.

Resolution Chapter 36, Statutes of 1995

Acknowledges the B-2 Stealth Bomber as a key element of the military strategy for the defense of the U.S., and urges the President and Congress to provide the necessary funding in the 1996 fiscal year for additional production of the bomber.

Resolution Chapter 30, Statutes of 1995

Requests Congress and the President to revise the federal Endangered Species Act in a manner that places as great an emphasis on human habitat and lives as it does on those endangered species protected by the act.

(Failed passage in Assembly Rules Committee; reconsideration granted)

Urges the President and Congress to demand that North Korea (1) provide the fullest possible accounting of each and every American prisoner of war or American missing in action from the Korean War, (2) ensure the latest DNA biotechnology is to be used to identify the remains, and (3) arrange for enshrinement of the remains in a place of honor.

Resolution Chapter 82, Statutes of 1995

Urges the President and Congress to take every action necessary to ensure the building, dedication and maintenance of a Pearl Harbor Memorial in a suitable place of honor in Washington, D.C.

Resolution Chapter 91, Statutes of 1995

Expresses support of the Legislature for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution imposing term limits on Members of Congress.

(Failed passage in Assembly Rules Committee; reconsideration granted)

States support for the struggle of the Vietnamese people for freedom and democracy, calls for an end to political repression and for respect for human and civil rights in Vietnam, and urges the United States government to make the extension of Most Favored Nation status contingent upon specified conditions.

Resolution Chapter 92, Statutes of 1995

Requests the California State University to immediately restore the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) to good standing on all campuses, and urges the President to withhold funding from any state-funded college or university that bars the ROTC program.

(Failed passage in Assembly Rules Committee; reconsideration granted)

Urges the President and Congress to review and reevaluate the federal proposal to end the involvement of the U.S. Corps of Engineers in flood control projects within the state.

Resolution Chapter 79, Statutes of 1995

Urges the President and Congress to reject the entire base closure list to be submitted by July 1, 1995 by the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission and to develop a more balanced policy with regard to the security needs of the United States.

Resolution Chapter 46, Statutes of 1995

Declares the Legislature's support of the enactment of a national spaceport program.

Resolution Chapter 101, Statutes of 1995

Requests the President and Congress to continue to use all diplomatic avenues available to press the Chinese government for the safe and speedy return of Harvey Wu.

Resolution Chapter 65, Statutes of 1995

Urges Hillary Rodham Clinton, the First Lady, not to attend the Conference on Women in China if China has not released Harvey Wu (which they did).

(Died in Assembly Rules Committee)

Requests the President to use the United States' new diplomatic relations with Vietnam to secure the release of American citizen Jimmy Tran from prison and his return to the United States.

Resolution Chapter 102, Statutes of 1995

Ratifies a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution relating to prohibiting the physical desecration of the United States flag.

(In Assembly Rules Committee)

Requests the U.S. Department of Justice to commence a criminal investigation of the Los Angeles Police Department, as specified.

(In Assembly Rules Committee)

Authorizes school districts to offer AIDS prevention instruction to pupils in grades 5 and 6.

(On Senate Inactive File)

Requires prenatal care providers to offer an HIV test and HIV information and counseling to pregnant patients.

Chapter 873, Statutes of 1995

Makes HIV testing mandatory for persons convicted in criminal court or adjudged in juvenile court to have committed child molestation where the court finds there is probable cause that a bodily fluid has been transferred.

Chapter 396, Statutes of 1995

States legislative intent that the Department of Corrections and the Youth Authority develop an expanded HIV education and prevention program.

(In Assembly Public Safety Committee)

Establishes the Clean Needle and Syringe Exchange Program. Authorizes a needle exchange pilot project in San Francisco and allows the Department of Health Services to authorize additional pilot programs in other jurisdictions.

(Failed passage in Assembly Health Committee)

Makes a technical distinction in defining the type of facilities to provide subacute care. Specifies such care will be provided in "health" facilities.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Requires the Department of Health Services to establish two pilot projects to test the viability of county-based long-term care realignment.

(On Senate Inactive File)

Makes bottled water a Medi-Cal benefit.

(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)

Requires the Department of Health Services to establish and implement procedures for quality assurance and utilization audits of Medi-Cal benefits in the most efficient and cost-effective manner. Also requires that any resulting contract be awarded to achieve the lowest net impact on the General Fund.

Vetoed by the Governor

Repeals the state's authority to place liens on the homes of surviving spouses of nursing home residents.

Chapter 548, Statutes of 1995

Provides for additional funding to public disproportionate share hospitals to be funded by a shift of moneys from children's and private disproportionate share hospitals.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

Requires interest accruing on moneys transferred into the Medi-Cal Inpatient Payment Adjustment Fund through June 30, 1995 be distributed to transferor entities no later than January 1, 1996 in accordance with a specified formula.

Chapter 514, Statutes of 1995

Exempts from payment of the 10% Medi-Cal rebate those manufacturers who have provided an unspecified level of rebates under other rebate mechanisms. Any manufacturer who meets this threshold would have its drugs available without prior authorization.

(Held under submission in Senate Appropriations Committee)

Alters the date on which local agencies participating in the Medi-Cal Administrative Claiming process must notify the Department of Health Services of the amount of funding necessary to meet participation requirements. The date changes from August 1 to July 1.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

Effective January 1, 1998 allows Medi-Cal beneficiaries who are permanently disabled as a result of a catastrophic illness and who receive benefits through a managed care plan to choose to receive services from a managed care specialty plan, if a plan is available. Also authorizes the Department of Health Services to contract with such specialty health care providers at a rate comparable to rates paid to managed care providers which provide similar services to the same type of eligible beneficiaries.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

Requires the Department of Health Service to publish in the California Regulatory Notice Register a summary of initial or revised state plan amendment requests or waiver requests submitted to the federal government, as well as any supplemental information requests from the federal government and the resulting state information submittals. Requires the department to provide full copies of these materials upon request.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Requires the Department of Health Services to annually evaluate Geographic Managed Care pilot projects for their effectiveness regarding the quality of care and beneficiary access. Also provides for counties participating in the pilot project to participate in the evaluation, design, and implementation of the managed care pilot project.

Vetoed by the Governor

Requires the Department of Health Services to negotiate and establish an individual administrative cost limit in its contracts with prepaid health and Medi-Cal managed care plans. Requires the health care options presentation to be fully implemented by July 1, 1996. Requires provider selection or assignment within a specified timeframe. Prohibits door-to-door solicitation of Medi-Cal enrollees after July 1, 1996.

Chapter 859, Statutes of 1995

Reduces the time limitations, from 300 days to the lesser of 60 days after receipt of a proposed decision or 240 days after closure of the administrative record, within which the Director of the Department of Health Services is required to adopt a proposed decision in an institutional provider audit appeal.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Requires all Medi-Cal audit reimbursements made to Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Rural Health Centers (RHCs) to be audited, within specified time frames, by the Department of Health Services (DHS), and specify the audit claim resolution process. Limits the amount DHS may withhold from interim payments and requires DHS to adjust interim payment rates. Requires payments made by managed care contractors to RHCs for primary care, non-hospital services to be based on specified criteria. Requires DHS to approve all contracts between FQHCs and Managed Care contractors to ensure compliance with federal law. Modifies the budget trailer bill language concerning FQHCs which was included in Chapter 305, Statutes of 1995 (AB 911).

(Held under submission in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

Specifies the percentage of a Medi-Cal health maintenance organization's network of providers which shall be comprised of traditional Medi-Cal providers and specialists.

Vetoed by the Governor

Extends for the 1995-96 fiscal year Los Angeles County's authority to exclude up to $110 million of disproportionate share hospital payments from the financial maintenance of effort calculation under provisions of current Proposition 99 funding. Los Angles County would have to continue to meet specified conditions to maintain this relief. Also authorizes Los Angeles County to reduce its service levels to 75% of 1992-93 overall service levels.

A similar bill is SB 268* (Rosenthal-D) on Assembly Third Reading File.

Alters the due date for the Department of Health Services to issue the tentative listing of eligible disproportionate share hospitals. Changes the date from 60 days prior to start of new payment adjustment year to 30 days prior. Changes the release date of the final list from 5 days following start of new year to 30 days following start.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Revises criteria for eligibility for distribution of the Emergency Services and Supplemental Payments Fund by authorizing participation of a public agency hospital operating 2 or more qualified hospitals in any particular fiscal year.

Chapter 11, Statutes of 1995

Permits hospitals who have submitted plans under the Medi-Cal capital projects funding program to submit revised plans through December 31, 1996 if the modifications in the revised plans result in no greater costs than under the original capital project.

(On Assembly Third Reading File)

Extends the authorized initial duration of Medi-Cal pilot projects from 4 to 5 years and extends the Director of Health Services' discretionary authority to extend such projects from 3 to 5 years. Eliminates the requirement that pilot programs be evaluated annually.

(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)

Deletes pregnancy-related services from the scope of benefits available to undocumented aliens. Also repeals state-only funded, long-term care benefits to undocumented aliens.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Requires Medi-Cal reimbursement for the insertion, removal and reinsertion of Norplant contraceptive capsules to be established in accordance with the Resource-Based Relative Value Scale.

(Assembly refuses to concur in Senate amendments)

Deletes evidence of voter registration in California from the list of types of evidence which are by statute part of acceptable verification of California residence when applying for Medi-Cal benefits.

(Failed passage in Assembly Appropriations Committee; reconsideration granted)

Adds bottled water and water filters to the list of Medi-Cal benefits when tap water is recommended to be boiled.

Vetoed by the Governor

Eliminates the provision of pregnancy-related services to undocumented women and the continuation of long-term care and renal dialysis for aliens who have exhausted appeals to retain an entitlement to full Medi-Cal benefits.

(Assembly refuses to concur in Senate amendments; reconsideration granted; on Assembly Unfinished Business File)

Makes changes to (1) the Medi-Cal Program, (2) certain health care programs, (3) mental health services, (4) a rate study conducted by the Department of Development Services, and (5) the Drug/Medi-Cal Program which are necessary to implement the 1995-96 Budget Act.

Chapter 305, Statutes of 1995

Authorizes the Director of Health Services to seek recovery from 3rd persons to recover the value of benefits provided to Medi-Cal recipients because of medical conditions caused by tobacco.

(In Assembly Judiciary Committee)

Specifies that county payments to the state required for participation in the Medi-Cal Administrative Claiming process are limited to services performed during the 1994-95 fiscal year or subsequent year.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

Extends exemptions from the California Public Records Act (Brown Act) for provider payment rates and peer review/quality assurance reviews to county organized health systems.

Chapter 523, Statutes of 1995

Requires the Department of Health Services to enter into one or more contracts, covering the entire state, under which entities would be reimbursed for providing beneficiaries with medical equipment or supplies, if specified conditions are met.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Requires the Department of Health Services to notify a beneficiary when a medical health care provider is reimbursed for Medi-Cal services provided to that recipient.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Permanently accelerates state receipt of 4th quarter federal fiscal year eligibility for payments to public and private hospitals under the SB 855 "disproportionate share hospital" payment program, resulting in an extra quarter of funding for the program on a one-time basis in 1995-96 (an additional $375 million).

(In Assembly awaiting concurrence)

Authorizes the Department of Health Services to impose additional sanctions against primary care case management plans (PCCM's) which violate terms of their contract and provides to PCCM's rights to administrative appeals.

(On Senate Inactive File)

Defines "danger to himself or herself" as including, but not limited to, a person who, as a result of a mental disorder, is suffering or is in imminent danger of suffering substantial harm as a result of neglect or inability to care for himself or herself.

(Failed passage in Senate Judiciary Committee)

Contains three major elements that pertain to the public mental health system: (1) permitting the state Department of Mental Health to delegate to counties all or part of the responsibility for determining ability of responsible parties to pay for services to minor children who are referred for treatment in state hospitals; (2) eliminating the department's responsibility to approve waivers allowing specified professional staff to provide mental health services while working toward licensure; and (3) extending the sunset on the California Mental Health Planning Council from January 1, 1996, to January 1, 1999.

Chapter 712, Statutes of 1995

Repeals the sunset provision of current law which requires the Department of Mental Health (DMH) to contract for the provisions of mental health patient rights and advocacy services until January 1, 1996. Also repeals current law which provides for the re-establishment of a Patients' Rights Office in the DMH on January 1, 1996 for the provision of these services.

Chapter 546, Statutes of 1995

Eliminates the existing termination date for state contracts with counties to provide for model adult and senior county interagency mental health systems.

(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)

Clarifies existing law by substituting the words "mental health plans" for "local managed health care plans". Also deems a psychiatric health facility to be a hospital for purposes of participation in various federal programs.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

Authorizes the state to pay Medicare premiums for patients of the state hospitals, and specifies that the intent is that the payments not exceed the proceeds from the Medicare payments. Also extends emergency regulation authority for 1 year, until July 1, 1996, for both the mental health managed care regulations and the provision of mental health services to severely emotionally disturbed children.

Chapter 305, Statutes of 1995

Revises the notification and consultation process used to close a state developmental center. Requires the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) to submit a comprehensive closure plan to the Legislature, as part of the Governor's proposed budget, on or before April 1 of the fiscal year preceding the proposed closure of a developmental center. In preparing this plan, requires DDS to solicit input from specified organizations, governmental entities, and individuals. This process would include a public hearing regarding the proposed closure.

Establishes guidelines for the redistribution of funds between regional centers based on the ability of regional centers to meet placement goals from developmental centers.

Chapter 513, Statutes of 1995

Requires regional centers to prepare an individual tracking report on each client who has transferred from a state developmental center to an out-of-home community program on or after January 1, 1994. Requires these reports to be submitted to the Department of Developmental Services for summary and the summary report provided annually to the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, the Legislature and the Governor. Authorizes, upon request, the annual report to be provided to the public and parents or conservators of clients.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

Changes the definition of "full day of service" for purposes of state reimbursement to work activity programs (WAPs) for services to clients to allow full-day reimbursement if the client is not missing more than 30 minutes of the workday. Allows payment of program days to WAPs when a state of emergency has temporarily closed a program.

Also allows the Department of Rehabilitation and the WAP to jointly agree to an hourly billing practice instead of the current half-day/full-day practice.

Chapter 816, Statutes of 1995

Guarantees that the total funds appropriated in the 1995-96 fiscal year for the Independent Living Centers will be maintained for the 1996-97 fiscal year, and each year thereafter, if the appropriation of Social Security Act funds is different than in the 1995-96 fiscal year.

Chapter 307, Statutes of 1995

Delays the due date to March 1, 1999 for the Department of Developmental Services' report on the basic living costs of a person with developmental disabilities that are to be included in the rates for facilities for out-of-home care.

Chapter 305, Statutes of 1995

Gives manufacturers, distributors or sellers of industrial containers the option of applying to those containers either two child safety labels, one in English and one in Spanish, or one label with English on the top half and Spanish on the bottom half.

Chapter 176, Statutes of 1995

Creates the Prostate Cancer Act of 1995, which requires the transfer of funds by the Legislature in the Budget Act to a newly created Prostate Cancer Fund in the State Treasury. Provides that the fund would be spent for purposes of prostate cancer research into the cause, cure and treatment of prostate cancer. Designates the California Public Health Foundation to establish and administer the Prostate Cancer Research Program.

Vetoed by the Governor

Establishes a 3-county pilot project to permit county probation officers to determine whether licenses of community care facilities caring for juvenile delinquents should be suspended or revoked, as specified.

(In Senate Criminal Procedures Committee)

Extends the sunset date for the County Medical Services Program (CMSP) Governing Board until January 1, 1998, makes other procedural changes concerning the administration of the CMSP, and corrects minor/technical errors existing within realignment statutes.

Chapter 547, Statutes of 1995

Permits service in a standby emergency department of a small/rural hospital to be reimbursed from the Emergency Medical Services Fund.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Enacts the California Informed Choice Act of 1995 to prohibit abortions except with the voluntary and informed consent of the woman. Provides that consent is voluntary and informed only if specified information is provided to the woman at least 24 hours prior to the abortion.

(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)

Requires registered sex offenders who are clients of a community care facility to disclose that fact to the operator of the facility. Requires the operator of the facility to disclose this information to any person who inquires whether any client of the facility is a registered sex offender. Imposes specified criminal penalties for failing to disclose or for misusing this information. Also makes minor, technical changes to the Penal Code.

Chapter 840, Statutes of 1995

Permits "blood donor phlebotomists" to collect blood in licensed blood banks.

Chapter 703, Statutes of 1995

Commencing July 1, 1996, requires the Department of Social Services to develop and implement an ongoing nutrition monitoring system, as specified, to determine "food security" and hunger conditions in the state. Provides that the implementation of this program is contingent upon funds being made available in the 1996 Budget Act.

(Held under submission in Senate Appropriations Committee)

Establishes a pilot project in Santa Clara County to give county emergency shelters for juveniles greater authority to impose appropriate restrictions on minors placed in the facility.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

Requires the State Department of Health Services to develop a program to monitor clinical manifestations and changes in the epidemiology of Group A streptoccal infection.

(Held under submission in Senate Appropriations Committee)

Requires the Department of Health Services (DHS) to approve and, when necessary, develop specified sanitation standards; allows DHS to assess an hourly fee to recover costs incurred for investigations; and makes other updates and revisions to the California Uniform Retail Food Facilities law.

Chapter 852, Statutes of 1995

Permits Emergency Medical Technicians I, II and paramedics to provide medical care within the emergency department of small and rural hospitals, provided certain requirements are met.

Chapter 239, Statutes of 1995

Requires the Department of Health Services to report to the Legislature quarterly an epidemiological analysis of the known incidence of breast cancer in the preceding calendar quarter and cumulative data for the immediately preceding 5 years.

(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)

Exempts integrated health care delivery systems from the accreditation requirement under existing law and, instead, permits these facilities to certify that the settings are in compliance with a set of specified standards.

(Failed passage in Assembly Health Committee)

Requires clinics, alternative birth centers, health facilities and child care centers, as a condition of licensure, to disseminate specified information relating to child passenger restraint systems.

Chapter 512, Statutes of 1995

Extends the term of the demonstration project to evaluate the accommodation of postsurgical care patients to September 30, 2000. Requires participating facilities to pay for any state costs arising from the project.

Chapter 511, Statutes of 1995

Requires the Department of Social Services (DSS) to license privately-owned correctional services facilities for children, as defined. Requires the Board of Corrections and the Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency, in consultation with the Department of Corrections, the California Youth Authority, DSS and various local and private entities, to promulgate regulations for implementation of the provisions of this bill and require facilities to provide evidence of financial responsibility.

(Held under submission in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

Deletes the requirement that regulations adopted pursuant to prenatal screening be deemed emergency regulations. Also authorizes a private laboratory that has followed the Department of Health Services' policy in performing triple marker screening tests to provide the required testing and services under similar circumstances without contracting with the department.

(On Assembly Inactive File)

Requires the Department of Health Services to convene a patient classification system task force to recommend standards to the Legislature by January 1, 1997 for patient care based on need and other patient characteristics.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Establishes minimum qualifications for adult residential facility (ARF) administrators. Establishes a certificate replacement fee of $25 for adult facility administrators. Also exempts certain foster care agencies and homes from a requirement to meet regularly with neighbors and respond quickly to complaints.

Chapter 706, Statutes of 1995

Enacts the Pesticide Poisoning Prevention Act of 1995 to prohibit the registration of any new use for an extremely hazardous pesticide after the effective date of the bill. Requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to implement a plan to eliminate the use of extremely hazardous pesticides registered prior to the bill's effective date.

(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)

Provides for the production and distribution of human Botulism Immune Globulin to patients suspected of having infant botulism.

Chapter 674, Statutes of 1995

Extends target age groups for media campaign and for school-based students. Extends the authorization sunset from 1996 to 2000 for tobacco education programs. Redirects funding from appropriations currently under litigation for research and education accounts. Eliminates Research/Health Education funding for the Child Health Disability Program, clinic services, California Children's Services, Genetically Handicapped Persons Program, and Access for Infants and Mothers. Similar amounts are eliminated for fiscal year 1995-96. Restores funding to Health Education/Research programs. Supplements Department of Education programs by $7 million; the media campaign by $9 million; competitive grants by $7 million; local lead agencies by $3 million and the research program by $21 million. Similar appropriations are made for fiscal year 1995-96.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

Requires the Department of Health Services to report to the Legislature on current practices designed to prevent and diminish the occurrence of sickle cell anemia. Appropriates $200,000 from the General Fund to the department for purposes of the report.

(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)

Directs that anti-tobacco education competitive grants offered by public schools be based on proven, effective methodologies.

(In Assembly Education Committee)

Clarifies the definition of "hospital buildings,", allows less restrictive amendments and repealed building standards in the California Building Standards Code to become effective 30 days after filing with the Secretary of State, and extends the sunset date on the California Health Policy and Data Advisory Commission to review and make recommendations on hospital data collection.

Chapter 543, Statutes of 1995

Requires the Department of Health Services to compile data from specified report forms submitted by doctors and clinics on every abortion performed in California.

(Failed passage in Senate Health and Human Services Committee)

Establishes a public awareness campaign concerning teen pregnancy targeted at high-risk minors.

(Held under submission in Assembly Appropriations Committee)

Exempts non-community water systems serving a transient population and providing restrooms for employees or the public from the California Safe Drinking Water Act, if certain conditions are met. Sets fees for their regulation at $100 annually. Also requires operators of public water systems to employ only department-certified water treatment plant operators.

Chapter 673, Statutes of 1995

Requires the Department of Health Services to report to the Legislature, by October 15, 1995, on the county and managed care plan implementation of child health screening and specified aspects of follow-up.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Establishes a date, January 1, 1997, by which the Department of Health Services must adopt regulations for congregate living health facilities. Also modifies the terms of Medi-Cal reimbursement for these facilities to include "medical services and room and board."

(Failed passage in Assembly Health Committee; reconsideration granted)

Creates a multi-disciplinary task force to examine the relationship of estrogen-imitating compounds and cancer.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

Establishes a program to award contracts through a request for financial assistance to support security improvements at qualified women's health care clinics, as defined in the bill. These include community clinics or county hospitals or clinics where at least half of the encounters for Medi-Cal recipients are for females.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Makes a number of substantive changes relating to drinking water, including the elimination of the requirement to establish recommended public health goals for contaminants.

(In Senate Toxics and Public Safety Management Committee pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10)

Requires establishment of a 3-year pilot project to allow specified food vehicle operators to store their inventory at their private homes.

(Failed passage in Senate Health and Human Services Committee)

Establishes a personal property right in human tissue and organs. Also provides that a person has a cause of action for conversion for the removal of human tissue or organs without informed consent. Establishes special damages for such a cause of action. Also provides that a person has a cause of action for conversion for the unauthorized removal, use, or fertilization of, or the unauthorized sale or gift of, an ovum, embryo or any derivative thereof. States legislative intent to overturn a portion of the California Supreme Court decision in Moore v. Regents of University of California (51 California. 3d 120).

(In Senate Judiciary Committee)

Requires a woman seeking an elective abortion to give informed consent, as specified, at least 24 hours prior to the performance of the abortion. Requires the woman to be informed of public and private agencies available for prenatal care, childbirth and neonatal care; that the father is liable to assist in the support of the child; that the woman has a right to review printed materials provided by the Department of Health Services (DHS) that describe the unborn child and that list agencies that offer alternatives to abortion; and that she must certify that she has received all of the required information. Requires clinicians to submit reports to DHS identifying the number of women provided the above information in person and by phone, the number who requested the printed materials, and the number of abortions performed. Sets forth both civil and criminal penalties for not providing the information to the woman. Requires DHS to publish a public report compiling the above statistics, subject to injunctive relief for failure to publish.

(Held under submission in Assembly Health Committee)

Reduces the current surcharge on intrastate telephone calls currently used to fund the 911 emergency service, and redirects 70 percent of the funds for reimbursement to paramedics and ambulances and for poison control.

(Failed passage in Assembly Appropriations Committee; reconsideration granted)

Requires, at county option, all county welfare department employees who have frequent and routine contact with children to be fingerprinted and to sign a declaration regarding any criminal history for the purposes of employment with a county welfare department. Requires county welfare departments to exclude from employment any such employee who has been convicted of a criminal violation. Provides for specified exemptions.

Chapter 284, Statutes of 1995

Authorizes local health officers, in conjunction with the Department of Health Services, to operate immunization information systems. Authorizes health care providers to share with the department and local health departments identification and immunization information contained in a patient's medical record. Requires confidentiality to be maintained, prescribes purposes for which the information may be used, and entitles a patient to refuse to permit record sharing.

Chapter 314, Statutes of 1995

Revises current law to require only motorcycle drivers and passengers under the age of 21 years to wear helmets.

(Failed passage in Assembly Transportation Committee)

States the Legislature's intent that uniform standards, with specified times and cooking temperatures, be established toward the goal of effectively killing the Eschericha Coli 0157:H7 (E-Coli) bacteria in ground beef.

Chapter 329, Statutes of 1995

Requires the Department of Health Services to develop a plan to provide housing for homeless tuberculosis patients, and facilities for the isolation of tuberculosis patients and for inpatient and outpatient care.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Requires the Department of Health Services to award competitively up to 10 anemia prevention grants totaling $60,000 per year to local Child Health and Disability Prevention Programs in counties whose rates of iron deficiency anemia exceed the state average for any given year.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Requires the Department of Health Services to establish, and requires local health departments to enforce, sterilization, sanitation and safety standards for the practices of tattooing, body piercing and application of permanent cosmetics. Requires the department to chair a task force to recommend further legislation concerning licensing, training and other subjects pertinent to the health and safety of clients of these practitioners.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Requires hospitals and providers of health care service plans to disclose to the public and the applicable administering agency any plan to restructure the delivery of health care.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Establishes a Telemedicine Advisory Task Force, with the assent of the Regents of the University of California, to study the potential use of communication technology in the provision of health care to rural and urban underserved populations.

(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)

Prohibits sales of tobacco from vending machines except for those located in bars.

Chapter 823, Statutes of 1995

Requires the Department of Health Services to adopt regulations requiring public water systems with at least 10,000 connections to fluoridate the water provided to their customers.

Chapter 660, Statutes of 1995

Requires property owned by the Department of Health Services located at 2151 Berkeley Way, in the City of Berkeley, be conveyed to the University of California, Berkeley if the university desires to obtain the property. After obtaining title, requires the university to sell, lease or exchange a specified portion of the property for uses that are not exempted from taxes. Also requires that the university establish and maintain a wetland reserve at the Richmond Field Station.

Vetoed by the Governor

Mandates that hospital or county medical facility records relating to the negotiated rates of payment and/or the deliberative process through which those rates were reached, not be subject to public disclosure for a period of 3 years.

Chapter 138, Statutes of 1995

Requires local health departments to make public health laboratory services available for the examination of suspected infections or environmental diseases.

Chapter 807, Statutes of 1995

Requires written consent of a parent or guardian in order for a 17-year-old to donate blood.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Makes changes to (1) the Medi-Cal program, (2) certain health care programs, (3) mental health services, (4) a rate study conducted by the Department of Developmental Services, and (5) the Drug/Medi-Cal Program, which are necessary to implement the 1995-96 Budget Act.

Chapter 305, Statutes of 1995

Requires the Department of Health Services to include promotion of breast feeding in its public service campaign, and requires hospitals to provide either a breast feeding consultant or sources of breast feeding information to maternity patients.

Chapter 463, Statutes of 1995

Prohibits outdoor billboard advertising of tobacco products within a one-mile radius of any public or private elementary, junior high or high school.

Prohibits smoking in, or in any outdoor areas of, any state-controlled building or in any passenger vehicle, when the buildings or vehicles are used for specified state special schools.

(Failed passage in Assembly Health Committee; reconsideration granted)

Adds Hepatitis B to the list of diseases for which documented immunizations are required. Requires, on or after August 1, 1997, all children at or below the kindergarten level to be vaccinated for Hepatitis B as a condition of enrollment.

Chapter 291, Statutes of 1995

Makes a number of findings, and states that it is legislative intent that California registration and license fees for mammography equipment be reduced to reflect duplicative costs. Also calls for the Department of Health Services to evaluate the current federal and state requirements and eliminate any inconsistencies that do not improve patient care.

(Withdrawn from Governor; held at Senate Desk)

Requires the development of unique criteria for reviewing applications from clinics for Cal-Mortgage loan insurance. Also makes equipment loans eligible for loan insurance, and requires the Advisory Loan Insurance Committee to meet quarterly.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

Requires general acute care hospitals, near the time or at the time of death of a patient, to offer to pay the interment, cremation or other lawful funeral expenses for that patient if the individual or family or legal representative had made an anatomical gift.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Provides that the possession or cultivation of marijuana for personal medicinal use, when the medicinal use has been approved by a physician and surgeon for the treatment of aids, cancer, glaucoma, or multiple sclerosis, is exempt from prosecution.

Vetoed by the Governor

Requires the Director of Health Services to convene a technical advisory committee to formulate an annual report on breast and prostate cancer survival rates, broken down by health care service plan or insurer.

Vetoed by the Governor

Requires the Department of Social Services, after January 1, 2000, to adopt a finding of the best available technology for each water contaminant for which a recommended public health goal and a primary drinking water standard have been adopted. Requires a public hearing on the issue.

(In Senate Appropriations Committee)

Clarifies and modifies the type of shared housing arrangement for chronically ill residents granted licensure exemption.

Chapter 648, Statutes of 1995

Enacts the Seismic Retrofit Bond Act of 1996, and upon voter approval, authorizes the issuance and sale of $2 billion of general obligation bonds for the seismic retrofit of state-owned highways and toll bridges, including $650 million for the retrofit of the toll bridges. Requires the act to be placed on the March 1966 primary election ballot, and if it fails, to be placed on the November 1966 general election ballot.

Chapter 310, Statutes of 1995

Requires sellers of property containing an existing water heater to certify to the purchaser that the water heater is braced, anchored or strapped to resist falling during an earthquake.

Chapter 98, Statutes of 1995

Requires the State Architect to develop by January 1, 1997, and update as needed, a list of new and emerging technologies for earthquake hazard mitigation technologies. Requires the Seismic Safety Commission, the State Architect, and the Strong Motion Office of the Division of Mines and Geology of the Department of Conservation to encourage private and public investment in earthquake hazard mitigation technology. Requires a design professional to advise the owner of a structure regarding the standards contained in the California Building Standards Code as they relate to earthquake hazards, and regarding available earthquake hazard mitigating technology, when employed to provide services.

(In Senate Housing and Land Use Committee)

Authorizes the Department of the State Architect to conduct unannounced inspections of any laboratory or inspection service that tests earthquake-sensitive gas shut-off devices. Requires mobilehome park owners to install these devices in their parks by the year 2000, and requires the Public Utilities Commission to establish a catastrophic memorandum account that allows owners to pass on to tenants 50% of the cost, as specified.

(In Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee)

Creates the California Seismic Retrofit Program within the California Housing Finance Agency for the purpose of providing tax-exempt financing of seismic retrofitting for non-public structures.

(In Senate Toxics and Public Safety Management Committee)

Appropriates $173,485,000 from the Earthquake Safety and Public Buildings Rehabilitation Fund of 1990 to make vital earthquake safety improvements upon seismically unsafe state and local government buildings.

(In Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee)

Requires that hospitals, other than those operated by the University of California, notify patients, patients' families, and employees when a hospital is not required to meet post-1973 seismic safety standards.

(On Senate Inactive File)

Forbids liens on private property created by a local entity for purposes of seismic safety to exceed 80% of current appraised value and requires notice to existing lienholders prior to any vote authorizing financing.

Chapter 385, Statutes of 1995

Increases the membership of the Seismic Safety Commission from 17 to 19.

(In Senate Rules Committee)

Requires the Division of State Architect to do the following:

1. Develop a procedure to identify public school buildings and community colleges that have the potential to collapse in an earthquake and to evaluate the seismic vulnerability of these buildings that were built prior to 1976.

2. Develop procedures for school districts and community college boards to identify and retrofit walkways, shelters and canopies that might endanger a pupil.

(In Assembly Appropriations Committee)

Requires the Seismic Safety Commission to revise the "Homeowner's Guide to Earthquake Safety" to include a separate section relating to earthquake safety for manufactured homes and mobilehomes by July 1, 1996. Also requires manufactured home or mobilehome sellers, that initially installed their homes before September 1, 1994, to deliver a copy of the "Homeowner's Guide to Earthquake Safety" to any purchaser before the home is transferred.

(In Senate Housing and Land Use Committee)

See the Earthquake Insurance subsection of Insurance for earthquake insurance legislation.

Increases various licensure-related fees for marriage, family and child counselors, licensed educational psychologists and clinical social workers. Also sets forth continuing education requirements for marriage, family and child counselors and clinical social workers as a condition of license renewal.

Chapter 839, Statutes of 1995

Renames the Board of Examiners in Veterinary Medicine as the Veterinary Medical Board, renames the Animal Health Technician Examining Committee as the Registered Veterinary Technician Examining Committee, and renames animal health technician as veterinary technician. Makes various changes to licensing and practice provisions.

Chapter 60, Statutes of 1995

Consolidates regulation of clinical laboratories, reconciling federal standards established under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 and existing state law. Requires the state Department of Health Services to undertake regulatory responsibility over laboratories.

Specifies standards for supervision of laboratories, and who can perform laboratory procedures of different complexity. Sets out a fee schedule for licensees and laboratory registration.

Chapter 510, Statutes of 1995

Raises the threshold for reporting dental malpractice settlements or arbitration awards to the Board of Dental Examiners from $3,000 to $10,000.

Chapter 5, Statutes of 1995

Revises current law relating to liability in a cause of sexual harassment to delete reference to marriage, family, or child counselor and licensed social worker and instead reference a definition of psychotherapist that includes those professionals and other healing arts practitioners.

(In Assembly Health Committee)

Revises the current requirement that certified nurse-midwives be generally supervised by a physician to require "collaboration" instead and authorizes health facilities to appoint certified nurse-midwives to their medical staffs.

(In Senate Health and Human Services Committee)

Prohibits a licensed dentist from generating business from pupils or their parents or guardians in the course of providing voluntary dental health screening on school premises.

Chapter 64, Statutes of 1995

Makes various revisions to the Hemodialysis Technician Training Act.

Chapter 302, Statutes of 1995

Authorizes diagnostic and treatment centers to, in addition to Alzheimer's disease, increase the training of health care professionals with respect to other acquired brain impairments to the extent that centers have the requisite expertise. Also authorizes the Department of Mental Health's statewide resources consultant to review proposed training curricula, review data collected by health facilities serving patients with Huntington's and Alzheimer's disease in their efforts in determining the means of providing care and forward the information to appropriate state departments.

Chapter 551, Statutes of 1995

Provides reimbursement of nutritional advice, counseling and treatments to dietitians, registered dietitians and other specified nutrition professionals.

Chapter 180, Statutes of 1995

Expands the scope of practice of optometry to specifically include "diagnosis" of eye disease and the treatment of eye disease with drugs.

(In Senate Business and Professions Committee)

Specifies the professional requirements of a member of the Committee on Dental Auxiliaries.

(In Senate Business and Professions Committee)

Expands the co