AB 172 is a procedural measure that expresses the Legislature's intent to pass statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023. It does not create new laws, allocate funds, or directly affect any specific individuals or groups. The bill serves only as a formal statement of purpose to facilitate future legislative action on the budget.
AB 165 is a procedural bill that expresses the Legislature's intent to pass statutory changes related to the Budget Act of 2023. It does not create new laws, allocate funds, or directly affect any specific individuals or organizations. Instead, it serves as a formal statement of purpose to guide future legislative work on the budget. The bill requires no vote on specific policy details because it only outlines an intention to enact further changes.
The Student Athlete Bill of Rights requires intercollegiate athletic programs at certain 4-year private universities or campuses of the University of California or the California State University to comply with prescribed requirements relating to student athlete rights. Existing law requires an institution of higher education to post in a conspicuous location in its athletic department that is frequented by student athletes a notice detailing certain student athlete rights. Existing law prohibits an institution of higher education from intentionally retaliating against a student athlete for making or filing a complaint about, testifying or otherwise assisting in any investigation into, or opposing any practice that the student athlete believes is, a violation of student athlete rights. This bill would establish the College Athlete Protection (CAP) Act for purposes of providing various rights, benefits, and protections to college athletes. The bill instead would require an institution of higher education to distribute to each college athlete a notice containing college athlete rights and would require the institution to post this notice in a conspicuous location frequented by college athletes, as specified. The bill instead would prohibit an institution of higher education, and its employees, coaches, and affiliated medical personnel, as defined, from retaliating against a college athlete for filing a complaint or reporting a violation of a college athlete's rights under the CAP Act. By imposing new duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would establish the College Athlete Protection (CAP) Program as a program in the Office of Planning and Research for purposes of the CAP Act. The bill would establish a 13-member CAP Panel composed of appointed individuals to administer the CAP Act, as provided. The bill would require certain institutions of higher education to be financially responsible for the out-of-pocket sports-related medical expenses of college athletes. The bill would require an institution of higher education to complete an evaluation regarding its compliance with Title IX, as specified, and to publish the evaluation on a publicly accessible internet website of the institution. The bill would require an institution of higher education to administer a financial and life skills development workshop program, and would require the institution's college athletes to attend the financial and life skills development workshop program, as provided. The bill would require an institution of higher education to pay an annual fee, as specified, to cover the reasonable regulatory costs of the CAP Program. The bill would establish the California Athlete Protection Fund under the administration of the CAP Program director, with moneys in the fund appropriated to the CAP Panel, upon appropriation of the Legislature, for purposes of the CAP Act, as provided. This bill would make its provisions severable. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law, the Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018, which was approved by the voters as Proposition 1 at the November 6, 2018, statewide general election, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $4,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law and requires the proceeds from the sale of these bonds to be used to finance various housing programs and a specified program for farm, home, and mobilehome purchase assistance for veterans, as provided. Existing law establishes, among various other programs intended to address homelessness in this state, the Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention program for the purpose of providing jurisdictions with one-time grant funds to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address their immediate homelessness challenges informed by a best-practices framework focused on moving homeless individuals and families into permanent housing and supporting the efforts of those individuals and families to maintain their permanent housing. This bill would enact the Youth Housing Bond Act of 2024 (bond act) , which, if adopted, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $1,000,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance the Youth Housing Program, established as part of the bond act. The bill, as a part of the program, would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to make awards to local agencies, nonprofit organizations, and joint ventures for the purpose of acquiring, renovating, constructing, and purchasing equipment for youth centers or youth housing, as those terms are defined. This bill would provide for submission of the bond act to the voters at the November 5, 2024, statewide general election in accordance with specified law. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
(1) Under existing law, once the Controller or county superintendent of schools makes a final determination that specified audits performed by a certified public accountant or public accountant were not performed in substantial conformity with provisions of an audit guide, or that the audit reports do not conform to the provisions of an audit guide, the certified public accountant or public accountant is ineligible to conduct specified audits for 3 years. Existing law requires the Controller to notify each school district and county office of education of those certified public accountants or public accountants determined to be ineligible pursuant to these provisions. This bill would extend the above-described rules related to the ineligibility of the certified public accountant or public accountant to audits of a nonclassroom-based charter school, as provided, and would additionally require the Controller to notify charter schools of those certified public accountants or public accountants determined to be ineligible to conduct these audits, as provided. (2) The Charter Schools Act of 1992 specifies the procedures for the submission, review, and approval or denial of a petition to establish a charter school. The act requires a petition for the establishment of a charter school to contain specified information, including a reasonably comprehensive description of the manner in which annual, independent financial audits will be conducted. Existing law, by not later than May 1 of each fiscal year, requires the governing board of each local educational agency to provide for an audit of the books and accounts of the local educational agency, as specified, or make arrangements with the county superintendent of schools to provide for that auditing. By January 31, 2025, and by January 31 of each year thereafter, this bill would require the governing body of a charter school to review, at a public meeting as an item on the agenda, the annual audit of the charter school for the prior fiscal year, any audit exceptions identified in that audit, the recommendations or findings of any management letter issued by the auditor, and any description of correction or plans to correct any exceptions or management letter issue. By imposing additional requirements on charter schools, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require an auditor of a nonclassroom-based charter school, when performing certain audits, to take certain actions, including the sampling of certain financial documents, the identification of transfers of funds or assets exceeding prescribed amounts, the identification of transactions that do not meet certain standards, and the preparation of a letter to be included with the audit report, as specified. (3) Commencing July 1, 2025, this bill would require a school district, county office of education, or charter school to only enter into an agreement for the provision or arrangement of educational enrichment activities with a vendor that is vetted and approved pursuant to the bill. The bill would authorize a local educational agency to expend public funds for the provision or arrangement of educational enrichment activities, provided that all educational enrichment activities, materials, and programs are nonsectarian. The bill would require the governing board or body of a local educational agency, in approving any contract for vendor services for educational enrichment activities, to establish specified policies and procedures to ensure educational value, pupil safety, and fiscal reasonableness, and would further require that these policies ensure that vendor services for educational enrichment activities meet designated criteria. The bill would require auditing of approval of, and compliance with, policies and procedures established under the bill to be included in designated annual audit reports. The bill would require a vendor contract that will exceed $100,000 in a fiscal year to be approved by the governing board or body of the local educational agency in an open public meeting. The bill would also require any educational enrichment activity provided by a school to be approved and verified by the pupil's assigned teacher as relevant to specific educational assignments and educationally appropriate for that pupil. (4) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law generally requires the State Department of Public Health to license, inspect, and regulate health facilities, defined to include, among other types of health facilities, an acute psychiatric hospital. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and establish regulations for psychiatric residential treatment facilities. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to license and regulate facilities that provide residential nonmedical services to adults who are recovering from problems related to alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug misuse or abuse, and who need alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug recovery treatment or detoxification services. Existing law also requires the department to implement a voluntary certification program for alcohol and other drug treatment recovery services. Existing law, the California Community Care Facilities Act, generally provides for the licensing and regulation of community care facilities by the State Department of Social Services, to provide 24-hour nonmedical care of persons in need of personal services, supervision, or assistance. Existing regulation includes an adult residential facility as a community care facility for those purposes. This bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services (department) , by January 1, 2027, and in consultation with relevant public agencies and stakeholders, to establish, and provide for the administration of, a voluntary certification program for supportive community residences. The bill would define a "supportive community residence" as specified residential dwellings providing housing for adults with a substance use disorder, mental health diagnosis, or dual diagnosis seeking a cooperative living arrangement as a transitional or long-term residence during the process of recovery. The bill would require the certification program to include standards and procedures for operation, such as types of certifications needed and services navigation, and procedures and penalties for enforcing laws and regulations governing supportive community residences. The bill also would require the department to create and maintain a searchable online database of certified facilities, which would include specified contact and complaint information for those residences, and would require the database to be updated on a monthly basis. The bill would prohibit a supportive community residence from providing any licensed services onsite, including, but not limited to, incidental medical services. The bill would authorize the department to charge a fee for certification of supportive community residences in an amount not to exceed the reasonable cost of administering the program, not to exceed $2,000, and would establish the Supportive Community Residence Program Fund for collection of the fee. Under the bill, a certification would be valid for a period of 2 years and the bill would authorize the department to charge a recertification fee not to exceed $500. The bill would require a referring entity, as defined, to provide information relating to the license or certification status of a step-down care facility when informing an individual with a substance use disorder, mental health diagnosis, or dual diagnosis of options for step-down care covered by the individual's health insurance. The bill would require a referring entity to verify the license or certification of a step-down care facility if a particular step-down care facility is not covered by an individual's insurance. The bill would define a "step-down care facility" to include a supportive community residence, a community care facility, or other residential treatment or detox facility. The bill would require a referring entity to report any suspected fraudulent license or certification to the appropriate state agency. By placing new requirements on local agencies acting as referring entities, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the regulation of disability insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract or disability insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023, that provides coverage for medically necessary treatment of mental health and substance use disorders that credentials health care providers of those services for the health care service plan's or disability insurer's networks to assess and verify the qualifications of a health care provider, as specified. For facility contracts issued, amended, or renewed on and after January 1, 2025, this bill would require a health care service plan or disability insurer that provides coverage for mental health and substance use disorders and credentials step-down care facilities for the health care service plan's or disability insurer's networks, to assess and verify the qualifications of a step-down care facility within 60 days after receiving a completed provider credentialing application. Because a violation of the bill's requirements by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
This bill designates October 2024 as Rett Syndrome Awareness Month in California to highlight the condition and promote public understanding. Rett syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that primarily affects females, causing significant neurological challenges such as loss of motor skills, speech, and walking ability. The resolution aims to increase awareness among medical professionals, researchers, educators, and the general public to support ongoing efforts to find a cure. It does not create new laws or funding but serves as a symbolic gesture to draw attention to the disease and the need for continued research.
Existing law generally requires the State Department of Social Services to license and regulate various types of child daycare facilities, including, among others, daycare centers and family daycare homes. Under existing law, a willful or repeated violation of those provisions is a crime. Existing law exempts from those provisions various entities, including, among others, community care facilities, certain program facilities administered by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and extended daycare programs operated by public or private schools. This bill would also exempt, from the above-described licensing and regulation provisions, a family childcare home administered by a person certified as a family childcare provider by a branch of the United States Armed Forces and that exclusively provides care for children of eligible federal personnel, as defined, and surviving spouses.
Existing law requires a person who is directly or indirectly the beneficial owner of more than 10% of any class of stock of a domestic insurer to file in the office of the Insurance Commissioner within 10 days after that person becomes a beneficial owner a statement, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, of the amount of all stock of that insurer of which the person is the beneficial owner, as specified. The General Corporation Law (GCL) requires a domestic corporation and a foreign corporation to file annually, as prescribed, with the Secretary of State, a statement containing certain information, including the names and complete business or residence addresses of its chief executive officer, secretary, and chief financial officer. The GCL requires a domestic corporation to certify that the information it provides in that statement is true and correct. This bill would, by January 1, 2026, additionally require those corporations to include in the statement described above the names and complete business or residence addresses of any beneficial owner, as defined. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law, the California Revised Uniform Limited Liability Company Act, requires a limited liability company, and a foreign limited liability company registered to transact intrastate business in this state, to file biennially, as specified, with the Secretary of State, a statement containing certain information, including the name and complete business or residence addresses of any manager or managers and the chief executive officer, if any, appointed or elected in accordance with the articles of organization or operating agreement or, if a manager has not been so elected or appointed, the name and business or residence address of each member. This bill would, by January 1, 2026 additionally require those limited liability companies to include in the statement described above the name and complete business or residence addresses of any beneficial owner, as defined. Existing law authorizes the Secretary of State to charge and collect certain statutorily established fees, including fees for corporations, foreign corporations, limited liability companies, and foreign limited liability companies filing the above-described statements of information. Existing law requires those fees to be paid into the Secretary of State's Business Fees Fund. Existing law states that it is the intent of the Legislature that the money deposited into that fund be used to support the programs from which fees are collected, that the fees be sufficient to cover the costs of the programs, and that the fees be expended to the extent that appropriations are made in the annual Budget Act. Existing law authorizes, of the fees collected and interest earned in excess of the authority of the Secretary of State to expend those fees and interest pursuant to the annual Budget Act, up to $1,000,000 to remain in the Business Fees Fund. Existing law requires any additional excess fees and interest earned to be transferred to the General Fund. This bill would authorize the Secretary of State, by regulation, to increase the amount of the fee for corporations, foreign corporations, limited liability companies, and foreign limited liability companies filing the above-described statements of information. The bill would prohibit the fee increase from exceeding the reasonable cost of any regulatory activities necessary to implement each of the above-described beneficial owner information requirements. The bill would also require the amount of the fees that are increased by the bill's provisions to be used to support the Secretary of State's regulatory activities imposed by the bill, and would prohibit that amount from being considered additional excess fees. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law requires a private duty nursing agency, as defined, to be a provider of skilled nursing services covered under certain Medicaid waiver programs, subject to federal approval and availability of federal financial participation. Existing law requires the agency, in addition to satisfying any other requirements as a condition for participation in the Medi-Cal program, to satisfy specified requirements, including the provision of skilled nursing services on a shift basis in a patient's home or other community-based site appropriate for patient care. This bill would require, by January 10, 2026, the department to develop and submit a cost estimate, on private duty nursing services provided to pediatric patients, to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature. The bill would require the cost estimate to estimate the cost of raising the Medi-Cal rates of private duty nursing services provided to pediatric patients to 87% of, and to 100% of, rates for corresponding services under the federal Medicare Program. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including congregate living health facilities, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law defines "congregate living health facility" as a residential home with a capacity of no more than 18 beds, with exceptions, that provides inpatient care that is generally less intense than that provided in general acute care hospitals but more intense than that provided in skilled nursing facilities. Existing law, the Medi-Cal Long-Term Care Reimbursement Act, requires the State Department of Health Care Services to implement a facility-specific ratesetting system for nursing facilities using a cost-based reimbursement rate methodology and to update these rates annually. This bill would require, under Medi-Cal provisions, by January 10, 2026, the State Department of Health Care Services to prepare and submit a cost study, on licensed congregate living health facilities, to the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature. The bill would require the cost study to evaluate all financial and operational costs associated with those facilities, as specified. The bill would require the department to consult with facility providers, patients or families, caregivers, and other relevant parties in developing the study.
Existing law makes it a crime to possess, cultivate, and administer specified controlled substances, including psilocybin and psilocyn. Existing law makes it a crime for a person to rent, lease, or make available for use any building or room for the purpose of storing or distributing any controlled substance. Existing law authorizes forfeiture of property used for specified crimes involving controlled substances. This bill, the Heal Our Heroes Act, would, until January 1, 2028, establish the Psychedelic-Assisted Facilitation Pilot Program. The bill, as part of the pilot program, would authorize the public health officers of the City and County of San Francisco, the County of San Diego, and the County of Santa Cruz to approve entities to establish and operate up to 5 psychedelic-assisted facilitation centers per jurisdiction to administer psilocybin or psilocyn to patients meeting specified criteria, including being a veteran or former first responder over 21 years of age who has passed a suitability screening, as defined. The bill would authorize the jurisdictions to issue up to 3 permits to cultivate, as specified. The bill would require the public health officers to consult with experts in psilocybin or psilocyn facilitation on program design, to issue facilitator permits only to licensed physicians and surgeons and to report certain data and an evaluation of the program to the Legislature no later than January 1, 2027. The bill would exempt a person from, among other things, civil liability, professional discipline, or existing criminal sanctions, solely for good faith actions, conduct, or omissions in compliance with the pilot program. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
Existing law creates the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) with various powers and duties relative to transportation projects and services and the operation of public transit in the County of Santa Clara. Existing law vests the government of the VTA in a 12-member board of directors, appointed by the County of Santa Clara and the cities within the county, as specified. Existing law requires, to the extent possible, the county and cities to appoint individuals to the board of directors who have expertise, experience, or knowledge relative to transportation issues. Existing law establishes a term length of 2 years for a member of the board of directors. This bill would require, to the extent possible, the county and cities to appoint individuals to the board of directors who have expertise, experience, or knowledge relative to transit or transportation issues. The bill would require, to the extent consistent with applicable privacy protections, the county and cities to make public the reasons for an appointment, as specified. The bill instead would establish a term length of 4 years for a member of the board of directors. By requiring the county and cities to make public the reasons for an appointment, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
