Existing law, the Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists and Hearing Aid Dispensers Licensure Act, until January 1, 2027, establishes the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of speech-language pathologists, speech-language pathology aides, speech-language pathology assistants, audiologists, dispensing audiologists, and hearing aid dispensers. Existing law, until January 1, 2027, authorizes the board to appoint a person designated as the executive officer to perform duties delegated by the board and vested in them in the act. Existing law makes a violation of the act a misdemeanor. This bill would extend the operation of the board and authorization to appoint an executive officer until January 1, 2031. Existing law specifies that a person holds themselves out to the public as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist by using specified titles. This bill would specify a person also holds themselves out to the public as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist by using a business name with those titles. Existing law requires a supervising speech-language pathologist or supervising audiologist to submit to the board a description of the proposed professional responsibilities of an applicant who is issued a temporary license as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, as applicable, working under their supervision. This bill would delete that requirement. Existing law requires a speech-language pathologist or audiologist supervising speech-language pathology or audiology aides to register with the board the name of each aide working under their supervision. This bill would prohibit a speech-language pathology or audiology aide from advertising or representing that they hold a license as a speech-language pathologist, speech-language pathology assistant, or audiologist. The bill would prohibit a speech-language pathology or audiology aide, a professional experience license holder, or a speech-language pathology assistant from being the sole proprietor of, or managing or independently operating, a business that engages in the practice of speech-language pathology or audiology. Existing law grants to the board the full authority to investigate and evaluate each applicant applying for a license to practice speech-language pathology or audiology, to determine the admission of the applicant to the examination, or to issue a license. Existing law requires the board to perform all examination functions, to determine the subject matter and scope of the examinations, and to keep recordings of any oral examination for at least 2 years. This bill would delete those provisions and would instead require an applicant to pass an examination approved by the board, which may be conducted by the board or by an organization specified by the board. Existing law requires the board to issue, suspend, and revoke licenses and approvals to practice speech-language pathology and audiology. This bill would also require the board to issue, suspend, and revoke registrations, and would make various provisions in the act applicable to registrants, including requiring registrants to pay a fee not to exceed $25 for issuance of a registration status. Existing law establishes requirements for licensure as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, including possession of at least a master's degree in speech-language pathology or audiology from an educational institution approved by the board or qualifications deemed equivalent by the board. This bill would expand the list of degrees that would satisfy that requirement to include at least a master's degree in communication disorders, communication sciences and disorders, communicative disorders, or speech, language, or hearing sciences. Existing law, until January 1, 2027, deems a person who holds one of specified clinical competence certificates issued by certain entities to have met certain educational and experience requirements for licensure as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist, as specified. This bill would extend the operation of that provision until January 1, 2031. Existing law establishes continuing education requirements for licensees and requires continuing professional development services to be obtained from accredited institutions of higher learning or organizations approved as continuing education providers, as specified. This bill would revise the list of authorized continuing education providers to include organizations approved as continuing education providers by the California Academy of Audiology, the California Speech-Language-Hearing Association, or the American Medical Association, and continuing professional development services obtained by a federal, state, or local governmental entity. This bill would require the board, upon payment of a $75 fee, to issue a retired license to a licensed speech-language pathologist, speech-language pathology assistant, audiologist, hearing aid dispenser, or dispensing audiologist who holds a license that is current and active or a license that is inactive, and the license is not suspended, revoked, surrendered, or subject to disciplinary action, as specified, subject to satisfaction of specified requirements. Existing law authorizes the board to suspend, revoke, or impose terms and conditions upon the license of any licensee for specified acts, including violating or attempting to violate any provisions of the act. This bill would make those provisions applicable to registrants. Existing law authorizes a person whose license has been revoked or suspended, or who has been placed on probation, to petition the board for reinstatement or modification of penalty, as specified. This bill would make those provisions applicable to a person whose license has been surrendered, as specified. Existing law requires the board to adopt regulations, in collaboration with the State Department of Education, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, and the Advisory Commission on Special Education, that set forth standards and requirements for the adequate supervision of speech-language pathology assistants, including minimum continuing professional development requirements. This bill would prohibit coursework from a master's degree that would qualify an applicant for licensure as a speech-language pathologist from being used, as specified, to satisfy those continuing professional development requirements. Existing law establishes educational requirements for applicants for approval as a speech-language pathology assistant, and specifies that a person who has successfully graduated from a board-approved bachelor's degree program in speech-language pathology or communication disorders is deemed to have satisfied those requirements. This bill would expand the list of degrees that would satisfy those requirements to include a bachelor's degree in communication disorders, speech-language and hearing sciences, communication sciences and disorders, or communicative disorders. Existing law prohibits provisions regulating hearing aid dispensers from being construed to limit the use of a speech aide or other personnel employed by a public school working under the supervision of a speech-language pathologist. This bill would specify that construction applies so long as the speech aide or other personnel is not performing the responsibilities, duties, and functions of a speech-language pathology assistant. This bill would prohibit a person who is not registered as a speech-language pathology assistant from using the title "SLP assistant" or the letters "SLPA," and would prohibit a speech-language pathology assistant from advertising or otherwise representing that they hold a license as a speech-language pathologist. Existing law authorizes hearing aids to be sold by catalog or direct mail, subject to satisfaction of specified requirements. The bill would authorize hearing aids to be sold online. Existing law makes it unlawful for an individual to engage in the practice of fitting or selling hearing aids without a license, except as specified. This bill would specify that some of those provisions apply to hearing aid dispensers instead of licensees, and would change some of those provisions so they apply to an address or addresses instead of a place of business. Relative to the regulation of hearing aid dispensers, existing law requires a licensee to apply for and procure a duplicate license if the licensee maintains more than one place of business, as specified. Existing law authorizes a hearing aid dispenser to engage on a temporary basis in the practice of fitting or selling hearing aids at the primary or branch location of another licensee's business without obtaining a duplicate license if certain requirements are satisfied. This bill would instead require a hearing aid dispenser engaged in the practice of fitting or selling hearing aids at more than one place of business to apply for and procure a branch office license, as specified. The bill would define "temporary basis" for purposes of the provisions described above. Existing law imposes certain restrictions and requirements on licensed hearing aid dispensers related to the scope of their duties, including prohibiting a licensed hearing aid dispenser from selling a hearing aid to a person 16 years of age or younger, except as specified, and exempts from those restrictions and requirements a licensed dispensing audiologist, as specified. This bill would expand the list of restrictions and requirements applicable to licensed hearing aid dispensers that licensed dispensing audiologists are exempt from to include, among other things, provisions prohibiting a licensed hearing aid dispenser from making or seeking referrals for testing, fitting, or dispensing of hearing aids in connection with the conduction of hearing screenings, as specified. Existing law establishes a fee of $100 for an initial temporary license, and a fee of $100 for renewal of a temporary license for hearing aid dispensers. This bill would instead establish that fee for an initial temporary or trainee licensee, and a fee of $100 for renewal of a trainee license. The bill would revise and recast certain provisions related to temporary licenses. The bill would also change some provisions related to hearing aid dispensers so they apply to an address or addresses instead of a place of business. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of dispensing audiologists by the board. This bill would revise and recast certain of those provisions and would require a dispensing audiologist to submit documentation to the board that they have satisfied specified continuing education requirements. The bill would provide that a dispensing audiologist license expires on its assigned renewal date, unless licensee applies to the board for renewal, as specified, and would establish requirements for the renewal of an expired license. The bill would specify that a suspended dispensing audiologist license is subject to expiration and shall be renewed, as provided, but renewal does not entitle the holder of the license to engaging in the fitting or selling of hearing aids until it is reinstated. The bill would specify that a license that has been revoked is subject to expiration and shall not be renewed, and would establish requirements for reinstatement. Existing law prohibits a licensed audiologist from selling hearing aids to a person 16 years of age or younger, except if specified conditions are satisfied. This bill would delete that provision. Existing law defines certain terms for the purposes of the Act, including, among others, "hearing aid dispenser" to mean a person engaged in the practice of fitting or selling hearing aids to an individual with impaired hearing. The bill would make other definitional, technical, and conforming changes, including defining "hearing aid dispenser" as a person who is issued a permanent license pursuant to these provisions, revising the definitions of "license" and "licensee." By imposing additional requirements and prohibitions on persons subject to the act, a violation of which is a crime, the bill would expand the scope of a crime thereby imposing 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
(1) Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing within the Department of Consumer Affairs, until January 1, 2027, and sets forth its powers and duties regarding the licensure and regulation of registered nurses. Existing law creates the Board of Registered Nursing Fund and makes all moneys in the fund available upon appropriation by the Legislature. A violation of the act is a crime. Existing law requires the board, until January 1, 2027, to appoint an executive officer to perform the duties delegated by the board and to be responsible to the board for the accomplishment of those duties, as specified. Existing law requires the board, for the purpose of transacting its business, to meet at least once every 3 months, at times and places it designates by resolution, and requires those meetings to be held in northern and southern California. This bill would extend those dates until January 1, 2031. The bill would remove the above-described location requirements for meetings held by the board, and, instead, require the board to meet at least once every 3 months in locations that are, to the extent practicable, geographically diverse. (2) Existing law specifies that an approved school of nursing, or an approved nursing program, is one that, among other things, gives a course of instruction approved by the board, as specified. Existing law requires the board to prepare and maintain a list of approved schools of nursing whose graduates are eligible to apply for a license to practice nursing, as provided. Existing law requires the board, through its executive officer, to inspect all schools of nursing in the state at the times the board deems necessary, as specified. This bill would require the board to make the list of approved schools of nursing available on its internet website. The bill would require the inspection criteria to be consistent with the 2020 Nursing Education Approval Guidelines established by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, or its successor, as specified. Existing law requires an approved school of nursing or a nursing program to meet a minimum of 500 direct patient care clinical hours in a board-approved clinical setting, as specified, and requires additional clinical hours required by the program for nursing education preparation in each nursing area as specified by the board to be identified and documented in the curriculum plan for each area. The bill would require any clinical practice hours that are not required to be in direct patient care and are provided using simulation experiences to be based on the best practices published by, among other specified entities, the International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning, or based on any equivalent standards approved by the board. Existing law authorizes the director of an approved nursing program, until the end of the 2023–24 academic year, or whenever the Governor declares a state of emergency for a county in which an agency or facility used by an approved nursing program for direct patient care clinical practice is no longer available, to submit to a board nursing education consultant requests to, among other things, allow the program to reduce the required number of direct patient care hours to, among other requirements, 50% in geriatrics and medical-surgical, if certain conditions are met. Existing law prohibits the approval of that request after the 2023–24 academic year and makes an approved request expire at the end of that year. This bill would, instead, authorize a director to submit requests for the approved nursing program to reduce the required number of direct patient care hours to 200 hours in medical-surgical, as specified, if certain conditions are met. The bill would remove the prohibition of the approval of that request after the 2023–24 year and the provision making any an approved request expire at the end of that year. If the board requires the approval of the faculty or directors, as specified, existing law authorizes the board to approve an individual to serve as a member of the faculty, director, or assistant director of an approved school of nursing or nursing program. Existing law makes an individual approval valid for 5 years and authorizes an individual approval to be renewed if the individual demonstrates to the board that they continue to meet the requirements established by the board for faculty, directors, and assistant directors of an approved school of nursing or nursing program. This bill would, instead, make only an individual faculty approval valid for 5 years and authorize only an individual faculty approval to be renewed if the individual demonstrates to the board that they continue to meet the requirements established by the board for faculty of an approved school of nursing or nursing program. If an applicant for approval has a faculty position and does not meet a requirement established by the board for a different position, existing law authorizes the board to accept a remediation plan submitted by an approved school of nursing or nursing program to help the applicant meet the requirement, and if the board accepts the plan, to approve the applicant to instruct in theory under the mentorship and supervision of the content expert identified in the plan for up to one year. If an applicant for approval as an assistant director or director does not have a faculty position and does not meet a requirement established by the board for a different position, the bill would authorize the board to accept a remediation plan submitted by an approved school of nursing or nursing program to help the applicant meet the requirement, and if the board accepts the plan, to approve the applicant to serve in the role of the assistant director under the mentorship of a board-approved director or assistant director while completing the remediation plan for up to one year, as specified. (3) Existing law defines the practice of nursing to include specified activities, including the administration of medications ordered by a physician and surgeon, dentist, podiatrist, or clinical psychologist, as specified. This bill would expand the definition of the practice of nursing to include the administration of medications ordered by a nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife and the administration of medications as directed by an advanced practice registered nurse to the extent allowable by the advanced practice registered nurse's scope of practice. (4) Existing law requires the board to issue a license as a registered nurse to each applicant who passes the examination and meets all other licensing requirements. Existing law requires all examinations to be written, but authorizes exams in the discretion of the board to be supplemented by an oral or practical examination in subjects the board determines. This bill would remove the requirement that all examinations be written, and the authorization for exams to be supplemented by an oral or practical examination in subjects the board determines. Existing law authorizes a registered nurse under current investigation by the board to request entry into an intervention program by contacting the board. Existing law requires each registered nurse who requests participation in an intervention program to agree to cooperate with the rehabilitation program designed by the intervention evaluation committee and approved by the program manager, as defined. This bill would require the committee, in developing the rehabilitation program, to determine whether a participant is required to practice nursing prior to completion of the program. Existing law requires each person renewing their license as a registered nurse to submit proof satisfactory to the board that, during the preceding 2-year period, they have been informed of the developments in the registered nurse field or in any special area of practice engaged in by the licensee, occurring since the last renewal thereof, either by pursuing a course or courses of continuing education in the registered nurse field or relevant to the practice of the licensee, as specified, or by other means deemed equivalent by the board. This bill would, beginning January 1, 2029, require the board to require each licensee to submit the above-described proof at the time of renewal and require the proof to include, but not be limited to, documentation verifying the completion of the continuing education requirements during the preceding renewal period or the preceding 2 years. Existing law authorizes a registered nurse whose license has been revoked or suspended or who has been placed on probation to petition the board for reinstatement or modification of penalty, as specified, subject to specified time periods. This bill would specify that no minimum time period applies if the registered nurse has had their license revoked by default for failure to submit a notice of defense. (5) Existing law requires the board to issue a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery to a person licensed as a registered nurse who meets specified qualifications. Existing law authorizes a certified nurse-midwife to attend cases of low-risk pregnancy and childbirth and to provide certain types of care, including prenatal care. Existing law generally authorizes a certified nurse-midwife to furnish drugs or devices incidentally to the provision of, among other things, the care and services described above. Existing law makes the furnishing or ordering of drugs or devices by a certified nurse-midwife conditional on the issuance by the board of a number to the applicant who has successfully completed certain requirements. Existing law authorizes the board to issue a furnishing number upon initial application and, if approved by the board, prohibits requiring the applicant from having to make a separate application. Existing law authorizes the board to charge an applicant a fee to cover all necessary costs to implement these provisions that is no more than $1,500 for an initial application or $1,000 for a renewal application, and to charge a penalty fee for failure to renew a furnishing number within the prescribed time that is no more than $500. This bill would authorize the board to also issue a furnishing number described above upon renewal application, and would remove the authorization for the board to charge a penalty fee for failure to renew a furnishing number within the prescribed time. The bill would specify that the initial application and renewal application are those for a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery. (6) Existing law, the Nurse Anesthetists Act, which is part of the Nursing Practice Act, requires the board to issue a certificate to practice nurse anesthesia to a person licensed as a registered nurse who meets specified qualifications. Existing law fixes the amounts of fees in connection with the issuance of certificates of nurse anesthetists, including that the fee to be paid upon the filing of an application for a certificate is fixed by the board at not less than $500 and no more than $1,500. This bill would remove the minimum fee amount for the above-described fees. (7) Existing law requires, on and after January 1, 2008, an applicant for initial qualification or certification as a nurse practitioner who has not been qualified or certified as a nurse practitioner in California or any other state to meet certain requirements, including holding a valid and active registered nursing license. Existing law generally authorizes a nurse practitioner to furnish drugs or devices when certain conditions are met, including that the nurse practitioner is functioning pursuant to standardized procedure, as defined, or protocol, as specified. Existing law makes the furnishing or ordering of drugs or devices by a nurse practitioner conditional on the issuance by the board of a number to an applicant who has successfully completed certain requirements. Existing law authorizes the board to issue a furnishing number upon initial application and, if approved by the board, prohibits requiring the applicant from having to make a separate application. Existing law authorizes the board to charge an applicant a fee to cover all necessary costs to implement these provisions that is no more than $1,500 for an initial application or $1,000 for a renewal application, and to charge a penalty fee for failure to renew a furnishing number within the prescribed time that is no more than $500. This bill would authorize the board to also issue a furnishing number described above upon renewal application, and would remove the authorization for the board to charge a penalty fee for failure to renew a furnishing number within the prescribed time. The bill would specify that the initial application and renewal application are those for the qualification or certification as a nurse practitioner. Existing law authorizes a nurse practitioner to perform certain functions, including conducting an advanced assessment, without standardized procedures in accordance with their education and training, as specified, if the nurse practitioner meets certain requirements, including that they have completed a transition to practice in California of a minimum of 3 full-time equivalent years of practice or 4600 hours, as specified. This bill would also authorize the completion of a transition to practice in another state, as described above, for purposes of that requirement. For purposes of a transition to practice completed in another state, the bill would require the board to, among other things, on or before January 1, 2028, identify states where practice experience would meet or exceed the requirements under specified provisions if obtained in this state. (8) Existing law requires a registered nurse applying to be a clinical nurse specialist for the evaluation of their qualifications to use that title to pay a nonrefundable fee of not less than $500 but not exceeding $1,500, and requires a fee to be paid for a temporary certificate to practice as a clinical nurse special to be not less than $30 but no more than $50. Existing law requires a biennial renewal fee to be paid upon submission of an application to renew the clinical nurse specialist certificate, and to be established by the board at no less than $150 and not more than $1,000. Existing law requires the penalty fee for failure to renew a certificate within the prescribed time to be 50% of the renewal fee in effect on the date of the renewal of the license to be not less than $75 and no more than $500. This bill would delete the minimum fee amounts prescribed above. (9) The bill would also make various nonsubstantive changes to various nursing related provisions.
Existing law, until January 1, 2028, and to the extent funds are made available for these purposes, requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a system for the collection of information determining the incidence and prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases, including, but not limited to, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) , also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Existing law requires a hospital, facility, physician and surgeon, or other health care provider diagnosing or providing treatment to a patient for a neurodegenerative disease to report each case of a neurodegenerative disease to the department, as prescribed. Existing law requires the department to designate the specified neurodegenerative diseases required to be reported in the state or any part of the state. Existing law specifies that for this purpose, "neurodegenerative disease" may include, but need not be limited to, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, and Huntington's disease. This bill would require the department to establish a system for the collection of information determining the incidence and prevalence of frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) . This bill would specify that "neurodegenerative disease" may also include other dementias. The bill would extend the requirements of these provisions until January 1, 2032.
Existing law requires the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA) to enter into partnerships resulting in the production of generic prescription drugs, including at least one form of insulin made available at production and dispensing costs, if one does not already exist in the market. Existing law additionally authorizes CHHSA to enter into partnerships to increase competition, lower prices, and address supply shortages for generic or brand name drugs to address emerging health concerns. This bill, the Preventive Treatment Health Care Act, would authorize CHHSA to enter into partnerships, if needed and subject to an appropriation, to increase competition, lower prices, and address supply shortages for at least one glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) antiobesity medication approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) . The bill would require CHHSA to establish distribution partners, if needed, and make its best effort to negotiate pricing at or lower than the cost to Medi-Cal beneficiaries in 2025.
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. Under existing law, to the extent required by the federal government and effective no sooner than required by the federal government, behavioral health treatment (BHT) is a covered service under the Medi-Cal program for individuals under 21 years of age. This bill would require the department, by July 1, 2027, to ensure that certain individuals providing BHT services under Medi-Cal undergo criminal background checks. The bill would require the department to utilize existing stakeholder forums to seek stakeholder feedback and offer stakeholder comment opportunities to inform changes to coverage and billing policy for BHT services. The bill would encourage the department to affirmatively reach out to specified stakeholders as appropriate based on the topic at issue to ensure adequate feedback. Under the bill, stakeholder feedback would include, among other topics, clinical guidelines for the provision of BHT services, treatment plan requirements, requirements for the provision of center-based services compared to services provided elsewhere, and supervision of unlicensed and uncertified professionals, as specified. The bill would require the department to maintain clear billing and coverage guidance for BHT services, as specified. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2029, to publish on its internet website utilization data for BHT services, a synopsis of changes made as a result of stakeholder feedback, and recommendations for actions necessary to ensure that Medi-Cal reimbursement practices align with federal Medicaid program integrity requirements.
Existing law establishes the University of California Kern County Medical Education Endowment Fund. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, existing law requires moneys in the endowment fund to be allocated to the University of California to support the annual operating costs for the development, operation, and maintenance of a branch campus of an existing University of California School of Medicine in the County of Kern, and to conduct a feasibility study related to that campus. This bill would require the University of California, on or before January 1, 2028, to complete a feasibility study, and reasonably attempt to consult with local stakeholders, to determine the steps necessary to establish a branch campus of an existing University of California medical school in the County of Kern, and to submit the feasibility study, including detailed findings, recommendations, and an implementation timeline, to the Governor and Legislature, as provided. The bill would require the feasibility study to include a comprehensive analysis of the requirements, challenges, and opportunities related to establishing a branch campus of an existing University of California medical school in the County of Kern, as provided. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing federal law, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, provides for the negotiation and execution of tribal-state gaming compacts for the purpose of authorizing certain types of gaming on Indian lands within a state. The California Constitution authorizes the Governor to negotiate and conclude tribal-state gaming compacts, subject to ratification by the Legislature. Existing law expressly ratifies a number of tribal-state gaming compacts, and amendments of tribal-state gaming compacts, between the State of California and specified Indian tribes. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of, an environmental impact report on a project, as defined, that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment, as defined, or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. This bill would ratify the amendment to the tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation executed on June 23, 2026. The bill would provide that, in deference to tribal sovereignty, certain actions related to that amended compact are not projects for purposes of CEQA. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law requires the governing board of each school district to have general control of, and be responsible for, all aspects of the interscholastic athletic policies, programs, and activities in its school district, as provided, and requires the governing board of a school district to ensure that all interscholastic policies, programs, and activities in the school district are in compliance with state and federal law. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to enter into associations or consortia with other governing boards for purposes of governing regional or statewide interscholastic athletics, as provided. Existing law describes the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) as a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities in secondary schools and states the intent of the Legislature that the CIF, in consultation with the State Department of Education, implement specified policies relating to interscholastic athletics. Existing law, the 1998 California High School Coaching Education and Training Program, declares the intent of the Legislature to establish a California High School Coaching Education and Training Program, to be administered by school districts with an emphasis on specific components, including, among other components, sports psychology. Existing law requires every high school sports coach to complete, at their own expense, a coaching education program that meets the guidelines established by the California High School Coaching Education and Training Program. This bill would require specified trainings for coaches described in AB 1665 of the 2025–26 Regular Session to cover specified mental-health related topics, including, among other topics, trauma-informed care, as provided, and strategies of creating a positive team culture, as provided. The bill would require the department, on or before September 1, 2027, to identify existing training or develop a model youth athletics behavioral and mental health training, as specified, for persons who serve as coaches in youth sports organizations, both for recreational leagues and competitive or club leagues. The bill would require the department to post the training on its internet website and work with local partners to disseminate the training to appropriate youth athletic leagues, youth coaching entities, and relevant statewide organizations and associations. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 35179.1 of the Education Code proposed by AB 1665 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1665 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would make the operation of its provisions contingent upon the enactment of AB 1665 of the 2025–26 Regular Session.
Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of medicine by the Medical Board of California. The act requires the board to automatically revoke a license under certain circumstances and authorizes the person to petition the board for reinstatement or modification of penalty after a specified period of time. Existing law prohibits the board from reinstating the certificate of a person if the person's certificate has been surrendered because the person committed an act of sexual misconduct, relations with a patient, or sexual exploitation, as specified. This bill would instead prohibit the board from reinstating the certificate of a person whose certificate was surrendered while a board accusation was pending against their license that alleges the person committed those acts.
The Capital Programs and Climate Financing Authority Act establishes the Capital Programs and Climate Financing Authority, consisting of the Director of Finance, the Treasurer, and the Controller. Among other things, the act authorizes the authority to establish one or more small business assistance funds to do various things, including fund a capital access program for small businesses pursuant to specified law, provide various forms of financial assistance, and make or acquire loans or guarantee commercial loans to participating parties eligible for assistance from those funds. The act requires any moneys repaid or returned to the authority in connection with or as a result of any loan or financial assistance made pursuant to these provisions to be deposited in the small business assistance fund from which the loan or assistance was originally provided. For the purpose of establishing and maintaining small business assistance funds, the act authorizes the authority to levy fees or other charges on, or require deposits from, participating parties receiving financing for a project under the act, as specified. The act requires the authority to establish the California Investment and Innovation Program for the purpose of providing grants to enhance the capacity of community development financial institutions to provide technical assistance and capital access to economically disadvantaged communities in the state, as specified. Existing law defines various terms for these purposes. This bill would authorize the authority to establish one or more small business assistance funds to fund a grant program for community development financial assistance pursuant to the California Investment and Innovation Program. The bill would include in the list of allowed financial assistance that the authority may provide under the act grants made to community development financial institutions in furtherance of that program. By expanding the purposes for which moneys in a continuously appropriated fund may be used, this bill would make an appropriation.
