Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, as defined. The Reliable Electric Service Investments Act required the commission to require the state's 3 largest electrical corporations, until January 1, 2012, to identify a separate electrical rate component, commonly referred to as the public goods charge, to collect specified amounts to fund energy efficiency, renewable energy, and research, development, and demonstration programs that enhance system reliability and provide in-state benefits. The act provides that it shall not be construed to affect the jurisdiction of the commission over electrical distribution service. This bill would also provide that the act shall not be construed to alter the jurisdiction of the commission over electrical distribution service.
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The District Organization Law requires a supervising authority, as defined, to fix the time and place for a final hearing on a petition of formation of a district and give notice of the hearing, as specified. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
Existing law establishes the California Alternative and Renewable Fuel, Vehicle Technology, Clean Air, and Carbon Reduction Act of 2007, which includes the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, administered by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, and the Air Quality Improvement Program, administered by the State Air Resources Board. Existing law requires the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program to provide funding measures to certain entities to develop and deploy innovative technologies that transform California's fuel and vehicle types to help attain the state's climate change policies. Existing law requires the state board to give preference to those projects that maximize the goals of the program based on specified criteria. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those provisions.
Existing law establishes the Rural Indian Crime Prevention Program, a program of financial and technical assistance for local law enforcement, within the Office of Emergency Services. Existing law establishes the Rural Indian and Law Enforcement Local Advisory Committee, composed of specified members, including one Indian law enforcement officer, and requires the Director of Emergency Services to provide staff services to the advisory committee. Existing law requires the director, in consultation with the advisory committee, to develop guidelines and procedures for the selection of projects to be funded by the program. This bill would create the Missing or Murdered Indigenous Women Task Force in the Department of Justice, and would provide for the membership of that task force. The bill would, among other things, require the task force to complete a formal consultation with California's Indian tribes on how to improve tribal access to databases, develop recommendations for how to increase state resources for reporting and identifying missing and murdered American Indian persons in the state, and develop a database of nonprofit or nongovernmental organizations that provide aid or support in locating missing American Indian persons. The bill would require the task force to submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2022, detailing, among other things, improvements to tribal database access, interjurisdictional coordination, and law enforcement resource allocation for cases of missing or murdered indigenous persons, as specified. The bill would additionally require the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, in consultation with the task force, to prepare and distribute to law enforcement agencies in the state guidelines and uniform procedures for the reporting and investigation of missing and murdered indigenous persons, as specified, and would require the Department of Justice to employ a missing indigenous persons specialist responsible for building relationships to increase trust between governmental organizations and native communities.
Existing law requires the counties to establish a system of mental health services and provides various methods for funding those services, including through the Medi-Cal program and the Mental Health Services Act. This bill would appropriate $14,000,000 to the County of Solano from the General Fund in the 2019–20 fiscal year for the planning, construction, and operation of two integrated mental health residential facilities, as specified. The bill would require the county to report specified information to the Governor and the Legislature annually, on or before January 1, of each year, commencing in 2022, and ending, upon repeal of the provision, in 2025.
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, 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 provides for a schedule of benefits under the Medi-Cal program, including certain dental services, and dental managed care plans. This bill would require the department to implement a special needs treatment and management benefit that would be provided for 4 visits in a 12-month period for a Medi-Cal dental program beneficiary with special dental care needs, as defined. The bill would require a Medi-Cal dental program provider to document specified information, including the need for additional time to treat a Medi-Cal dental program beneficiary with special dental care needs, for purposes of reimbursement. The bill would not limit the provision or scope of Medi-Cal benefits covered under existing law. The bill would require the department to seek any necessary approvals from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement the bill. The bill would authorize the department to implement these provisions, by various means, including plan or provider bulletins, without taking regulatory action, and would require the department, by July 1, 2022, to subsequently adopt regulations. The bill would require the department, commencing January 1, 2020, to provide the Legislature with semiannual status reports to the Legislature until regulations have been adopted.
Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, requires the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families, and requires regional centers to identify and pursue all possible sources of funding for consumers receiving those services. Existing law defines a "developmental disability" as a disability that originates before an individual attains 18 years of age, continues, or can be expected to continue, indefinitely, and constitutes a substantial disability for the individual. This bill would modify that definition to mean a disability that originates before an individual attains 22 years of age, continues, or can be expected to continue, indefinitely, and constitutes a substantial disability for the individual. The bill would make various technical and nonsubstantive changes.
Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, requires the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law requires the department to develop and implement a plan to monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality of community-based services through the use of a performance dashboard of specified metrics, including, among others, quality and access measures and the number of complaints referred to the department by a consumer regarding a regional center. This bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2020, to convene a working group of consumers, consumer representatives, and representatives of specified agencies to examine topics related to oversight and accountability of the developmental services system. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2021, to report to the Legislature any findings and policy recommendations resulting from working group's examination.
Existing law, the Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act, requires the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Existing law establishes the Employment First Policy, which is the policy that opportunities for integrated, competitive employment be given the highest priority for working age individuals with developmental disabilities, regardless of the severity of their disabilities. Existing law authorizes a consumer to choose a tailored day service or vouchered community-based training service, in lieu of any other regional center vendored day program, look-alike day program, supported employment program, or work activity program. Existing law requires a tailored day service to (1) include an individualized service design, as determined through the individual program plan (IPP) and approved by the regional center, that maximizes the consumer's individualized choices and needs and (2) encourage opportunities to further the development or maintenance of employment, volunteer activities, or pursuit of postsecondary education, maximize consumer direction of the service, and increase the consumer's ability to lead an integrated and inclusive life. This bill would authorize a consumer in a supported employment program or work activity program who has the stated goal of integrated competitive employment in their IPP to request to use tailored day services in conjunction with their existing program to achieve that goal, if specified criteria are met, including that the type, amount, and provider of tailored day service allowed under these provisions is determined through the IPP process. The bill would specify the maximum hours of tailored day services that may be authorized in conjunction with existing services under these provisions. Existing law, until January 1, 2025, provides that the Legislature intends that in order to increase effectiveness and opportunity to gain meaningful integrated competitive employment opportunities, habilitation services shall also provide community-based vocational development services. Existing law requires the department to conduct a 4-year demonstration project in up to 5 volunteer regional centers to determine whether the provision of community-based vocational development services increases integrated competitive employment outcomes and reduces purchase of service costs for working age adults. As part of the pilot program, existing law requires a plan to be developed if community-based vocational development services are determined to be a necessary step to achieve a supported employment outcome. Existing law requires the department to secure federal Medicaid funding for these services prior to implementation of the project and requires these provisions to be implemented only to the extent that federal financial participation is available and any necessary federal approvals have been obtained. This bill would delete the provisions stating legislative intent and requiring the department to conduct a demonstration project, thereby implementing the provisions that require habilitation services to also provide community-based vocational development services effective statewide without a demonstration project. The bill would also delete the January 1, 2025, repeal date, and would thereby extend the operation of these provisions indefinitely.
The Economic Revitalization Act establishes the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, also known as GO-Biz, to serve as the Governor's lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth. The act authorizes the office, among other things, to make recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature regarding policies, programs, and actions to advance statewide economic goals. This bill would require GO-Biz, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, the California Transportation Commission, and the Transportation Agency, to prepare a statewide economic growth, prosperity, and resiliency assessment of the California freight sector on or before December 31, 2021, and to update the assessment at least once every 5 years. The bill would require the assessment to identify specified information, and would require the office, in developing the assessment, to consult with the Legislature and representatives from a cross section of public and private sector freight stakeholders. Existing law requires the Transportation Agency to prepare a state freight plan on or before December 31, 2014, and every 5 years thereafter, with specified elements to govern the immediate and long-range planning activities and capital investments of the state with respect to the movement of freight. This bill would require the Transportation Agency to incorporate the findings of the assessment into the state freight plan, as specified.