This measure would request the Congress of the United States to support and build a central Veterans Affairs Hospital in Orange County.
This bill would recognize the month of June 2016 as Portuguese National Heritage Month.
This bill would urge the Congress and the President of the United States to rename any federal buildings, parks, roadways, or other federally owned property that bear the names of elected or military leaders of the Confederate States of America.
(1) Existing law prohibits the sale, gift, and loan of a large-capacity magazine. A violation of this prohibition is punishable as a misdemeanor with specified penalties or as a felony. This bill would, commencing July 1, 2017, make it an infraction punishable by a fine not to exceed $100 for the first offense, by a fine not to exceed $250 for the 2nd offense, and by a fine not to exceed $500 for the 3rd or subsequent offense, for a person to possess any large-capacity magazine, regardless of the date the magazine was acquired. The bill would require a person in lawful possession of a large-capacity magazine prior to July 1, 2017, to dispose of the magazine, as provided. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law creates various exceptions to the crime described in paragraph (1) above, which include, but are not limited to, the sale of, giving of, lending of, importation into this state of, or purchase of, any large-capacity magazine to or by the holder of a special weapons permit for use as a prop for a motion picture, or any federal, state, county, city and county, or city agency that is charged with the enforcement of any law, for use by agency employees in the discharge of their official duties, whether on or off duty, and where the use is authorized by the agency and is within the course and scope of their duties. This bill would make conforming changes to those exceptions by including possession of a large-capacity magazine in those provisions and would establish additional exceptions to the crime described in paragraph (1) above, including exceptions to allow licensed gunsmiths and honorably retired sworn peace officers to possess a large-capacity magazine. 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 makes it a misdemeanor to make a false report to a peace officer, or to a person who is employed by a law enforcement agency, as specified, that a felony or misdemeanor has been committed, knowing the report to be false. This bill would make that prohibition applicable to a person who reports to certain individuals and peace officers that a firearm has been lost or stolen, knowing the report to be false. By changing the definition of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would also make it a misdemeanor for a person convicted of violating this provision to own a firearm within 10 years of the conviction. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 29805 of the Penal Code, proposed by AB 1176, that would become operative only if AB 1176 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2017, and this bill is chaptered last. (3) 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 provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits and services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law provides for a demonstration project, known as California's "Bridge to Reform" Medicaid demonstration project, under the Medi-Cal program until October 31, 2015, to implement specified objectives, including better care coordination for seniors and persons with disabilities and maximization of opportunities to reduce the number of uninsured individuals. Existing law requires the department to seek a subsequent demonstration project to implement specified objectives, including maximizing federal Medicaid funding for county public hospitals health systems and components that maintain a comparable level of support for delivery system reform in the county public hospital health systems as was provided under California's "Bridge to Reform" Medicaid demonstration project. SB 815 of the 2015–16 Regular Session, if enacted, would establish the Medi-Cal 2020 Demonstration Project Act, under which the department is required to implement specified components of the subsequent demonstration project, referred to as California's Medi-Cal 2020 demonstration project, consistent with the Special Terms and Conditions approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This bill would require the department to establish and operate the Whole Person Care pilot program, a component of the Medi-Cal 2020 demonstration project, under which counties, Medi-Cal managed care plans, and community providers that elect to participate in the pilot program are provided an opportunity to establish a new model for integrated care delivery that incorporates health care needs, behavioral needs, and social support, including housing and other supportive services, for the state's most high-risk, high-utilizing populations. The bill would establish the Whole Person Care Pilot Special Fund in the State Treasury, which would consist of moneys that a participating governmental agency or entity elects to transfer to the department as a condition of participation in the pilot program. The bill would provide that these funds shall be continuously appropriated, thereby making an appropriation, to the department to be used to fund the nonfederal share of any payments of Whole Person Care pilot payments authorized under California's Medi-Cal 2020 demonstration project. The bill would require the department to implement the Dental Transformation Initiative (DTI) , a component of the Medi-Cal 2020 demonstration project, under which DTI incentive payments, as defined, within specified domain categories would be made available to qualified providers who meet achievements within one or more of the project domains. The bill would provide that providers in either the dental fee-for-service or dental managed care Medi-Cal delivery systems would be eligible to participate in the DTI. The bill would require the department to conduct, or arrange to have conducted, any study, report, assessment, evaluation, or other similar demonstration project activity required under the Special Terms and Conditions. The bill would become operative only if SB 815 of the 2015–16 Regular Session is enacted and takes effect on or before January 1, 2017. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Under existing law, it is unlawful for a person doing business in California and advertising to consumers in California to make any false or misleading advertising claim. Existing law requires any person doing business, and in whose behalf advertising claims are made to consumers, in California to, upon request of the Director of Consumer Affairs, the Attorney General, any city attorney, or any district attorney, provide evidence of the facts on which the advertising claims are based. Existing law authorizes the Director of Consumer Affairs, the Attorney General, any city attorney, or any district attorney to take specified actions upon failure of the advertiser to adequately substantiate a claim within a reasonable time or if the requesting official has reason to believe that the advertising claim is false or misleading. This bill would additionally authorize a county counsel to request official evidence of the facts on which the advertising claims are based and take the above-referenced actions on the failure of the advertiser to respond or if the county counsel has reason to believe the advertising claim is false or misleading.
