This measure would proclaim April 2014 as Mathematics Awareness Month and would, among other things, encourage colleges, universities, and other organizations to hold events to celebrate Mathematics Awareness Month.
This measure would proclaim May 1 through May 7, 2014, as Cinco de Mayo Week, and would urge all Californians to join in celebrating Cinco de Mayo.
This measure would designate the month of April 2014 as Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month.
This measure would proclaim the month of April 2014 as California Craft Brewery Month.
This measure would designate the month of April 2014 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and would recognize April 23, 2014, as Denim Day California.
This measure would proclaim the month of April 2014 as Alcohol Awareness Month in California.
This measure would designate the week of April 20 to 26, 2014, inclusive, as National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week, encourage continued research into policies and programs that seek to reduce cancer disparities and, as a result, improve cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and followup care for all Californians, and urge the President and the Congress of the United States to recognize National Multicultural Cancer Awareness Week.
This measure would proclaim April 27 through May 4, 2014, as California Holocaust Memorial Week and would urge Californians to observe these days of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner.
Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange by January 1, 2014, that makes available qualified health plans to qualified individuals and small employers. PPACA prohibits an Exchange from using or disclosing the personally identifiable information it creates or collects other than to the extent necessary to carry out specified functions. Existing law also requires an Exchange to establish and implement privacy and security standards that are consistent with specified principles and to require the same or more stringent privacy and security standards as a condition of contract or agreement with individuals or entities. A person who knowingly and willfully uses or discloses information in violation of PPACA is subject to a civil penalty of no more than $25,000 per person or entity, per use or disclosure, in additional to any other penalties prescribed by law. Existing state law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange within state government, specifies the powers and duties of the board governing the Exchange, and requires the board to facilitate the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange by qualified individuals and small employers by January 1, 2014. Existing law requires the board to employ necessary staff and authorizes the board to enter into contracts. Under existing law, the board of the Exchange is required to submit fingerprint images to the Department of Justice for all employees, prospective employees, contractors, subcontractors, volunteers, or vendors of the Exchange whose duties include access to specified personal information for the purposes of obtaining state or federal conviction records, as specified. This bill would, where the Exchange creates or collects personally identifiable information for the purpose of determining eligibility for specified plans and programs, authorize the Exchange to use or disclose that information only to the extent necessary to carry out specified functions authorized under PPACA or to carry out other nonspecified functions that satisfy certain federal criteria. The bill would require the Exchange to establish and implement privacy and security standards that are consistent with specified principles and to execute a contract with a non-Exchange entity that contains various provisions, including a provision requiring the non-Exchange entity to comply with the same privacy and security standards and to bind any downstream entity to those privacy and security standards. The bill would prohibit a contractor, subcontractor, volunteer, or vendor of the Exchange who gains access to personally identifiable information in the course of fulfilling his, her, or its duties as a contractor, subcontractor, volunteer, or vendor from using or disclosing that information other than to the extent necessary to carry out those duties, except as specified. An individual or entity who knowingly and willfully violates the bill's disclosure provisions would be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 per individual or entity, per use or disclosure, in addition to any other penalties prescribed by law.
Existing law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange within state government, specifies the powers and duties of the board governing the Exchange, and requires the board to facilitate the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange by qualified individuals and small employers. Existing law requires the board to assess a charge on qualified health plans and supplemental coverage offered by carriers that is reasonable and necessary to support the development, operations, and prudent cash management of the Exchange. This bill would prohibit the board from assessing a charge on qualified health plans or supplemental coverage, on or after January 1, 2016, or increasing that charge thereafter, unless the charge is enacted as a statute.
