This measure would proclaim March 15, 2020, to March 22, 2020, as California Down Syndrome Awareness Week and March 21, 2020, as California Down Syndrome Day, and would encourage all Californians to support and participate in related activities.
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 federal law requires the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into an agreement with each manufacturer of covered drugs that are not subject to a rebate under an agreement between the state Medicaid program and the manufacturer under which the amount required to be paid to the manufacturer for covered drugs purchased by a covered entity does not exceed an amount equal to the average manufacturer price for the drug under the federal Medicaid program in the preceding calendar quarter, reduced by the rebate received pursuant to the Medicaid agreement. This program is commonly referred to as the 340B Drug Pricing program or 340B program. Existing state law requires a covered entity to dispense only the above-described drugs to Medi-Cal beneficiaries, authorizes a covered entity that is unable to purchase the above-described drugs to dispense a drug purchased at regular drug wholesale rates to a Medi-Cal beneficiary if the covered entity maintains documentation of their inability to obtain the drugs, and requires a not-for-profit hospital that participates in the drug discount program established under federal law to enter into an agreement with the department that includes specified terms, including that the not-for-profit hospital continues its historic commitment to the provision of charity care. This bill would define a "designated entity" as a nonprofit organization, including any subsidiary of that organization, that individually or collectively with one or more of its subsidiaries meets specified requirements, including that the designated entity is a licensed managed care organization that has previously contracted with the department as a primary care case management organization, contracts with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide services in the Medicare Program as a Medicare special needs plan, and participates in the 340B program. The bill would prohibit a designated entity from using any revenue from a contract with the department, a contract with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and from the 340B program on specified activity, such as funding litigation under the California Environmental Quality Act. The bill would require a designated entity, and any subsidiary of that entity, to annually report on its internet website specified information, including the amount of gross revenue generated from a contract with the department, a contract with the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and from the 340B program for the previous year, and would condition the implementation of these provisions to the extent that federal financial participation is available and federal approvals are obtained.
Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, provides for the regulation of private postsecondary educational institutions by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education in the Department of Consumer Affairs. The provisions of the act apply to private entities with a physical presence in the state that offer postsecondary education to the public for an institutional charge, but exempt an institution from its provisions, if any of a list of specific criteria are met. The act requires the bureau to adopt by regulation minimum operating standards for institutions that are subject to the act's provisions, as specified. The act defines numerous terms, including "postsecondary education," for purposes of the act's provisions. This bill would revise the definition of postsecondary education by replacing the term "curriculum" with "instruction."
Existing law establishes various economic and public social services programs, including the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, under which each county provides cash assistance and other benefits to qualified low-income families and individuals, and the CalFresh program, under which supplemental nutrition assistance benefits allocated to the state by the federal government are distributed to eligible individuals by each county. Existing law establishes the Franchise Tax Board in the Government Operations Agency to, among other things, administer state personal income taxes and corporation franchise and income taxes. Existing law also establishes the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (department) in the Government Operations Agency to administer various taxes and fees. This bill would require the Franchise Tax Board subject to an appropriation by the Legislature, to administer the California Universal Basic Income (CalUBI) Program, under which a California resident who is 18 years of age or older, and who meets specified requirements, may elect to participate in the program to receive a universal basic income of $1,000 per month. The bill would require, among other things, that the resident has lived in the state for at least the last 3 consecutive years and that the resident's income does not exceed 200% of the median per capita income for the resident's current county of residence, as determined by the United States Census Bureau. The bill would define universal basic income to mean unconditional cash payments of equal amounts issued monthly to individual residents of California with the intention of ensuring the economic security of recipients. The bill would require the Franchise Tax Board to adopt regulations to implement the program and would require the department, on or before July 1, 2024, to submit a report to the Legislature on the feasibility of establishing a new state tax to finance the program. The bill would prohibit income received from the program from being considered taxable income for the purpose of state income taxes, and from being considered in calculating any state tax credits. The bill would also prohibit income received from the program from affecting income eligibility for any programs administered and funded by the state. This bill would state that its provisions are severable.
The California Emergency Services Act, among other things, establishes the Office of Emergency Services for the purpose of mitigating the effects of natural, manmade, or war-caused emergencies. The act requires the Director of Emergency Services to coordinate the emergency activities of all state agencies in connection with a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency. Existing law requires the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection to identify areas of the state as very high fire hazard severity zones based on consistent statewide criteria and based on the severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in those areas. This bill would prohibit a company that provides a navigation application, as defined, from directing traffic within a one-mile radius of an area identified by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection as a very high fire hazard severity zone. The bill would require that company to include a notification on the application that warns drivers using the application that a specified emergency event is occurring in the area described above. The bill would require the Office of Emergency Services to impose a civil penalty in an unspecified amount for each violation of the above provisions.
Under existing law, a person who enters a house, room, apartment, or other specified structure, with intent to commit larceny or any felony, is guilty of burglary in the first or 2nd degree, as specified. Burglary in the first degree is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison for 2, 4, or 6 years, and burglary in the 2nd degree is punishable as a misdemeanor by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or as a felony by imprisonment in a county jail for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years. This bill would prohibit a person from entering the curtilage of a residential dwelling, as defined, with the intent to commit theft of a package shipped through the mail or delivered by a public or private carrier. The bill would make a violation of that prohibition punishable as a misdemeanor by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year for a first violation. The bill would make a 2nd or subsequent violation punishable as a misdemeanor by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year or as a felony by imprisonment in a county jail for a term not exceeding 16 months, or 2 or 3 years. The bill would allow the court to grant the person diversion or deferred entry of judgment pursuant to specified programs regardless of whether the person is charged with a misdemeanor or a felony, and would require the court to punish a violation as a misdemeanor if the court determines the person should be granted diversion or deferred entry of judgment but the program is not available. By creating a new 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. The bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Many institutions in these segments offer health care services to their students. This bill would require the student health centers of all campuses of the University of California and the California State University to have HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) , as defined, on hand and readily available to dispense to students in need, upon required consultation and exams, at low or no cost to a student, as specified. The bill would also require those student health centers to provide preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) , as defined, to students in need as soon as possible or within 15 calendar days of a request. The bill would also provide, as an alternative to directly providing PrEP or PEP to a student in need, authorize a campus to help the student navigate the process of obtaining PrEP or PEP through the student's insurance or through other resources, while offering to coordinate the student's transportation, at no cost to the student, to any necessary consultations, to pick up the medication, and to engage in followup care with the student's provider if it is located off campus.
The California Emergency Services Act, among other things, establishes the Office of Emergency Services within the office of the Governor, under the charge of a Director of Emergency Services appointed by the Governor. The act and other existing laws set forth the duties and authority of the office and the director, with respect to specified emergency preparedness, mitigation, and response activities within the state. This bill would require the office to prepare for the planning, resourcing, management, and delivery of safety and security at the potential 2026 FIFA World Cup hosting sites in the City of Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area. The bill would require the office, no later than one year from the date the final selection of host cities is made, to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the cities hosting the 2026 FIFA World Cup games, the chosen host committees, and with other necessary parties to implement those safety and security activities. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2027. 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 prohibits an insurer from classifying a private passenger motor vehicle as a commercial vehicle, for-hire vehicle, permissive use vehicle, or livery solely because its owner allows it to be shared if specified criteria are met. Existing law requires a personal vehicle sharing program to provide insurance coverage for the vehicle and driver that is equal to or greater than the coverage maintained by the vehicle owner, but no less than 3 times the minimum coverage amounts for private passenger vehicles. This bill would repeal the above insurance coverage requirement and would instead require a peer-to-peer car sharing program to assume the liability for a loss during the sharing period in an amount not less than the minimum coverage amounts for private passenger vehicles. The bill would require a peer-to-peer car sharing program to ensure that a shared vehicle owner and driver are insured under a policy with coverage not less than 3 times the minimum coverage amounts for private passenger vehicles, require that policy to be primary, and authorize that policy to be satisfied by motor vehicle insurance maintained by the owner, driver, or peer-to-peer car sharing program, or any combination of those. The bill would require the peer-to-peer car sharing program to assume primary liability if there is a dispute as to who was in control of the shared vehicle at the time of the loss or the program fails to retain or provide specified records. Existing law authorizes an airport to charge a concession fee, which is paid by a passenger vehicle rental company to the owner or operator of an airport for the right or privilege of conducting a vehicle rental business on the airport's premises. This bill would authorize a commercial airport authority to regulate access to an airport and set access fees for a peer-to-peer car sharing program. The bill would also make conforming changes.
Existing law requires a data broker, as defined, to register with the Attorney General and, among other things, provide specified information to the Attorney General in the process of registering, including the name of the data broker and its primary physical, email, and internet website addresses. This bill would additionally require a data broker to provide its primary phone number.
