This measure would honor and recognize the service and sacrifice made by members of the Armed Forces and their families on the occasion of Armed Forces Day on May 19, 2012.
This measure would recognize April 23, 2012, to April 30, 2012, inclusive, as Black April Memorial Week, and April 2012 as Vietnamese American month.
This measure would acknowledge the month of April 2012 as Child Abuse Prevention Month, and encourage the people of the State of California to work together to support youth-serving child abuse prevention activities in their communities and schools.
Existing law provides certain protections and benefits for veterans. This bill would authorize the governing board of a county or city to grant financial assistance, relief, and support to disabled veterans, as defined, by waiving service-related fees charged by the county or city, as specified.
Existing law provides that any elected public officer who takes public office, or is reelected to public office, on or after January 1, 2006, who is convicted of any specified felony arising directly out of his or her official duties, forfeits all rights and benefits under, and membership in, any public retirement system in which he or she is a member, effective on the date of final conviction, as specified. This bill would require that an employee of a school district, county office of education, or charter school, who is convicted of any state or federal felony for conduct arising out of, or in the performance of, his or her official duties in pursuit of the office or appointment, or in connection with obtaining salary, disability retirement, or service retirement, or other benefits, forfeit retirement benefits earned or accrued from the earliest date of the commission of the felony to the forfeiture date, as specified. The bill would also require any contributions to the public retirement system made by the employee on or after the earliest date of commission of the felony to be returned, without interest, to the employee upon the occurrence of a distribution event, as defined, unless otherwise ordered by a court or determined by the pension administrator.
Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which low-income persons receive health care benefits. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. Existing law requires applicants and providers, as defined, to submit a complete application package for enrollment, continuing enrollment, or enrollment at a new location or a change in location and requires the application form for enrollment, the provider agreement, and all attachments or changes to be signed under penalty of perjury. Existing law requires the department to grant provisional provider status to applicants and providers, as specified, and requires the department to grant preferred provisional provider status to an applicant or provider who meets specified criteria. This bill would require the department to grant provisional provider status to an applicant or provider who meets specified criteria as a provider practicing in a medically underserved area. This bill would provide, to the extent permitted by federal law, that an applicant or provider granted provisional provider status as a provider serving a medically underserved area whose application is ultimately denied, or whose provisional provider status is terminated, shall not be required to reimburse the department for Medi-Cal funds received during the provisional provider period.
Existing law makes it a felony to engage in certain acts with a minor, including willfully and lewdly committing any lewd or lascivious act with a child who is under 14 years of age. Existing law also provides that any elected public officer who takes public office, or is reelected to public office, on or after January 1, 2006, who is convicted of any specified felony arising directly out of his or her official duties, forfeits all rights and benefits under, and membership in, any public retirement system in which he or she is a member, effective on the date of final conviction, as specified. This bill would make it a felony for any person who is a teacher or employee at a public or private elementary or secondary school to engage in a sexual relationship or inappropriate communications, as defined, with a pupil of any age who is enrolled in the school. This bill would also require a teacher or employee at a public elementary or secondary school who is convicted of a felony pursuant to those provisions to forfeit all rights and benefits in any public retirement system in which he or she is a member, effective on the date of conviction, as specified. The bill would require any contributions made by that teacher or school employee to the public retirement system to be returned to the teacher or school employee without interest. 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. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
This measure would call upon all Californians to observe César Chávez's birthday, March 31, as a day of public service, to recognize the hard work and self-sacrifice that farmworkers go through to feed all the families in our state, and to learn from César Chávez's life and his mission of nonviolence, social justice, and selfless service to others.
This measure would designate the month of November 2012 as California Runaway and Homeless Youth Month and would recognize the need for individuals, schools, communities, businesses, local governments, and the state to take action on behalf of runaway and homeless youth in California.
This measure would proclaim California as a Purple Heart State, honoring the service and sacrifices of our nation's men and women in uniform wounded or killed by the enemy while serving to protect the freedoms enjoyed by all Americans.
