This measure would recognize and designate the 4th Saturday of every July, in perpetuity, as the National Day of the Cowboy and Cowgirl, and would encourage the people of the State of California to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
This measure would declare the week of June 4 to June 10, 2012, inclusive, to be Dropout Recovery Week, and would state the Legislature's intent to encourage the support of dropout recovery high schools with creative teaching strategies, alternative assessments, and adequate resources.
This measure would designate March 2012 as Irish American Heritage Month in California, and call upon the people of the state to observe Irish American Heritage Month with appropriate ceremonies, programs, and activities.
This measure would proclaim January 26, 2012, as India Republic Day, and would urge all Californians to join in celebrating India Republic Day.
This measure would proclaim January 13, 2011, as Korean-American Day.
This measure would declare February 6, 2012, as Ronald Reagan Day.
This measure would request that the Congress and the President of the United States enact the Filipino Veterans Fairness Act of 2011 (H.R. 210) .
Under existing law, residents of long-term health care facilities have certain rights, including the right to be readmitted to a facility following a hospital stay, as specified, and the right, if denied readmission by the facility, to appeal this decision. Existing law establishes the State Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account within the Special Deposit Fund, available upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the protection of health or property of residents of long-term health care facilities. This bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services to conduct the appeal hearings. This bill would require that the State Department of Public Health be bound by a decision rendered by the State Department of Health Care Services. If readmission is ordered on appeal and the facility refuses to readmit the resident, the bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services to refer the matter to the State Department of Public Health, and require the State Department of Public Health to assess a specified civil penalty against the facility each day, until the resident is readmitted or a maximum penalty amount is reached. This bill would increase these penalty amounts if the facility has previously refused after being ordered on appeal to readmit a resident. The bill would require that these penalties be deposited into the State Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account. The bill would authorize the State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department of Public Health to request that the Attorney General seek injunctive relief and damages pursuant to specified provisions of law. The bill would authorize the departments to implement these provisions by means of letters, provider bulletins, or other similar instructions.
This measure would declare the month of May 2012 as Child Safety Awareness Month.
This measure would declare February 19, 2012, as a Day of Remembrance in order to increase public awareness of the events surrounding the internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
