Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes the establishment of community college districts under the administration of community college governing boards, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at community college campuses throughout the state. Existing law authorizes these districts to establish compensation levels for academic employees, as provided. Existing law requires community college districts, as a condition of receiving funding allocated for the Student Success and Support Program, to negotiate in good faith with the exclusive representatives for part-time, temporary faculty, the terms of reemployment preference for part-time, temporary faculty assignments based on minimum standards up to the range of 60% to 67% of a full-time equivalent load and a regular evaluation process for part-time, temporary faculty, as specified. This bill would require community college districts, as a condition of receiving funds allocated for the Student Success and Support Program, to commence negotiating the terms of compensation for office hours for part-time employees, as specified, and the terms governing reemployment preferences and evaluation processes, no later than the expiration of any negotiated agreement in effect on January 1, 2024, and for any community college district that does not have a collective bargaining agreement in effect as of January 1, 2024, on January 1, 2024.
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The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. Existing law requires the state board to approve and begin implementing a comprehensive short-lived climate pollutant strategy, as specified, to achieve a reduction in the statewide emissions of methane by 40 percent below 2013 levels by 2030, and requires methane emissions reduction goals to include specified targets to reduce the landfill disposal of organics. The state board has implemented regulations pursuant to the act for the purpose of reducing methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills. This bill would require the state board, no later than June 30, 2026, to evaluate and, if feasible and to the extent data is available, revise those regulations to incorporate the use of methane remote sensing data.
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, among other things, creates the Office of Emergency Services, which is responsible for the state's emergency and disaster response services, as specified. Existing law requires the office to establish the California Cybersecurity Integration Center with the primary mission of reducing the likelihood and severity of cyber incidents that could damage California's economy, its critical infrastructure, or public and private sector computer networks in the state. Existing law establishes the Department of Technology within the Government Operations Agency, supervised by the Director of Technology, whose duties include advising the Governor on the strategic management and direction of the state's information technology resources. Existing law establishes the Office of Information Security within the Department of Technology, with the purpose of ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of state systems and applications, and promoting and protecting privacy as part of the development and operations of state systems and applications to ensure the trust of the residents of the state. This bill would establish the California Cybersecurity Awareness and Education Council within the Department of Technology. The bill would require the council to be composed of 15 members, to be appointed by February 1, 2024, as specified. The bill would require the council to research ways to increase cybersecurity awareness and education of students, families, and other adults, with the goal of helping people learn and use healthy cybersecurity practices, and ways to create a larger and more diverse cybersecurity-trained workforce, and would require the council to propose a strategy to engage Californians in the effort to improve cybersecurity practices and strengthen cyber infrastructure, as specified. This bill would require the council to submit a report by July 1, 2024, that includes, among other things, approaches the state can take to raise awareness of and increase education regarding cybersecurity, including in K–12 schools, institutions of higher education, and workplaces, and ways to effectively utilize social media, marketing campaigns, and the news media to increase awareness of and distribute materials about cybersecurity, as specified. This bill would make these provisions inoperative on February 1, 2025, and would repeal them as of January 1, 2026.
(1) The California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, which is administered by the Department of Resource Recovery and Recycling, is established to promote beverage container recycling. The act requires a beverage manufacturer to pay to the department a processing fee for each beverage container sold or transferred and requires the department to distribute those fees, with other moneys, as processing payments to processors and recycling centers. Beginning January 1, 2025, this bill would require the department to provide a 10% reduction in the processing fee applicable to the percentage of a beverage container, by weight, that derives from nonpetroleum biomaterials, not to exceed 50% of the total beverage container weight sold. The bill would require an independent third party to certify the recyclability and percentage of nonpetroleum biomaterials used in beverage containers, as specified. The bill would require the department to charge a fee to cover its reasonable costs of implementing these provisions. (2) The act annually requires, on or before March 1, a manufacturer of a beverage sold in a plastic beverage container subject to the California Redemption Value to report to the department the amount of virgin plastic and postconsumer recycled plastic used by the manufacturer for plastic beverage containers subject to the California Redemption Value for sale in the state in the previous calendar year. Existing law requires the department to post this information on its internet website within 45 days. This bill would also authorize a beverage manufacturer to report to the department, in pounds and by resin type, the amount of virgin plastic derived from nonpetroleum biomaterials for plastic beverage containers subject to the California Redemption Value for sale in the state in the previous calendar year.
The Control, Regulate and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA) , an initiative measure approved as Proposition 64 at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, authorizes a person who obtains a state license under AUMA to engage in commercial adult-use cannabis activity pursuant to that license and applicable local ordinances. The Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) , among other things, consolidates the licensure and regulation of commercial medicinal and adult-use cannabis activities, including retail commercial cannabis activity. MAUCRSA places specified requirements on the packaging of cannabis and cannabis products. MAUCRSA prohibits a licensee from engaging in specified advertising or marketing activities, including, among others, advertising or marketing in a manner that is false or untrue or tends to create a misleading impression. AUMA authorizes the Legislature to amend by majority vote certain provisions of the act to implement specified substantive provisions, provided that the amendments are consistent with and further the purposes and intent of AUMA. This bill would implement provisions of AUMA by prohibiting the sale, distribution, or manufacture of cannabis, cannabis products, packaging, or labeling that are attractive to children, as defined. The bill would require the adoption of emergency regulations to implement these provisions. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 26001 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 152 and SB 152 to be operative only if this bill and AB 152 or SB 152 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, allows a California Earned Income Tax Credit (CalEITC) against personal income tax and a payment from the Tax Relief and Refund Account for an allowable credit in excess of tax liability to an eligible individual that is equal to that portion of the earned income tax credit allowed by federal law as determined by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor. The Personal Income Tax Law also allows a young child tax credit and a foster youth tax credit against the taxes imposed under that law to qualified taxpayers in a specified amount multiplied by the earned income tax credit adjustment factor, and allows a payment from the Tax Relief and Refund Account for an amount in excess of tax liability. The Personal Income Tax Law requires an individual taxable under that law to make a return to the Franchise Tax Board stating specifically the items of the individual's gross income from all sources and the deductions and credits allowable, as prescribed. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services to exchange data with the Franchise Tax Board, including the names, addresses, and contact information of individuals that may qualify for the CalEITC, and authorizes the Franchise Tax Board to disclose individual income tax information for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2022, to the State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services, and requires all data provided to remain confidential and be used only for specified purposes, including informing state residents of the availability of specified services and federal and state antipoverty tax credits, and for providing an estimate of potential state antipoverty tax credits. Existing law provides that unauthorized disclosure of this information is a misdemeanor. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, would authorize a qualified individual, who cannot claim withholding or other credits, to claim the earned income tax credit, the young child tax credit, or the foster youth tax credit on a form that does not require the qualified individual to file an individual income tax return. The bill would exempt the Franchise Tax Board from existing contracting laws and specified approvals and oversight in administration relating to the form described above. This bill would additionally allow the State Department of Social Services and the State Department of Health Care Services to exchange data with the Franchise Tax Board for purposes of the form described above. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 19551.3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code proposed by SB 565 to be operative only if this bill and SB 565 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, requires the California State Board of Pharmacy to license and regulate the practice of pharmacy by pharmacists and pharmacy corporations in this state. Existing law prohibits a pharmacy from compounding sterile drug products unless the pharmacy has obtained a sterile compounding pharmacy license from the board. Existing law requires the compounding of drug preparations by a pharmacy for furnishing, distribution, or use to be consistent with standards established in the pharmacy compounding chapters of the current version of the United States Pharmacopeia-National Formulary, including relevant testing and quality assurance. Existing law authorizes the board to adopt regulations to impose additional standards for compounding drug preparations. This bill would, notwithstanding those provisions, specify that compounding does not include reconstitution of a drug pursuant to a manufacturer's directions, the sole act of tablet splitting or crushing, capsule opening, or the addition of a flavoring agent to enhance palatability. The bill would require a pharmacy to retain documentation that a flavoring agent was added to a prescription and to make that documentation available to the board or its agent upon request.
The Personal Income Tax Law requires an individual taxable under that law to make a return to the Franchise Tax Board stating specifically the items of the individual's gross income from all sources and the deductions and credits allowable, as prescribed. Existing law requires the Franchise Tax Board to notify all potential eligible individuals of available paperless filing options offered through the Franchise Tax Board, including the CalFile program and free tax preparation services. Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services (SDSS) and the State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to exchange data with the Franchise Tax Board upon request, including specified personal information of a program participant, as defined. For taxable years beginning January 1, 2020, and before January 1, 2026, existing law authorizes the Franchise Tax Board to disclose, upon request, specified return information to SDSS and DHCS. Existing law requires all data provided to remain confidential and be used only for specified purposes, including informing individuals of the availability of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance, CalFile, the federal Earned Income Tax Credit, the California Earned Income Tax Credit, and other federal and state antipoverty tax credits. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, and before January 1, 2031, would require the Franchise Tax Board to provide a free tax return preparation program that utilizes the prepopulation of data for qualified individuals to complete and e-file their California personal income tax returns. The bill would define a qualified individual for this purpose to mean an individual who, among other things, received an invitation from the Franchise Tax Board to participate in the free tax return preparation program, is eligible to use CalFile in that taxable year, and is eligible for the California Earned Income Tax Credit, the young child tax credit, or the foster youth tax credit in that taxable year. The bill would authorize the Franchise Tax Board to utilize CalFile as the free tax return preparation program. This bill would allow SDSS and DHCS to exchange data with the Franchise Tax Board for purposes of the free tax return preparation program. The bill would also authorize the use of information provided by the Franchise Tax Board to SDSS and DHCS for purposes of implementing the free tax return preparation program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 19551.3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code proposed by AB 1002 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1002 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law sets forth specified prior authorization limitations for health care service plans and health insurers. This bill would prohibit a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2025, that provides coverage for physical therapy from imposing prior authorization for the initial 12 treatment visits for a new episode of care for physical therapy. The bill would require a physical therapy provider to verify an enrollee's or an insured's coverage and disclose their share of the cost of care, as specified. The bill would require a physical therapy provider to obtain separate written consent for costs that may not be covered by the enrollee's or insured's plan contract or policy, that includes a written estimate of the cost of care for which the enrollee or insured is responsible if coverage is denied or otherwise not applicable. With respect to health care service plans, the bill would specify that its provisions do not apply to Medi-Cal managed care plan contracts. Because a willful violation of this provision by a health care service plan would be a 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.
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 law sets forth a schedule of benefits under the Medi-Cal program, including specialty and nonspecialty mental health services through different delivery systems, in certain cases subject to utilization controls, such as prior authorization. Under existing law, prior authorization is approval of a specified service in advance of the rendering of that service based upon a determination of medical necessity. Existing law sets forth various provisions relating to processing, or appealing the decision of, treatment authorization requests, and provisions relating to certain services requiring or not requiring a treatment authorization request. After a determination of cost benefit, existing law requires the Director of Health Care Services to modify or eliminate the requirement of prior authorization as a control for treatment, supplies, or equipment that costs less than $100, except for prescribed drugs, as specified. Under this bill, a prescription refill for a drug for serious mental illness would automatically be approved for a period of 365 days after the initial prescription is dispensed. The bill would condition the above-described provisions on the prescription being for a person 18 years of age or over, and on the person not being within the transition jurisdiction of the juvenile court, as specified.