This measure would proclaim March 2, 2020, to March 6, 2020, inclusive, as School Breakfast Week.
(1) Existing federal law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , enacted various health care coverage market reforms that took effect January 1, 2014. Among other things, PPACA sets forth various requirements related to wellness programs, which encompass programs of health promotion or disease prevention. 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 (department) and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the regulation of various insurers by the Department of Insurance, headed by the Insurance Commissioner. This bill would prohibit health care service plans and insurers from sharing any personal information or data collected through a wellness program, except as specified, and would prohibit health care service plans or insurers from taking any adverse action, as defined, against an enrollee or member, or insured (individual) , if the action of the health care service plans or insurers is in response to an individual's election to not participate in a wellness program. The bill would establish and impose upon health care service plans and insurers various requirements related to a wellness program, such as requiring a health care service plan or insurer to post a written explanation that is reasonably likely to be understood by an individual on its internet website concerning its policies and practices pertaining to wellness programs, as specified. The bill would require a health care service plan or insurer, for purposes of administering and operating a wellness program, to limit its collection, dissemination, retention, and use of any personal information of an individual to only information that is reasonably necessary to operate a wellness program, except as specified, and would extend various requirements, to the extent that they are applicable, to any entity that the health care service plan or insurer contracts with for purposes of administering or operating a wellness program on their behalf. The bill would authorize the commissioner to assess penalties on an insurer for any violation of these provisions, as specified. Because a willful violation of these requirements relative to health care service plans would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, headed by the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations, for the purpose of enforcing labor laws, including those relating to employer retaliation. This bill would, among other things, prohibit an employer from requiring an employee to participate in a wellness program as a condition of employment and from taking any adverse action, as defined, against an employee if the action is in response to an employee's election to not participate in a wellness program. The bill would establish and impose upon an employer various requirements related to a wellness program, such as requiring an employer to post a written explanation that is reasonably likely to be understood by an employee on its internet website concerning its policies and practices pertaining to a wellness program. The bill would require an employer, for purposes of administering and operating a wellness program, to limit its collection, dissemination, retention, and use of any personal information of an employee to only information that is reasonably necessary for the program's operation, except as specified, and would extend various requirements, to the extent that they are applicable, to any entity that the employer contracts with for purposes of administering or operating a wellness program on their behalf. The bill would grant an employee various rights in relation to a wellness program, such as obtaining a copy of the employee's records, including personal information that has been collected by the employer as part of a wellness program. The bill would make a violation of these requirements an infraction, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. (3) 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 declare the week of February 17 to February 21, 2020, inclusive, as California Fitness Week, and would encourage Californians to enrich their lives through proper nutrition and exercise.
This measure would proclaim February 20, 2020, as Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.
This measure would recognize February 2020 as Black History Month, urge all citizens to join in celebrating the accomplishments of African Americans during Black History Month, encourage the people of California to recognize the many talents of African Americans and the achievements and contributions they make to their communities to create equity and equality for education, economics, and social justice, and recognize the significance in protecting citizens' right to vote and remedying racial discrimination in voting.
The California Constitution requires the Legislature to convene in regular session on specified dates and provides that a majority of the membership constitutes a quorum, although a lesser number may recess from day to day and compel the attendance of absent members. The California Constitution requires the proceedings of each house of the Legislature to be open and public and recognizes the right of the public to attend, record, and broadcast those proceedings. The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to provide for the convening of the Legislature to meet the needs resulting from a war-caused or enemy-caused disaster in the state. This measure would permit Members to remotely attend and vote in a legislative proceeding, or to vote by proxy in a legislative proceeding if permitted by their house, during the pendency of a state of emergency declared by the Governor or the President of the United States, under specified conditions. The measure would provide, among other conditions, that a Member may remotely attend and vote, or vote by proxy as authorized, in a proceeding only if the state of emergency prevents the Member from safely attending the proceeding in person. The measure would also provide that a Member attending remotely would be included in the determination of a quorum. The measure would provide that if 15 or more of the Members of a house cannot attend a proceeding during a state of emergency because they are deceased, disabled, or missing, a quorum may be established by a majority of those Members able to attend. The measure would specify that the Legislature may provide by statute for temporarily filling the vacant offices of Members with pro tempore members in the event that 15 or more of the Members of a house are deceased, disabled, or missing during a state of emergency. The measure would require the Legislature by concurrent resolution, or each house by separate resolutions, 23 of the membership concurring, to adopt rules to implement this provision no later than the end of the biennial legislative session in which this measure takes effect, except as specified.
This measure would designate Monday, May 4, 2020, as California Peace Officers' Memorial Day, urge all Californians to use that day to honor California peace officers, and recognize specified California peace officers who were killed in defense of their communities.
The California Building Standards Law provides for the adoption of building standards by state agencies by requiring all state agencies that adopt or propose adoption of any building standard to submit the building standard to the California Building Standards Commission (commission) for approval and adoption. This bill would require the commission, by June 30, 2021, to assemble a functional recovery working group comprised of certain state entities and members of the construction and insurance industries, as specified. The bill would require the working group, by June 30, 2023, to consider whether a "functional recovery" standard is warranted for all or some building occupancy classifications, using specified criteria, and to investigate the practical means of implementing that standard, as specified. The bill would require the working group to advise the appropriate state agencies to propose the building standards, as specified. The bill would authorize the commission to adopt regulations based upon the recommendations from the working group for nonresidential occupancies. The bill would define "functional recovery" for purposes of these provisions, as specified. The bill would provide legislative findings in support of these provisions.
