Asm. Roger Hernández

Existing law requires specified information to be provided to patients regarding their health care. Existing federal law requires a written report of the results of each mammography examination and requires a summary of that report to be sent to the patient within a specified time period. This bill, from April 1, 2013, until January 1, 2019, would require, under specified circumstances, a health facility at which a mammography examination is performed to include in the summary of the written report that is sent to the patient a prescribed notice on breast density.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of healing arts licensees by boards within the Department of Consumer Affairs, including the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California. This bill would make it unlawful for a person to use the title "certified surgical technologist" unless the person meets certain educational requirements and holds a certification by a specified entity.

This measure would memorialize the President and Congress of the United States to enact legislation that would add comprehensive, preventative dental care coverage to Medicare benefits.

This measure would recognize the 45th anniversary of Kwanzaa and proclaim December 26 through January 1 each year as Kwanzaa Week.

(1) Existing law authorizes junk dealers and recyclers, as defined, to sell and purchase junk, which includes secondhand and used furniture, pallets, or other personal property, as specified. Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers to obtain valid identification, as specified, from a seller before providing payment. Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers to maintain written records of specified information, and makes a violation of the recordkeeping requirements a misdemeanor. This bill would permit a seller to use a passport from any country or a Matricula Consular issued by Mexico, along with another form or identification bearing an address, or an identification card issued by the United States, as identification for purposes of these provisions. This bill would prohibit junk dealers and recyclers from purchasing or receiving bulk merchandise pallets, as defined, marked with an indicia of ownership, as defined, from anyone except the indicated owner, unless specified information is provided to the junk dealer or recycler, and would require the junk dealer or recycler to maintain a written record of that information. The bill would also require that payment by the junk dealer for 5 or more bulk merchandise pallets to a person other than the indicated owner be made by check mailed to the address of the seller, as specified, or by check or by cash on or after the 3rd business day following the transaction. (2) Existing law defines a merchandise pallet as a wooden or plastic carrier or container of specified size, used by a manufacturer or distributor to transport merchandise to retail outlets, which has a notice permanently affixed to it identifying the owner of the pallet and providing other specified information. Existing law prohibits and makes it a crime for an unauthorized person, as defined, to possess a merchandise pallet or for a person other than its owner to obliterate the identification notice on a pallet. This bill would expand these provisions to cover merchandise pallets marked with indicia of ownership, as defined. The bill would also prohibit and make it a crime for a person other than the owner of the pallet to obliterate the indicia of ownership from a merchandise pallet. (3) Existing law requires any person or entity purchasing plastic bulk merchandise containers who is in the business of recycling, shredding, or destruction of plastic bulk merchandise containers, as defined, to obtain a proof of ownership record and other identifying information from a person selling 5 or more containers, and to retain the required record for a specified time. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. This bill would instead require a person or entity purchasing or transporting plastic bulk merchandise containers who is in the business of recycling, shredding, or destruction of plastic bulk merchandise containers, or is in the business of transporting plastic bulk merchandise containers for those purposes, to obtain a proof of ownership record or bill of lading and other identifying information from the person selling or delivering 5 or more containers, and to retain the required record for a specified time. Because this bill would expand the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (4) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 21608.5 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 1508 that would become operative only if this bill and AB 1508 are both chaptered, and this bill is chaptered last. (5) 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 December 12, 2012, as California Bullying Prevention Day, and would recognize the need for individuals, schools, communities, businesses, local governments, and the state to take action on behalf of bullying prevention in California.

This measure would urge the United States Postal Service to end its plan to reduce the frequency of mail delivery from 6 days to 5 days a week, and to take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuation of this 6-day mail delivery service.

This measure would proclaim August 15, 2012, as India's Independence Day, and would urge all Californians to join in celebrating India's independence.

This measure would declare that an applicant's immigration status should not be the determining factor in deciding whether to approve a license to practice law, would commend Sergio C. Garcia for his hard work and success, and would also commend the State Bar of California for its efforts to admit Sergio C. Garcia to the State Bar of California.

The Corporation Tax Law imposes taxes measured by income and, in the case of a business with business income derived from or attributable to sources both within and without this state, apportions the business income between this state and other states and foreign countries in accordance with a specified 4-factor formula based on the property, payroll, and sales within and without this state, except that in the case of an apportioning trade or business that derives more than 50% of its gross business receipts from conducting one or more qualified business activities, as defined, business income is apportioned in accordance with a specified 3-factor formula. That law, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, allows a taxpayer to apportion its business income in accordance with a single sales factor formula, except as provided, pursuant to an irrevocable annual election, as specified. That law also provides that sales of tangible personal property and sales of other than tangible personal property are in this state in accordance with specified criteria. This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2012, would require a taxpayer, except as provided, to apportion its business income in accordance with a single sale factor and would allow a taxpayer to annually elect to apportion business income in accordance with the 4-factor formula, as provided. This bill also would revise the rules that determine whether a taxpayer is doing business in this state and would revise the provisions that determine whether sales other than tangible personal property occur in this state, including specific provisions for cable systems or networks. This bill would require any aggregate increase in revenues derived from its provisions less a specified amount, as provided, to be deposited into the Middle Class Scholarship Fund, which the bill would establish, and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, allocate those revenues for the purpose of increasing the affordability of higher education. This bill would become operative only if a specified measure is chaptered and establishes a middle-class scholarship program. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.