Existing law authorizes the State Board of Education and the governing board of each school district maintaining one or more high schools to adopt instructional materials for use in kindergarten and grades 1 to 8, inclusive, and high schools, respectively. Existing law places specified requirements on a publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials offered for adoption. Existing law, until July 1, 2015, exempts school districts from requirements to provide pupils with instructional materials by a specified time period following adoption of those materials by the state board. This bill would require a publisher or manufacturer submitting a printed instructional material for adoption by the state board or the governing board of a school district to ensure that the printed instructional material is also available in an equivalent digital format during the entire term of the adoption. The bill would become operative only if SB 1154 of the 2011–12 Regular Session is also enacted and takes effect.
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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.
(1) Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, provides for the licensing and regulation of contractors by the Contractors' State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires every licensed contractor, or applicant for licensure, to have on file at all times with the board a current and valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance, or a statement certifying that he or she has no employees and is not required to obtain or maintain workers' compensation insurance. Existing law, until January 1, 2013, requires a contractor with a C-39 roofing classification to obtain and maintain workers' compensation insurance even if he or she has no employees. This bill would extend the operation of these provisions indefinitely. The bill would require the current and valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance to be in the applicant's or licensee's business name. Under existing law, for any license that, on January 1, 2011, is active and includes a C-39 classification but for which a valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation or Certification of Self-Insurance has not been received by the registrar of contractors, the registrar is required, in lieu of suspending the license, to remove the C-39 classification from the license. This bill would change this date to January 1, 2013, and would extend the operation of these provisions indefinitely. Existing law requires the suspension of any license that, after January 1, 2011, is active and has had the C-39 classification removed pursuant to the above-described provisions, if the licensee is found by the registrar to have employees and to lack a valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation or Certification of Self-Insurance. This bill would change this date to January 1, 2013, and would extend the operation of these provisions indefinitely. (2) Existing law requires an insurer who issues a workers' compensation insurance policy to a roofing contractor holding a C-39 license from the Contractor's State License Board to perform an annual payroll audit for the contractor. The Insurance Commissioner is further required to direct the rating organization designated as his or her statistical agent to compile pertinent statistical data on those holding C-39 licenses, and, on an annual basis, the rating organization is required to report its data to the commissioner. Under existing law, the statistical data in the rating organization's report includes the total annual payroll and loss data reported on those holding C-39 licenses, as specified. Existing law provides that these provisions are inoperative and repealed on January 1, 2013. This bill would extend the operation of these provisions indefinitely. The bill would require that the statistical data compiled by the rating organization pursuant to these provisions include data regarding the number of employers, total payroll, total losses, and the losses per $100 of payroll, broken down by reported annual payroll ranges. The bill would require that the audit performed by the insurer include an in-person visit to the place of business of the roofing contractor to verify whether the number of employees reported by the contractor is accurate.
This measure would recognize September 2012 as Recovery Month in California, in order to raise awareness of the importance of substance use disorders treatment and to help people living with substance use disorders and their families to receive treatment.
This measure would recognize the 45th anniversary of Kwanzaa and proclaim December 26 through January 1 each year as Kwanzaa Week.
This measure would recognize the 25th anniversary of the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial on November 23, 2013, and encourage all Californians to take part in ceremonies, organized by the California State Council of Vietnam Veterans of America along with assistance from the Department of Veterans Affairs and other veterans service organizations. This measure would call upon the state archives to display memorabilia in a special display on the Vietnam War, as provided, the California State Military Museum to prepare and display exhibits on the Vietnam War, as provided, and the Department of Veterans Affairs to add names to the memorial, as provided.
This measure encourages the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to consider and adopt the American Council on Education credit recommendations to give veterans due credit for their military experience.
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 acknowledge the 75th anniversary of the federal Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program and recognize, among others, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for its leading role in restoring healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and other natural resources throughout the nation.
This measure would proclaim August 15, 2012, as India's Independence Day, and would urge all Californians to join in celebrating India's independence.