This measure would proclaim April 27 through May 4, 2014, as California Holocaust Memorial Week and would urge Californians to observe these days of remembrance for the victims of the Holocaust in an appropriate manner.
Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange by January 1, 2014, that makes available qualified health plans to qualified individuals and small employers. PPACA prohibits an Exchange from using or disclosing the personally identifiable information it creates or collects other than to the extent necessary to carry out specified functions. Existing law also requires an Exchange to establish and implement privacy and security standards that are consistent with specified principles and to require the same or more stringent privacy and security standards as a condition of contract or agreement with individuals or entities. A person who knowingly and willfully uses or discloses information in violation of PPACA is subject to a civil penalty of no more than $25,000 per person or entity, per use or disclosure, in additional to any other penalties prescribed by law. Existing state law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange within state government, specifies the powers and duties of the board governing the Exchange, and requires the board to facilitate the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange by qualified individuals and small employers by January 1, 2014. Existing law requires the board to employ necessary staff and authorizes the board to enter into contracts. Under existing law, the board of the Exchange is required to submit fingerprint images to the Department of Justice for all employees, prospective employees, contractors, subcontractors, volunteers, or vendors of the Exchange whose duties include access to specified personal information for the purposes of obtaining state or federal conviction records, as specified. This bill would, where the Exchange creates or collects personally identifiable information for the purpose of determining eligibility for specified plans and programs, authorize the Exchange to use or disclose that information only to the extent necessary to carry out specified functions authorized under PPACA or to carry out other nonspecified functions that satisfy certain federal criteria. The bill would require the Exchange to establish and implement privacy and security standards that are consistent with specified principles and to execute a contract with a non-Exchange entity that contains various provisions, including a provision requiring the non-Exchange entity to comply with the same privacy and security standards and to bind any downstream entity to those privacy and security standards. The bill would prohibit a contractor, subcontractor, volunteer, or vendor of the Exchange who gains access to personally identifiable information in the course of fulfilling his, her, or its duties as a contractor, subcontractor, volunteer, or vendor from using or disclosing that information other than to the extent necessary to carry out those duties, except as specified. An individual or entity who knowingly and willfully violates the bill's disclosure provisions would be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $25,000 per individual or entity, per use or disclosure, in addition to any other penalties prescribed by law.
Existing law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange within state government, specifies the powers and duties of the board governing the Exchange, and requires the board to facilitate the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange by qualified individuals and small employers. Existing law requires the board to assess a charge on qualified health plans and supplemental coverage offered by carriers that is reasonable and necessary to support the development, operations, and prudent cash management of the Exchange. This bill would prohibit the board from assessing a charge on qualified health plans or supplemental coverage, on or after January 1, 2016, or increasing that charge thereafter, unless the charge is enacted as a statute.
The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires each state to establish an American Health Benefits Exchange that makes available qualified health plans to qualified individuals and small employers. Existing state law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) within state government, specifies the powers and duties of the board governing the Exchange, and requires the board to facilitate the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange by qualified individuals and small employers by January 1, 2014. Existing law requires the board to employ necessary staff and authorizes the board to enter into contracts. Existing law requires the board to submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information of specified individuals whose duties include or would include access to specified information for the purposes of obtaining prescribed criminal history information. The bill would prohibit the board from hiring or contracting with a person, including an employee or prospective employee, who has been convicted of specified crimes if the person's duties would involve facilitating enrollment in qualified health plans or would give the person access to the financial or medical information of enrollees or potential enrollees of the Exchange. The bill would also require a person who has filed an application for employment with the Exchange to notify the Exchange of any prescribed misdemeanor or felony convictions, filing of misdemeanor or felony charges, or administrative actions that occur after submitting his or her application. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
This measure would recognize that active shooter incidents are increasing and would encourage local fire, law enforcement, and emergency medical services agencies in coordination with the Office of Emergency Services to develop standard operating procedures and coordinated training programs in an effort to more efficiently respond to active shooter incidents in California.
This measure would designate the month of March 2014 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month.
This measure would proclaim the month of March 2014 as Drug Abuse Awareness Month in California, and encourage all citizens to participate in prevention programs and activities, and to pledge to "Spread the Word ... One Pill Can Kill."
This measure would designate April 7, 2014, as DMV/Donate Life California Day in the State of California and the month of April 2014, as DMV/Donate Life California Month in the State of California, and would encourage all Californians to sign up with the Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry.
This measure would recognize the Persian New Year celebration.
This measure would declare the last week of March every year as a statewide week of advocacy for Latino education.
