This measure would proclaim February 24, 2022, as Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.
This measure would recognize the week of February 20, 2022, to February 26, 2022, as Engineers Week.
This measure would commemorate the 50th anniversary of the University of California Student Association as a contributor to the accessibility, affordability, and quality of postsecondary education, and as an influential voice of University of California students. The measure would recognize the continued need to protect and expand student representation by recognizing February 11, 2022, as "Student Representation Day."
This resolution would recognize February 4, 2022, as Sri Lankan Independence Day, and urge all Californians to join in celebrating Sri Lanka's independence.
This measure would declare February 4, 2022, as Wear Read Day in California and would declare February 2022 as American Heart Month.
This measure would proclaim the week of March 7, 2022, to March 13, 2022, inclusive, as Women in Construction Week.
This measure would proclaim March 3, 2022, as Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Day and the month of March 2022 as Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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 through various delivery systems, including managed care. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law establishes certain time and distance and appointment time standards for specified Medi-Cal managed care covered services, including obstetrics and gynecology primary care, consistent with federal regulations relating to network adequacy standards, to ensure that those services are available and accessible to enrollees of Medi-Cal managed care plans in a timely manner, as specified. Existing law sets forth other network adequacy requirements for a Medi-Cal managed care plan with respect to its service area. Existing law authorizes the holder of a midwifery license or nurse-midwifery certificate to provide prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care, as specified. Under existing law, midwifery services and nurse-midwifery services are covered under the Medi-Cal program, subject to utilization controls and other conditions. This bill would require a Medi-Cal managed care plan to have within its provider network at least one licensed midwife (LM) and one certified-nurse midwife (CNM) within each county where the Medi-Cal managed care plan provides services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries. The bill would exempt a Medi-Cal managed care plan from that requirement for purposes of a given county if no LM or CNM is available in that county or if no LM or CNM in that county accepts Medi-Cal payments. If a Medi-Cal managed care plan is exempt from that requirement, the bill would require the Medi-Cal managed care plan to reevaluate its network adequacy for midwifery care in the county on an annual basis and to make a good faith effort to work with the appropriate professional midwifery organizations for LMs and CNMs, and their respective licensing and regulatory agencies, to assist in determining the availability of midwives in the county who accept Medi-Cal payments. The bill would also require a Medi-Cal managed care plan to have within its provider network at least one licensed alternative birth center speciality clinic within each county where the Medi-Cal managed care plan provides services to Medi-Cal beneficiaries provided that at least one qualified licensed alternative birth center speciality clinic is available in that county and is willing to contract with the Medi-Cal managed care plan. The bill would condition implementation of these provisions on receipt of any necessary federal approvals and the availability of federal financial participation.
Existing law imposes an additional and consecutive 3- or 5-year term in the state prison on a person who personally inflicts great bodily injury on a person in the commission of a felony, as specified. This bill would define great bodily injury for purposes of these provisions to include a person who sells, furnishes, administers, or gives away a controlled substance whenever the person sold, furnished, administered, or given the controlled substance suffers from great bodily injury from using the controlled substance. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this 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 classifies controlled substances into 5 schedules and places the greatest restrictions and penalties on the use of those substances placed in Schedule I. Existing law classifies the drug fentanyl in Schedule II. Existing law prohibits a person from possessing for sale or purchasing for purposes of sale, specified controlled substances, including fentanyl, and provides for imprisonment in a county jail for 2, 3, or 4 years for a violation of this provision. Existing law also imposes an additional term upon a person who is convicted of a violation of, or of a conspiracy to violate, specified provisions of law with respect to a substance containing heroin, cocaine base, and cocaine, if the substance exceeds a specified weight. Under existing law, the court may strike the additional penalties described above if the court determines that there are circumstances in mitigation of the additional punishment, as specified. This bill would impose an additional term upon a person who is convicted of a violation of, or of a conspiracy to violate, specified provisions of law with respect to a substance containing either fentanyl or oxycodone, if the substance exceeds a specified weight. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would instead prohibit the court from imposing those additional penalties unless there are circumstances in aggravation to support that additional punishment. 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.
