Asm. Jim Patterson

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities. Existing law requires the commission to publish and maintain specified documents on the internet, including each of the commission's adopted decisions and resolutions. Existing law requires the commission to publish each of the commission's adopted decisions and resolutions within 10 days of the adoption of each decision or resolution by the commission. This bill would require the commission to publish the commission's adopted decisions and resolutions within 5 days of the adoption of each decision or resolution, and would make additional nonsubstantive changes.

This measure, in accordance with specified law, would declare that the state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor on March 4, 2020, is at an end, thereby terminating the emergency powers granted to the Governor as a result of that proclamation.

Existing law, commencing August 1, 2022, establishes the California Pregnancy-Associated Review Committee (committee) under the State Department of Public Health (department) to continuously engage in the comprehensive, regular, and uniform review and reporting of maternal deaths throughout the state. Existing law requires the committee to publish its findings every 3 years, as a part of a specified department publication relating to severe maternal morbidity. Existing law declares that the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) process is used to identify and take action to prevent a wide range of local social, economic, public health, education, environmental, and safety factors that contribute to the tragedy of fetal and infant loss. Existing law requires each county to annually report infant deaths to its respective local health department. Existing law requires local health departments, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to establish a FIMR committee to investigate infant deaths to prevent fetal and infant death, as specified, and requires the local health departments that participate in the FIMR process to annually investigate, track, and review cases of term infants, as defined, who were born following labor with the outcome of intrapartum stillbirth, early neonatal death, or postneonatal death. This bill would additionally require the committee to collect and include in its published findings data from counties participating in the FIMR process. The bill would specify that intrapartum stillbirth for purposes of the FIMR process means stillbirth at 20 weeks or more of gestation. The bill would require the department to establish a process to accept information from members of the public who have experienced stillbirth and who wish to provide their information relating to the cause of the stillbirth, demographic information about the mother, and any other maternal factors specified under the FIMR. The bill would require the department to make various resources available for individuals who have experienced stillbirth, and would authorize the department to contract with one or more nonprofit entities that provide services relating to stillbirth to perform the department's duties, if the department determines that it would be more cost-effective to do so.

This resolution would designate the week beginning on February 21, 2022, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week.

This measure would, among other things, honor the late civil rights pioneer and icon Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

This measure would proclaim January 27, 2022, as Rose Ann Vuich Recognition Day, in recognition of Senator Rose Ann Vuich as the first woman elected to the California State Senate, to honor Senator Vuich's service to the Senate, and to appropriately reflect the Senator's stature and legacy.