Existing law establishes the Employment Training Panel within the Employment Development Department and sets forth its powers and duties with respect to certain employment training programs. Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature that the purpose of provisions relating to the panel is to establish an employment training program to promote a healthy labor market in a growing, competitive economy and to fund only projects that meet specified criteria, including fostering retention of high-wage, high-skilled jobs in manufacturing. Existing law requires the panel, in funding projects that meet the above-described criteria, to give funding priority to projects that meet specified goals, including promoting the retention and expansion of the state's manufacturing workforce. This bill would also include in the above-described goals, among other things, promoting the hiring, training, and advancement of disadvantaged, marginalized, and underrepresented workers. The bill would authorize projects funded under the above-described provisions to include programs to provide training through apprenticeship programs that are registered with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards. Existing law requires the panel to solicit proposals for the purpose of providing employment training, as specified. Existing law requires the panel to, among other things, establish minimum standards for the consideration of proposals, including evidence of labor market demand. Existing law prohibits a proposal from being considered or approved that proposes training for employment covered by a collective bargaining agreement unless the signatory labor organization agrees in writing. The bill would require the panel to also include within the above-described minimum standards, among other things, an attestation of compliance with all state and federal labor and health and safety laws. The bill would also require an applicant to include an attestation affirming the applicant does not have a final determination, order, judgment, or award issued against them for violations of the labor law, as specified, and would prohibit a proposal from being considered or approved if an applicant fails to include this attestation. By expanding the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the panel to provide a regularly updated list, at least every 60 days, and make the list available to the public, of all applicants that have submitted applications. 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.
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(1) Existing state and federal law, including the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965, require the Secretary of State and county elections officials to provide language assistance to voters in order to access voting information, register to vote, and cast their votes at the polling place. Existing law requires a county elections official to provide a facsimile copy of the ballot with the ballot measures and ballot instructions printed in Spanish and other languages if the Secretary of State has determined that doing so is appropriate, as specified. This bill would, by December 15, 2025, and by December 15 of every subsequent year following a presidential election, require the Secretary of State to determine the number of residents of voting age in each county and precinct who are members of a single language minority group and who lack sufficient skills in English to vote without assistance, as specified. The bill would require that, by that same date, the Secretary of State make publicly available on the Secretary of State's internet website a list of languages used by single language minority groups, as specified. Beginning January 1, 2028, this bill would further require the Secretary of State and county elections officials to provide specified materials in the language of the applicable language minority group as well as in the English language. (2) Existing law requires the Secretary of State to make specified findings and determinations regarding the provision of ballot materials in languages other than English. Until January 1, 2028, this bill would direct the Secretary to make those findings and determinations by December 15 of each year following a presidential election, and it would further limit the expansion of categories of covered languages for the purpose of providing facsimile ballots. As of January 1, 2028, this bill would impose new requirements relating to translated ballots, including requiring the training of specified precinct board members. The bill would make conforming changes. By increasing the duties of county elections officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law requires the elections official to send a voter information guide that contains the written statement of each candidate. Existing law requires the elections official to provide a Spanish translation of the written statement to each candidate who wishes to have one and to select a person to provide the translation who is, among other things, a certified and registered interpreter on the judicial council master list or a current voting member in good standing of the American Translators Association. This bill would add a language speaker with relevant experience in providing certified translations of legal documents who has been referred by a nonprofit agency to the list of eligible individuals that may provide the translation. (4) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 3019 of the Elections Code proposed by AB 3184 to be operative only if this bill and AB 3184 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. The bill would incorporate changes to Section 4005 of the Elections Code proposed by SB 1450 to be operative only if this bill and SB 1450 are enacted and this bill is enacted 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law creates the Office of Farm to Fork within the Department of Food and Agriculture, and requires the office, to the extent that resources are available, to work with various entities, as prescribed, to increase the amount of agricultural products available to underserved communities and schools in the state. Existing law requires the office, among other things, to identify distribution barriers that affect limited food access and work to overcome those barriers through various actions and to coordinate with school districts and representatives to increase the nutritional profile of foods provided in schools. This bill would create the Food Desert Elimination Grant Program under the administration of the department for the purpose of expanding access to healthy foods in food deserts, as defined, in the state, and areas at risk of becoming food deserts, by providing grants to grocery store operators, as specified. The bill would create the Food Desert Elimination Fund in the General Fund and would authorize the fund to be expended by the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of the program. The bill would authorize the department to collect nonstate, federal, and private funds, require those funds to be deposited into the California Equitable Food Access Account within the Food Desert Elimination Fund, and continuously appropriate moneys in the account to the department for purposes of the program, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would authorize the department to award grants to grocery store operators seeking to locate grocery stores in food deserts and to award grants, totaling no more than 20% of the total program funding, to grocery store operators for equipment upgrades for grocery stores located in food deserts to expand or provide healthy foods for sale. The bill would authorize the department to adopt guidelines to implement these provisions. The bill would make the implementation of these provisions contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature. The bill would repeal these provisions on December 31, 2030.
Existing law creates the Distressed Hospital Loan Program, until January 1, 2032, for the purpose of providing loans to not-for-profit hospitals and public hospitals, as defined, in significant financial distress or to governmental entities representing a closed hospital to prevent the closure or facilitate the reopening of a closed hospital. Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) to administer this loan program. Existing law authorizes the Board of Supervisors of the County of Alameda to establish the Alameda Health System Hospital Authority for the management, administration, and control of the medical center in that county. Existing law authorizes the hospital authority to acquire and possess real or personal property and to dispose of real or personal property other than that owned by the county, as may be necessary for the performance of its functions. This bill would require HCAI, subject to review and approval by the Department of Finance, as specified, to approve the forgiveness of any loans under the Distressed Hospital Loan Program for the St. Rose Hospital in the City of Hayward if the hospital is acquired by the Alameda Health System Hospital Authority. The bill would require HCAI to forgive the full amounts of the principal, interests, fees, and any other outstanding balances of the loan. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Hayward. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law requires the State Department of Social Services to regulate activities relating to continuing care contracts that govern care provided to a resident in a continuing care retirement community for the duration of the resident's life or a term in excess of one year. Existing law provides that all residents in residential living units, as defined to mean a living unit in a continuing care retirement community, shall have certain specified rights, such as the right to live in an environment that enhances personal dignity, maintains independence, and encourages self-determination, and the right to participate in activities that meet individual physical, intellectual, social, and spiritual needs. Under existing law, in addition to any statutory or regulatory bill of rights required to be provided to residents of residential care facilities for the elderly or skilled nursing facilities, a provider of continuing care retirement services is required to provide a copy of the rights specified for residents in residential living units to each resident at the time or before the resident signs a continuing care contract, and at any time when the resident is proposed to be moved to a different level of care. A violation of these provisions is subject to a civil penalty. This bill would revise those provisions to expressly require a continuing care retirement community provider, at the time or before a resident signs a continuing care contract, and when the resident is proposed to be moved to a different level of care, to provide the resident with a copy of the above-described rights, a copy of the residential care facility for the elderly bill of rights, or, if the if the resident is moving into the continuing care retirement community's skilled nursing unit, a copy of the rights applicable to residents of skilled nursing facilities.
Existing law provides for the licensing and regulation of long-term health care facilities, including, among others, skilled nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities, by the State Department of Public Health. A violation of those provisions is generally a crime. 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. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law prohibits a long-term health care facility that participates as a provider under the Medi-Cal program from discriminating against a Medi-Cal patient on the basis of the source of payment for the facility's services that are required to be provided to individuals entitled to services under the Medi-Cal program. Existing law prohibits that facility from seeking to evict out of the facility, or transfer within the facility, any resident as a result of the resident changing their manner of purchasing the services from private payment or Medicare to Medi-Cal, except as specified. This bill would require the facility to provide aid, care, service, and other benefits available under Medi-Cal to Medi-Cal beneficiaries in the same manner, by the same methods, and at the same scope, level, and quality as provided to the general public, regardless of payment source. The bill would find and declare that this requirement is declaratory of existing law and thus not reimbursable under the Medi-Cal Long-Term Care Reimbursement Act or any other Medi-Cal ratesetting provisions, as specified. The bill would specify that if reimbursement is found to be required by state or federal law or regulation, as specified, the above requirement shall only become operative upon appropriation by the Legislature. The bill would also provide that this requirement and the above-described prohibition against discrimination on the basis of payment source be implemented only to the extent that these provisions do not conflict with federal law, that any necessary federal approvals are obtained, and that federal financial participation for the Medi-Cal program is available and is not otherwise jeopardized. Existing federal regulations require certain nursing facilities to post their resident census and specified nurse staffing data on a daily basis. This bill would require a skilled nursing facility that participates as a provider under the Medi-Cal program to make publicly available its current daily resident census and nurse staffing data, as defined. The bill would require the facility to make the information available either by posting it on the facility's internet website or by providing the information to a requester by telephone or email, as specified. The bill would exempt these requirements from the above-described and other related criminal penalties. The bill would find and declare that these requirements are not reimbursable under the Medi-Cal Long-Term Care Reimbursement Act, but that if reimbursement is found to be required by state or federal law or regulation, as specified, the above provision shall only become operative upon appropriation by the Legislature. Existing law requires that a contract of admission to a long-term health care facility state that, except in an emergency, a resident may not be involuntarily transferred or discharged from the facility unless the resident and, if applicable, the resident's representative, are given reasonable notice in writing and transfer or discharge planning as required by law. Existing law requires that the written notice state the reason for the transfer or discharge. This bill would require that the notice also include a specified statement relating to, among other things, restrictions on discharge from the facility or transfer within the facility solely as a result of changing the manner of purchasing services from private payment or Medicare to Medi-Cal payment, and certain resource information about facilities participating in Medi-Cal.
(1) Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California and requires the board to adopt and administer standards for the continuing education of those licensees. Existing law requires general internists and family physicians who have a patient population of which over 25% are 65 years of age or older to complete at least 20% of all mandatory continuing education hours in a course related to geriatric medicine or the care of older patients. This bill would revise the above-described course requirements to include the special care needs of patients with dementia. (2) Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing to license and regulate the practice of nursing. Existing law requires the board to establish standards for continuing education consisting of specified approved coursework. Existing law requires a licensee under the act to submit a statement to the board, under penalty of perjury, indicating compliance with those continuing education requirements. This bill would require a nurse practitioner who provides primary care to a patient population of which over 25% are 65 years of age or older to certify that they have completed at least 20% of all existing mandatory continuing education hours in a course in the field of gerontology, the special care needs of patients with dementia, or the care of older patients at the time of renewal. By expanding the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, establishes the Physician Assistant Board for the licensure and regulation of physician assistants. Existing law authorizes the board to require a licensee to complete specified continuing education coursework as a condition of license renewal. This bill would require a physician assistant who provides primary care to a patient population of which over 25% are 65 years of age or older to complete at least 20% of all mandatory continuing education hours in a course in the field of geriatric medicine, the special care needs of patients with dementia, or the care of older patients. (4) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 2811.5 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 2270 and AB 2581 to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last. 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 provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including, but not limited to, skilled nursing facilities, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) , a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals constructed on and after March 7, 1973. The act requires the governing board or other governing authority of a hospital, before adopting plans for the hospital building, as defined, to submit to HCAI an application for approval, accompanied by the plans, as prescribed. Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) , and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law authorizes DHCS to adopt regulations to certify providers enrolled in the Medi-Cal program, and applicants for enrollment as providers, including providers and applicants licensed as health care facilities. This bill would require a licensed skilled nursing facility that proposes to provide therapeutic behavioral health programs in an identifiable and physically separate unit of a skilled nursing facility, and that is required to submit an application and receive approvals from multiple departments, as specified above, to apply simultaneously to those departments for review and approval of application materials. The bill, when an applicant for approval from one of the specified departments is unable to complete the approval process because the applicant has not obtained required approvals and documentation from one or both of the other departments, would authorize the applicant to submit all available forms and supporting documentation, along with a letter estimating when the remaining materials will be submitted. The bill would require the receiving department to initiate review of the application, and would require final approval of the application to be granted only when all required documentation has been submitted by the applicant to each department from which approval is required. The bill would require the departments to work jointly to develop processes to allow applications to be reviewed simultaneously and in a coordinated manner, as specified.
Existing law prohibits, except as specified, a person sentenced to imprisonment in a county jail from being administered any psychiatric medication without prior informed consent. Existing law authorizes a county department of mental health, or other designated county department, to administer to an inmate involuntary medication on a nonemergency basis only after the inmate is provided, among other things, a hearing before a superior court judge, a court-appointed commissioner or referee, or a court-appointed hearing officer. Existing law, until January 1, 2025, additionally protects all inmates in a county jail from being administered any psychiatric medication without prior informed consent, with certain exceptions, and imposes additional criteria that must be satisfied before a county department of mental health or other designated county department may administer involuntary medication, including a requirement that the jail first make a documented attempt to locate an available bed for the inmate in a community-based treatment facility, under certain conditions, in lieu of seeking involuntary administration of psychiatric medication. Until January 1, 2025, if an inmate is awaiting resolution of a criminal case, existing law requires that a hearing to administer involuntary medication on a nonemergency basis be held before, and that any requests for ex parte orders be submitted to, a judge in the superior court where the criminal case is pending. Existing law, also until January 1, 2025, sets limits on the amount of time such orders are valid and requires any court-ordered psychiatric medication to be administered in consultation with a psychiatrist who is not involved in the treatment of the inmate at the jail, if one is available. This bill would extend these provisions until January 1, 2030. The bill would also require any county that, between January 1, 2025, and July 1, 2028, administers involuntary medication to any inmate awaiting arraignment, trial, or sentencing, to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature, as specified. The bill would require any involuntary treatment to be consistent with the standard of care. The bill would also permit the county to demonstrate a documented attempt to locate an available bed by submitting a declaration under penalty of perjury. By imposing new duties on counties and expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Existing law generally regulates social media platforms, including by requiring a social media platform to provide, in a mechanism that is reasonably accessible to users, a means for a user who is a California resident to report material to the social media platform that the user reasonably believes is, among other things, child sexual abuse material. This bill would require a social media platform to provide a mechanism that is reasonably accessible to a reporting user who is a California resident who has an account with the social media platform to report sexually explicit digital identity theft to the social media platform. The bill would define "sexually explicit digital identity theft" to mean the posting of covered material on a social media platform and would define "covered material" to mean material that meets certain criteria, including that the material is an image or video created or altered through digitization that would appear to a reasonable person to be an image or video of an intimate body part of an identifiable person or an identifiable person engaged in certain sexual acts, and that the reporting person is the person depicted in the material and did not consent to the use of the reporting person's likeness in the material. The bill would also require a social media platform to immediately remove a reported instance of sexually explicit digital identity theft from being publicly viewable on the social media platform if the social media platform determines there is a reasonable basis to believe the reported sexually explicit digital identity theft is sexually explicit digital identity theft, as prescribed.