This measure would recognize October 2, 2019, as the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and would recognize his lasting contributions and influences throughout the world. The measure would encourage Californians to celebrate through his eternal message of peace, love, and the universal principle of nonviolence.
Existing law authorizes the governing body of a political subdivision, as those terms are defined, to declare a shelter crisis if the governing body makes a specified finding. Upon declaration of a shelter crisis, existing law, among other things, suspends certain state and local laws, regulations, and ordinances to the extent that strict compliance would prevent, hinder, or delay the mitigation of the effects of the shelter crisis. Existing law, until January 1, 2022, upon a declaration of a shelter crisis by the City of San Jose, authorizes emergency housing to include an emergency bridge housing community for the homeless, as specified. Existing law, in lieu of compliance with state and local building, housing, health, habitability, or safety standards and laws, authorizes the city to adopt by ordinance reasonable local standards for emergency bridge housing communities, subject to specified requirements, including review by the Department of Housing and Community Development. Existing law requires the city, among other things, to match each resident of an emergency bridge housing community to an affordable housing unit identified in the city's housing plan that will be available for the resident to live in on or before January 1, 2022. Existing law further requires the city to annually report to the Legislature specific information on emergency bridge housing communities, including, among other information, the number of residents in every emergency bridge housing community and the actual and projected number of permanent affordable housing units available through January 1, 2022. This bill would extend the repeal date of these provisions to January 1, 2025. The bill would extend the date that an affordable housing unit identified in the city's housing plan is required to be available for a resident of an emergency bridge housing community to live in to January 1, 2025. The bill would make a conforming change to the above-described requirement that the city report specified information to the Legislature. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of San Jose.
This measure would proclaim the month of November 2019 as California Runaway and Homeless Youth Prevention Month to recognize the need for individuals, schools, communities, businesses, local governments, and the state to take action on behalf of runaway and homeless youth in California.
This measure would proclaim September 29, 2019, as Gold Star Mothers' and Families' Day.
This measure would recognize the 3rd week of September 2019, and the 3rd week of September each year thereafter, as Child Passenger Safety Week.
This measure would commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Special Olympics.
Existing law, the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement (STAKE) Act, prohibits the sale, distribution, or nonsale distribution of tobacco products, as defined, directly or indirectly to any person under 21 years of age through the United States Postal Service or through any other public or private postal or package delivery service. Existing law requires a person selling or distributing tobacco products directly to a consumer through the United States Postal Service or by another postal or package delivery service to comply with specified age-verification policies and deliver only to the consumer's verified mailing or billing address, as applicable. Existing law authorizes enforcing agencies to assess civil penalties for violations of the STAKE Act. This bill would additionally require sellers, distributors, and nonsale distributors to deliver tobacco products only in conspicuously marked containers, as specified, and to obtain the signature of a person 21 years of age or older before delivering a tobacco product. The bill would allow a person to designate an address for delivery that is different from the person's mailing or billing address, if the person's mailing or billing address has been verified in accordance with specified provisions.
Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, 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 provides that federally qualified health center (FQHC) services and rural health clinic (RHC) services, as defined, are covered benefits under the Medi-Cal program, to be reimbursed, to the extent that federal financial participation is obtained, to providers on a per-visit basis. "Visit" is defined as a face-to-face encounter between a patient of an FQHC or RHC and specified health care professionals, including a physician and marriage and family therapist. Under existing law, "physician," for these purposes, includes, but is not limited to, a physician and surgeon, an osteopath, and a podiatrist. This bill would authorize reimbursement for a maximum of 2 visits taking place on the same day at a single location if after the first visit the patient suffers illness or injury requiring additional diagnosis or treatment, or if the patient has a medical visit and a mental health visit or a dental visit, as defined. The bill would authorize an FQHC or RHC that currently includes the cost of a medical visit and a mental health visit that take place on the same day at a single location as a single visit for purposes of establishing the FQHC's or RHC's rate to apply for an adjustment to its per-visit rate, and after the department has approved that rate adjustment, to bill a medical visit and a mental health visit that take place on the same day at a single location as separate visits, in accordance with the bill. This bill would also include a licensed acupuncturist within those health care professionals covered under the definition of "visit." The bill would require the department, by July 1, 2020, to submit a state plan amendment to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reflect certain changes described in the bill, and to seek necessary federal approvals. The bill would also make conforming and technical changes.
(1) Existing law requires the Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District and all known entities planning to implement a toll facility, to develop and adopt functional specifications and standards for an automatic vehicle identification system, in compliance with specified objectives, including that a vehicle owner shall not be required to purchase or install more than one device to use on all toll facilities, and generally requires any automatic vehicle identification system purchased or installed after January 1, 1991, to comply with those specifications and standards. Existing law authorizes operators of toll facilities on federal-aid highways engaged in an interoperability program to provide only specified information regarding a vehicle's use of the toll facility. This bill would expand the above-described objective so that a user of a toll facility shall also not be required to purchase or install more than one device to use on all toll facilities. The bill would limit the above-described authorization to those operators engaged in an interstate interoperability program. The bill would assert that these provisions are declarative of existing law. (2) Existing law prohibits a transportation agency from selling or providing to any other person or entity personally identifiable information, as defined, of a person who subscribes to an electronic toll or electronic transit fare collection system or who uses a toll facility that employs an electronic toll collection system, except as specified. Existing law, with certain exceptions, requires a transportation agency to discard personally identifiable information within 412 years, as specified. Under existing law, the requirement that the transportation agency discard personally identifiable information, as described above, does not prohibit a transportation agency or its designee from performing financial and accounting functions such as billing, account settlement, enforcement, or other financial activities required to operate and manage the electronic toll collection system or electronic transit fare collection system. This bill would instead provide that a transportation agency is not prohibited from using or providing personally identifiable information for purposes of operating and managing an electronic toll collection or electronic transit fare collection system, auditing, or performing billing, collection, account maintenance, account settlement, and enforcement activities, but would require the transportation agency to limit the personally identifiable information it provides to information relevant to assist in carrying out the intended function. This bill would prohibit a transportation agency from using or providing personally identifiable information for purposes of issuing public safety and travel alerts, or customer surveys, unless the transportation agency has received express written consent to do so. Existing law defines "transportation agency" for these purposes as the Department of Transportation, the Bay Area Toll Authority, any entity operating a toll bridge, toll lane, or toll highway within the state, any entity administering an electronic transit fare collection system and any transit operator participating in that system, or any entity under contract with those entities. This bill would expand the definition of "transportation agency" to also include any entity under contract at any level, including subcontractors, with those entities for purposes of billing, collection, account maintenance, account settlement, enforcement, communications, auditing, operating, or management of an electronic toll collection system or electronic fare collection system. This bill would make a contractor or subcontractor that accesses, collects, uses, or retains personally identifiable information for a purpose other than billing, collection, account maintenance, account settlement, communications, auditing, operating, management, or enforcement activities, liable, as specified. This bill would assert that certain of the above-described bill provisions are declarative of existing law. (3) Existing law prohibits a person from evading or attempting to evade the payment of tolls or other charges on any vehicular crossing or toll highway and subjects a violator to civil penalties governed by a civil administrative procedure that includes an administrative investigation and review procedure, and an administrative and judicial appeal process. This bill would provide that a notice of toll evasion issued, as specified, is a civil violation subject to civil penalties. The bill would assert that this provision is declarative of existing law. (4) Existing law requires that a notice of a toll evasion violation set forth specified information, including, among other things, if applicable, if a vehicle is found, by automated devices, to have evaded the toll through failure to meet occupancy requirements in a high-occupancy toll lane, a copy of photographic evidence on which the determination was based. Existing law requires the processing agency to prepare and forward a notice of toll evasion violation to the registered owner of the vehicle cited for the violation, as specified. Existing law requires the processing agency to use its best efforts to obtain accurate information concerning the identity and address of the registered owner for the purpose of forwarding a notice of toll evasion violation. This bill would, on and after January 1, 2021, revise and recast the requirements on issuing and processing agencies to prepare and forward notices of toll evasion violations and the penalties for toll violations. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2021, prohibit the pursuit of a penalty for any toll evasion violation unless the notice provision requirements have been complied with. This bill would authorize the processing agency to use any reliable source to obtain the registered owner's information and would provide that using an address provided as described above constitutes its best efforts. (5) Existing law authorizes a processing agency to contract with a collection agency to collect unpaid toll evasion penalties, fees, and charges. This bill would prohibit the issuing agency and collection agency from contracting with a towing company to tow a vehicle for unpaid toll evasion penalties, fees, or charges.
This measure would recognize August 15, 2019, as India's Independence Day, and urge all Californians to join in celebrating India's independence.
