Existing law establishes the Vision Care Program for State Annuitants, which is administered by the Department of Personnel Administration, and creates the Vision Care Program for State Annuitants Fund in the State Treasury, which is continuously appropriated, for expenditure solely for the provision of vision care benefits to state annuitants. This bill would establish a similar vision care program for specified local members, school members, and university members, and their dependents to be known as the Retired Public Employees Vision Care Program. The bill would require the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System, on or before January 1, 2011, to administer the program, and would create the Retired Public Employees Vision Care Program Fund, which would be continuously appropriated for those purposes. The bill would also require the board to terminate the program upon a specified circumstance.
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This measure would recognize the pioneering work of promotores and community health workers in delivering vital and cost-effective health care services in communities throughout California and declare October 2009 as California Promotores Month.
This measure would make various statements regarding the importance of New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI) to the California economy and would declare the necessity for the Legislature to utilize its vested powers to keep NUMMI in California.
This measure would proclaim October 23 to October 31, 2009, inclusive, as Red Ribbon Week, and would encourage all Californians to help build drug-free communities and participate in drug prevention activities.
This measure would recognize September 2009 as Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in California in order to raise awareness of the importance of substance use disorders treatment and to help those suffering from substance use disorders and their families to receive treatment.
This measure would recognize the importance of California Native American Day, celebrated this year on September 25, 2009, and the concurrent California Indian Cultural Awareness Conference to the enhancement of awareness of California Indian culture.
This measure would designate the month of October 2009, and every October thereafter, as Italian American Heritage Month. This measure would encourage public schools to highlight and include Italian American achievements and contributions to the culture of California and to take steps to promote the inclusion of the role and contributions of Italian Americans to the culture and history of California and the United States in elementary and secondary social science textbooks during the revision process for those textbooks.
This measure would urge the State Air Resources Board to meet the statutory requirements of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 by ensuring that its analysis of specified emission reduction measures include prescribed components.
This measure would designate specified portions of State Highway Route 60 and corresponding on ramps and off ramps as the CHP Officer Joseph P. Sanders Memorial Highway.
This measure would acknowledge December 17 each year as an annual "Day of Inclusion" in recognition and appreciation of the priceless contributions of all immigrants to the greatness of the United States and California.