The Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006, an initiative statute approved by the voters as Proposition 84 at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, makes approximately $5.4 billion in bond funds available for safe drinking water, water quality and supply, flood control, natural resource protection, and park improvements. The initiative bond act makes $60,000,000 available to the State Water Resources Control Board for the purpose of loans and grants for projects to prevent or reduce contamination of groundwater that serves as a source of drinking water and requires repayment for costs that are subsequently recovered from parties responsible for the contamination. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, in collaboration with the Department of Toxic Substances Control and the state board, to develop and adopt regulations governing the repayment of costs that are subsequently recovered from parties responsible for the contamination of groundwater. This bill would eliminate the requirement to develop and adopt regulations and instead would require that costs subsequently recovered from a party responsible for the contamination, as defined, be repaid to the state board and deposited, and separately accounted for, in the Groundwater Contamination Cleanup Project Fund, which this bill would create in the State Treasury. This bill would require moneys in the fund to be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the state board for a grant to the grantee that received a grant to prevent or reduce contamination of groundwater pursuant to Proposition 84 and subsequently recovered costs from a responsible party and repaid those costs to the state. This bill would require the state board to disburse the funds upon the approval of an expenditure plan submitted by the grantee. This bill would prohibit the total amount of a grant from the fund and a grant received to prevent or reduce contamination of groundwater pursuant to Proposition 84 from exceeding the grantee's total costs to cleanup contaminated groundwater or prevent the contamination of groundwater. This bill would require moneys recovered from a responsible party in excess of the amount that may be awarded as a grant to be available from the fund to the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for expenditure on orphan groundwater contamination cleanup projects and would require the state board to consult with the Department of Toxic Substances Control when considering expenditures on orphan groundwater contamination cleanup projects. The bill would authorize the state board, upon appropriation, to use moneys in the fund for its administrative costs and for directly recovering moneys from a party responsible for contamination of groundwater addressed by a grant or loan under Proposition 84, and would require that if moneys from the fund are used for legal costs in directly recovering moneys, the moneys recovered by the judgment in favor of the state board be deposited into the fund.
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Existing law, the Medical Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of medicine by the Medical Board of California. The act authorizes a medical assistant to administer medication only by intradermal, subcutaneous, or intramuscular injections and to perform skin tests and additional technical supportive services upon the specific authorization and supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon, a licensed podiatrist, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife. Existing law defines the term "technical supportive services" to mean simple routine medical tasks and procedures that may be safely performed by a medical assistant who has limited training and who functions under the supervision of a licensed physician and surgeon, a licensed podiatrist, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife. Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, prohibits a prescriber, as defined, from dispensing drugs to patients in his or her office unless specified conditions are satisfied, and authorizes a certified nurse-midwife, a nurse practitioner, a physician assistant, or a naturopathic doctor who functions pursuant to a specified protocol or procedure to hand to a patient of his or her supervising physician a properly labeled and prepackaged prescription drug. Existing law authorizes specified facilities licensed by the California State Board of Pharmacy to purchase drugs at wholesale for administration or dispensing, under the direction of a physician and surgeon, to patients registered for care at those facilities. This bill would specify that the "technical supportive services" a medical assistant may perform in those California State Board of Pharmacy licensed facilities also includes handing to a patient a properly labeled and prepackaged prescription drug, other than a controlled substance, ordered by a licensed physician and surgeon, a licensed podiatrist, a physician assistant, a nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife, as specified.
(1) Existing law, the Pharmacy Law, the violation of which is a crime, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacies, pharmacists, intern pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians by the California State Board of Pharmacy. The Pharmacy Law authorizes an intern pharmacist to perform all functions of a pharmacist, and authorizes a pharmacy technician to perform packaging, manipulative, repetitive, or other nondiscretionary tasks, in each case under supervision of a pharmacist, as specified. This bill would authorize a pharmacy technician to perform packaging, manipulative, repetitive, or other nondiscretionary tasks only while assisting and while under the direct supervision and control of a pharmacist, as specified. This bill would also authorize a pharmacy technician's duties in a licensed general acute care hospital to include, among other things, sealing emergency containers for use in the hospital. (2) Existing law authorizes a pharmacy to furnish a dangerous drug or dangerous device to a licensed health care facility for storage in a secured emergency pharmaceutical supplies container maintained within the facility in accordance with facility regulations of the State Department of Public Health and other existing law requirements, as specified. This bill would authorize an intern pharmacist, under the direct supervision and control of a pharmacist, to stock, replenish, and inspect the drugs maintained in the emergency pharmaceutical supplies container and the emergency medical system supplies of a licensed general acute care hospital, as defined. This bill would authorize an intern pharmacist to inspect the drugs maintained in a licensed general acute care hospital at least once per month pursuant to policies and procedures of the hospital. This bill would also authorize a hospital pharmacy serving a licensed general acute care hospital to furnish a dangerous drug or dangerous device pursuant to preprinted or electronic standing orders, order sets, and protocols of the hospital, as specified. This bill would require licensed general acute care hospitals to store and maintain drugs in accordance with national standards regarding the storage area and refrigerator or freezer temperature and in accordance with the manufacturers' guidelines. Because a violation of certain provisions of the bill would be a crime, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law authorizes a pharmacist to initiate or adjust the drug regimen of a patient under specified circumstances. Existing law authorizes specified practitioners, including a pharmacist acting within the scope of an authorized pilot project, to prescribe, furnish, or administer controlled substances to a patient suffering from a disease, ailment, injury, or infirmity, but only when in good faith he or she believes the disease, ailment, injury, or infirmity requires the treatment, and only in the quantity and for the length of time as reasonably necessary. This bill would modify that list of practitioners to include a pharmacist initiating or adjusting the drug regimen of a patient as authorized under existing law. (4) Existing law provides for the licensure and inspection of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health and makes a violation of those provisions a crime. Existing regulations require a hospital to have a pharmacy on the premises or a pharmacy license, as specified. Existing regulations also require the hospital to consult the pharmacist on the proper methods of, among other things, repackaging and labeling bulk cleaning agents. This bill would instead require a licensed general acute care hospital or an acute psychiatric hospital, as defined, to adopt policies and procedures regarding the responsibility for ensuring proper methods of repackaging and labeling of bulk cleaning agents, solvents, chemicals, and nondrug hazardous substances used throughout the hospital and would specify that the hospital is not required to consult a pharmacist regarding the repackaging and labeling of those substances except for areas where sterile compounding is performed. Because a violation of these requirements would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
This measure would designate a specified portion of Interstate 10 between Interstate 710 and Interstate 5 in the County of Los Angeles as the Joe Gatto Memorial Highway. The measure also would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
This measure would acknowledge the history of the Chinese in California, recognize the contributions made to the State of California by Chinese Americans and Chinese immigrants, and apologize for past discriminatory laws and constitutional provisions that resulted in the persecution of Chinese living in California.
This measure would designate the portion of State Highway Route 710 between Pico Avenue and the Pacific Coast Highway in the City of Long Beach as the Senator Jenny Oropeza Memorial Freeway. The measure would also request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, to erect those signs.
Existing law authorizes the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to impose, in addition to any other tax that it is authorized to impose, a transactions and use tax at a rate of 0.5% for the funding of specified transportation-related purposes pursuant to an adopted expenditure plan and subject to voter approval. Existing law authorizes the MTA to seek voter approval to extend the sales tax pursuant to an amended ordinance, subject to various requirements and voter approval. This bill would require the MTA, before submitting an ordinance or amended ordinance to the voters, to amend the expenditure plan previously prepared for the voter-approved Measure R transactions and use tax with respect to certain matters relating to projects and programs to be funded under Measure R and to develop a transparent process to determine the most recent cost estimates for those projects and programs. The bill would also require the MTA to include the amended expenditure plan in the revised and updated Long Range Transportation Plan, and to post the amended expenditure plan and the Long Range Transportation Plan on the MTA's Internet Web site at least 30 days before submitting the ordinance or amended ordinance to the voters. The bill would require the revised and updated Long Range Transportation Plan to include capital projects and capital programs that are adopted by each subregion, as specified, and that are submitted to the MTA for inclusion in the Long Range Transportation Plan.
(1) Existing law, the Safe, Clean, and Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2012, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $11,140,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a safe drinking water and water supply reliability program. Existing law provides for the submission of the bond act to the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election. This bill would repeal these provisions. (2) Under existing law, various measures have been approved by the voters to provide funds for water supply and protection facilities and programs. Existing law, the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006, an initiative measure approved by the voters as Proposition 84 at the November 7, 2006, statewide general election, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $5,388,000,000 for the purposes of financing safe drinking water, water quality and supply, flood control, natural resource protection, and park improvements. Existing law, the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act of 2006, approved by the voters as Proposition 1E at the November 7, 2006, general statewide election, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $4,090,000,000 for the purposes of financing disaster preparedness and flood prevention projects. Existing law, the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002, an initiative measure approved by the voters as Proposition 50 at the November 5, 2002, statewide general election, authorizes, for the purposes of financing a safe drinking water, water quality, and water reliability program, the issuance of bonds in the amount of $3,440,000,000. Existing law, the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000, approved by the voters as Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, statewide primary election, authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $1,970,000,000 for the purposes of financing a safe drinking water, clean water, watershed protection, and flood protection program. Existing law, the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act, approved by the voters as Proposition 204 at the November 5, 1996, statewide general election, authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $995,000,000 for the purposes of financing a safe, clean, reliable water supply program. Existing law, the Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986, approved by the voters as Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, statewide primary election, authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds in the amount of $150,000,000 for the purposes of financing a water conservation and water quality program. This bill would enact the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014, which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $7,120,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law to finance a water quality, supply, and infrastructure improvement program. This bill, upon voter approval, would reallocate $425,000,000 of the unissued bonds authorized for the purposes of Propositions 1E, 13, 44, 50, 84, and 204 to finance the purposes of a water quality, supply, and infrastructure improvement program. This bill would provide for the submission of these provisions to the voters at the November 4, 2014, statewide general election. (3) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. Existing law also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law prohibits a contract by or on behalf of a plan or insurer and a licensed hospital, as defined, or any other licensed health care facility owned by a licensed hospital to provide inpatient hospital services or ambulatory care services to subscribers and enrollees of the plan or policyholders and insureds of the insurer from containing a provision that restricts the ability of the plan or insurer to furnish information to subscribers or enrollees of the plan or policyholders or insureds of the insurer concerning the cost range of procedures at the hospital or facility or the quality of services performed by the hospital or facility. Existing law makes a contractual provision inconsistent with this requirement void and unenforceable. Existing law requires a plan or insurer to provide a hospital or facility at least 20 days to review the methodology and data used before cost or quality information is provided to subscribers or enrollees of the plan or to policyholders or insureds of the insurer, as specified. Existing law also establishes requirements applicable to information displayed on an Internet Web site pursuant to these provisions by, or on behalf of, a plan or insurer. This bill would instead prohibit a contract between a plan or insurer and a provider or supplier, as defined, from containing a provision that restricts the ability of the plan or insurer to furnish information to consumers or purchasers, as defined, concerning the cost range of a procedure or full course of treatment or the quality of services performed by the provider or supplier. The bill would require a plan or insurer to provide a provider or supplier with 30 days to review the methodology and data used and would make related, conforming changes.
This measure would recognize the 4th calendar week of June in 2014, and each 4th calendar week in June thereafter, as Korean War Remembrance Week.