Existing law, the Respiratory Care Practice Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of respiratory therapy by the Respiratory Care Board of California. The act defines respiratory care as a practice to mean a health care profession employed under the supervision of a medical director in the therapy, management, rehabilitation, diagnostic evaluation, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities which affect the pulmonary system and associated aspects of cardiopulmonary and other systems functions. The act requires an applicant for a license as a respiratory care practitioner to complete specified education. This bill would prohibit any state agency, as defined, except for the Respiratory Care Board of California, from defining or interpreting respiratory care for those licensed pursuant to these provisions, or from developing standardized procedures or protocols, unless authorized by these provisions or specifically required by state or federal statute. The bill would also authorize the board to adopt regulations to define, interpret, or identify basic respiratory tasks and services, intermediate respiratory tasks, services, and procedures that require formal training, and advanced respiratory tasks, services, and procedures that require supplemental training, as specified.
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Existing law specifies the number of judges for the superior court of each county and for each division of each district of the court of appeal. Existing law provides that the Court of Appeal for the 4th Appellate District consists of 3 divisions. Existing law requires that one of these divisions hold its regular sessions in the San Bernardino/Riverside area and further requires this division to have 7 judges. This bill would increase the number of judges in the division of the Court of Appeal for the 4th Appellate District located in the San Bernardino/Riverside area to 8 judges.
Existing law establishes procedures for providing access to various types of health care records, including patient records, as defined, by patients and persons having responsibility for decisions respecting the health care of others. Existing law gives health care providers, as defined, various responsibilities in connection with providing access to these records. This bill would require certain health care providers, no later than the date of the first service delivery, or as soon as reasonably practicable after an emergency treatment situation, to provide a statement to the patient, or the patient's representative, that sets forth the patient's rights and the intended retention period for the records. The bill would require those health care providers that plan to destroy patient records to notify the patient at least 60 days before a patient's records are to be destroyed, as provided. The bill would require a health care provider to provide a patient with his or her original medical records that the provider plans to destroy if the patient makes a request for the records to the provider before the date of the proposed destruction of the records. The bill would authorize a health care provider to charge a patient for the actual costs of copying, mailing, or shipping the patient's records under that provision. The bill would authorize the issuance of citations and the assessment of administrative penalties for violations. Under the bill, if a group practice or clinic comprised of health care providers subject to the bill is the custodian of patient records for those health care providers, the group practice or clinic, rather than the individual health care provider, would be required to comply with the bill's provisions.
Existing law establishes a specialized license plate program and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to issue specialized license plates if a sponsoring state agency meets certain requirements. Existing law requires that the DMV charge specified additional fees for the issuance, renewal, or transfer of specialized license plates, and requires the DMV to deposit the fees, less the DMV's costs, into the Specialized License Plate Fund. Existing law requires that moneys in the fund be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to each sponsoring agency in proportion to the amount that is attributable to the agency's specialized license plate program. Existing law requires the sponsoring state agency to use these moneys to fund projects and programs that promote the state agency's official policy, mission, or work, except as specified. This bill would require the Department of Housing and Community Development to apply to the DMV to sponsor a housing supportive services specialized license plate program, as specified. The bill would establish the Housing Supportive Services Account in the Specialized License Plate Fund and would, notwithstanding the fee provisions described above, require the DMV to deposit fees for the issuance, renewal, or transfer of the housing supportive services license plates in that account. The bill would require funds in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to be used by the Department of Housing and Community Development to fund the supportive services to the targeted populations served by the Housing for a Healthy California program. Existing law, with certain exceptions, imposes certain design criteria for specialized license plates, including, among other things, that the license plate provide a space not larger than 2 inches by 3 inches to the left of the numerical series and a space not larger than58 of an inch in height below the numerical series for a distinctive design, decal, or descriptive message. This bill, notwithstanding these provisions, would authorize the inclusion of the hashtag symbol within the alpha-numeric sequence of the license plate for purposes of the housing supportive services license plate, as specified. The bill would authorize an applicant for a housing supportive services specialized license plate to request a specialized license plate character sequence determined by the applicant that includes the hashtag symbol, as specified. The bill would require DMV to cooperate with representatives of the Department of the California Highway Patrol and the Prison Industry Authority to design the final shape and dimension of the symbol for these license plates.
The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes various credits against the taxes imposed by that law, including a credit for qualified renters in the amount of $120 for spouses filing joint returns, heads of household, and surviving spouses if adjusted gross income is $50,000, as adjusted, or less, and in the amount of $60 for other individuals if adjusted gross income is $25,000, as adjusted, or less. Existing law requires the Franchise Tax Board to annually adjust for inflation these adjusted gross income amounts. For 2017, the adjusted gross income limit is $80,156 and $40,078, respectively. This bill, for each taxable year beginning on and after January 1, 2018, would increase the credit amount for a qualified renter, as specified, and would require the Franchise Tax Board to annually adjust for inflation the credit amount for taxable years on and after January 1, 2023. The bill would authorize the Governor to suspend the increased credit amount by proclamation if the Governor finds and declares that an economic emergency exists in this state and it is necessary that the increased credit amount be suspended, in which case the credit amount would be the credit amount for the taxable year immediately preceding the taxable year in which the suspension of the credit applies. The bill would also provide that the increased credit amount is $0 for each taxable year beginning on or after January 1, 2019, unless otherwise specified in a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill. In the event the increased credit amount is $0, the existing credit amounts of $60 and $120, respectively, would be the credit amounts for that taxable year. This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including skilled nursing facilities, as defined, by the State Department of Public Health. Violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law, until January 1, 2020, establishes the Small House Skilled Nursing Facilities Pilot Program within the department for the purposes of providing skilled nursing care in a homelike, noninstitutional setting. Existing law requires pilot facilities, as defined, to meet specified requirements and pay specified fees. Existing law required the department, by July 1, 2013, to issue one or more all-facility letters to provide the standards for the development and operation of all pilot facilities. This bill would extend operation of the pilot program to January 1, 2026, and would delete the obsolete July 1, 2013, deadline for the department's issuance of the all-facility letters. By extending the operation of the pilot program, the bill would expand the scope of a crime, and thus 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, 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.
This measure would designate the interchange where State Highway Routes 60 and 91 meet Interstate 215 in the County of Riverside as the Joseph Tavaglione Interchange. The measure 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.
Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of the practice of barbering and cosmetology, which include, among other things, shampooing, arranging, dressing, curling, waving, and applying hair tonics to, the hair of any person, by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology. The act specifies that the practice of cosmetology also includes the practice of cleansing or beautifying the hair of any person and that the practice of barbering also includes the practice of hairstyling all textures of hair by standard methods that are current at the time of the hairstyling. The act makes it unlawful for any person to engage in barbering or cosmetology for compensation or to operate an establishment where barbering or cosmetology is practiced, without a license, and specifies that a violation of this requirement is subject to an administrative fine and may be subject to a misdemeanor. The act also makes it a misdemeanor, punishable as prescribed, for any person, firm, association or corporation to violate the act if no specific penalty is otherwise provided. This bill would remove the practices of shampooing, arranging, dressing, curling, and waving the hair of any person from the practice of barbering and cosmetology. The bill would remove the practice of hairstyling of all textures of hair by standard methods that are current at the time of the hairstyling from the practice of barbering. The bill would also remove the practice of cleansing or beautifying the hair of any person from the practice of cosmetology. The bill would require a person who engages in practices of arranging, beautifying, cleansing, curling, dressing, shampooing, or waving the hair of any person at an establishment to provide notice to consumers of his or her licensure status. Because the bill would create a new crime, the 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
This measure would honor the men and women who have served and are serving in our nation's military, and would recognize the month of May 2018 as National Military Appreciation Month.
(1) Existing federal law, the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, provides for the integration of civil unmanned aircraft systems, commonly known as drones, into the National Airspace System. Existing federal law generally requires an aircraft to be registered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) , prohibits a person from operating a United States registered aircraft unless that aircraft displays specified nationality and registration marks, and, unless authorized by the FAA, prohibits a person from placing on any aircraft a design, mark, or symbol that modifies or confuses those nationality and registration marks. The State Aeronautics Act governs various matters relative to aviation in the state, including, among other things, fostering and promoting safety in aeronautics and establishing only those regulations that are essential and clearly within the scope of the authority granted to the Department of Transportation by the Legislature, in order that persons may engage in every phase of aeronautics with the least possible restriction consistent with the safety and the rights of others. A violation of the act is a crime punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment of not more than 6 months, or both. This bill would enact the State Remote Piloted Aircraft Act. The bill would prohibit a person from operating a remote piloted aircraft in any number of specified manners and would require any person using, operating, or renting a remote piloted aircraft and every commercial operator of a remote piloted aircraft to maintain adequate liability insurance or proof of financial responsibility, as specified. The bill would authorize the department to adopt rules and regulations governing the conditions under which remote piloted aircraft may be operated for the purpose of protecting and ensuring the general public interest and safety and the safety of persons operating remote piloted aircraft. The bill would authorize the department to make and amend general or special rules, orders, and procedures, and establish minimum standards consistent with the act as it deems necessary, to administer the provisions of the act, as specified. The bill would provide that remedies provided by the act are cumulative with any other remedies available under law. The bill would provide that the provisions of the act are severable. The bill would make a violation of any provision of the act or any rule or order issued pursuant to the act punishable as an infraction with a fine not exceeding $250, or as a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding 6 months, or by a fine not exceeding $1,000, or by both that fine and imprisonment. Because the bill would create new crimes, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) 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.