Existing law requires a physician and surgeon to report in writing immediately to the local health officer, the name, date of birth, and address of every patient at least 14 years of age or older whom the physician and surgeon has diagnosed as having a disorder characterized by lapses of consciousness. Existing law requires the local health officer to report this information in writing to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law authorizes the department to refuse to issue to, or renew a driver's license of, a person who has a disorder characterized by lapses of consciousness or who has experienced, within the last 3 years, either a lapse of consciousness or an episode of marked confusion caused by any condition that may bring about recurrent lapses. This bill would delete these existing provisions on January 1, 2030, and instead would authorize, until January 1, 2037, a physician and surgeon to report in writing immediately to the department the name, date of birth, and address of every patient at least 15 years of age, or 14 years of age if the patient has a junior permit, whom the physician and surgeon has diagnosed as having any condition severe enough to be likely to impair the patient's ability to operate a motor vehicle if a physician and surgeon reasonably and in good faith believes that reporting the patient will serve the public interest. This bill would require a physician and surgeon to report in writing every above-described patient whom the physician and surgeon has diagnosed as having Alzheimer's disease or a related disorder. This bill would also require, until January 1, 2037, the department, in cooperation with the State Department of Public Health, to guide reporting so that diagnosed cases reported are only those where there is reason to believe that the patients' conditions are likely to impair their ability to operate a motor vehicle. The bill would also exempt, until January 1, 2037, a health care provider or health care entity from specified liability, including, among others, civil or criminal liability, for making or not making, or in relation to or arising from making or not making, the report. This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles, by January 1, 2035, to submit a report to the Legislature evaluating the impact of transitioning to a discretionary reporting system. The bill would require the department's report, among other things, to compare the number of reports submitted by physicians and surgeons to the department, before and after this transition. The bill would repeal the department's reporting requirement on January 1, 2037. This bill would, beginning on January 1, 2037, revert to the physician and surgeon reporting requirements in existing law, except the bill would provide a specific definition of "disorders characterized by lapses of consciousness."
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The federal Reception and Placement Program (RPP) under the United States Department of State is established to serve refugees during their first 3 months after arrival in the United States, through contracts with local resettlement agencies to provide various services using federal funds. Existing state law requires the State Department of Social Services, after setting aside the necessary state administrative funds, to allocate federal funds appropriated for refugee social services programs to each eligible county or service provider, as defined, based on the number of refugees receiving aid, or who reside, in the eligible county. If an eligible county or service provider that receives funds declines all or part of those funds, or returns unexpended funds, existing law authorizes the department to exercise its discretion to reallocate the declined or returned funds among eligible counties and service providers. Existing law conditions the applicability of the requirements under these provisions on the availability of federal funds. This bill would make those requirements also applicable if state funds are available subject to an appropriation. Under the bill, if a refugee recipient of refugee social services under RPP completes 90 days of those services and exhausts the federal funds allocated for that recipient, the recipient would be eligible for a 90-day extension of those services using state funds within the first 12 months of arrival in the United States. The bill would require that services covered pursuant to these provisions include (1) English language and employment training and (2) case management services, as specified. The bill would authorize a qualified nonprofit organization, an eligible county, or any office or affiliate of the agencies authorized under RPP to provide these services. The bill would also make conforming changes to related provisions.
Existing law, the Alfred E. Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act of 1983, establishes a program of seismic safety building standards for certain hospitals. Existing law requires hospitals that are seeking an extension for their buildings to submit an application to the Department of Health Care Access and Information by April 1, 2019, subject to certain exceptions. Existing law requires that final seismic compliance be achieved by July 1, 2022, if the compliance is based on a replacement or retrofit plan, or by January 1, 2025, if the compliance is based on a rebuild plan. Notwithstanding the above provisions, existing law authorizes the department to waive the requirements of the act for the O'Connor Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in the City of San Jose if the hospital or medical center submits a plan for compliance by a specified date, and the department accepts the plan based on it being feasible to complete and promoting public safety. Existing law requires, if the department accepts the plan, the hospital or medical center to report to the department on its progress to timely complete the plan by specified dates. Existing law imposes penalties to a hospital that fails to meet its deadline. This bill would additionally authorize the department to waive the requirements of the act for Providence St. Joseph Hospital and Providence Eureka General Hospital in the City of Eureka, Providence St. Jude Medical Center in the City of Fullerton, and Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center in the City of Tarzana. The bill would specify additional dates for the hospital or medical center to report to the department on its progress, would authorize the department to grant no more time than is necessary for the hospital to fully comply with the standards, and would impose a fine of $5,000 per calendar day if the hospital fails to comply with specified requirements or demonstrate adequate progress, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that drug court programs be designed and operated in accordance with specified standards developed by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals and Drug Court Standards Committee. Existing law further states the intent of the Legislature that key programs of the drug court programs include, among other things, integration by drug courts of alcohol and other drug treatment services. This bill would instead require, for counties and courts that opt to have treatment court programs, that the treatment court programs be designed and operated in accordance with state and national guidelines incorporating the "Adult Treatment Court Best Practice Standards" and "Family Treatment Court Best Practice Standards" developed by All Rise, with consideration for the court system within which the program operates. The bill would revise the above-described statement of legislative intent regarding key components to be included in criminal adult treatment court programs, including requiring a system of incentives, sanctions, and service adjustments to achieve participant success. The bill would require the Judicial Council, no later than January 1, 2026, to revise the standards of judicial administration to reflect state and nationally recognized best practices and guidelines for collaborative programs including those described in these provisions.
Existing law establishes within state government a Military Department that includes, among other things, the office of the Adjutant General, the California National Guard, and the State Guard. Existing law generally governs the administration of the military, including its enlisted persons and officers. Existing law provides that an enlisted person may be discharged from the California National Guard under honorable, general, or undesirable conditions without a court-martial and requires a bad conduct or dishonorable discharge to be awarded only by a court-martial. Existing law specifies the causes for discharge of an enlisted person from the California National Guard and provides the conditions for the Governor or the Adjutant General to discharge an enlisted person. Existing law authorizes the discharge of an officer from the California National Guard only by sentence of a general court-martial and approval by the Governor. Existing law prohibits a person from being commissioned or enlisted in the State Guard if the person is not a citizen of the United States or has not declared their intent to become a citizen of the United States or has been expelled from a military or naval organization, as specified. The bill would specify that a person is not eligible to commission or enlist in the California National Guard or State Guard if that person actively participates in, among other things, advocating for, or engaging in, the use of unlawful force, unlawful violence, or other illegal means to deprive an individual of their rights, as specified. This bill would require an officer or enlisted person to be discharged from the State Guard under undesirable conditions, or receive an other than honorable discharge from the California National Guard, if that person actively participates in that same conduct.
(1) Existing law, the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act, authorizes specified adult persons to petition a civil court to create a voluntary CARE agreement or a court-ordered CARE plan and implement services, to be provided by county behavioral health agencies, to provide behavioral health care, including stabilization medication, housing, and other enumerated services, to adults who are currently experiencing a qualifying severe mental illness and who meet other specified criteria. Existing law authorizes specified individuals to file a petition to commence the CARE process, including, but not limited to, a person with whom the respondent resides or a spouse, parent, sibling, child, or grandparent or an individual who stands in loco parentis to the respondent. Existing law authorizes the court to assign ongoing notification rights if the original petitioner is a person with whom the respondent resides, or a spouse, parent, sibling, child, or grandparent or an individual who stands in loco parentis to the respondent. This bill would require, commencing July 1, 2025, that unless the court determines that it likely would be detrimental to the treatment or well-being of the respondent, the court provide ongoing notice throughout the CARE proceedings, including, but not limited to, when a continuance is granted or if the case is dismissed, if the original petitioner is a person with whom the respondent resides, or a spouse, parent, sibling, child, or grandparent or an individual who stands in loco parentis to the respondent. The bill would require the court, in the notice, to provide a general reason for the continuance if a continuance is granted, and specified reasons if the court grants dismissal. The bill would prohibit the court from disclosing certain health or medical information in the notice without the respondent's consent. This bill would authorize a facility, as defined, to refer an individual treated under an involuntary hold to the county behavioral health agency of the county where the individual resides or the county where the individual is receiving involuntary treatment if they believe the individual meets or is likely to meet CARE Act criteria. The bill would require the referral to include certain information, including the contact information for the referred individual, and other information as specified by the State Department of Health Care Services. Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services, in consultation with certain entities, to develop an annual CARE Act report and post the annual report to its internet website. The bill would additionally require the department to report certain data regarding the above-described referrals in its annual CARE Act report. Existing law authorizes the court to dismiss a case without prejudice when the court finds that a petitioner has not made a prima facie showing that they qualify for the CARE process. Existing law requires the court to, if the court finds the petitioner has made a prima facie showing, and the petitioner is a person other than the director of a county behavioral health agency or their designee, order a county agency or their designee to investigate and file a written report within 14 court days. This bill would authorize the petitioner to, subject to exception, amend the petition that was dismissed without prejudice, without refiling. The bill would require the county agency or designee to file the report as soon as practicable, or within 30 court days. The bill would also make conforming changes. (2) Existing law requires the Judicial Council to develop a mandatory form for the CARE process that includes, among other information, the name of the respondent and the respondent's address if known, and certain evidence. This bill would specify that the evidence may include documentary evidence from the facility where the respondent was detained, or a signed declaration from the petitioner if the petitioner has personal knowledge of the detentions. By expanding the scope of the crime of perjury, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) Existing law authorizes a court to refer an individual from assisted outpatient treatment, misdemeanor proceedings, or specified conservatorship proceedings to CARE Act proceedings. This bill would authorize the CARE Act court and the referring court to communicate regarding the respondent's cases, while the cases are pending in both courts. The bill would, except as provided, require a record, as defined, of communications between the courts be maintained and be accessible to the parties. The bill would additionally require all communications about the disposition of a respondent's case to be conducted in court and on the record. (4) Existing law authorizes a court to establish a temporary conservatorship for a period not to exceed 30 days and appoint a temporary conservator under specified circumstances. This bill would require, if a petition for a temporary conservatorship is based on an affidavit from a certain professional, that an affidavit include an attestation by the professional that all available alternatives to conservatorship have been investigated, as specified, and appointment of a temporary conservator is recommended because no suitable alternatives to conservatorship are available. (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. (6) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation in the Transportation Agency. Existing law authorizes the department subject to approval of the Secretary of Transportation, to enter into an interagency transfer agreement under which a joint powers board assumes responsibility for administering state-funded intercity rail service in certain rail corridors, including the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. Existing law defines the LOSSAN Rail Corridor as the intercity passenger rail corridor between San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Luis Obispo. Pursuant to this authority, the department entered into an interagency transfer agreement with the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency to administer intercity passenger rail service in the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to provide guidance and recommendations to, and coordination between, stakeholders as necessary to ensure the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, as specified. This bill would also require the Secretary of Transportation, with technical and subject matter assistance from the Secretary for Environmental Protection and the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency, to submit a report to the Legislature regarding the LOSSAN Rail Corridor that includes specified information no later than 2 years after an appropriation is made by the Legislature for purposes of this report. The bill would also require the Secretary of Transportation, in coordination with stakeholders responsible for operating rail services along the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, to submit a report to the Legislature on the performance of the LOSSAN Rail Corridor no later than 3 years after an appropriation is made by the Legislature for purposes of this performance report and biennially thereafter. This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to convene a working group composed of representatives of certain types of entities, including, among others, metropolitan planning organizations from specified counties. The bill would require the working group to submit consensus recommendations and feedback in a report to the Legislature on or before February 1, 2026, on various topics relating to rail service in the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. Before submitting the report to the Legislature, the bill would require the recommendations and feedback to be submitted to the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, and the North County Transit District for review and consideration. By adding to the duties of local agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the LOSSAN Rail Corridor. 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, the Political Reform Act of 1974, deems all campaign contributions to be held in trust for expenses associated with seeking or holding office, and generally authorizes expenditures associated therewith if they are reasonably related to a political, legislative, or governmental purpose. Existing law prohibits the use of campaign funds to pay or reimburse fines, penalties, judgments, or settlements, except as specified. Existing law provides that the expenditure of campaign funds for attorney's fees and other costs in connection with administrative, civil, or criminal litigation are not related to a political, legislative, or governmental purpose unless the litigation is directly related to activities of a committee that are consistent with its primary objectives or arises directly out of a candidate's or elected officer's activities, duties, or status as a candidate or elected officer, as specified. This bill would prohibit campaign funds from being used to reimburse expenditures for attorney's fees and other costs in connection with criminal litigation if the litigation results in a conviction of the candidate or elected officer for a felony involving certain types of offenses, as specified. The bill would prohibit the use of campaign funds to pay or reimburse a candidate or elected officer for a fine, penalty, judgment, or settlement relating to a conviction for a felony involving such specified offenses. The bill would require the candidate or elected officer, if convicted, to reimburse the campaign for all funds used in connection with other legal costs and expenses related to claims of criminal acts. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 89513 of the Government Code proposed by SB 1170 to be operative only if this bill and SB 1170 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. A violation of the Political Reform Act of 1974 is punishable as a misdemeanor. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes upon a 23 vote of each house of the Legislature and compliance with specified procedural requirements. This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
Existing law, the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act, authorizes specified adult persons to petition a civil court to create a voluntary CARE agreement or a court-ordered CARE plan and implement services, to be provided by county behavioral health agencies, to provide behavioral health care, including stabilization medication, housing, and other enumerated services, to adults who are currently experiencing a severe mental illness and have a diagnosis identified in the disorder class schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, and who meet other specified criteria. Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information to perform various duties with respect to implementing health professions scholarship and loan programs. This bill would, upon appropriation, establish the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Scholarship Program. The bill would require the department to administer the annual scholarship for purposes of increasing the number of culturally competent marriage and family therapists, clinical social workers, professional clinical counselors, and psychologists, as specified. The bill would require scholarship recipients to agree to work for county behavioral health agencies in meeting their needs and obligations to implement the CARE Act for a minimum of 3 years upon degree completion. The bill would require the department to post information related to the scholarship on its internet website.
Existing law establishes the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program (program) in the California Physician Corps Program within the Department of Health Care Access and Information, which provides financial incentives, including repayment of educational loans, to a physician and surgeon who practices for 3 years in a medically underserved area, as defined, and in specified practice settings, as defined. Existing law requires the department to establish an advisory committee, in consultation with the Medical Board of California and specified individuals, to provide ongoing management of the program. Existing law authorizes the department to award up to 20% of the available positions to program applicants from specialties outside of primary care specialties. Existing law establishes the Medically Underserved Account for Physicians (account) , a continuously appropriated account, within the Health Professions Education Fund, to primarily provide funding for the ongoing operations of the program. Existing law prohibits loan repayments under the program from exceeding $105,000 per individual licensed physician, and from exceeding the amount of the educational loans incurred by the physician participant. This bill would remove the requirement for the department to establish an advisory committee and update the definition of the practice setting in which a physician and surgeon may practice. The bill would decrease the service obligation to 2 years in a medically underserved area. The bill would authorize the department to create additional positions, not using funds from the account, for applicants from specialties outside of the primary specialties and that are not subject to the 20% limit. The bill would also remove the maximum limit for loan repayments per individual licensed physician that may be provided to a program participant who has completed 3 consecutive years of providing services as a physician in a medically underserved area. By expanding the authorization amount for the use of moneys in the Medically Underserved Account for Physicians, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would also make confirming changes.