Existing federal law sets forth certain requirements that dialysis facilities must meet in order to be certified under the Medicare Program, including a requirement that patient care dialysis technicians at those facilities complete a specified training program, have a high school diploma or equivalency, be certified under a state or national certification program, and meet all applicable state requirements, as specified. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various clinical laboratory personnel and makes a violation of those provisions a crime. Within that law, the Hemodialysis Technician Training Act prohibits a person from providing services as a hemodialysis technician without being certified by the State Department of Public Health as meeting certain requirements, as specified. This bill would revise those requirements and prohibit a person from providing services as a hemodialysis technician without being certified by the department as having a high school diploma or equivalency or 4 years of specified work experience, successfully completing a training program meeting specified requirements, and passing a standardized test, certified by faculty of the University of California and approved by the department, as specified, or passing an examination offered by a certification program approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as specified. The bill would require technicians certified by the department as of the bill's operative date to meet those requirements by April 15, 2010, as specified. The bill would make other conforming and technical, nonsubstantive changes. By changing the definition of a 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. This bill would also declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
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Existing law provides that no disaster worker who is performing disaster services during a state of war emergency, a state of emergency, or a local emergency shall be liable for civil damages on account of personal injury to or death of any person or property, as provided. This bill would provide that disaster service workers shall not be liable when acting within the scope of their responsibilities under the authority of the governmental emergency organization, as provided. This bill would provide that these provisions apply exclusively to any legal action filed on or after the effective date of this bill. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Existing law prohibits the bringing of an action against an insurer issuing professional liability insurance policies to health care providers for statements made in bad faith unless the statement was made under a specified circumstance. Under existing law, that provision is repealed as of January 1, 2011, unless another statute deletes or extends that date. This bill would extend that date to January 1, 2013.
The California Constitution prohibits the Legislature from authorizing lotteries, but allows the Legislature to authorize private, nonprofit, eligible organizations to conduct raffles, as specified. Existing statutory law generally regulates raffles conducted by eligible organizations for beneficial or charitable purposes. Existing law prohibits a raffle from being advertised over the Internet. This bill would delete the prohibition on advertising a raffle over the Internet and would set forth specified information regarding a raffle that may be included on an Internet Web site.
This measure would declare June 2009 as Scleroderma Awareness Month.
This measure would designate the month of May of each year to be Crohn's and Colitis Awareness Month.
This measure would designate Friday, May 8, 2009, as California Peace Officers' Memorial Day and would urge all Californians to use that day to honor California peace officers.
This measure would proclaim the month of March 2009 as California Science Education Month, and would extend the Legislature's support to students of all ages who are interested in science.
Under existing law, the Bureau of State Audits has statutory audit and evaluation duties. This bill would require the State Auditor, on or before January 1, 2010, and every 2 years thereafter, to conduct a performance evaluation of every state government program and expenditure, and submit a report of the results of that evaluation to the Legislature. This bill would also require the State Auditor to make the report easily available to the public, and the Legislature to appropriate funds to the State Auditor sufficient to fulfill these duties.
(1) The California Constitution requires the Legislature to convene in regular biennial session at noon on the first Monday in December of each even‑numbered year to consider legislation and the Budget Bill. This measure would require the Legislature to convene in regular biennial session, but would require, commencing on December 6, 2010, that the sessions held in odd‑numbered years be budget sessions, and sessions held in even‑numbered years be general sessions. The measure would require the Legislature in the budget session to adopt Budget Bills for each of the 2 subsequent fiscal years. The measure would prohibit the Legislature, during a budget session, from considering legislation other than the Budget Bills and related revenue bills, except bills addressing a declared state of emergency or urgency statutes. Urgency statutes would require a 34 vote of the membership in each house for passage during a budget session. The measure would provide that at general sessions the Legislature may consider any legislation other than Budget Bills, except under specified conditions. (2) The California Constitution requires that a budget be submitted by the Governor, and that the Legislature pass a Budget Act on or before June 15. Funds may be expended from the State Treasury for support of the state government only through an appropriation made by the Legislature. This measure would require, in each odd‑numbered calendar year, commencing in 2011, that the Governor submit to the Legislature 2 proposed budgets for the 2 subsequent fiscal years, respectively. The measure would provide, commencing with the 2011–12 fiscal year, that if the Budget Act is not enacted by July 1, unspecified amounts are appropriated from the General Fund and other funds and sources to the Controller for allocation by the Director of Finance to pay the current expenses for critical services of the state government, excluding salaries and per diem of Members of the Legislature, not exceeding the amounts expended to fund those services for the preceding fiscal year. (3) The California Constitution authorizes each house of the Legislature to provide for the selection of committees necessary for the conduct of its business, including committees to ascertain facts and make recommendations to the Legislature on a subject within the scope of legislative control. This measure would require, during a budget session, that each standing policy committee of each house of the Legislature function as a budget subcommittee to make recommendations, to the standing committee of each house of the Legislature that considers the budget, proposed amendments to the pending Budget Bill, relative to the adoption or modification of Budget Bill matters within the subject area of the standing policy committee. The measure would, after each Budget Bill has been passed, require each standing policy committee to meet for purposes of oversight and review of programs within the subject area of the committee. (4) The California Constitution permits revenues from taxes imposed by the state on motor vehicle fuels and funds in the Public Transportation Account in the State Transportation Fund to be loaned to the General Fund. That loan is required to be repaid in full either during the same fiscal year in which the loan was made or within 3 fiscal years from the date on which the loan was made if specified conditions apply. If the loan is to be repaid in full during the same fiscal year, the repayment may be delayed until a date not more than 30 days after the date of enactment of the Budget Bill for the subsequent fiscal year. The measure would provide that the repayment may be delayed until a date not more than 30 days after the date of enactment of the Budget Bill for the subsequent fiscal year, or July 31 of that subsequent fiscal year, whichever is later.