Existing law, the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act, requires a mandated reporter, as defined, to report whenever he or she, in his or her professional capacity or within the scope of his or her employment, has knowledge of or observed a child whom the mandated reporter knows or reasonably suspects has been the victim of child abuse or neglect. Failure to report an incident is a crime punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for a period of 6 months, a fine of up to $1,000, or by both that imprisonment and fine. Existing law requires any commercial film and photographic print processor who has knowledge of or observed in his or her professional capacity or employment any film, photograph, videotape, negative, or slide depicting a child under 16 years of age engaging in an act of sexual conduct to report the instance of suspected child abuse to a law enforcement agency, as specified. This bill would make these provisions apply to a commercial computer technician, as provided. The bill would provide that an employer who provides an electronic communications service or a remote computing service to the public would comply with this article by complying with a specified provision of existing federal law. The bill would provide that any commercial computer technician who provides a computer or computer component to an investigating law enforcement agency pursuant to a warrant shall have immunity from civil or criminal liability for providing that computer or computer component, as specified. The bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes and would update a cross-reference. This bill would make conforming changes. This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 11165.7 of the Penal Code, proposed by AB 1434, AB 1435, AB 1713, and SB 1264, to be operative only if AB 1434, AB 1435, AB 1713, or SB 1264 and this bill are chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2013, and this bill is chaptered last. The bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 11166 of the Penal Code, proposed by AB 1713, to be operative only if AB 1713 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective on or before January 1, 2013, and this bill is chaptered last. By imposing the reporting requirements on a new class of persons, for whom failure to report specified conduct is 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.
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Existing law requires specified information to be provided to patients regarding their health care. Existing federal law requires a written report of the results of each mammography examination and requires a summary of that report to be sent to the patient within a specified time period. This bill, from April 1, 2013, until January 1, 2019, would require, under specified circumstances, a health facility at which a mammography examination is performed to include in the summary of the written report that is sent to the patient a prescribed notice on breast density.
Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health administers various programs for the protection of public health. The department provides a biennial report to the Legislature on the immunization status of young children in California. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to provide appropriate flu vaccine to local governmental or private nonprofit agencies at no charge in order that the agencies may provide the vaccine, at a minimal cost, at accessible locations in the order of priority first for all persons 60 years of age or older in this state and then to any other high-risk groups identified by the United States Public Health Service. The department and the California Department of Aging are required to prepare, publish, and disseminate information regarding the availability of the vaccine and the effectiveness of the vaccine in protecting the health of older persons. This bill would eliminate the priority order described above. The bill would allow the department to provide guidance to local agencies as to whether one or more population groups are to have priority for the flu vaccine offered through this program, as specified. The bill would exempt these provisions from the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would require, in the absence of department guidance, local agencies to be guided by the influenza recommendations of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. This bill would authorize the department to also provide appropriate vaccine that prevents other respiratory infections to local government or private nonprofit agencies. The bill would eliminate provisions requiring the vaccine to be administered by physicians and nurses, as specified. The bill would make findings and declarations regarding the transmission of influenza by children to adults and the elderly. Existing law immunizes a private, nonprofit volunteer agency whose involvement with the above-described immunization program is limited to the provision of a clinic site or promotional and logistical support, as specified, or any employee or member thereof, from liability for any injury caused by an act or omission in the administration of the vaccine or other immunizing agent to certain persons, if specified conditions are met. This bill would extend the immunity provided to a private, nonprofit volunteer agency, as described above, to circumstances when the vaccine or other immunizing agent is administered to any person.
Existing law authorizes certain transit operators to adopt and enforce an ordinance to impose and enforce civil administrative penalties for fare evasion or passenger misconduct, other than by minors, on or in a transit facility or vehicle in lieu of the criminal penalties otherwise applicable, with specified administrative adjudication procedures for the imposition and enforcement of the administrative penalties, including an initial review and opportunity for a subsequent administrative hearing. This bill would extend the application of these provisions to all public transportation agencies, as defined. The bill would require the penalties collected by a public transportation agency to be deposited in the general fund of the county in which the citation is administered. The bill would make conforming changes. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 640 of the Penal Code and Section 99580 of the Public Utilities Code proposed by AB 2247 that would become operative if this bill and AB 2247 are enacted, and this bill is chaptered last.
This measure would encourage the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Public Health, and other state entities to partner with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) stakeholders to improve education regarding COPD in the course of implementing the statewide strategic plan. This measure would also designate November 2012 as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month in California and encourage public officials and the citizens of California to increase awareness of the symptoms of, and the methods of preventing, COPD.
This measure would recognize the 45th anniversary of Kwanzaa and proclaim December 26 through January 1 each year as Kwanzaa Week.
This measure encourages the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to consider and adopt the American Council on Education credit recommendations to give veterans due credit for their military experience.
(1) Existing law authorizes junk dealers and recyclers, as defined, to sell and purchase junk, which includes secondhand and used furniture, pallets, or other personal property, as specified. Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers to obtain valid identification, as specified, from a seller before providing payment. Existing law requires junk dealers and recyclers to maintain written records of specified information, and makes a violation of the recordkeeping requirements a misdemeanor. This bill would permit a seller to use a passport from any country or a Matricula Consular issued by Mexico, along with another form or identification bearing an address, or an identification card issued by the United States, as identification for purposes of these provisions. This bill would prohibit junk dealers and recyclers from purchasing or receiving bulk merchandise pallets, as defined, marked with an indicia of ownership, as defined, from anyone except the indicated owner, unless specified information is provided to the junk dealer or recycler, and would require the junk dealer or recycler to maintain a written record of that information. The bill would also require that payment by the junk dealer for 5 or more bulk merchandise pallets to a person other than the indicated owner be made by check mailed to the address of the seller, as specified, or by check or by cash on or after the 3rd business day following the transaction. (2) Existing law defines a merchandise pallet as a wooden or plastic carrier or container of specified size, used by a manufacturer or distributor to transport merchandise to retail outlets, which has a notice permanently affixed to it identifying the owner of the pallet and providing other specified information. Existing law prohibits and makes it a crime for an unauthorized person, as defined, to possess a merchandise pallet or for a person other than its owner to obliterate the identification notice on a pallet. This bill would expand these provisions to cover merchandise pallets marked with indicia of ownership, as defined. The bill would also prohibit and make it a crime for a person other than the owner of the pallet to obliterate the indicia of ownership from a merchandise pallet. (3) Existing law requires any person or entity purchasing plastic bulk merchandise containers who is in the business of recycling, shredding, or destruction of plastic bulk merchandise containers, as defined, to obtain a proof of ownership record and other identifying information from a person selling 5 or more containers, and to retain the required record for a specified time. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor. This bill would instead require a person or entity purchasing or transporting plastic bulk merchandise containers who is in the business of recycling, shredding, or destruction of plastic bulk merchandise containers, or is in the business of transporting plastic bulk merchandise containers for those purposes, to obtain a proof of ownership record or bill of lading and other identifying information from the person selling or delivering 5 or more containers, and to retain the required record for a specified time. Because this bill would expand the scope of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (4) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 21608.5 of the Business and Professions Code proposed by AB 1508 that would become operative only if this bill and AB 1508 are both chaptered, and this bill is chaptered last. (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 state that the Legislature recognizes October 13, 2012, as the 100-year anniversary of the Sikh American community, and would call upon the people of California to commemorate the day with appropriate celebrations.
This measure would acknowledge the 75th anniversary of the federal Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program and recognize, among others, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for its leading role in restoring healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and other natural resources throughout the nation.