Sen. Susan Eggman

Existing law, until January 1, 2021, establishes the Board of Behavioral Sciences, which is responsible for the licensure and regulation of marriage and family therapists, educational psychologists, social workers, and professional clinical counselors. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that the board employ its resources for specified functions, including, but not limited to, the development and administration of licensure examinations and examination procedures consistent with prevailing standards for the validation and use of licensing and certification tests. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health is responsible for the licensing and regulation of health facilities, as defined. A violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law authorizes the exercise of privileges in a health facility to be limited, restricted, or revoked for a violation of the health facility's rules, regulations, or procedures, as specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain a statewide telecommunications system for use by law enforcement agencies. Existing law also requires the Attorney General, upon the advice of an advisory committee, to adopt policies, practices and procedures, and conditions of qualification for connection to the system. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to subsequently amend this bill to include provisions that would provide information about the likely presence of firearms or ammunition in violation of a firearms prohibition through a California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System search, so as to enable law enforcement to investigate, at the earliest possible moment, whether a violation of a firearm prohibition exists.

Existing law requires the state to achieve a 20% reduction in urban per capita water use in California by December 31, 2020. Existing law requires each urban retail water supplier to develop urban water use targets and an interim urban water use target, in accordance with specified requirements. Existing law requires each urban retail water supplier to annually submit a completed and validated water loss audit report for the previous calendar year or fiscal year, as provided. Existing law requires the department, in coordination with the State Water Resources Control Board, to conduct necessary studies and investigations and make a recommendation to the Legislature, by January 1, 2020, on the feasibility of developing and enacting water loss reporting requirements for urban wholesale water suppliers. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require wholesale water suppliers to conduct and submit annual water loss audit reports to the department.

This measure would proclaim January 23, 2020, as Maternal Health Awareness Day, to draw attention to the efforts that have improved maternal health in California and to highlight the need for continued improvement of maternal health for all women.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has regulatory authority over public utilities, including electrical corporations, while local publicly owned electric utilities, as defined, are under the direction of their governing boards. The existing California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program requires retail sellers of electricity and local publicly owned electric utilities to purchase specified minimum quantities of electricity products from eligible renewable energy resources, as defined. The required quantities of electricity products are based upon a percentage of the utility's total retail sales of electricity in California. The program authorizes an electrical corporation to apply to the commission for approval to construct, own, and operate an eligible renewable energy resource, and requires the commission to approve the application if certain conditions are met. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this authorization for an electrical corporation to apply to the commission for approval to construct, own, and operate an eligible renewable energy resource.

This measure would designate the month of January 2020 as Positive Parenting Awareness Month in California.

This measure, among other things, would declare that California is a Reproductive Freedom State for All and provide that the Legislature is committed to guaranteeing the constitutionally protected right to an abortion and supporting efforts to increase access to the best available reproductive and pregnancy-related care for women and pregnant individuals.

This measure would proclaim January 13, 2020, as Korean American Day.