The Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation Act of 2003 creates the Division of Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Recreation within the Department of Parks and Recreation. The act gives the division certain duties and responsibilities, including the planning, acquisition, development, conservation, and restoration of lands in state vehicular recreation areas. Existing law creates the Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund to be the repository of certain moneys, including certain fees received by the department for the use of state vehicular recreation areas. Existing law requires the revenues in the fund to be available, upon appropriation, for grants and cooperative agreements, as specified, the support of the division, and the planning, acquisition, development, mitigation, construction, maintenance, administration, operation, restoration, and conservation of lands in state vehicular recreation areas and certain other areas. This bill would authorize the department to dispose of the portion of the Carnegie State Vehicular Recreation Area known as the "Alameda-Tesla Expansion Area" to permanently preserve that land for conservation purposes, as specified, if the department determines that disposing of the land is in the public interest. The bill would require that the land only be sold to a local agency or nonprofit organization for use as a park or other open-space purpose, as specified. The bill would require any revenue from the disposition of the land to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, first be used to reimburse the Department of General Services for any cost or expense incurred in the disposition of the land, and then would require any remaining revenue to be deposited in the Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund.
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Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires specified health insurance policies that provide coverage for outpatient prescription drugs to cover medically necessary prescription drugs and subjects those policies to certain limitations on cost sharing and the placement of drugs on formularies. Existing law authorizes a health care service plan and a health insurer to utilize formularies, prior authorization, step therapy, or other reasonable medical management practices in the provision of outpatient prescription drug coverage. This bill would require health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2021, that provide outpatient prescription drug benefits to cover all medically necessary prescription drugs approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating substance use disorders that are appropriate for the specific needs of an enrollee or insured. The bill would require those drugs to be placed on the lowest cost-sharing tier of the plan or insurer's prescription drug formulary, unless specified criteria are met. The bill would, among other prohibitions, prohibit prior authorization or step therapy requirements on a prescription drug approved by the FDA for treating substance use disorders, unless specified criteria are met. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a 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.
Under existing law, a state agency is authorized to apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to sponsor a specialized license plate program, and the DMV is required to issue those license plates if the agency meets certain requirements. Existing law also requires the DMV to charge specified fees for certain services related to the issuance of those plates. This bill would require the State Department of Education to apply to the DMV to sponsor a mental health awareness license plate program, and would require the DMV to issue the license plates if the State Department of Education meets certain requirements. The bill would also establish the Mental Health Awareness Fund in the State Treasury and would require the revenue generated from the license plates to be deposited in the fund for use, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the State Department of Education, for mental health services in public schools.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation by the State Department of Public Health of health facilities, as defined. Existing law prescribes the method for determining licensing and certification fees for health facilities, and requires the department to annually post on its internet website a list of the estimated fees. This bill would establish the Health Facility Licensure Fee Advisory Committee, to be comprised of at least 11 members, appointed by the State Public Health Officer, who are representatives of facilities subject to the fees. The bill would require the committee, prior to the publication date of the estimated fees, to review the list of estimated fees. The bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
(1) Existing law, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, which is administered by the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, regulates the application, issuance, and suspension of alcoholic beverage licenses. Existing law defines a licensed branch office with reference to certain winegrower and brandy manufacturer facilities for which a duplicate license has been issued. Existing law prohibits a winegrower or brandy manufacturer from selling wine or brandy to consumers, or engaging in winetasting activities, at more than one licensed branch premises. Existing law limits the effect of this prohibition in connection with other premises, as specified. Existing law generally provides that a violation of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act is a misdemeanor. This bill would revise the prohibition described above to allow a winegrower or brandy manufacturer to sell wine or brandy to consumers, or to engage in winetasting activities, at up to 2 licensed branch premises. By broadening the definition of a crime, this 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.
Existing law establishes the California Promise, which requires at least 20 campuses of the California State University to establish a California Promise program by which the campus would enter into a pledge with a student who satisfies specified criteria to support the student in earning a baccalaureate degree within 4 academic years, or if the student is a community college transfer student who earned an associate degree for transfer, within 2 academic years, of the academic year of the student's first year of enrollment at the California State University. This bill would require, commencing with the 2021–22 academic year, that at least 5% of each incoming class at each participating campus of the California State University be a participant in the California Promise program, and that at least 70% of those participating students be either low-income students, first-generation students, or students from communities that are underrepresented in postsecondary education.
This measure would designate the week of February 24, 2020, to March 1, 2020, as Eating Disorders Awareness Week.
Existing law, the Cemetery and Funeral Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of cemeteries, crematoria, funeral establishments, and their personnel by the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Under existing law, the violation of the act is a misdemeanor. Existing law requires a licensed funeral establishment that maintains an internet website to post on its internet website the list of funeral goods and services that are required to be included in the establishment's general price list, pursuant to federal rule, and a statement that the general price list is available upon request. This bill would require the general price list to be posted in a prominent place on the licensed funeral establishment's internet website. The bill would require the bureau, by January 1, 2022, to establish a process for inspecting licensed funeral establishments for compliance with this requirement. By expanding the definition 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.
Existing law, the Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of professional clinical counselors by the Board of Behavioral Sciences, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act, except as specified, requires all applicants to have an active associate registration with the board to gain postdegree hours of supervised experience. The act requires an associate or applicant for licensure to be under the supervision of a supervisor at all times. The act requires an associate to inform each client, prior to performing any professional services, that the associate is unlicensed and under supervision. The act allows an associate to renew the registration a maximum of five times and, thereafter, to obtain a subsequent associate registration number if certain requirements are met. This bill would repeal those associate supervision and registration renewal provisions.
Existing law requires the Podiatric Medical Board of California to enforce and administer certain enforcement provisions of the Medical Practice Act as to doctors of podiatric medicine. Existing law vests the board with other specific enforcement powers. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. Existing law establishes various fees applicable to certificates to practice podiatric medicine, including, but not limited to, a duplicate wall certificate fee, a duplicate renewal receipt fee, and an endorsement fee. Existing law requires these fees to be deposited in the Podiatric Medical Board Fund and makes these fees subject to appropriation by the Legislature. This bill would delete those fees, and establish a duplicate certificate fee of $100.