| AB 542 |
Feuer D |
Hospital acquired conditions. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 6/18/2009 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/10/2010 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
(Refers to 6/10/2010 hearing) |
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Calendar: |
6/30/2010 1:30 p.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room
(4203) SENATE HEALTH, ALQUIST, Chair |
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Existing law establishes various programs for the
prevention of disease and the promotion of health, including, but not
limited to, the licensing and regulation of health facilities to be
administered by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law
requires specified health facilities to report patient adverse events to
the department within 5 days. A violation of these provisions is a
misdemeanor. This bill would require the medical director and the director
of nursing of a hospital to annually report adverse events and hospital
acquired conditions to its governing board. This bill contains other
related provisions and other existing laws. |
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An act to add Sections 1279.4 and 1371.6 to, and
to add Part 5.5 (commencing with Section 128870) to Division 107 of, the
Health and Safety Code, to add Sections 10191.5, 12693.56, 12699.06, and
12739.5 to the Insurance Code, and to add Article 5.4 (commencing with
Section 14182) to Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to public health. |
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| AB 1595 |
Jones D |
Medi-Cal: eligibility. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 4/28/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/4/2010 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). (Last
location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/12/2010) |
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Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program,
administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which
basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons.
The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid
provisions. This bill would require the department to establish, by
January 1, 2014, eligibility for Medi-Cal benefits for any person who
meets specified eligibility requirements provided by federal law. This
bill would permit the department, to the extent permitted by federal law,
to phase in coverage for those individuals upon the effective date of this
bill. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. |
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An act to add Section 14005.60 to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal. |
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| AB 1602 |
John A. Perez D |
Health care coverage. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 4/15/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/10/2010 - Referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
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Calendar: |
6/30/2010 1:30 p.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room
(4203) SENATE HEALTH, ALQUIST, Chair |
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Existing law provides various programs to provide
health care coverage to persons with limited financial resources,
including the Medi-Cal program and the Healthy Families Program. This bill
would enact the California Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The
bill would create the California Health Benefit Exchange (the Exchange) in
state government to be governed by an executive board appointed, in an
unspecified manner, by the Governor and the Legislature. The bill would
specify the powers and duties of the board relative to determining
eligibility for enrollment in the Exchange and arranging for coverage with
qualified health plans , and would require the Exchange to facilitate the
purchase of qualified health plans by qualified individuals and qualified
small employers by January 1, 2014 . The bill would create the California
Health Trust Fund as a continuously appropriated fund and would enact
other related provisions. The bill would also state the intent of the
Legislature to enact the necessary statutory changes relative to those
federal health care reforms. This bill contains other related provisions
and other existing laws. |
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An act to amend Section 1373 of, and to add
Section 1367.001 to, the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section
10277 of, and to add Section 10112.1 to, the Insurance Code, relating to
health care coverage, and making an appropriation therefor. |
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| AB 1609 |
Blumenfield D |
2010-11 Budget. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 6/7/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/10/2010 - Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. |
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This bill would make appropriations for support
of state government for the 2010-11 fiscal year. This bill contains other
related provisions. |
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An act making appropriations for the support of
the government of the State of California and for several public purposes
in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 of Article IV of the
Constitution of the State of California, and declaring the urgency
thereof, to take effect immediately. |
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| AB 1863 |
Gaines R |
Diesel generators: health facilities. |
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Text Version: |
Introduced: 2/12/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/10/2010 - From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on
EQ. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 9). |
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Existing law requires a health facility, as
defined, to test its diesel-powered backup generators 12 times a year with
testing intervals of not less than 20 days and not more than 40 days, and
in accordance with specified test procedures. Violation of these
requirements constitutes a crime. These requirements will be repealed on
January 1, 2011. This bill would extend this repeal date to January 1,
2016. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. |
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An act to amend Section 41514.1 of the Health and
Safety Code, relating to air pollution. |
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| AB 1864 |
Strickland, Audra R |
Medi-Cal: HIV drug treatment: developmental services:
provider reimbursement. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 4/6/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Support |
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Status: |
6/4/2010 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). (Last
location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 4/21/2010) |
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Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program,
administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which
basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons.
This bill would increase, to an amount not to exceed $2,500,000,000, the
annual appropriation from the General Fund and from the Federal Trust Fund
to the Medical Providers Interim Payment Fund. By increasing the amount
transferred into a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an
appropriation. This bill contains other existing laws. |
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An act to amend Section 16531.1 of the Government
Code, relating to Medi-Cal, and making an appropriation therefor.
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| AB 1872 |
Galgiani D |
Health care programs: provider reimbursement
rates. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 4/6/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/10/2010 - Referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
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Calendar: |
6/23/2010 1:30 p.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room
(4203) SENATE HEALTH, ALQUIST, Chair |
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Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program,
which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services,
under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care benefits.
This bill would extend the provisions that would be repealed on January 1,
2011, until the earlier of January 1, 2014, or the state's implementation
of the provisions expanding Medi-Cal pursuant to the federal Patient and
Protection Affordable Care Act. This bill contains other existing
laws. |
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An act to amend Section 14105.18 of the Welfare
and Institutions Code, relating to health care. |
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| AB 1932 |
Hernandez D |
Medi-Cal: ambulance transportation services:
reimbursement: service levels. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 5/28/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/10/2010 - Referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
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Calendar: |
6/23/2010 1:30 p.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room
(4203) SENATE HEALTH, ALQUIST, Chair |
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Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program,
which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services,
under which health care services, including medical transportation
services, are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal
program is partially governed and funded under federal Medicaid
provisions. Existing law and regulations prescribe various requirements
governing payment policies and reimbursement rates for these services.
This bill would authorize the department to utilize certain service levels
for purposes of determining reimbursement rates for emergency and
nonemergency basic life and advance life support transportation and
specialty care transportation . If the department utilizes the
aforementioned service levels, this bill would require the department to
adopt the definitions and Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes
for those service levels that have been established by the federal Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services . |
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An act to add Article 5.7 (commencing with
Section 14186) to Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal. |
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| AB 2025 |
De La Torre D |
Medi-Cal: demonstration project. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 5/11/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
5/28/2010 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under
submission. |
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Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program,
which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and
under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits. The
Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid
provisions. This bill would, to the extent necessary to continue the
implementation of the Medi-Cal Hospital/Uninsured Care Demonstration
Project Act, require the department to submit to CMS, by September 1,
2010, an application for a waiver or a demonstration project . This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
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An act to amend Section 14166.2 of the Welfare
and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal, and declaring the urgency
thereof, to take effect immediately. |
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| AB 2127 |
Nestande R |
Medi-Cal: nonemergency transportation services: broker
pilot program. |
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Text Version: |
Introduced: 2/18/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
4/23/2010 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last
location was HEALTH on 3/4/2010) |
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Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program,
administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which
basic health care services, including nonemergency medical transportation
services, are provided to qualified low-income persons. This bill would
require the department to establish a 2-year pilot program in at least 3
consenting counties to evaluate a nonemergency medical transportation
model in which the state would contract with a broker to manage the
provision of nonemergency medical transportation services to Medi-Cal
beneficiaries. This bill contains other related provisions. |
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An act to add Section 14133.67 to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal. |
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| AB 2139 |
Chesbro D |
Solid waste: product stewardship. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 6/1/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/4/2010 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). (Last
location was THIRD READING on 6/3/2010) |
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The California Integrated Waste Management Act of
1989, administered by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery,
requires a pharmaceutical manufacturer that sells or distributes
medication that is self-injected at home through the use of hypodermic
needles and other similar devices to submit a plan to the department that
describes how the manufacturer supports the safe collection and proper
disposal of the waste devices. This bill would create the California
Product Stewardship Act and would require the department, by January 1,
2012, in consultation with specified state agencies, to submit a report to
the Legislature recommending that one or more consumer products be
included as a covered product for purposes of the act . This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws. |
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An act to add Chapter 5 (commencing with Section
48800) to Part 7 of Division 30 of the Public Resources Code, relating to
solid waste. |
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| AB 2170 |
Lowenthal, Bonnie D |
Health care coverage: prescriptions:
formularies. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 4/27/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/4/2010 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). (Last
location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/19/2010) |
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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's requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the
regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law
prohibits a group health care service plan or health insurer, with regard
to a group contract, except as specified, from changing the premium rates
or applicable copayments or coinsurances or deductibles during certain
time periods. This bill would prohibit a health care service plan or a
health insurer covering prescription drug benefits and using a formulary
from increasing the applicable copayments or deductibles or coinsurances
for prescription drugs for the length of the contract or policy . This
bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.
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An act to add Section 1374.205 to the Health and
Safety Code, and to add Section 10199.485 to the Insurance Code, relating
to health care coverage. |
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| AB 2192 |
Emmerson R |
Medi-Cal: reimbursement levels. |
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Text Version: |
Introduced: 2/18/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
5/7/2010 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last
location was PRINT on 2/18/2010) |
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Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program,
which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and
under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to Medi-Cal program
provisions. |
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An act to repeal Section 14080.5 of the Welfare
and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal. |
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| AB 2244 |
Feuer D |
Health care coverage. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 4/27/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/10/2010 - Referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
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Calendar: |
6/23/2010 1:30 p.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room
(4203) SENATE HEALTH, ALQUIST, Chair |
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Existing law provides for the licensing and
regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed
Health Care. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers
by the Department of Insurance. Existing law authorizes a health care
service plan or health insurer to exclude an applicant from coverage for a
specified time for preexisting conditions. A willful violation of
provisions governing health care service plans is a crime. This bill would
require all health care service plans and insurance carriers that offer
health care coverage to children or individuals to offer that coverage, by
specified dates, to any child or individual seeking coverage. The bill
would also prohibit, by specified dates, the exclusion or limitation of
coverage due to any preexisting condition. The bill would further
establish and require the implementation of standard risk rates with
respect to plan contracts or health benefit plans that provide coverage to
children, as specified. The bill would authorize the Department of Managed
Health Care and the Department of Insurance to adopt emergency regulations
for purposes of implementation. This bill contains other related
provisions and other existing laws. |
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An act to add Article 11.7 (commencing with
Section 1399.825) to Chapter 2.2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety
Code, and to add Chapter 9.7 (commencing with Section 10950) to Part 2 of
Division 2 of the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage.
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| AB 2352 |
John A. Perez D |
Medi-Cal: organ transplants: antirejection
medication. |
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Text Version: |
Introduced: 2/19/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Support |
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Status: |
6/10/2010 - Referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
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Calendar: |
6/23/2010 1:30 p.m. - John L. Burton Hearing Room
(4203) SENATE HEALTH, ALQUIST, Chair |
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Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program,
administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which
basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons.
Under existing law, organ transplants and donor surgeries are covered as
reimbursable services under the Medi-Cal program. This bill would provide
that a Medi-Cal beneficiary shall remain eligible to receive Medi-Cal
coverage for antirejection medication for up to 2 years following an organ
transplant, unless during that period the beneficiary becomes eligible for
Medicare or private health insurance that would cover the medication.
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An act to add Section 14132.70 to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal. |
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| AB 2440 |
Berryhill, Tom R |
Uniform Anatomical Gift Act: prison inmates. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 4/5/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
4/23/2010 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last
location was HEALTH on 4/21/2010) |
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Existing law establishes a system of state
prisons. This bill would require an inmate, upon admittance to a state
prison, to complete a form through which the inmate would give or deny his
or her consent to be an organ and tissue donor upon death. This bill
contains other existing laws. |
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An act to add Section 7150.16 of the Health and
Safety Code, relating to anatomical gifts. |
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| AB 2477 |
Jones D |
Medi-Cal: continuous eligibility. |
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Text Version: |
Introduced: 2/19/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/10/2010 - Referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
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Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program,
administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which
basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons.
The Medi-Cal program is partially governed and funded under federal
Medicaid provisions. This bill would delete the above-described provisions
in effect until July 1, 2012. This bill would delete the delayed operative
date of July 1, 2012, for the above-described provisions that provide that
the continuous eligibility period shall be from the date of a
determination of eligibility to the earlier of either the end of a
12-month period following the eligibility determination or the date the
child exceeds 19 years of age, thereby making those provisions operative
on and after January 1, 2011. This bill contains other existing
laws. |
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An act to repeal and amend Section 14005.25 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal. |
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| AB 2491 |
Adams R |
Medical liens. |
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Text Version: |
Introduced: 2/19/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
5/7/2010 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last
location was JUD. on 3/18/2010) |
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Existing law provides, other things being equal,
different liens upon the same property have priority according to the time
of their creation, except as specified. This bill would provide that the
provider of any medical care or services to an injured party shall have an
implied lien upon any damages recovered by that person by judgment,
settlement, or compromise in the amount of the reasonable charges of the
provider for that care or services, if the attorney for the injured party
submits a claim for settlement purposes to an insurance company for that
medical care or services on behalf of the injured party. The implied lien
would be limited in application to only the attorney, and would not apply
as to the insurance company. This bill contains other existing laws.
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An act to add Section 3041 to the Civil Code,
relating to medical liens. |
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| AB 2559 |
John A. Perez D |
Social security numbers. |
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Text Version: |
Introduced: 2/19/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
4/23/2010 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last
location was JUD. on 3/18/2010) |
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Existing law, the Information Practices Act of
1977, regulates the power of certain state agencies to possess and
disclose personal information. Existing law, with certain exceptions,
prohibits the disclosure of a person's social number. This bill would
prohibit a state agency, as defined, from requiring an applicant for any
benefit, service, or privilege, or for participation in any program to
provide his or her social security number unless the agency is otherwise
expressly required by law to require that the applicant provide the social
security number as a precondition to participation in the program or for
receipt of the benefit, service, or privilege. This bill would similarly
prohibit the agency from retaining the person's social security number,
and require the agency to conform their application forms. |
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An act to amend Section 1798.17 of, and to add
Section 1798.87 to, the Civil Code, relating to information
practices. |
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| AB 2688 |
Silva R |
Nonprofit mutual benefit corporations. |
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Text Version: |
Introduced: 2/19/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
5/7/2010 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(6). (Last
location was PRINT on 2/19/2010) |
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Existing law, the Nonprofit Mutual Benefit
Corporation Law, authorizes formation of a corporation under the Nonprofit
Mutual Benefit Corporation Law for any lawful purpose, except if all the
corporation's assets are irrevocably dedicated to charitable, religious,
or public purposes, as specified. This bill would make a nonsubstantive
change to these provisions. |
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An act to amend Section 7110 of the Corporations
Code, relating to nonprofit corporations. |
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| HR 31 |
De La Torre D |
Relative to the Legislative Task Force on Chronic Kidney
Disease. |
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Text Version: |
Introduced: 6/10/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Pending |
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Status: |
6/11/2010 - From printer. |
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Relative to the Legislative Task Force on Chronic
Kidney Disease. |
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| SB 227 |
Alquist D |
Health care coverage: temporary high risk pool. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 6/3/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/10/2010 - Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
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Calendar: |
6/15/2010 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202
ASSEMBLY HEALTH, MONNING, Chair |
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Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, requires the United States Secretary of Health and
Human Services to establish a temporary high risk health insurance pool
program to provide health insurance coverage for eligible individuals
until January 1, 2014. Existing law authorizes the secretary to implement
this program directly or through contracts with eligible entities,
including states, and requires that federal money made available pursuant
to these provisions be used to establish a qualified high risk pool that
meets certain requirements. This bill would require MRMIB to enter into an
agreement with the federal Department of Health and Human Services to
administer a qualified high risk pool to provide health coverage, until
January 1, 2014, to specified individuals who have preexisting conditions,
consistent with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2020. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
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An act to amend Sections 1389.25 and 1389.4 of
the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 10113.9 and 10113.95 of,
and to add and repeal Part 6.6 (commencing with Section 12739.5) of
Division 2 of, the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage.
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| SB 732 |
Alquist D |
Medi-Cal: skilled nursing facilities: quality assurance
fees. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 3/8/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
3/8/2010 - From committee with author's amendments. Read
second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
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Calendar: |
6/29/2010 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202
ASSEMBLY HEALTH, MONNING, Chair |
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Existing law provides for the licensure and
regulation by the State Department of Public Health of long-term health
care facilities, including skilled nursing facilities. Existing law
requires the department to impose a uniform quality assurance fee on each
skilled nursing facility, with certain exceptions, in accordance with a
prescribed formula. The formula is based on the determination of the
projected net revenues of skilled nursing facilities. The fee will cease
to be assessed and collected on and after July 31, 2011. This bill would
permit provider bulletins or similar instructions related to exemptions
from the quality assurance fee for providers of a continuum of services,
including independent living services, assisted living services, and
skilled nursing care on a single campus that have not received a Letter of
Exemption from the State Department of Social Services, as specified ,
issued prior to July 31, 2010, to remain in effect after July 31, 2010. It
would also authorize the director to issue new provider bulletins or
similar instructions, after July 31, 2010, related to exemptions from the
quality assurance fee for providers of a continuum of services, including
independent living services, assisted living services, and skilled nursing
care on a single campus that have not received a Letter of Exemption from
the State Department of Social Services, as specified . This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws. |
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An act to amend Section 1324.23 of the Health and
Safety Code, relating to Medi-Cal, and declaring the urgency thereof, to
take effect immediately. |
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| SB 771 |
Alquist D |
Medi-Cal: continuous eligibility: semiannual status
reports. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 1/26/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
2/11/2010 - To Com. on HEALTH. |
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Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program,
administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which
basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons.
The Medi-Cal program is partially governed and funded under federal
Medicaid provisions. This bill would, instead, provide that the provisions
limiting continuous eligibility to 6 months shall be inoperative from
March 27, 2009, until the date the director executes a declaration
specifying that increased federal financial participation is no longer
available pursuant to ARRA or any subsequent federal legislation that
amends ARRA to maintain or extend increased federal financial pa
rticipation for 2 calendar quarters . This bill contains other existing
laws. |
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|
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An act to amend Section 14005.25 of the Welfare
and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal. |
| |
| SB 810 |
Leno D |
Single-payer health care coverage. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 1/13/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/10/2010 - To Com. on HEALTH. |
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Existing law does not provide a system of
universal health care coverage for California residents. Existing law
provides for the creation of various programs to provide health care
services to persons who have limited incomes and meet various eligibility
requirements. These programs include the Healthy Families Program
administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, and the Medi-Cal
program administered by the State Department of Health Care Services.
Existing law provides for the regulation of health care service plans by
the Department of Managed Health Care and health insurers by the
Department of Insurance. This bill would establish the California
Healthcare System to be administered by the newly created California
Healthcare Agency under the control of a Healthcare Commissioner appointed
by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. The bill would
make all California residents eligible for specified health care benefits
under the California Healthcare System, which would, on a single-payer
basis, negotiate for or set fees for health care services provided through
the system and pay claims for those services. The bill would provide that
a resident of the state with a household income, as specified, at or below
200% of the federal poverty level would be eligible for the type of
benefits provided under the Medi-Cal program. The bill would require the
commissioner to seek all necessary waivers, exemptions, agreements, or
legislation to allow various existing federal, state, and local health
care payments to be paid to the California Healthcare System, which would
then assume responsibility for all benefits and services previously paid
for with those funds. This bill contains other related provisions and
other existing laws. |
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An act to add Division 114 (commencing with
Section 140000) to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care
coverage. |
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| SB 874 |
Ducheny D |
2010-11 Budget. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 6/9/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/9/2010 - From committee with author's amendments. Read
second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. |
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This bill would make appropriations for support
of state government for the 2010-11 fiscal year. This bill contains other
related provisions. |
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An act making appropriations for the support of
the government of the State of California and for several public purposes
in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 of Article IV of the
Constitution of the State of California, and declaring the urgency
thereof, to take effect immediately. |
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| SB 890 |
Alquist D |
Health care coverage. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 5/20/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/10/2010 - To Com. on HEALTH. |
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Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, on and after January 1, 2014, requires a health
insurance issuer offering health insurance coverage in the individual or
small group market to accept every employer and individual in the state
that applies for that coverage, as specified, and requires those issuers
to ensure that the coverage includes a specified essential benefits
package. Among other things, the act allows premiums for that coverage to
vary only by rating area, age, tobacco use, and whether the coverage is
for an individual or family, as specified. This bill would require plans
and insurers issuing individual coverage to make certain standard benefit
plan designs available to individuals, would require that these designs be
offered in five different coverage choice categories, as specified, and
would require a plan or insurer to offer and market one standard benefit
plan design in each category. The bill would require plans to, on and
after July 1, 2011, discontinue offering and selling benefit plan designs
other than the standard benefit plan designs, but would require plans and
insurers to renew benefit plan designs issued prior to that date until
July 1, 2012. The bill would allow a subscriber or policyholder of an
individual contract or policy, on the annual renewal date of that contract
or policy, to transfer on a guarantee issue basis to another benefit plan
design issued by his or her plan or insurer or a benefit plan design
issued by another plan or insurer, provided that the new plan design is in
the same or a lower coverage choice category or has an equal or lower
actuarial value, as specified. The bill would require plans and insurers
to provide notice of these transfer rights in their evidence of coverage
and in notices regarding changes to premiums or coverage. This bill
contains other related provisions and other existing laws. |
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An act to amend Sections 1363 and 1389.25 of, to
add Sections 1367.001 and 1378.1 to, and to add Article 4.1 (commencing
with Section 1366.10) to Chapter 2.2 of Division 2 of, the Health and
Safety Code, and to amend Sections 10113.9, 10603, and 10604 of, to add
Sections 10112.56, 10112.7, and 10604.2 to, and to add Chapter 9.6
(commencing with Section 10960) to Part 2 of Division 2 of, the Insurance
Code, relating to health care coverage. |
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| SB 900 |
Alquist D |
California Health Benefits Exchange. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 5/20/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/10/2010 - To Com. on HEALTH. |
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Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, requires each state to, by January 1, 2014, establish
an American Health Benefit Exchange that makes available qualified health
plans to qualified individuals and qualified employers, as specified, and
meets certain other requirements. Existing law provides for the licensure
and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed
Health Care and the regulation of health insurers by the Department of
Insurance. Existing law creates the California Health and Human Services
Agency, which consists of various departments. This bill would establish
the California Health Benefits Exchange (the Exchange) within the
California Health and Human Services Agency and would require the Exchange
to, among other things, implement specified functions imposed by the
federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in a consumer-friendly
manner, enter into contracts with health care service plans and health
insurers seeking to offer coverage in the Exchange, and provide a choice
in each region of the state between 5 levels of coverage, as specified.
The bill would authorize the Exchange to take other various actions and
would require the Exchange to be governed by a board composed of 8 members
appointed by the Governor and the Legislature in a specified manner. The
bill would create the California Health Benefits Exchange Fund in the
State Treasury and would authorize the board to use moneys in the fund,
upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of these provisions.
The bill would also require the California Health and Human Services
Agency to apply for and receive federal funds for purposes of establishing
the Exchange and would make those funds available to the agency and the
board for those purposes upon appropriation by the Legislature.
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An act to add Division 114 (commencing with
Section 135000) to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care
coverage. |
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| SB 966 |
Alquist D |
Medi-Cal: medical homes. |
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Text Version: |
Introduced: 2/5/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/4/2010 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). (Last
location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/27/2010) |
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Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program,
administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which
health care services are provided to qualified low-income recipients. One
of the methods by which these services are provided is pursuant to
contracts with various types of managed care plans. This bill would
require the department to develop a definition of "medical home," as
specified. This bill would also require the department to establish a
timetable for Medi-Cal managed care plans to provide beneficiaries with a
medical home. |
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An act to add Article 5.5 (commencing with
Section 14183) to Chapter 7 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal. |
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| SB 1104 |
Cedillo D |
Health care coverage: diabetes-related
complications. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 4/27/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/4/2010 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). (Last
location was APPR. SUSPENSE FILE on 5/27/2010) |
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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 also provides for the
regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law
requires specified health care service plan contracts and health insurance
policies to provide coverage for certain equipment, supplies, and
medications for the treatment of diabetes, including podiatric devices to
prevent or treat diabetes-related complications. Existing law also
requires a plan or insurer to provide coverage for diabetes outpatient
self-management training, education, and medical nutrition therapy
necessary to enable an enrollee or insured to properly use the equipment,
supplies, and medications. This bill would require health care service
plan contracts and health insurance policies to also provide coverage for
the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes-related complications, as defined
. Because a willful violation of this requirement by a health care service
plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing
laws. |
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An act to amend Section 1367.51 of the Health and
Safety Code, and to amend Section 10176.61 of the Insurance Code, relating
to health care coverage. |
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| SB 1132 |
Negrete McLeod D |
Healing arts. |
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Text Version: |
Introduced: 2/18/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Watch |
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Status: |
6/4/2010 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(11). (Last
location was RLS. on 2/25/2010) |
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Existing law provides for the licensure and
regulation of various healing arts practitioners and requires a healing
arts practitioner, as defined, to wear a name tag while working that
discloses his or her name and license status in at least 18-point type,
except as specified. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive
changes to that provision. |
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An act to amend Section 680 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to healing arts. |
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| SB 1335 |
Cox R |
Employment: working hours. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 4/6/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Support |
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Status: |
4/23/2010 - Failed Deadline pursuant to Rule 61(b)(5). (Last
location was I.R. on 4/14/2010) |
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Existing law, with certain exceptions,
establishes 8 hours as a day's work and a 40-hour workweek, and requires
payment of prescribed overtime compensation for additional hours worked.
Existing law authorizes the adoption by 2/3 of employees in a work unit of
alternative workweek schedules providing for workdays no longer than 10
hours within a 40-hour workweek. This bill would permit an individual
nonexempt employee to request an employee-selected flexible work schedule
providing for workdays up to 10 hours per day within a 40-hour workweek,
and would allow an employer to implement this schedule without any
obligation to pay overtime compensation. The bill would require the
Division of Labor Standards Enforcement in the Department of Industrial
Relations to enforce this provision and adopt regulations. |
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An act to amend Section 510 of, and to add
Section 511.5 to, the Labor Code, relating to employment. |
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| SB 1395 |
Alquist D |
Organ donation. |
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Text Version: |
Amended: 5/12/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Support |
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Status: |
6/10/2010 - To Coms. on HEALTH and TRANS. |
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Calendar: |
6/22/2010 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202
ASSEMBLY HEALTH, MONNING, CHAIR |
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Existing law authorizes the creation of a
not-for-profit entity to be designated as the California Organ and Tissue
Donor Registrar and authorizes the establishment and maintenance of the
Donate Life California Organ and Tissue Donor Registry for persons who
have identified themselves as organ and tissue donors upon their death.
This bill would authorize the creation of a not-for-profit entity to be
designated as the Altruistic Living Donor Registrar and authorizes the
establishment and maintenance of the Altruistic Living Donor Registry for
persons who would like to identify themselves as kidney donors during
their lifetime. This bill would also permit the registry to include
persons who identify themselves as donors of organs and tissue other than
kidneys if the registrar makes a specified finding. This bill contains
other related provisions and other existing laws. |
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An act to add Chapter 3.56 (commencing with
Section 7152) to Part 1 of Division 7 of the Health and Safety Code, and
to amend Section 12811 of the Vehicle Code, relating to organ
donation. |
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| SCR 111 |
Wright D |
California Chronic Kidney Disease Education
Week. |
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Text Version: |
Introduced: 6/3/2010 pdf html |
Position: |
Support |
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Status: |
6/3/2010 - Introduced. To Com. on RLS. |
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This measure would proclaim November 7 through
November 13, 2010, as California Chronic Kidney Disease Education Week,
and would urge all Californians to familiarize themselves with the causes
of chronic kidney disease and the importance of intervention to promote
sustained health and a better quality of life. |
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Relative to California Chronic Kidney Disease
Education Week. |
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| SJR 13 |
Oropeza D |
New dialysis clinic licensure and
certification. |
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Text Version: |
Introduced: 6/2/2009 pdf html |
Position: |
Sponsor |
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Status: |
8/20/2009 - To Com. on HEALTH. |
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Calendar: |
6/15/2010 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202
ASSEMBLY HEALTH, MONNING, Chair |
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This measure would urge the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services to adopt regulations, and the Congress and the
President of the United States to enact legislation, to improve the system
and speed up the process for timely licensure and certification surveys of
new dialysis clinics. |
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Relative to new dialysis clinic licensure and
certification. |
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