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Legislative Update January 22, 2008
Author: Kathy Lynch
The Legislature was off yesterday for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. The Senate Health Committee has a hearing scheduled to hear ABX1 1 (Nunez) on Wednesday, January 23rd. This is the vehicle that contains the health care reform plan promoted by the Governor and Speaker Nunez. We will keep you posted on the outcome of this hearing. There continues to be no specific timeline with respect to the special session on health care reform.
Also this week, the budget sub-committees will commence discussions on the Governor's proposed 10% cuts. There is no vehicle in place to date to carry the proposed cuts forward. We will keep you apprised of all of the developments regarding the proposed cuts as the committee discussions continue.
The bill introduction deadline for the 2008 Legislation Session is February 22nd. We will post a chart of the introduced bills and CPhA's positions after review and decisions are made by the CPhA Legislative Committee. Below please find updates on the bills heard last week and a list of those that will be heard this week.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at klynch@cpha.com or (916) 779-1400.
Thank you very much for your continued support!
Kathy
Update on Bills Heard Last Week
SB 606 (Scott) Pharmaceutical Information Clinical Trial Data
CPhA Position: Watch
SB 606 was filed in the inactive folder.
To read the full text of this bill click or cut and paste:
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/cgi-bin/port-postquery?bill_number=sb_606&sess=CUR&house=B&author=scott
SB 743 (Kuehl) Hospitals: Medical Errors
CPhA position: Watch
SB 743 was filed in the inactive folder.
To read the full text of this bill click or cut and paste:
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/cgi-bin/port-postquery?bill_number=sb_743&sess=CUR&house=B&author=kuehl
AB 1436 (Hernandez) Nurse Practitioners
CPhA position: Watch
AB 1436 passed the Assembly Business and Professions Committee and was referred to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
To read the full text of this bill click or cut and paste:
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/cgi-bin/port-postquery?bill_number=ab_1436&sess=CUR&house=B&author=hernandez
AB 259 (Adams) Crimes: Sale or Distribution of Salvia Divinorum
CPhA position: Watch
AB 259 passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee and was referred to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
To read the full text of this bill click or cut and paste:
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/cgi-bin/port-postquery?bill_number=ab_259&sess=CUR&house=B&author=adams
AB 501 (Swanson) Pharmaceutical Devices
CPhA position: Watch
AB 501 passed the Assembly Health Committee and heads to the Assembly Floor.
To read the full text of this bill click or cut and paste:
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/cgi-bin/port-postquery?bill_number=ab_501&sess=CUR&house=B&author=swanson
AB 851 (Brownley) Medi-Cal: Eligibility
CPhA position: Watch
AB 851 passed the Assembly Health Committee and was re-referred to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
To read the full text of this bill click or cut and paste:
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/cgi-bin/port-postquery?bill_number=ab_851&sess=CUR&house=B&author=brownley
AB 1154 (Leno) Diabetes
CPhA position: Watch
AB 1154 was re-referred to the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
To read the full text of this bill click or cut and paste:
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/cgi-bin/port-postquery?bill_number=ab_1154&sess=CUR&house=B&author=leno
Tuesday, January 22, 2008, Assembly Floor
AB 501 (Swanson) Pharmaceutical Devices
AB 501 requires a pharmaceutical manufacturer whose product is administered for home use through a pre-filled syringe, pre-filled pen, or other pre-filled injection device to arrange to provide, upon a request from a consumer, a postage prepaid, mail-back sharps container that has been approved by the United States Postal Service and the Department of Public Health.
CPhA position: Watch
To read the full text of this bill click or cut and paste:
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/cgi-bin/port-postquery?bill_number=ab_501&sess=CUR&house=B&author=swanson
Wednesday, January 23, 2008, Senate Health Committee
ABX1 1 (Nunez) Health Care Reform
ABX1 1 relates to the Health Care Cost and Quality Transparency Committee, requiring residents to enroll in and maintain minimum health care coverage, the Cooperative Health Insurance Purchasing Program, the Healthy Action Incentives and Rewards Program, Medi-Cal hospital rate stabilization, health insurance market reforms, health care service plans' prescription drug benefits, employer cafeteria plans, a diabetes services program, medical assistants, nurse practitioners, and electronic prescribing.
CPhA Position: Watch
To read the full text of this bill click or cut and paste:
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/cgi-bin/port-postquery?bill_number=abx1_1&sess=CUR&house=B&author=nunez
Thursday, January 24, 2008, Assembly Appropriations Committee
AB 30 (Evans) Health Care Coverage: Inborn Errors of Metabolism
AB 30 extends an existing coverage requirement established by the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 for the testing and treatment of phenylketonuria by health care service plans and insurers to include testing and treatment of specified inborn errors of metabolism.
CPhA Position: Watch
To read the full text of this bill click or cut and paste:
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/cgi-bin/port-postquery?bill_number=ab_30&sess=CUR&house=B&author=evans
AB 259 (Adams) Crimes: Sale or Distribution of Salvia Divinorum
AB 259 would make the sale or distribution of Salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A, or any substance or material containing Salvia divinorum or Salvinorin A, to any person under 18 years of age a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 6 months, by a fine of no more than $1,000, or both. Because this bill would create a new crime, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
CPhA position: Watch
To read the full text of this bill click or cut and paste:
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/cgi-bin/port-postquery?bill_number=ab_259&sess=CUR&house=B&author=adams
AB 851 (Brownley) Medi-Cal: Eligibility
AB 851 authorizes individuals who are otherwise eligible under the Medi-Cal program which provides basic health care services for employed individuals with disabilities who meet specified income and resource requirements but are temporarily unemployed to elect to remain on the program for a specified period. AB 851 provides additional resource exemptions in determining eligibility under the program.
CPhA position: Watch
To read the full text of this bill click or cut and paste:
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/cgi-bin/port-postquery?bill_number=ab_851&sess=CUR&house=B&author=brownley
AB 1154 (Leno) Diabetes
AB 1154 would require the Department of Health Services, in consultation with the California Health Alliance Commission, to develop and administer a diabetes risk reduction pilot program within 24 counties to review, analyze, and report on the outcomes from integrative care of diabetes through proactive prevention.
CPhA position: Watch
To read the full text of this bill click or cut and paste:
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/cgi-bin/port-postquery?bill_number=ab_1154&sess=CUR&house=B&author=leno
AB 1436 (Hernandez) Nurse Practitioners
Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, provides for the certification and regulation of nurse practitioners and nurse-midwives by the Board of Registered Nursing and specifies requirements for qualification or certification as a nurse practitioner. AB 1436 bill would revise the educational requirements for qualification or certification as a nurse practitioner and would require a nurse practitioner to be certified by a nationally recognized certifying body approved by the board.
CPhA position: Watch
To read the full text of this bill click or cut and paste:
http://www.legislature.ca.gov/cgi-bin/port-postquery?bill_number=ab_1436&sess=CUR&house=B&author=hernandez
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