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                                                                  AB 1071
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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 1071 (Emmerson)
          As Amended  September 2, 2009
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |76-0 |(June 1, 2009)  |SENATE: |39-0 |(September 4,  |
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          Original Committee Reference:    B. & P.  

           SUMMARY  :  Increases the minimum and maximum fees that the  
          California State Board of Pharmacy (BOP) may charge under its  
          license and fee schedule.  

          The Senate amendments  : 

          1)Extend the sunset date to January 1, 2013, for the following  
            boards, acts, and entities: 

             a)   Medical Board of California; 

             b)   Board of Podiatric Medicine; 

             c)   Board of Registered Nursing; 

             d)   Board of Optometry; 

             e)   Naturopathic Doctors Act; 

             f)   Respiratory Care Board; 

             g)   BOP; and, 

             h)   Interior Design Certification Organization.  

          2)Add chaptering out language. 

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill increased the license and  
          fee schedule for the BOP.  

          FISCAL EFFECT  :  According to the Assembly Appropriations  
          Committee: 









                                                                  AB 1071
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          1)Annual increased fee-supported special fund revenue to the BOP  
            of $614,000 to $1.8 million.  This bill establishes new  
            minimums and maximums for the licensure-related fees charged  
            by the BOP.  As a result of these changes, the range of the  
            BOP's fee-supported revenues will increase from $586,000 to  
            $1.7 million (current law) to $1.2 million to $3.5 million (AB  
            1071).  BOP regulates 112,000 licensees and adds approximately  
            4,500 licensees per year.  Fee revenues are used to support a  
            range of oversight activities. 

          2)Increases more than a dozen annual fees charges to various  
            licensees of the BOP. For example, the current pharmacist  
            license application fee is $115 to $150.  This bill increases  
            this fee to $150 to $195.  Under current law, the initial  
            application fee for a pharmacy is $340 to $400.  This bill  
            increases the pharmacy fee to $400 to $520.
           
          COMMENTS  :  This bill was substantially amended in the Senate to  
          add two-year sunset extensions for a list of boards and  
          entities, and chaptering out provisions.  This bill, as amended  
          in the Senate is consistent with Assembly actions.   


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Joanna Gin / B. & P. / (916) 319-3301 



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