BILL ANALYSIS
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Date of Hearing: June 22, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS AND CONSUMER
PROTECTION
Mary Hayashi, Chair
SB 294 (Negrete McLeod) - As Amended: June 16, 2010
SENATE VOTE : 25-11 (vote not relevant)
SUBJECT : Department of Consumer Affairs: regulatory boards.
SUMMARY : Changes the sunset review dates on various boards,
bureaus, and programs within the Department of Consumer Affairs
(DCA). Specifically , this bill:
1)Changes the sunset dates on various DCA regulatory boards and
bureaus as follows:
a) Medical Board of California (MBC), from 2013 to 2014;
b) Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid
Dispensers Board, from 2012 to 2014;
c) Board of Registered Nursing, from 2013 to 2012;
d) Board of Psychology, from 2011 to 2014;
e) State Board of Optometry, from 2013 to 2014;
f) Physician Assistant Committee of MBC, from 2012 to 2013;
g) Naturopathic Committee from 2013 to 2014, and requires
the Naturopathic Committee to prepare a report, as
specified, in 2012, rather than 2010;
h) Veterinary Medical Board, from 2012 to 2013;
i) Acupuncture Board, from 2011 to 2013;
j) Board of Behavioral Sciences, from 2011 to 2013;
aa) Permits the California Architects Board to implement an
intern development program until July 2012, rather than
2011;
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bb) Contractors State License Board, from 2011 to 2012;
cc) Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, from 2012 to 2014;
dd) Court Reporters Board of California, from 2011 to 2013;
ee) Pesticide Regulation and Structural Pest Control Board,
from 2012 to 2015;
ff) State Athletic Commission, from 2011 to 2012; and,
gg) Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education, from 2016 to
2015.
2)Requires review of the following chapters related to:
a) Certified Common Interest Development Managers, from
2012 to 2015; and,
b) Tax Preparers, from 2012 to 2015.
EXISTING LAW provides for the licensure and regulation of
various healing arts licensees by various boards, as defined,
within DCA.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS :
Purpose of this bill . According to the author's office, "This
bill extends the sunset dates on various boards which are
scheduled to be sunsetted in 2011. This bill would also adjust
the sunset dates for other boards to meet a four year schedule
for Legislative Sunset Oversight Hearings of all boards under
DCA."
Background . In 1994, the Legislature established the Joint
Legislative Sunset Review Committee (JLSRC) and a process for
routinely reviewing the performance of the semiautonomous
boards. JLSRC begins its review process by sending a board a
questionnaire and a request for information covering every
aspect of the board's operation for a specified period.
Although JLSRC staff and the board meet to discuss the
information and to seek input from consumer groups, all the
information supplied to the JLSRC comes from the board itself.
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The basic issue for JLSRC to consider during its deliberations
is whether the board should continue to regulate the profession
in question or be terminated. JLSRC gives the department as
well as the board an opportunity to respond to its
recommendations before presenting them to the Legislature. As a
result of its review, the JLSRC might recommend that the
Legislature terminate, or "sunset," a board. The 1994 law
provides only for the elimination of a board, not for the actual
deregulation of the profession.
DCA is the parent organization for 35 boards and bureaus
responsible for regulating businesses and licensees affecting
the health, safety, and welfare of California consumers. DCA is
responsible for overseeing the regulatory boards and bureaus to
ensure that they carry out this mission.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file.
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Sarah Weaver / B.,P. & C.P. / (916)
319-3301