BILL ANALYSIS �
AB 186
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Date of Hearing: May 15, 2013
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Mike Gatto, Chair
AB 186 (Maienschein) - As Amended: April 22, 2013
Policy Committee: Business and
Professions Vote: 10 - 1
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable:
SUMMARY
This bill requires boards under the Department of Consumer
Affairs (DCA) to issue a 12-month temporary license to the
spouse or domestic partner of a military member on active duty,
if the spouse or domestic partner is licensed in another state
and is eligible to have an application for a permanent license
expedited. Specifically, this bill:
1)Requires the board to issue a 12-month temporary license to an
applicant who is a military spouse or domestic partner while
the license application is being processed, if the applicant
meets certain requirements.
2)Requires the temporary license to expire 12 months after
issuance, upon issuance of an expedited permanent license, or
upon denial of a permanent license, whichever occurs first.
3)Authorizes a board to conduct an investigation or criminal
background check on the applicant.
FISCAL EFFECT
If the BreEZe system is fully implemented prior to the
completion of the regulations for the new provisional license
type, the cost to DCA would be under $100,000. However, if
there are delays in the implementation of BreEZe, one-time costs
to DCA would be approximately $500,000 (Various licensing
funds).
COMMENTS
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1)Rationale . This bill would require a licensing board, bureau
or commission under DCA to issue a 12-month temporary license
to the spouse or domestic partner of a military member on
active duty if he or she is eligible to have the application
for a permanent license expedited. The intent of this bill is
to assist military families who are moving to California from
another state by allowing military spouses and domestic
partners to begin working in their professional occupations
with a temporary license while they work to meet any
California licensing requirements.
2)Temporary licenses . Temporary licenses are typically issued
to applicants seeking permanent licensure within a
professional occupation who meet some - but not yet all - of
the qualifications for permanent licensure in that state. For
example, applicants who hold an active professional license in
another state and have passed a national licensing examination
may still have educational requirements to meet in order to
become licensed in California.
3)Expedited licensure for military spouses . AB 1904 (Block),
Chapter 399, Statutes of 2012, requires boards under DCA to
issue an expedited license to the spouse or domestic partner
of a military member on active duty, beginning January 1,
2013. This bill expands provisions of AB 1904 by requiring
boards to issue a 12-month temporary license to the spouse or
domestic partner of a military member on active duty if they
are eligible to have their application for a permanent license
expedited.
4)The BreEZe System . Currently, DCA is in the process of
implementing BreEZe, a new database and Web site system that
centralizes the licensing and enforcement functions of all the
licensing programs under DCA. That implementation is scheduled
to take place over an 18-month span during 2013-14 and
2014-15. Once completed, individuals will be able to apply
and pay for licenses and consumers can file complaints using a
single Web site as a one-stop shop.
Analysis Prepared by : Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916)
319-2081
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