BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    Ó



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          Date of Hearing:   August 14, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                     SB 305 (Lieu) - As Amended:  August 5, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                             Business and  
          Professions  Vote:                            13-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              No

          This bill extends the sunset dates for, and implements  
          recommendations that emerged from the legislative sunset review  
          of, various boards regulated by the Department of Consumer  
          Affairs (DCA).  Specifically, this bill:

          1)Extends until January 1, 2018 the sunset dates for the  
            provisions establishing the Naturopathic Medicine Committee  
            (NMC), the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing  
            Aid Dispensers Board (SLPHADB), The Board of Occupational  
            Therapy (BOT), the Board of Optometry (OB), and the  
            Respiratory Care Board of California (RCB).

          2)Extends the term of the executive officers of the SLPHADB,  
            RCB, and the OB.

          3)Specifies that any board, committee, or bureau regulated by  
            DCA is authorized to receive specified criminal records needed  
            to complete an application for licensure.

          4)Exempts certain individuals performing pulmonary tests in  
            specified hospitals in Los Angeles County from certain  
            licensure requirements.

          5)Provides that the Osteopathic Medical Board of California and  
            the State Board of Chiropractic Examiners, which were created  
            by initiative, shall be subject to review by the appropriate  
            policy committees of the Legislature.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Annual fee-supported special fund costs associated with  
          continued operation of the following regulatory entities, as  








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          follows:

          a)NMC  - $165,000.
          b)SLPHADB - $1.9 million. 
          c)BOT - $1.4 million. 
          d)OB - $1.8 million.
          e)RCB - $3.3 million.
           
          COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale  .  This bill extends the sunset on provisions  
            establishing various boards for four years, and makes other  
            minor changes that emerged from legislative sunset review  
            hearings.

           2)Related Legislation  . SB 198 (Lieu) also being heard in  
            committee today, is a sunset review bill relating to the  
            Physical Therapy Board. 

            SB 304 (Price), which makes changes to the Medical Practice  
            Act and to the Medical Board of California, is pending in the  
            Assembly Business, Professions and Consumer Protection  
            Committee.

            SB 306 (Price), 2013, contained numerous provisions that are  
            now included in this bill.  This bill was amended to address  
            an unrelated topic and its provisions were added to this bill.  

            
             SB 307 (Price), 2013, relates to the Veterinary Medical  
             Board.  This bill is on the inactive file on the Senate  
             Floor.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916) 319-2081