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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                             Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
                            2015 - 2016  Regular  Session

          AB 178 (Bonilla) - Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric  
          Technicians of the State of California:  executive officer:   
          enforcement program monitor
          
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          |Version: June 24, 2015          |Policy Vote: B., P. & E.D. 7 -  |
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          |Urgency: Yes                    |Mandate: Yes                    |
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          |Hearing Date: August 27, 2015   |Consultant: Brendan McCarthy    |
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          *********** ANALYSIS ADDENDUM - SUSPENSE FILE ***********
             The following information is revised to reflect amendments 
                     adopted by the committee on August 27, 2015


          Bill  
          Summary:  AB 178 would require the Director of Consumer Affairs  
          to appoint an enforcement program monitor over the licensing  
          enforcement program of the Board of Vocational Nursing and  
          Psychiatric Technicians.


          Fiscal  
          Impact:  
           Annual costs of about $180,000 per year to support the  
            Executive Officer position at the Board of Vocational Nursing  
            and Psychiatric Technicians, including salary, benefits, and  
            overhead costs (Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians  
            Fund). Current law sunsets the statutory authority for the  
            Executive Officer position on January 1, 2016. This bill  







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            extends the authority to employ this position until January 1,  
            2018.

           Total costs of about $350,000 over three fiscal years to  
            employ an enforcement program monitor over the enforcement  
            program at the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric  
            Technicians (Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians  
            Fund).


          Author  
          Amendments:  Delete provisions of the bill relating to the  
          registered dental assistant practical examination, delete  
          provisions relating to the internal audit, and make technical  
          corrections.


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