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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 178
Author: Bonilla (D), et al.
Amended: 8/31/15 in Senate
Vote: 27 - Urgency
SENATE BUS, PROF. & ECON. DEV. COMMITTEE: 7-0, 6/29/15
AYES: Hill, Bates, Block, Galgiani, Hernandez, Mendoza,
Wieckowski
NO VOTE RECORDED: Berryhill, Jackson
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: 7-0, 8/27/15
AYES: Lara, Bates, Beall, Hill, Leyva, Mendoza, Nielsen
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 80-0, 6/1/15 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric
Technicians of the State of California: executive
officer
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill sunsets the authorization for the Board of
Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians (BVNPT) to select
an executive officer on January 1, 2016 and strikes provisions
requiring the executive officer to be a duly licensed vocational
nurse, professional nurse, or psychiatric technician.
ANALYSIS:
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Existing law:
1)Provides for the licensure and regulation of vocational nurses
and psychiatric technicians by the BVNPT and extends the
operation of the BVNPT until January 1, 2016. (BPC §§
2840-2895.5)
2)Declares that protection of the public shall be the highest
priority for the BVNPT in exercising its licensing,
regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the
protection of the public is inconsistent with other interests
sought to be promoted, the protection of the public shall be
paramount. (BPC § 2841.1)
3)Requires the BVNPT to appoint an executive officer and
requires the executive officer to be a licensed vocational
nurse, registered nurse, or psychiatric technician. (BPC §
2847)
This bill strikes provisions requiring the BVNPT executive
officer to be a duly licensed vocational nurse, professional
nurse, or psychiatric technician.
Background
In 2015, the Senate Business, Professions and Economic
Development Committee and the Assembly Business and Professions
Committee (Committees) conducted joint oversight hearings to
review 12 regulatory entities including BVNPT. This bill is
intended to implement legislative changes as recommended by
staff of the Committees reflected in a Background Paper on the
BVNPT, as well as the discussion stemming from an oversight
hearing on BVNPT.
This is an urgency bill that strikes provisions of law requiring
the BVNPT executive officer to be a duly licensed vocational
nurse, professional nurse, or psychiatric technician and then
sunsets the law on January 1, 2016. The urgency provision
allows the BVNPT to hire an executive officer as soon as this
bill is enacted, and then a companion bill, AB 179 (Bonilla,
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2015), authorizes and extends the provisions relating to the
executive officer until 2018.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: Yes
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, this bill will
have annual costs of about $180,000 per year to support the
executive officer position at the BVNPT, including salary,
benefits, and overhead costs (Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric
Technicians Fund).
SUPPORT: (Verified8/31/15)
Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/31/15)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 80-0, 6/1/15
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang,
Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle,
Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina
Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez,
Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden,
Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder,
Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen,
Patterson, Perea, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez,
Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting,
Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins
Prepared by:Sarah Huchel / B., P. & E.D. / (916) 651-4104
8/31/15 15:11:32
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