BILL ANALYSIS Ó AB 684 Page 1 Date of Hearing: April 14, 2015 ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS Susan Bonilla, Chair AB 684 (Bonilla) - As Introduced February 25, 2015 SUBJECT: Pharmacy. SUMMARY: Requires the California State Board of Pharmacy to report the pass rates of its applicant examination to the appropriate policy committee and makes other nonsubstantive changes. EXISTING LAW 1)Provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacies and pharmacists by the Board of Pharmacy (Board) within the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA). (Business and Professions Code (BPC) § 4000-4426) 2)Authorizes the Board to license as a pharmacist an applicant who meets specified requirements, including passage of the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination. (BPC § 4200.3) 3)Requires the examination process to meet specified standards and federal guidelines and requires the Board to terminate use AB 684 Page 2 of that examination if the department determines that the examination fails to meet those standards. (BPC § 4200.3) 4)Requires the Board to report to the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Protection, and the DCA, specified examination pass rate information. (BPC § 4200.3) THIS BILL 1)Requires the Board to report specified examination pass rate information to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the DCA instead of the now obsolete Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Protection. 2)Makes the subdivision inoperative on January 1, 2020, pursuant to § 10231.5 of the Government Code. 3)Makes other nonsubstantive corrections. FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown. This bill is keyed fiscal by the Legislative Counsel. COMMENTS 1)Purpose. This bill is sponsored by the author. According to the author, the code section is out of date. This bill will update the code to conform to the most current composition of the Committees that oversee the Board. It will also perform other code clean-up. AB 684 Page 3 2)Background. In 1994, the Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee was established to review the DCA boards and bureaus. In 2004, the committee's name was changed to the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions & Consumer Protection. In 2005, the committee disbanded. The current committees that oversee the boards are the Assembly Committee on Business & Professions and the Senate Committee on Business, Professions & Economic Development. REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION: Support None on file. Opposition None on file. Analysis Prepared by:Vincent Chee / B. & P. / (916) 319-3301 AB 684 Page 4