BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 1060 (Bonilla) - Cancer clinical trials
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|Version: July 16, 2015 |Policy Vote: HEALTH 9 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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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 1060 would require the California Health and Human
Services Agency to establish a nonprofit Cancer Clinical Trials
Foundation, to increase patient access to clinical trials.
Fiscal
Impact:
Anticipated one-time costs of $650,000 to establish the
nonprofit foundation, develop grant guidelines, provide
initial administrative support to the foundation, and begin
the initial fundraising effort before sufficient donations
have been received to support the foundation (General Fund).
Unknown annual costs to award grants and provide
administrative support to the new foundation (private funds).
The amount of grant funding that the foundation will be able
to award will depend on future donations from the public as
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will the level of administrative support needed to award the
grants and manage the foundation.
Author
Amendments: Delete the continuous appropriation, limit spending
for the establishment of the foundation to $300,000, require
startup funds to be repaid with donations by 2021, prohibit the
use of General Fund money for ongoing costs, specify that the
grant program will begin once $500,000 in donations has been
received, specify repayment requirements if the foundation does
not meet financial goals, and sunset the program in 2022.
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