BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB
2190 (Salas)
As Amended August 16, 2016
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |80-0 |(May 31, 2016) |SENATE: |36-0 |(August 19, |
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Original Committee Reference: B. & P.
SUMMARY: Extends the operation of the California Acupuncture
Board (CAB) and the CAB's authority to appoint an executive
officer until January 1, 2019, establishes processes for the CAB
to assess the educational equivalency of license applicants who
received their education outside the United States, and makes
clarifying changes.
The Senate amendments add the credential evaluation language,
the changes to the school approval provisions, and the
appropriation language.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee:
1)Ongoing costs of $3.8 million per year for the continued
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operation of the Acupuncture Board (Acupuncture Fund). All
costs to operate the Board are paid for by license fee
revenues.
2)Minor costs to establish requirements for assessing the
educational equivalency of applicants who received their
training outside the United States (Acupuncture Fund).
According to the Board, the requirements in the bill are
consistent with the procedures the Board currently uses to
assess applicants with foreign education. There are about 30
such applicants per year.
COMMENTS:
Purpose. Unless legislation is carried this year to extend the
sunset date for the CAB, it will be repealed on January 1, 2017.
Because the CAB has shown improvement during its sunset review
hearing held on March 14, 2016, this bill will extend the CAB's
sunset date and authority to appoint an executive officer. In
addition, this bill incorporates a system for evaluating
non-U.S. education and experience, building upon the CAB's last
sunset bill, SB 1246 (Lieu), Chapter 397, Statutes of 2014.
Background. The CAB protects California consumers from
incompetent and fraudulent acupuncture practice. Its
responsibilities include issuing licenses, investigating
complaints, and imposing disciplinary actions, among other
things.
Appropriation by the Legislature. A budget trailer bill, AB 139
(Budget Committee), Chapter 74, Statutes of 2005, among other
things, deleted provisions that continuously appropriated the
funds of several licensing boards under the Department of
Consumer Affairs. At the time, the Senate floor analysis noted
that the changes were "Primarily technical in nature, since
these boards and commissions have received Budget Act
appropriations in recent years."
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Analysis Prepared by:
Vincent Chee / B. & P. / (916) 319-3301 FN:
0004744