BILL NUMBER: SB 896	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 17, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Senator  Bates   Nguyen 

                        JANUARY 21, 2016

   An act to  amend Section 921 of   add Section
7353.5 to  the Business and Professions Code, relating to
 healing arts.   professions and vocations.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 896, as amended,  Bates   Nguyen  .
 Health care professionals.   Barbering and
cosmetology: nail care establishments: credit and debit cards. 

   Existing law, the Barbering and Cosmetology Act, provides for the
licensure and regulation of barbers, cosmetologists, estheticians,
manicurists, electrologists, and apprentices by the State Board of
Barbering and Cosmetology. The act requires the licensure of any
person, firm, or corporation operating an establishment engaged in a
practice regulated by the board, as specified, and requires a
licensed establishment to comply with various requirements. A
violation of the Barbering and Cosmetology Act is generally a
misdemeanor.  
   This bill would require an establishment offering nail care
services, if it accepts a debit or credit as payment for nail care
services, to also accept a debit or credit card for payment of a tip.
 
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.  
   Existing law, the Health Care Professional Disaster Response Act,
states findings of the Legislature regarding the shortage of
qualified health care practitioners during times of national or state
disasters, and authorizes a physician and surgeon, whose license has
been expired for less than 5 years and who meets specified criteria,
to obtain a license without paying fees.  
   This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to those findings.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program:  no
  yes  .


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 7353.5 is added to the 
 Business and Professions Code   , to read:  
   7353.5.  If an establishment offering nail care services accepts a
debit or credit card as payment for nail care services, the
establishment shall also accept a debit or credit card for payment of
a tip. 
   SEC. 2.    No reimbursement is required by this act
pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local
agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a
new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or
changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of
Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a
crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 921 of the Business and
Professions Code is amended to read:
   921.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the
following:
   (1) In times of national or state disasters, a shortage of
qualified health care practitioners may exist in areas throughout the
state where they are desperately required to respond to public
health emergencies.
   (2) Health care practitioners with lapsed or inactive licenses
could potentially serve in those areas where a shortage of qualified
health care practitioners exists, if licensing requirements were
streamlined and fees curtailed.
   (b) Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to address
these matters through the Health Care Professional Disaster Response
Act.