BILL ANALYSIS Ó SB 1270 Page 1 SENATE THIRD READING SB 1270 (Galgiani) As Introduced February 18, 2016 Majority vote SENATE VOTE: 36-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------ |Committee |Votes|Ayes |Noes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------| |Agriculture |9-0 |Dodd, Mathis, Eggman, | | | | |Gray, Grove, Irwin, | | | | |Jones-Sawyer, Quirk, | | | | |Salas | | | | | | | |----------------+-----+----------------------+--------------------| |Appropriations |20-0 |Gonzalez, Bigelow, | | | | |Bloom, Bonilla, | | | | |Bonta, Calderon, | | | | |Chang, Daly, Eggman, | | | | |Gallagher, Eduardo | | | | |Garcia, Holden, | | | | |Jones, Obernolte, | | | | |Quirk, Santiago, | | | | |Wagner, Weber, Wood, | | | | |Chau | | | | | | | SB 1270 Page 2 | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------ SUMMARY: Extends, until January 1, 2022, the authority for the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to establish a fee schedule for cost recovery related to animal health services that do not provide benefits beyond the payer; and, makes technical non-substantive changes. FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, this bill has no additional state costs. COMMENTS: Within CDFA, the Animal Health Branch (Branch) is the state's organized professional veterinary medical unit which addresses diseases and other problems that require statewide coordinated resources. Among its activities, the Branch conducts surveillance and emergency response planning of animal diseases to help ensure safe products from livestock and poultry. A trailer bill to the Budget Act of 2011, AB 120 (Budget Committee), Chapter 133, Statutes of 2011, authorized CDFA to establish a fee schedule in order to recover costs associated with animal health services that do not provide a benefit beyond the payer, among other provisions. This includes a service that is required for a personal matter, is not related to a suspected animal health disease outbreak, and there are no private veterinarians certified by CDFA to perform the service. The service fee may not exceed $500 for a particular license, permit, registration, product, or service. This authority is set to sunset on January 1, 2017. According to the author's office, this bill would improve CDFA's fiscal responsibility and use of state resources. SB 1270 Page 3 Analysis Prepared by: Jim Collin / AGRI. / (916) 319-2084 FN: 0003977