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          SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                             Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
                            2015 - 2016  Regular  Session

          SB 1348 (Cannella) - Licensure applications:  military  
          experience
          
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          |Version: February 19, 2016      |Policy Vote: B., P. & E.D. 9 -  |
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          |Urgency: No                     |Mandate: No                     |
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          |Hearing Date: April 25, 2016    |Consultant: Brendan McCarthy    |
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          This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.


          Bill  
          Summary:  SB 1348 would require regulatory boards and bureaus  
          within the Department of Consumer Affairs to indicate on license  
          applications that veterans may be able to apply military  
          experience and training towards license requirements.


          Fiscal  
          Impact:  
           One-time cost of $260,000 for the Department of Consumer  
            Affairs to make necessary modifications to the BreEZe system  
            used to electronically process license applications and  
            renewals by boards and bureaus within the Department (various  
            funds).

           One-time cost of about $100,000 for the Dental Board of  
            California to amend various existing regulations regarding  
            license applications to include the required information in  
            the bill (State Dentistry Fund).







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          Background:  Under current law, various professions and vocations are  
          licensed by boards and bureaus within the Department of Consumer  
          Affairs. Current law requires each licensing board and bureau to  
          ask applicants for licensure whether the applicant has military  
          experience. Current law requires licensing boards and bureaus to  
          provide for methods of evaluating training and experience gained  
          in the military if such training is applicable to the license  
          requirements for licensed professions or vocations. Beginning on  
          July 1, 2016, licensing boards and bureaus are required to  
          assist applicants with military experience and expedite their  
          applications.


          Proposed Law:  
            SB 1348 would require regulatory boards and bureaus within the  
          Department of Consumer Affairs to indicate on license  
          applications that veterans may be able to apply military  
          experience and training towards license requirements.


          Staff  
          Comments:  The Board of Registered Nursing has indicated that it  
          would require significant additional staff resources to  
          implement a process to evaluate how education and training  
          gained in the military would translate into educational or  
          training requirements for licensure by the Board and for  
          increased application processing when it is necessary to  
          evaluate military training or experience. Staff notes that  
          current law already requires the Board to provide for methods to  
          evaluate military training and experiences.


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