BILL NUMBER: SB 753	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 27, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Morrow

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2005

   An act to amend Section 46010.1 of the Education Code, relating to
pupils.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 753, as amended, Morrow.  Pupils: confidential medical
services: parental notification.
   (1) Existing law authorizes a minor to obtain various medical,
dental, mental health, and counseling services without the consent of
his or her parent or guardian and requires the governing board of a
school district to notify pupils and the parents or guardians of
those pupils that school authorities may excuse a pupil from school
to obtain confidential medical services without that consent.
Existing law authorizes a school district to include that notice with
any other notice made to a parent or guardian of a pupil pursuant to
existing law.
   This bill would require a school district to send that notice
separately, as specified, thus imposing a state-mandated local
program.
  (2) 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, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 46010.1 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   46010.1.
   (a) The governing board of a school district shall, each academic
year, notify pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and the parents or
guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district, that school
authorities may excuse a pupil from the school for the purpose of
obtaining confidential medical services without the consent of the
parent or guardian of the pupil.
   (b) The notice required pursuant to this section may be included
with any other notice given pursuant to this code if all of the
following requirements are satisfied:
   (1) The notice shall be printed on a piece of paper separate from
any other notice or information. For purposes of this paragraph,
"separate" means that no other notice or information may appear on
the piece of paper other than the notice required pursuant to this
section.
   (2) If the notice is included with any other notice in a
multinotice packet, the piece of paper on which the notice required
pursuant to this section appears may be no smaller than the largest
piece of paper in the multinotice packet.
   (3) The notice shall be printed in a boldface font that is at
least 12 point and centered on the piece of paper.  
   (c) This section does not limit the authority of a school district
to permit a pupil to obtain confidential medical services during the
schoolday without the consent of the parent or guardian of the
pupil. 
  SEC. 2.
   If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act
contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies
and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part
7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Government Code.