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                                                                  AB 158
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          (  Without Reference to File  )

          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 158 (Torrico)
          As Amended September 15, 2008
          2/3 vote.  Urgency
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |     |(January 29,    |SENATE: |39-0 |(September 16, |
          |           |     |2008)           |        |     |2008)          |
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               (vote not relevant)

          Original Committee Reference:    HEALTH  

           SUMMARY  :  Enacts several recommendations proposed by the State  
          Auditor relative to the allowable allocation and uses of grants  
          to local government agencies to mitigate the impact of tribal  
          gaming in local jurisdictions.  

           The Senate amendments  delete the Assembly version of the bill  
          and instead:

          1)Enact several recommendations proposed by the State Auditor  
            relative to the allocation and uses of proceeds from the  
            Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund for local projects to  
            mitigate the impacts of tribal gaming.

          2)Appropriate $30 million from the Indian Gaming Special  
            Distribution Fund to be allocated by the California Gambling  
            Control Commission for local projects that mitigate the  
            impacts of tribal gaming.

          3)Extend the sunset of the program to provide funding from the  
            Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund to local jurisdictions  
            for local projects that mitigate the impacts of tribal gaming  
            to January 1, 2010. 

          4)Declare that this bill take effect immediately as an urgency  
            statute.

           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill established a new Medi-Cal  
          eligibility category for non-disabled persons with chronic  
          hepatitis B virus infection (CHBV) contingent on federal  
          approval and federal financial participation (FFP).








                                                                  AB 158
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           COMMENTS  :  This bill is substantially similar to July 1, 2008  
          version of AB 1389 (Torrico).


           Analysis prepared by  :    Joe Stephenshaw / BUDGET / (916)  
          319-2099


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