BILL NUMBER: AB 2668	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

    An act to amend Section 99180 of the Education Code,
relating to postsecondary education.   An act to amend
Sections 6080, 6081, and 6103 of the Penal Code, relating to prisons.




	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2668, as amended, Galgiani.  Postsecondary education:
accountability.  Corrections: Medical Facility:
telemedicine.  
   Existing law establishes the Medical Facility under the
jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Existing law, the Telemedicine Development Act of 1996, regulates the
practice of telemedicine, defined as the practice of health care
delivery, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, transfer of medical
data, and education using interactive audio, video, or data
communications, by a health care practitioner, as defined.  

   This bill would require the Secretary of the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation, to the extent funds are available
pursuant to the Public Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services
Act of 2007, to install telemedicine fixtures and broadband
infrastructure for the delivery of telemedicine at the Medical
Facility.  
   This bill would make other technical and clarifying changes. 

   Existing law establishes a higher education accountability program
under which the California Postsecondary Education Commission, on or
before November 15 of each year, is required to submit to the
Legislature and the Governor a higher education report that provides
information to the citizens of the state on the significant
indicators of performance of the public colleges and universities.
 
   Existing law expresses the intent of the Legislature that
improvements in student knowledge, capacities, and skills between
entrance and graduation be achieved through the effective use of
student and institutional resources and that postsecondary education
institutions clearly express expectations of student performance.
 
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
expressions of legislative intent. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 6080 of the   Penal
Code   is amended to read: 
   6080.  As used in his part, the following terms have the meanings
described below:
   (a) "Department" refers to the Department of Corrections  and
Rehabilitation  .
   (b) "Director"  or "Secretary"  refers to the 
Director   Secretary  of  the Department of
 Corrections  and Rehabilitation  .
   SEC. 2.    Section 6081 of the   Penal Code
  is amended to read: 
   6081.  As used in this code, "prison" and "state prison" 
include the California Institution for Women   includes
facilities housing either men or women, or both  .
   SEC. 3.    Section 6103 of the   Penal Code
  is amended to read: 
   6103.   (a)    The  Director 
 Secretary  of  the Department of  Corrections 
and Rehabilitation  shall construct and equip, in accordance
with law, suitable buildings, structures, and facilities for the
Medical Facility. 
   (b) To the extent funds are available pursuant to the Public
Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007, the
secretary shall install telemedicine fixtures and broadband
infrastructure for the delivery of telemedicine at the Medical
Facility.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 99180 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
   99180.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that demonstrable
improvements in student knowledge, capacities, and skills between
entrance and graduation be publicly announced and available, and that
these improvements be achieved efficiently through the most
effective use of student and institutional resources of time, effort,
and money.
   (b) It is further the intent of the Legislature that public and
private institutions of higher education communicate expectations of
student performance in a manner that is clear to students.
   (c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that existing
accountability requirements be strengthened through the elimination
of unnecessary and redundant reports submitted by the educational
institutions to various state agencies. The elimination of these
unnecessary reports will save money and allow the institutions to
focus their efforts on only the most important reporting
requirements.