BILL NUMBER:  SB 1119
  VETOED	DATE: 09/29/2010




To the Members of the California State Senate:
I am returning Senate Bill 1119 without my signature.
I took swift and decisive action last year when it was obvious that
the Board of Registered Nursing needed to be more effective in
removing incompetent or dangerous nurses from our health care system.
  I removed the sitting board members, appointed new ones, and
proposed a sweeping legislative enforcement package, coupled with
resources in the budget, to make system-wide changes in all our
health licensing boards.  My legislative proposal was killed in its
first policy committee by the union that claims to represent the
nursing profession.  In turn, this bill only seeks to extend the same
weak and ineffective policies that are preventing the Board from
carrying out its mission to protect the public.
This bill is disappointing and makes no meaningful change in the law.
  I cannot support the status quo.  The Legislature needs to enact
strong, meaningful enforcement measures that protect patients instead
of protecting problem nurses.
Sincerely,

Arnold Schwarzenegger