BILL ANALYSIS �
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REPLACE : 06/01/11 Changes per consultant.
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1088 (Eng)
As Amended May 27, 2011
Majority vote
BUSINESS & PROFESSIONS 7-0 APPROPRIATIONS
12-5
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|Ayes:|Hayashi, Bill Berryhill, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Blumenfield, | |
| |Allen, Butler, Eng, Hill, | |Bradford, Charles | |
| |Ma | |Calderon, Campos, Davis, | |
| | | |Gatto, Hill, Hall, Lara, | |
| | | |Mitchell, Solorio | |
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| | |Nays:|Harkey, Donnelly, | |
| | | |Nielsen, Norby, Wagner | |
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SUMMARY : Requires certain state agencies to collect and tabulate
data for additional major Asian groups, including, but not limited
to, Bangladeshi, Hmong, Indonesian, Malaysian, Pakistani, Sri
Lankan, Taiwanese, and Thai, and additional major Native Hawaiian
and other Pacific Islander groups, including, but not limited to
Fijian and Tongan. Specifically, this bill :
1)Requires the State Department of Health Care Services (DHS), the
State Department of Public Health (DPH), the Department of
Industrial Relations (DIR), and the Department of Fair
Employment and Housing (DFEH), in the course of collecting
demographic data directly or by contract as to the ancestry or
ethnic origin of California residents, to collect and tabulate
data for additional major Asian groups, including, but not
limited to, Bangladeshi, Hmong, Indonesian, Malaysian,
Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, and Thai, and additional major
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander groups, including,
but not limited to Fijian and Tongan.
2)Requires state agencies, boards, and commissions to include data
collected pursuant to the different collection categories and
tabulations in every demographic report on ancestry or ethnic
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origins of Californians published or released on or after July
1, 2012.
3)Requires DHS, DPH, DIR, and DFEH to make any data collected
pursuant to this bill, publicly available, except for personal
identifying information, which shall be deemed confidential, by
posting the data on the Internet Web site of the agency by July
1, 2012, and annually thereafter, as specified.
4)Requires DHS, DPH, DIR, and DFEH to update their data collection
to reflect the additional Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific
Islander groups as they are reported by the United States (U.S.)
Census Bureau within 18 months after the U.S. Census is
released.
5)Makes legislative findings and declarations.
EXISTING LAW requires state agencies, boards, and commissions
which directly or by contract collect demographic data as to the
ancestry or ethnic origin of Californians to use separate
collection categories and tabulations for each major Asian and
Pacific Islander group, including, but not limited to, Chinese,
Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Vietnamese, Asian Indian, Hawaiian,
Guamanian, Samoan, Laotian, and Cambodian.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, combined costs for the affected departments, agencies,
commissions and boards for form changes and computer reprogramming
costs of less than $500,000 (GF/Prop 98).
COMMENTS : According to the author, "State law currently requires
state agencies that collect demographic data on the ethnic origin
of Californians to disaggregate that information for each API
group, including, but not limited to, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino,
Korean, Vietnamese, Asian Indian, Hawaiian, Guamanian, Samoan,
Laotian, and Cambodian. This bill would require state agencies to
collect demographic data for additional API ethnic groups,
including, but not limited to, Bangladeshi, Fijian, Hmong,
Indonesian, Malaysian, Pakistan, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, Thai, and
Tongan.
"The API community is extremely diverse, and its different
ethnicities face their own unique challenges in areas such as
education, language, employment, health, and incarceration.
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Disaggregation of demographics data for these diverse API
ethnicities would enable state agencies and social service
providers to analyze who is and is not benefitting from the vast
array of services provided by the state. Utilizing this
disaggregated data to develop targeted programs for underserved
populations would reduce future costs to the state by providing
these populations with assistance and access to government
programs before conditions arise to impact whole regions across
the state.
"In addition, this bill would require specific departments to post
and annually update their collected data on their department
websites. In order for the data to be useful for lawmakers and
stakeholders, the information must be made public and accessible."
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI)
communities are not a homogenous group, but instead encompass a
great variety of social and economic conditions.
While overall data may show that AANHPI are doing better than
average on certain social indicators, data that is separated out
by ethnic group clearly shows that certain communities, especially
among Pacific Islander and Southeast Asian ethnic groups, have
some of the greatest needs, including some of the highest poverty
rates and lowest educational attainment rates in California.
Laotians, Cambodians, and Hmong, for example, have some of the
highest poverty rates of all ethnic groups.
Similarly, AANHPI overall have a low mortality rate from
homicides, but particular ethnic groups, including Cambodians and
Vietnamese, have rates that are two to four times greater than
average. In the health care arena, specific AANHPI ethnic groups
are more likely to face certain conditions, a fact that is masked
when looking only at overall data for all AANHPI. For example,
Vietnamese, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, experience
frequent mental distress at higher rates than other AANHPI groups,
yet the Vietnamese represent the highest proportion of insured
Californians who are without mental health coverage.
AANHPI make up 15.5% of the state's population and continue to
grow. From 1990 to 2000, the combined AANHPI population grew by
as much as 52%. AANHPIs are now the second largest major racial
or ethnic group in four counties and the majority of the
population in eight cities across California.
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Analysis Prepared by : Rebecca May / B.,P. & C.P. / (916)
319-3301 FN: 0001121