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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                           Senator Christine Kehoe, Chair

                                          SB 359 (Hernandez)
          
          Hearing Date: 01/19/2012        Amended: 01/10/2012
          Consultant: Brendan McCarthy    Policy Vote: Health 7-0
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          BILL SUMMARY: As recently amended, SB 359 makes several 
          technical changes to the laws governing health and sanitation 
          standards for retail food facilities.
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                            Fiscal Impact (in thousands)

           Major Provisions         2012-13      2013-14       2014-15     Fund
           
          Enforcement of new     Minor costs, fully covered by fees   
          Local
             standards                                                

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          STAFF COMMENTS: SUSPENSE FILE. AS AMENDED ON 01/10/2012.
          
          Staff notes this bill previously addressed Medi-Cal 
          reimbursement rate for ground ambulance services. Recent 
          amendments deleted those provisions.

          SB 359 makes several changes to the code sections governing 
          health and sanitation standards for retail food facilities. 
          (Under current law, these standards are enforced by local 
          agencies.)

          Specifically, the bill specifies that employees must wash their 
          hands before donning gloves for working with food. The bill 
          prohibits single-use gloves from being washed for subsequent 
          use. The bill provides that an employee with a lesion or wound 
          is prohibited from handling food. The bill also makes several 
          technical changes to the laws governing the use of systems for 
          washing hands and dishes in mobile facilities.

          These provisions, among others, were included in SB 946 
          (Steinberg, 2011) when it was heard by this committee. That bill 








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          was subsequently amended to address a different subject.

          The bill's provisions are not anticipated to impose any 
          significant additional costs on local agencies that enforce 
          these positions. Because local agencies have the authority to 
          impose regulatory fees, the bill does not impose a reimbursable 
          state mandate.