BILL ANALYSIS �
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SENATE THIRD READING
SB 1236 (Price)
As Amended August 24, 2012
Majority vote
SENATE VOTE : 37-0
BUSINESS & PROFESSIONS 9-0
APPROPRIATIONS 17-0
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|Ayes:|Hayashi, Bill Berryhill, |Ayes:|Gatto, Harkey, |
| |Allen, Butler, Eng, | |Blumenfield, Bradford, |
| |Hagman, Hill, Ma, Smyth | |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
| | | |Davis, Donnelly, Fuentes, |
| | | |Hall, Hill, Cedillo, |
| | | |Mitchell, Nielsen, Norby, |
| | | |Solorio, Wagner |
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SUMMARY : Extends the sunset dates of numerous boards,
committees and programs under the Department of Consumer Affairs
(DCA) and makes related conforming and technical changes.
Specifically, this bill :
1)Extends the sunset date for references to investigations
pursuant to the Medical Board of California's (MBC) vertical
enforcement and prosecution model from January 1, 2013, to
January 1, 2014.
2)Extends the sunset date for the Naturopathic Medicine
Committee under the Osteopathic Medical Board of California
from January 1, 2013, to January 1, 2014.
3)Extends the California Board of Podiatric Medicine's (BPM)
sunset date to January 1, 2017.
4)Repeals an obsolete provision prohibiting a doctor of
podiatric medicine (DPM) from performing an admitting history
and physical exam at an acute care hospital.
5)Eliminates the four year limit on the renewal of a resident's
license for DPMs in postgraduate training programs.
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6)Removes a requirement that applicants for a DPM license obtain
a specific score on the licensing examination.
7)Clarifies that the vote of only one member of the BPM is
necessary to defer a decision for consideration by the entire
board.
8)Authorizes the BPM to increase costs assessed when a proposed
decision is not adopted by the BPM and the BPM finds grounds
for increasing the assessed costs, as specified.
9)Extends the sunset date for the Physical Therapy Board and the
term of its executive officer (EO) from January 1, 2013 to
January 1, 2014.
10)Extends the sunset date of the Board of Psychology and its
authority to employ an EO until January 1, 2017.
11)Extends sunset dates for the Physician Assistant Committee
(PAC) and its authority to appoint an EO to January 1, 2017.
12)Changes the name of the PAC to the Physician Assistant Board
(PAB) and makes conforming changes.
13)Changes the composition of the PAB to add a physician
assistant (PA) and to make the physician member an ex officio,
non-voting member who shall not be counted for purposes of a
quorum.
14)Allows the PAB to establish, by regulation, a system for
placement of a licensee on retired status, as specified.
15)Provides that the expiration, cancelation, forfeiture, or
suspension of a PA license by operation of law or by order or
decision of the PAB or a court of law, the placement of a
license on a retired status, or the voluntary surrender of a
license by a licensee shall not deprive the PAB of
jurisdiction to commence or proceed with any investigation of,
or action or disciplinary proceeding against, the licensee or
to render a decision suspending or revoking the license.
16)Applies to PAs the current-law requirements within the 800
series of the Business and Professions Codes (800 series) that
apply to specified health care licensing boards and licensees
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of those boards.
17)Extends the sunset date for the Board of Pharmacy, its
appointment authority, and the term of its EO from January 1,
2013, to January 1, 2017.
18)Extends the sunset date for the Acupuncture Board (Board) and
the term of the Board's EO by two years, until January 1,
2015, and makes technical and clarifying changes to statutes
governing Board-approved acupuncture training programs.
19)Extends the sunset date of the Board of Behavioral Sciences
and its authority to appoint an EO until January 1, 2017.
20)Extends the sunset date for the Court Reporters Board, the
term of its EO, and specified Transcript Reimbursement Funds
from January 1, 2013, to January 1, 2017.
21)Extends the sunset date for the registration, investigation,
and enforcement of service contractors and service dealers
under the Electronic and Appliance Repair Dealer Registration
Law from January 1, 2013, to January 1, 2015.
22)Makes conforming, technical and clarifying changes within the
Business and Professions Code.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee:
1)Annual fee-supported special fund costs associated with
continued operation of the following regulatory entities, as
follows:
a) BPM, of $1 million, until January 1, 2017.
b) Physician Assistant Committee, of $1.2 million, until
January 1, 2017.
c) Board of Psychology, of $4.5 million, until January 1,
2017.
d) Board of Behavioral Sciences, of $8.2 million, until
January 1, 2017.
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e) Naturopathic Medicine Committee, of $174,000 for one
year.
f) Physical Therapy Board, of $3.3 million, for one year.
g) California State Board of Pharmacy, of $15.3 million,
until January 1, 2017.
h) Court Reporters Board of California, of $1.1 million,
until January 1, 2017.
i) Acupuncture Board, of $2.8 million, until January 1,
2015.
1)Minor potential increased revenue that would offset the BPM's
costs of investigation and prosecution of disciplinary cases.
2)Potential minor regulatory and IT costs to the Physician
Assistant Board if it promulgates regulations to establish a
retired licensure status. Any increased costs would be
covered by fee revenues.
COMMENTS : This bill contains sunset extensions for a number of
boards, committees and programs within DCA, and makes technical
and updating changes to the Business and Professions Code.
Analysis Prepared by : Angela Mapp / B.,P. & C.P. / (916)
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