BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



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          Date of Hearing:   August 8, 2012

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                 SB 1238 (Price) - As Introduced:  February 23, 2012 

          Policy Committee:                             Business and 
          Professions  Vote:                            9-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill extends the sunset date of the Board of Psychology 
          (BOP) and the Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) and extends 
          their authority to appoint an executive officer (EO).  
          Specifically, this bill:   

          1)Extends the sunset date of the BOP, and its authority to 
            employ an EO from January 1, 2013 until January 1, 2017.

          2)Extends the sunset date of the BBS, and its authority to 
            appoint an EO from January 1, 2013 until January 1, 2017.

          3)Requires that the repeal of the BOP and BBS is subject to 
            review by the appropriate policy committees of the 
            Legislature.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Annual fee-supported special fund costs associated with 
          continued operation of the following regulatory entities, as 
          follows:

          1)Board of Psychology, of $4.5 million, until January 1, 2017.
          2)Board of Behavioral Sciences, of $8.2 million, until January 
            1, 2017.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale  . This bill is one of the four sunset bills authored 
            by Senator Price this year.  According to the author, this 
            bill is necessary to extend the sunset date of various 








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            oversight boards.  

           2)Related Legislation  . Other sunset bills pending in committee 
            include SB 1236 (Price), which relates to the Board of 
            Podiatric Medicine and the Physician Assistant Committee; SB 
            1237 (Price), which relates to the Physical Therapy Board, the 
            Board of Pharmacy, and the Court Reporters Board; and SB 1239 
            (Price), which relates to the Acupuncture Board.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916) 319-2081