BILL NUMBER: AB 1974 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 1, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Quirk
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
An act to amend Section 87202 of, and to add Section
83103.5 to the Government 1252 of the Health and
Safety Code, relating to the Political Reform Act of
1974 health facilities .
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1974, as amended, Quirk. Appointed officials:
disclosure statement. Health facilities: special
services.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health
facilities by the State Department of Public Health and prohibits a
health facility from providing a special service without the approval
of the department. Existing law defines a "special service" to mean
a functional division, department, or unit of a health facility that
is organized, staffed, and equipped to provide a specific type of
patient care and that has been identified by regulations of the
department and for which the department has established special
standards for quality of care.
The bill would specify that a "special service" does not include a
functional division, department, or unit of a nursing facility that
is organized, staffed, and equipped to provide physical therapy
services, occupational therapy services, or speech pathology and
audiology services to residents of the facility.
Under the Political Reform Act of 1974, every person who is
appointed as a member to a specified office, including the Fair
Political Practices Commission, is required to file a statement
disclosing his or her investments and interests in real property held
on the date of assuming office, and income received during the 12
months before assuming office. Existing law requires that the
statement be filed not more than 30 days after assuming office, as
specified.
This bill would instead require a person who is nominated as a
member of the Fair Political Practices Commission to file the
disclosure statement no later than 30 days prior to assuming office.
The Political Reform Act of 1974, an initiative measure, provides
that the Legislature may amend the act to further the act's purposes
upon a 2/3 vote of each house and compliance with specified
procedural requirements.
This bill would declare that it furthers the purposes of the act.
Vote: 2/3 majority . Appropriation:
no. Fiscal committee: no yes .
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 1252 of the Health
and Safety Code is amended to read:
1252. "Special service" means a functional division, department,
or unit of a health facility which that
is organized, staffed , and equipped to provide a specific
type or types of patient care and which that
has been identified by regulations of the state department and
for which the state department has established special standards for
quality of care. "Special service" does not include a
functional division, department, or unit of a nursing facility that
is organized, staffed, and equipped to provid e physical
therapy services, occupational therapy services, or speech pathology
and audiology services to residents of the facility.
SECTION 1. Section 83103.5 is added to the
Government Code, to read:
83103.5. A person who is appointed as a member of the Commission
shall file a statement disclosing his or her investments and his or
her interests in real property held on the date of his or her
nomination, and income received during the 12 months before being
nominated, in accordance with the requirements of Article 2
(commencing with Section 87200) of Chapter 7. The person nominated
shall file the disclosure statement no later than 30 days prior to
assuming office.
SEC. 2. Section 87202 of the Government Code is
amended to read:
87202. (a) Every person who is elected to an office specified in
Section 87200 shall, within 30 days after assuming the office, file a
statement disclosing his or her investments and his or her interests
in real property held on the date of assuming office, and income
received during the 12 months before assuming office. Except as
specified in Section 83103.5, every person who is appointed or
nominated to an office specified in Section 87200 shall file such a
statement not more than 30 days after assuming office, provided,
however, that a person appointed or nominated to such an office who
is subject to confirmation by the Commission on Judicial Appointments
or the State Senate shall file such a statement no more than 10 days
after the appointment or nomination.
The statement shall not be required if the person has filed,
within 60 days prior to assuming office, a statement for the same
jurisdiction pursuant to Section 87203.
(b) Every elected state officer who assumes office during the
month of December or January shall file a statement pursuant to
Section 87203 instead of this section, except that:
(1) The period covered for reporting investments and interests in
real property shall begin on the date the person filed his or her
declarations of candidacy.
(2) The period covered for reporting income shall begin 12 months
prior to the date the person assumed office.
SEC. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that
this bill furthers the purposes of the Political Reform Act of 1974
within the meaning of subdivision (a) of Section 81012 of the
Government Code.