BILL NUMBER: AB 869	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JANUARY 24, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   JUNE 2, 1999
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   APRIL 12, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Keeley
    (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Cedillo, Firebaugh,
Gallegos, Honda, Longville, Reyes, Romero, Soto, Torlakson,
Villaraigosa, Washington, Wesson, and Wildman) 
    (Coauthor:  Senator Hughes) 

                        FEBRUARY 25, 1999

   An act  to amend Section 1647.11 of the Business and
Professions Code,  relating to  insurance  
oral conscious sedation, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 869, as amended, Keeley.   Insurers and others:
investments   Oral conscious sedation  . 
   Existing law prohibits after December 31, 1999, any dentist from
administering oral conscious sedation on an outpatient basis to a
patient under 13 years of age unless the dentist meets specified
licensing and permit requirements.
   This bill would extend the date for the operation of these
provisions to December 31, 2000.
   The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.  
   Existing law governing insurance prescribes certain authorized
investments that can be made by insurers.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations
concerning the need to encourage insurers and others doing business
in California to make investments in low-income communities.

   Vote:   majority   2/3 .  Appropriation:
  no.  Fiscal committee:  no. State-mandated local program:  no.



THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  
  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of 

  SECTION 1.  Section 1647.11 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read: 
   1647.11.  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 1647.1,
after December 31,  1999   2000  , no
dentist shall administer oral conscious sedation on an outpatient
basis to a minor patient unless one of the following conditions is
met:
   (1) The dentist possesses a current license in good standing to
practice dentistry in California and either holds a valid general
anesthesia permit, conscious sedation permit, or has been certified
by the board, pursuant to Section 1647.12, to administer oral
sedation to minor patients.
   (2) The dentist possesses a current permit issued under Section
1638 or 1640 and either holds a valid general anesthesia permit 
,  or conscious sedation permit ,  or possesses a
certificate as a provider of oral conscious sedation to minor
patients in compliance with, and pursuant to, this article.
   (b) Certification as a provider of oral conscious sedation to
minor patients expires at the same time the license or permit of the
dentist expires unless renewed at the same time the dentist's license
or permit is renewed after its issuance, unless certification is
renewed as provided in this article.
   (c) This article shall not apply to the administration of local
anesthesia or a mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen, or to the
administration, dispensing, or prescription of postoperative
medications.   
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to allow the Dental Board of California adequate time
within which to promulgate regulations required to effectively
implement the provisions of Article 2.8 (commencing with Section
1647) of Chapter 4 of Division 2 of the Business and Professions
Code, it is necessary that this act take immediate effect. 
 the following:
   (a) Insurers and others doing business in California are vital and
integral parts of the California economy.
   (b) Investments in low-income communities in California have been
insufficient, resulting in a low level of economic vitality,
substandard housing, and a decline in the quality of life in many
rural and urban areas.
   (c) It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to encourage,
through incentives and other mechanisms, insurers and others doing
business in California to make safe investments and sound community
development investments in low-income communities that benefit
low-income individuals and have a positive impact on those
communities.  The investments should include investments intended to
create or retain jobs or to create new or expanded business
opportunities.