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Signed

BILL NUMBER: A.B. 1368
INTRODUCED BY Assemblymember Anthony Adams (R-Hesperia)
Child day care: safety.

BILL NUMBER: SB 788
INTRODUCED BY Senator Mark Wyland (R-Carlsbad)
Licensed professional clinical counselors.
The Governor had this to say about the bill - "I believe these professionals will help provide greater access to much-needed mental health services to Californians."

BILL NUMBER: SB 33
By Senator Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana)
Marriage and family therapy: licensure and registration.

BILL NUMBER: AB 1113
By Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal (D-Long Beach)
Prisoners: professional mental health providers: marriage and family therapists.

BILL NUMBER: AB 1086
By Assemblymember Jeff Miller (R-Corona)
Public contracts: bids

BILL NUMBER: SB 669
By Senator Dennis Hollingsworth (R-Murrieta)
Provides that a sexually violent predator’s refusal to participate in treatment may be considered evidence in a jury trial to show that his or her condition has not changed.

BILL NUMBER: SBX3 14
By Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny (D-San Diego)
Prison facilities: construction.

Vetoed

BILL NUMBER: AB 845
Assembly Speaker Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles)
Corrections: Reentry Advisory Committee.

BILL NUMBER: SBX3 17
By Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny (D-San Diego)
Veto Message
June 30, 2009
To the Members of the California State Senate:
I am returning Senate Bill X3 17 without my signature.
I have been very clear that the Legislature must solve the entire deficit, must make the hard decisions now, and must not push the problem off to tomorrow. This bill and its companion measure, SB X3 16, do not meet any of those criteria. For these reasons, I am returning this bill without my signature.
Sincerely,
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Other

BILL NUMBER: AB 1362
By Assemblymember Solorio
held in suspense

BILL NUMBER: AB 1531
By Assemblymember Portantino
pulled to allow author to use number for another bill. Agreed to author bill next year that allows CDCR to easily turn a contractor position into a state position with attached funding so conversion to state service is simple and seamless.

BILL NUMBER: AB 1362
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Solorio
California Rehabilitation Oversight Board: advisory committee.
Existing law establishes the California Rehabilitation Oversight Board.

This bill would establish the California Rehabilitation Oversight Board Advisory Committee and charge it with providing assistance and advice on strategies for accomplishing the rehabilitation goals of the various mental health, substance abuse, educational, and employment programs for inmates and parolees operated by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.

The committee shall consist of nine members as follows:
(1) A clinical psychologist appointed by the Speaker of the
Assembly.
(2) A social worker appointed by the Governor.
(3) Two correctional peace officers, one appointed by the Governor, and one appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(4) A chaplain appointed by the Governor.
(5) A rehabilitation therapist appointed by the Governor.
(6) A teacher appointed by the Governor.
(7) A warden appointed by the Senate President pro Tempore.
(8) A clinician with expertise in behavioral health who works with parolees, appointed by the Senate President pro Tempore.

BILL NUMBER: AB 1531
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Portantino
State contracts: employment clauses.
This bill would additionally require that a public contract entered into between the state and another person or entity for services, goods, or materials include a clause stating that a person or entity that contracts with the state is prohibited from imposing a condition in the contract that would prohibit or penalize an employee subject to the contract or personal services contractor from seeking or accepting employment with the state.

This initiative have been proposed, but has still not gotten on the ballot due to not enough signatures. There is a rumor that states Paul McCauley does not currently have the funding to hire the people who go around collecting those signatures. The deadline for signatures is June 22, 2009. It is likely that it will fail to make the ballot at this point.

Initiative in Circulation as of May 4, 2009.

1350. (08-0018, Amdt. #1S)
Renegotiation of Public Employee Pension Contracts. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
Summary Date: 01/21/09 Circulation Deadline: 06/22/09
Signatures Required: 694,354
Proponent: Paul McCauley

Eliminates certain state constitutional restrictions on renegotiating public employee pension contracts. Allows vested pension benefits to be reduced for existing and prospective public-sector retirees. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Possible reduction in pension costs for state and local governments, depending on future actions by state and local governments and courts. Any such reduction likely would be largely or entirely offset by negotiated increases in other costs, such as employee salaries and wages. (08-0018, Amdt. #1S.) (Full Text can be found here)

BILL NUMBER: AB 1113
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Anderson)
Existing law requires any person employed or under contract to provide mental health diagnostic or treatment or other mental health services in the state correctional system to be a physician and surgeon, psychologist, or other health professional, licensed to practice in this state, except as specified. This licensure requirement may be waived in order for a person to gain qualifying experience for licensure as a psychologist or clinical social worker in this state.

This bill would also authorize the waiver for a person to gain qualifying experience for licensure as a marriage and family therapist. The bill would provide that a person gaining qualifying experience for licensure as a marriage and family therapist is limited to working within his or her scope of practice.

BILL NUMBER: AB 845
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bass
Corrections: Reentry Advisory Committee.
Existing law requires the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to establish a Reentry Advisory Committee, comprised as specified, to advise the secretary on matters related to the successful planning, implementation, and outcomes of all reentry programs and services in the department, with the goal of reducing recidivism. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2011.

This bill would impose additional requirements on the committee, including that the committee seek and apply for federal funds, develop a comprehensive strategic reentry plan seeking to reduce the recidivism rate, and submit a report to the Legislature, as specified. The bill would extend the repeal date on these provisions until January 1, 2014.

BILL NUMBER: AB 785
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bass
Community sanctions: parole violators.
This bill would state the Legislature's intent that community sanctions be instituted for parole violators who present a lower risk to public safety, as specified. The bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to implement a "parole violation decision-making instrument" to provide guidelines for use by parole agents and the Board of Parole Hearings to determine the most appropriate sanctions for parole violators, as specified. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations to implement these provisions. The bill would provide that its provisions do not limit the authority of counties to prosecute parolees who commit new crimes.

BILL NUMBER: AB 777
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bass
Inmates: identification cards.
This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in collaboration with the DMV, to allow the DMV to make biannual visits to the department's facilities to provide state-issued identification cards to inmates upon their release and to inmates who are eligible to be released or released on parole within 6 months.

This bill would specify the department's duties in providing and obtaining the information necessary for eligible inmates to obtain identification cards.

This bill would make its provisions operative on January 1, 2011.

BILL NUMBER: AB 777
INTRODUCED BY Senator Ducheny
Corrections: Department of Community Corrections.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create the Department of Community Corrections and that would transfer parole and probation programs and services to that department.

BILL NUMBER: SB 379
INTRODUCED BY Senator Huff
Child care: licensure requirements.
The California Child Day Care Facilities Act prescribes licensure requirements for the operation of child day care facilities, day care centers, and family day care homes. The act exempts specified facilities and arrangements from its provisions.

This bill, in addition, would exempt heritage schools, as defined, from the provisions of the act.

BILL NUMBER: AB 884
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Swanson
Probation and parole.
Existing law provides for the granting of probation and parole to specified offenders under specified circumstances.

This bill would provide that it is the intent of the Legislature to craft legislation that will amend the Penal Code to reduce unnecessary probation, parole, and jail time arising from certain probation and parole violations by nonviolent offenders.

BILL NUMBER: AB 1113
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Lowenthal Co-Author: Assembly Member Anderson
Prisoners: professional mental health providers: marriage and family therapists.
This bill would also authorize the waiver for a person to gain qualifying experience for licensure as a marriage and family therapist. The bill would provide that a person gaining qualifying experience for licensure as a marriage and family therapist is limited to working within his or her scope of practice.

BILL NUMBER: SB 292
INTRODUCED BY Senator Hancock
Prisoners: alternative incarceration.
This bill would state findings and declarations of the Legislature relative to alternative incarceration for nonviolent inmates. The bill would authorize the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to enter into contracts with Alternative Incarceration Facilities, as defined, for housing certain nonviolent inmates who meet certain criteria. The bill would authorize the secretary to adopt regulations to implement those purposes, set forth criteria for inmates to meet in order to be transferred to an Alternative Incarceration Facility, and establish a compensation scheme for owners of those facilities. The bill would require a retired, correctional officer with certain experience to always be present at each facility.

BILL NUMBER: SB 788
INTRODUCED BY Senator Wyland
Licensed Professional Counselors.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of marriage and family therapists, educational psychologists, and clinical social workers by the Board of Behavioral Sciences, in the Department of Consumer Affairs. Under existing law, the board consists of 11 members. This bill would prohibit a person from holding himself or herself out to the public by any title or description of mental health services not authorized by law or licensed by that board, except as specified. There is a growing need in this state for additional mental health professionals to provide counseling and other mental health services to California's citizens in a variety of settings. That need continues to grow due to economic conditions and the need to provide counseling services resulting from natural disasters, and services to California's veterans. There exists in the state a substantial number of mental health professionals who possess appropriate master's degree education, training, and experience to fulfill the need but who cannot avail themselves of licensure under the current mental health professional framework for licensure existing in the state.