State Issues

The following items have been identified as pertinent to CHI's missions and objectives by the CHI State Legislative Committee (SLC). CHI members who are interested in serving on the SLC may contact Dave Burt, CHI Legislative Director (burt@chi.org or 858-551-6677).

2005-2006 Legislative Archive

Coverage and Reimbursement

• AB 1 (Dymally) – California Healthy Children Insurance Program
• AB 2 (Dymally) – Health Care Coverage
• AB 8 (Nunez) – Health Care Coverage
• AB 10 (De La Torre) – Health Care Coverage
• AB 12 (Beall) – The Adult Health Coverage Expansion Program
• AB 13 (Laird) – Health Care Coverage
• AB 20 (Eng & Hernandez) – Health Care Coverage
• AB 30 (Evans) – Health Care Coverage
• AB 53 (Dymally) – Health Care Coverage
• AB 75 (Blakeslee) – Healthy Choices Plan
• AB 329 (Nakanishi) – Chronic Diseases: Telemedicine
• AB 516 (Swanson) – Health Care Coverage
• AB 2091 (Fuentes) - Workers' Compensation: Drug Reimbursement 
• AB 2440 (Laird) - Medi-Cal: Reimbursement Codes 
• AB 2573 (Walters) - Medi-Cal 
• AB 2620 (Carter) - Medi-Cal Drug Program Advisory Board 
• AB 2643 (Cook) - Drugs and Devices 
• AB 2805 (Ma) - Health Care Coverage: Payment for Benefits 
• AB 2967 (Lieber) Health Care Cost and Quality Transparency 
• SB 48 (Perata) – Health Care Coverage: Employers and Employees
• SB 236 (Runner) – Health Care: Cal CARE program
• SB 253 (Aanestad) – Health Care
• SB 320 (Alquist) – California Health Care Information Infrastructure Program
• SB 349 (Perata) – Health Care Coverage
• SB 840 (Keuhl) – Single-Payer Health Care Coverage
• SB 885 (Calderon) - Health Care Coverage: Employer Mandates
• SB 1540 (Correa) - Children's Health Care Coverage 
• SB 1593 (Alquist) - Health Care Coverage: Children's Health Initiatives 
• SB 1603 (Calderon) - Discount Health Care Programs 
• SB 1669 (McClintock) - Health Care Coverage 

Biomedical Research

• AB 34 (Portantino) – Umbilical Cord Blood Banking: Pilot Project
• AB 40 (Portantino) – Umbilical Cord Blood Banking: Advisory Council
• AB 482 (Garcia) – Stem Cell Banking
• AB 1001 (Parra) - Ovarian Cancer Research Fund
• AB 1154 (Leno) - Diabetes 
• AB 2381 (Mullin) - Stem Cell Research 
• AB 2387 (Saldana) - Biosample Storarage 
• AB 2463 (Davis) - Hypertension and Diabetes 
• AB 2472 (Galgiani) - Childhood Obesity Prevention 
• SB 458 (Torlakson) – Lung Cancer: Early Detection and Awareness
• SB 527 (Steinberg) – Autism Spectrum Disorders: Screening
• SB 962 (Migden) – Umbilical Cord Blood Banking: Information

Education & Workforce Development

• AB 365 (Portantino) – Postsecondary Education: Task Force on State Workforce Needs
• AB 2366 (Portantino) - Pupil Data: Workforce Outcomes 
• AB 2375 (Hernandez) - Health Professions Workforce: Master Plan 
• AB 2485 (Furutani) - Workforce Development 
• AB 2711 (Portantino) - Economic Development 
• AB 2837 (Furutani) - California Community Colleges: Workforce Development 
• SB 309 (Scott) – Career Technical Education: Subject Requirements for Admission to the University of California
• SB 322 (Ducheny) – Teacher Development: Math and Science Teacher Academy Program
• SB 405 (Steinberg) – Schools: Curriculum: Opportunities for Pupils
• SB 507 (Torlakson) – Schools: Science Instruction: Grant Program
• SB 858 (Scott) – California Mathematics and Science Teachers Initiative
• SB 949 (Wyland) – Career Technical Education
• SB 960 (Alquist) – Teachers: Professional Development: Science
• SB 1008 (Hollingsworth) – Career Technical Education
• SB 1010 (Hollingsworth) – Career Technical Education

Intellectual Property & Patent Protection

• AB 479 (DeVore) – Intellectual Property: Study
• AB 1456 (Mullin) – Office of Intellectual Property
• AB 3033 (Laird) - University of California: Research Contracts 
• SB 771 (Kuehl & Runner) - Stem Cell Research Standards: Licensing Revenues
• SB 1565 (Kuehl) - California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act 

Drug Pricing, Marketing and Regulation

• AB 501 (Swanson & Hancock) – Pharmaceutical Devices
• AB 851 (Brownley) – Prescription Drugs: Informational Insert
• AB 1276 (Karnette) – Pharmacies: Prescription Containers: Labels
• AB 1399 (Richardson) – Pharmacies: Prescription Labels
• AB 2516 (Mendoza) - Prescriptions: Electronic Transmission 
• AB 2821 (Feuer) - Drug Marketing: Gifts 
• SB 472 (Corbett) – Prescription Drugs: Labeling Requirements
• SB 606 (Scott) – Pharmaceutical Information: Clinical Trial Data
• SB 966 (Simitian & Kuehl) – Pharmaceutical Drug Disposal
• SB 1270 (Cedillo) - Pharmacy: Electronic Pedigree Task Force 
• SB 1307 (Ridley-Thomas) - Pharmacy: Pedigree

Public Health and Environmental Safety

• AB 515 (Lieber) – Occupational Safety and Health
• AB 558 (Feuer) – Toxic Chemicals: Use Reduction
• AB 1037 (Feuer) – Economic Development: Cleantech Manufacturing
• AB 1879 (Feuer) - Hazardous Materials: Toxic Substances 
• AB 2505 (Brownley) - Hazardous Waste: Polyvinyl Chloride Packaging 
• AB 3031 (Lieber) - Hazardous Materials: Green Chemistry 
• SB 973 (Simitian) – Chemicals of Concern

Business Issues

• AB 880 (Nava) Disaster Liability Immunity
• AB 2690 (Krekorian) - Product Liability Actions: Prescription Pharmaceuticals 

Tax and Finance

• AB 135 (Houston) – Income and Corporation Taxes: Net Operating Losses
• AB 320 (Plescia) – Taxation: Corporation Taxes: Credits
• AB 751 (Lieu & Walters) – Income and Corporation Tax Credits: Research and Development
• AB 1147 (Mullin & Lieber) – Corporation Taxes: Net Operating Losses
• AB 1152 (Niello) – Sales and Use Taxes: Exemption: Manufacturing Equipment
• AB 1206 (Smyth) - Sales and Use Taxes Exemption: Research and Development
• AB 1285 (Para) – Taxation: the California Clean Equipment and Technology Investment Initiative of 2007
• AB 1370 (Hayashi, Mullin & Lieber) – Income and Corporation Taxes: Net Operating Losses
• AB 1591 (Ma) – The Corporation Tax Law: Allocation and Apportionment: Definitions
• SB 151 (Denham) – Income Taxation: Credit: Qualified Health Expenses
• SB 928 (Harman) – Income and Corporation Taxes: Credits: Research
• SB 1014 (Kuehl) – Taxation: Single-Payer Health Care Coverage