State Issues

The following items have been identified as pertinent to CHI's missions and objectives by the CHI State Legislative Committee (SLC).

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 12 (Beall) – The Adult Health Coverage Expansion Program
• 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 236 (Runner) – Health Care: Cal CARE program
• SB 253 (Aanestad) – Health Care
• SB 320 (Alquist) – California Health Care Information Infrastructure Program
• 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 2474 (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 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 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
• AB 2114 (Villines) - The Corportation Tax Law: Allocation and Apportionment
• 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