Following is a list of 2010 bills currently supported by JPAC. Please check back regularly for updates*.
*Click HERE for the latest in our July 2010 Legislative Update.
· AB 1650 – (Feuer and Blumenfield)
o Summary: This bill, if enacted, would prohibit new contracts or contract renewals between the state, including any of its subdivisions, and companies with substantial business activities in Iran’s energy sector.
· AB 2073 – Medi-Cal: adult day health care services (B. Lowenthal)
o Summary: Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Adult Day Health Medi-Cal Law establishes adult day health care services as a Medi-Cal benefit for Medi-Cal beneficiaries who meet certain adult day health care eligibility criteria. Existing law provides that certain criteria shall only apply on the date the Director of Health Care Services executes a declaration, as specified. These criteria include requirements that beneficiaries have two or more functional impairments involving activities that include bathing, dressing, and self-feeding and, depending upon the type of beneficiary, the beneficiary either requires substantial human assistance or assistance, as defined, in performing those activities. This bill, if enacted, upon the date the director executes the aforementioned declaration, establish adult day health care services as a Medi-Cal benefit for Medi-Cal beneficiaries who meet certain criteria, including, requiring beneficiaries to have two or more functional impairments involving the above-described activities and require assistance, as defined, in performing those activities.
· ACR 4 – University of California: divestment from Iran (Anderson)
o Summary: This measure would call upon the University of California to fully implement the California Public Divest from Iran Act which prohibits the investment of public employee retirement funds in foreign companies with business activities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
· SB 906 – Marriage (Leno)
o Summary: Senate Bill 906 reaffirms the freedom of clergy to make faith-based decisions regarding which marriages they solemnize and further clarifies the distinction between civil marriage and religious marriage. Additionally, this bill clarifies that religious institutions would not lose their tax exempt status in California if they refuse to solemnize a certain marriage that is contrary to their religious faith.
· SCR 52 – Iranian persecution: Baha’i (Lowenthal)
o Summary: This resolution condemns the government of Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of Baha’is, calls on the government of Iran to immediately cease activities aimed at the repression of the Iranian Baha’i community, and holds the government of Iran responsible for upholding all the rights of its nationals, including members of the Baha’i community.
· SCR 76 – Human trafficking awareness (Corbett)
o Summary: This measure would proclaim the Legislature’s support of human trafficking awareness events.
