Bill Text: CA AB1118 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 1118 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Pupil instruction: health education: organ and tissue

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1118 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1118-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 1118	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member John A. P�rez

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add  Section   Sections 33542 and
 51882 to the Education Code, relating to pupil instruction.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1118, as amended, John A. P�rez. Pupil instruction: health
education: organ and tissue donation. 
   (1) Existing law requires the Curriculum Development and
Supplemental Materials Commission to recommend curriculum frameworks
for adoption by the State Board of Education in accordance with
regulations. Existing law defines "curriculum framework" as an
outline of the components of a given course of study designed to
provide state direction to school districts in the provision of
instructional programs.  
   This bill would require the commission and the state board to
ensure that the health framework adopted in the course of the next
submission cycle, as specified, includes the subject of organ
procurement and tissue donation in the instruction to be provided to
pupils in grades 9 and 10.  
   (1) 
    (2)  The Comprehensive Health Education Act of 1977
requires the State Department of Education to prepare and distribute
to school districts guidelines for the preparation of comprehensive
health education plans, and, in cooperation with county offices of
education that desire to participate, to assist school districts in
developing comprehensive health education plans and programs.
   This bill  , commencing with the 2012-   13 school
year,  would require school districts to  offer
  provide  pupils who are enrolled in health
classes during grade 9 or 10 at least 15 minutes of instruction on
organ procurement and tissue donation designed to develop a knowledge
of the potentially lifesaving results achieved through organ and
tissue transplantation. By requiring school districts to provide
organ procurement and tissue donation instruction, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program. 
   (2) 
    (3)  The California Constitution requires the state to
reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs
mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for
making that reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) There are more than 100,000 people on the national organ
transplant waiting list, and more than 21,000, or 21 percent, of
those people live in California.
   (b) Currently only 18 percent of California drivers are designated
as organ or tissue donors.
   (c) Californians who apply for a California driver's license are
asked whether or not they would like to donate their organs and
tissue. It is important that, if we are asking that question, we are
allowing the individual to make an informed decision.
   (d) There is an urgent need to educate the public about organ and
tissue donation.
   SEC. 2.    Section 33542 is added to the  
Education Code   , to read:  
   33542.  The commission and the state board shall ensure that the
health framework adopted in the course of the next submission cycle
following the date that this section becomes effective includes the
subject of organ procurement and tissue donation in the instruction
to be provided to pupils in grades 9 and 10. 
   SEC. 2.   SEC. 3.   Section 51882 is
added to the Education Code, to read:
   51882.   A   Commencing with the 2012-13
school year, a  school district shall  offer 
 provide  pupils who are enrolled in health classes during
grade 9 or 10 at least 15 minutes of instruction on organ procurement
and tissue donation designed to develop a knowledge of the
potentially lifesaving results achieved through organ and tissue
transplantation.
   SEC. 3.   SEC. 4.   If the Commission on
State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by
the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for
those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section
17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.