Bill Text: CA AB507 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Department of Consumer Affairs: BreEZe system: annual report.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB507 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB507-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 507	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 9, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Olsen
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Gray)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members  Chang  
  and Dodd   Chang,   Dodd,
  Obernolte,   and Waldron  )
   (Coauthor: Senator Bates)

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2015

   An act to add Section 210.5 to the Business and Professions Code,
relating to the Department of Consumer Affairs, and declaring the
urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 507, as amended, Olsen. Department of Consumer Affairs: BreEZe
system: annual report.
   Existing law authorizes the Department of Consumer Affairs to
enter into a contract with a vendor for the licensing and enforcement
of the BreEZe system, which is a specified integrated,
enterprisewide enforcement case management and licensing system, no
sooner than 30 days after written notification to certain committees
of the Legislature. Existing law requires the amount of contract
funds for the system to be consistent with costs approved by the
office of the State Chief Information Officer, based on information
provided by the department in a specified manner.
   This bill would, on  and after October 1, 2015, 
 or before March 1, 2016, or thereafter when available, 
require the department to submit an annual report to the Legislature
and the Department of Finance that includes, among other things, the
department's plans for implementing the BreEZe system at specified
regulatory entities included in the department's's 3rd phase of the
BreEZe implementation project,  when avail   able, 
including, but not limited to, a timeline for the implementation.
 The bill would also require the department to post on its
Internet Web site the name of each regulatory entity that is
utilizing the BreEZe system once the regulatory entity begins using
the BreEZe system. 
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 210.5 is added to the Business and Professions
Code, immediately following Section 210, to read:
   210.5.  (a) On  and after October 1, 2015,  
or before March 1, 2016, or thereafter when available, the
department shall submit an annual report to the Legislature and the
Department of Finance that includes  all of  the
following:
   (1) The department's plan for implementing the BreEZe system at
the regulatory entities in the department's third phase of the
implementation project, including, but not limited to, a timeline for
implementation.
   (2) The total estimated costs of implementation of the BreEZe
system at the regulatory entities in the department's third phase of
the implementation project and the results of any  related 
cost-benefit analysis the department  conducted for the third
phase of the implementation project.   conducts. 
   (3) A description of  whether and to what extent the
BreEZe system will achieve  any operational efficiencies
 resulting from   achieved as a result of BreEZe
 implementation by the  boards and  regulatory
entities within the department's  jurisdiction. 
 jurisdiction, if available. 
   (b) The report described in subdivision (a) shall be submitted in
compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code. 
   (c) The department shall post on its Internet Web site the name of
each regulatory entity that is utilizing the BreEZe system once the
regulatory entity begins using the BreEZe system.  
   (c) 
    (d)  For purposes of this section, "the regulatory
entities in the department's third phase of the implementation
project" includes all of the following:
   (1) Acupuncture Board.
   (2) Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and
Geologists.
   (3) Bureau of Automotive Repair.
   (4) Bureau of Electronic and Appliance Repair, Home Furnishings,
and Thermal Insulation.
   (5) Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education.
   (6) California Architects Board.
   (7) California Board of Accountancy.
   (8) California State Board of Pharmacy.
   (9) Cemetery and Funeral Bureau.
   (10) Contractors' State License Board.
   (11) Court Reporters Board of California.
   (12) Landscape Architects Technical Committee.
   (13) Professional Fiduciaries Bureau.
   (14) Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid
Dispensers Board.
   (15) State Athletic Commission.
   (16) State Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
   (17) State Board of Guide Dogs for the Blind.
   (18) Structural Pest Control Board.
   (19) Telephone Medical Advice Services Bureau.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   Because of the circumstances surrounding the implementation of the
BreEZe system, and in order to ensure that healing arts and other
professionals are licensed in a timely and efficient manner, it is
necessary that this act take effect immediately.