BILL/AUTHOR SUBJECT POSITION DESCRIPTION STATUS ( D) group market: single risk pool: index rate. WATCH Per HC CAJPA is closely watching AB 157 for amendments. AB 157, which is currently a spot bill, is very likely to become a prime vehicle for group health care reforms that will be added in reaction to changes made at the federal level in the coming weeks and months. SENATE INACTIVE FILE 9/13/2017 TWO YEAR BILL ( R) Heroin and Opioid Public Education (HOPE) Act. SUPPORT Per WC CAJPA SUPPORTS AB 182 which supplies needed information through an annual report on actions taken by the Department of Public Health to deter the abuse of opioid medications and other drugs through the Heroin and Opioid Public Education (HOPE) Program. HELD on SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE FILE TWO YEAR BILL ( D) Workers’ compensation: return-to-work program. OPPOSE Per WC CAJPA OPPOSES AB 553, that requires full payout of all remaining funds in the 100 percent employer funded catastrophic injury Return to Work fund, without any triggering event beyond the fact that some money remains after funding all claims each year. HELD ON SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE FILE TWO YEAR BILL ( D) Government: pharmaceutical procurement SUPPORT Per HC and WC SUPPORTS AB 587 would convene the California Pharmaceutical Collaborative to coordinate efforts of state and local government entities to identify and implement opportunities for cost savings with regard to the purchase of pharmaceuticals, particularly pharmaceuticals that are considered high-cost drugs. HELD ON SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE FILE TWO YEAR BILL (Bocanegra D) Workers’ compensation. OPPOSE Per WC CAJPA OPPOSES AB 1028 which establishes that school police employed by a school district are covered by certain workers’ compensation public safety presumptions currently set out in the in the Labor Code. HELD ON SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE FILE TWO YEAR BILL
( D) Counties and cities: contracts for personal services. OPPOSE Per JPA CAJPA is working with others to OPPOSE AB 1250 that places substantial burdens on counties by adding unreasonable paperwork burdens and reporting requirements relating to personal services contracts to impede and impact local control and governance. IN SENATE RULES TWO YEAR BILL ( D) Public safety officers: procedural rights. OPPOSE Per TL CAJPA is working with the League of Cities to OPPOSE AB 1298 that unnecessarily increases costs and impedes ability to discipline or remove public safety officers. SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY TWO YEAR BILL ( D) Workers’ compensation: off-duty peace officer. OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED Per WC In partnership with CSAC, CCWC, and CSDA, CAJPA is “opposed unless amended” to AB 1749, related to peace officer workers’ compensation benefit claims for injuries sustained outside of California. We fully recognize the brave acts displayed during the tragic Las Vegas shooting in October 2017 and the intent to help those who were harmed. However, as currently drafted, AB 1749 represents a major expansion of the workers’ compensation system. SENATE L. & I.R. 4/25/2018 HEARING: 6/27/18 ( D) Employment discrimination: unlawful employment practices. OPPOSE Per TL In a coalition of other California employers, CAJPA is OPPOSED to AB 1870 that would extend the period from one year to three years for which complaints alleging unlawful employment practices may be filed with the department, under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act and exposes public employers to costly litigation. SENATE JUD. 6/7/2018 HEARING: 6/19/18 ( D) Public employees’ retirement: joint powers agreements: liability. Oppose Per JPA In a coalition with others, CAJPA OPPOSES AB 1912, which places substantial burdens and new unworkable requirements on local and state agencies. It applies retroactive as well as prospective joint and several liability for all retirement related obligations to any current or former member of a JPA since inception. The bill has been amended SENATE P.E. & R. 5/31/2018 HEARING: 6/11/18
(Monning D) Hospital contracts. SUPPORT Per HC CAJPA SUPPORT SB 538, which would declare that certain classic practices are unenforceable. This would limit health systems from exerting market power to drive up health care costs without providing better quality than other hospitals that do not possess the same market power. ASSEMBLY 2 YEAR 7/14/2017 TWO YEAR BILL ( D) Universal Single Payer Health Plan Mandate OPPOSE Per HC and WC CAJPA OPPOSES SB 562 which seeks to replace California's healthcare marketplace with a universal Single Payer system with unknown benefits and new costs. The bill would authorize a complete takeover of all medical care, including inpatient, outpatient, emergency care, dental, vision, mental health, workers’ compensation & nursing home care. PASSED the SENATE HELD AT THE ASSEMBLY DESK BY SPEAKER RENDON TWO YEAR BILL ( D) Community Colleges: Teacher Credentialing SUPPORT Per JPA CAJPA SUPPORTS SB 577 that, in order to increase supply of credentialed teachers in California, will permit new teacher credentialing programs to be offered by community colleges. ASSEMBLY HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE HEARING: 6/19/18 ( D) Workers’ compensation: providers. NEUTRAL is NEUTRAL on SB 617 which is a legislative placeholder in response to the City of Jackson v WCAB (Rice) ruling on apportionment to genetic factors. ASSEMBLY INS. 4/18/2018 TWO YEAR BILL ( D) Occupational safety and health: regulations. OPPOSE Per LC CAJPA OPPOSES SB 772 that seeks to eliminate regulatory impact analysis, including a cost/benefit analysis, when creating new occupational safety and health standards and regulations. HELD ON ASSEMBLY TWO YEAR BILL ( D) Lactation accommodation OPPOSE Per JPA and TL In a Coalition with other employers, CAJPA is OPPOSED to SB 937 which places burdensome mandates regarding lactation accommodations on public employers and exposes employers to costly litigation traps. ASSEMBLY L. & E. 6/7/18 HEARING: 6/20/18 ( D) Presentation of claims: local public entities: OPPOSE Per TL CAJPA opposes SB 1053 because it would deprive California public entities of the ability to timely ASSEMBLY JUD. 4/30/2018