Richard Pan
- Democratic
Author
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health to implement various programs throughout the state relating to public health, including licensing and regulating health facilities and control of infectious diseases. This bill would require the State Department of Public Health and the Office of Emergency Services, in coordination with other state agencies, to, upon appropriation and as necessary, establish a personal protective equipment (PPE) stockpile. The bill would require the department to establish guidelines for the procurement, management, and distribution of PPE, taking into account, among other things, the amount of each type of PPE that would be required for all health care workers and essential workers in the state during a 90-day pandemic or other health emergency. Existing law requires every employer to furnish and use safety devices and safeguards, and to adopt and use practices that are reasonably adequate to render the employment and place of employment safe and healthful. The bill would, commencing January 1, 2023, or one year after the adoption of specified regulations, whichever is later, require health care employers, including clinics, health facilities, and home health agencies, to maintain an inventory of new, unexpired PPE for use in the event of a declared state of emergency and would require the inventory to be at least sufficient for 45 days of surge consumption, as determined by regulation, as specified. The bill would assess a civil penalty on a health care employer who violates that requirement, as specified. The bill would authorize the Department of Industrial Relations to exempt a health care employer from the above-required civil penalties if the department determines that supply chain limitations make meeting the mandated level of supplies for a specific type of PPE infeasible and the health care employer has made a reasonable attempt to obtain PPE, or if the health care employer has made a showing that they are not in possession of the mandated level of supplies due to reasons beyond their control, as specified. The bill would require the Department of Industrial Relations to adopt regulations, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, setting forth requirements for determining 45-day surge capacity levels, as specified, for a health care employer's PPE inventory. The bill would also establish the Personal Protective Equipment Advisory Committee, consisting of representatives from an association representing skilled nursing facilities, a statewide association representing physicians, and labor organizations that represent health care workers, among other groups, to make recommendations for the development of guidelines for the procurement, management, and distribution of PPE, as specified.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 301, Statutes of 2020.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 5408.)
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 5460.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
Joint Rule 61(b)(17) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 5275.)
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 20).
August 18 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.
July 9 set for first hearing.Testimony taken.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 920.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Set for hearing April 22.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 511.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 1.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB275 | HTML |
| 02/13/19 - Introduced | |
| 01/06/20 - Amended Assembly | |
| 02/13/20 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/17/20 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/27/20 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/24/20 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/25/20 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/30/20 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/04/20 - Enrolled | |
| 09/29/20 - Chaptered |
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