Bill Text: CA AB2222 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Prisons: telemedicine.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-28 - In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. [AB2222 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB2222-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2222 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 6, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Galgiani
FEBRUARY 18, 2010
An act to amend Section 578 of the Food and Agricultural
Code, relating to agricultural pests. An act to amend
Section 15819.41 of the Government Code, relating to prison health
care.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2222, as amended, Galgiani. Agricultural pests:
University of California research center. Prisons:
telemedicine.
Existing law, the Public Safety and Offender Rehabilitation
Services Act of 2007, authorizes the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, in 2 phases, to design, construct, or renovate prison
facilities to provide medical, dental, and mental health treatment
or housing for inmates. Existing law allows the State Public Works
Board to issue revenue bonds, negotiable notes, or negotiable bond
anticipation notes to finance the design, construction, and the costs
of interim financing of the projects authorized by the act.
This bill would authorize the department to install telemedicine
fixtures and broadband infrastructure in new or existing buildings in
the second phase in order to reduce prison health care delivery
costs.
Existing law states legislative findings and declarations
regarding the need to develop and apply ecologically based pest
management alternatives to prevent, control, and eradicate pests.
Under existing law, the Legislature requests the Regents of the
University of California establish a pest research center to conduct
those activities.
This bill would make a technical nonsubstantive change to this
law.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares the
following:
(a) Efforts to expand telemedicine technology in the state's
prison system prior to 2010 have been funded through the Consolidated
Information Technology Infrastructure Project, awarded in 2007, to
improve the performance and cost-effectiveness of infrastructure in
prison health care.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to allow the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation to continue to reduce prison health
care delivery costs by maximizing the benefits that come with the use
of telemedicine.
SEC. 2. Section 15819.41 of the
Government Code is amended to read:
15819.41. (a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
shall complete site assessments at facilities where it intends to
construct or renovate additional housing units, support buildings,
and programming space in order to add up to 4,000 beds at facilities
under its jurisdiction. The department may use the funding provided
in Section 28 of Chapter 7 of the Statutes of 2007 to complete the
site assessments. After completing these site assessments the
department shall define the scope and costs of each project pursuant
to subdivision (d). This authorization is in addition to the
authorization in subdivision (a) of Section 15819.40. Any new beds
constructed shall be supported by rehabilitative programming for
inmates, including, but not limited to, education, vocational
programs, substance abuse treatment programs, employment programs,
and prerelease planning. The Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation is authorized to design, construct, or renovate
housing units, support buildings, and programming space in order to
add up to 4,000 beds at facilities under its jurisdiction. This
authorization is in addition to the authorization in subdivision (a)
of Section 15819.40. Any new beds constructed shall be supported by
rehabilitative programming for inmates, including, but not limited
to, education, vocational programs, substance abuse treatment
programs, employment programs, and prerelease planning. The authority
contained in this subdivision together with the funds appropriated
in Section 15819.413 for this purpose, shall constitute the scope and
cost of a single capital outlay project for purposes of calculating
augmentations pursuant to Section 13332.11 as described in Section
15819.411.
(b) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is authorized
to design and construct new, or renovate existing, buildings at
facilities under the jurisdiction of the department to provide
medical, dental, and mental health treatment or housing for up to
2,000 inmates. This authorization is in addition to the authorization
in subdivision (c) of Section 15819.40. The authority contained in
this subdivision together with the funds appropriated in Section
15819.413 for this purpose, shall constitute the scope and cost of a
single capital outlay project for purposes of calculating
augmentations pursuant to Section 13332.11 as described in Section
15819.411.
(c) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is authorized
to construct, establish, and operate reentry program facilities
throughout the state that will house up to 10,000 inmates pursuant to
Section 6271.1 of the Penal Code, and together with the funds
appropriated in Section 15819.413 for this purpose, this shall
constitute the scope and cost of a single capital outlay project for
purposes of calculating augmentations pursuant to Section 13332.11 as
described in Section 15819.411.
(d) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is authorized
to install telemedicine fixtures and broadband infrastructure in new
or existing buildings as authorized in subdivisions (a), (b), and
(c) in order to reduce prison health care delivery costs.
(d)
(e) (1) The reporting requirements set forth in
Sections 7000 to 7003.5, inclusive, of the Penal Code, shall apply
separately to each institution or facility. The scope and cost of the
project for each institution or facility shall be established by the
State Public Works Board individually. The amount of the total
appropriations in Section 15819.413 that is necessary for each
project shall be allocated to each institution or facility project.
The appropriations may be allocated based on current estimates. These
initial allocations may be adjusted commensurate to changes that
occur during the progression of the projects. As allocations are made
or adjusted, the anticipated deficit or savings shall be
continuously traced and reported. Once the total appropriation has
been allocated, any augmentation necessary to fund an anticipated
deficit shall be based on the total applicable capital outlay
appropriation in Section 15819.413 and applied to each project
allocation as necessary.
(2) For each institution, the department shall report to the Joint
Legislative Budget Committee, identifying those projects that the
department proposes to undertake, and any support buildings, and
programming space to support up to 4,000 new beds. For each
institution, the department shall describe the scope, budget,
schedule, number of beds by security level, along with approximate
square footage of support buildings, and programming space to be
constructed or renovated. If after providing these reports, the
committee fails to take any action with respect to each report within
30 days after submittal, this inaction shall be deemed to be
approval for purposes of this section, and the department is
authorized to proceed to design, construct, or renovate housing
units, support buildings, and programming space for each institution
for which a report has been approved.
(3) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall notify
the Joint Legislative Budget Committee 45 days prior to the
submission of preliminary plans to the board for each project
authorized in this section. If after providing these notifications,
the committee fails to take any action with respect to each report
within 45 days after submittal, this inaction shall be deemed to be
approval for purposes of this section, and the department is
authorized to design, construct, or renovate housing units, support
buildings, and programming space for each institution for which a
report has been approved.
(4) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall report
quarterly to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee on the
allocations from the appropriations in Section 15819.413 and the
anticipated deficit or savings. Each reentry program facility
authorized under subdivision (c) shall be considered to be a separate
project. Each medical, mental health, or dental building improvement
authorized under subdivision (b) shall be considered to be a
separate project, except that building improvements that have a
related purpose and that are located at the same institution may be
considered one project, for reporting purposes pursuant to Sections
7000 and 7003.5 of the Penal Code.
SECTION 1. Section 578 of the Food and
Agricultural Code is amended to read:
578. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in
this section govern the construction of this article.
(a) "Center" means the University of California Center for Pest
Research.
(b) "Pest" means any of the following pests that are, or are
likely to become, dangerous or detrimental to the agricultural or
nonagricultural environment of the state.
(1) Any insect, nematode, or weed.
(2) Any form of terrestrial, aquatic, or aerial plant, virus,
fungus, bacteria, or other microorganism, except viruses, fungi,
bacteria, or other microorganisms in, or on, a living human or any
other living animal.
