California Assembly Bill AB2668 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2668AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 8, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Galgiani FEBRUARY 19, 2010  An act to amend Section 99180 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.   An act to amend Sections 6080, 6081, and 6103 of the Penal Code, relating to prisons.  LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2668, as amended, Galgiani.  Postsecondary education: accountability.  Corrections: Medical Facility: telemedicine.   Existing law establishes the Medical Facility under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Existing law, the Telemedicine Development Act of 1996, regulates the practice of telemedicine, defined as the practice of health care delivery, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, transfer of medical data, and education using interactive audio, video, or data communications, by a health care practitioner, as defined.   This bill would require the Secretary of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to the extent funds are available pursuant to the Public Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007, to install telemedicine fixtures and broadband infrastructure for the delivery of telemedicine at the Medical Facility.   This bill would make other technical and clarifying changes.   Existing law establishes a higher education accountability program under which the California Postsecondary Education Commission, on or before November 15 of each year, is required to submit to the Legislature and the Governor a higher education report that provides information to the citizens of the state on the significant indicators of performance of the public colleges and universities.   Existing law expresses the intent of the Legislature that improvements in student knowledge, capacities, and skills between entrance and graduation be achieved through the effective use of student and institutional resources and that postsecondary education institutions clearly express expectations of student performance.   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these expressions of legislative intent.  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.   Section 6080 of the   Penal Code   is amended to read:  6080. As used in his part, the following terms have the meanings described below: (a) "Department" refers to the Department of Corrections  and Rehabilitation  . (b) "Director"  or "Secretary"  refers to the  Director   Secretary  of  the Department of  Corrections  and Rehabilitation  .  SEC. 2.   Section 6081 of the   Penal Code   is amended to read:  6081. As used in this code, "prison" and "state prison"  include the California Institution for Women   includes facilities housing either men or women, or both  .  SEC. 3.   Section 6103 of the   Penal Code   is amended to read:  6103.  (a)    The  Director   Secretary  of  the Department of  Corrections  and Rehabilitation  shall construct and equip, in accordance with law, suitable buildings, structures, and facilities for the Medical Facility.  (b) To the extent funds are available pursuant to the Public Safety and Offender Rehabilitation Services Act of 2007, the secretary shall install telemedicine fixtures and broadband infrastructure for the delivery of telemedicine at the Medical Facility.   SECTION 1.   Section 99180 of the Education Code is amended to read: 99180. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that demonstrable improvements in student knowledge, capacities, and skills between entrance and graduation be publicly announced and available, and that these improvements be achieved efficiently through the most effective use of student and institutional resources of time, effort, and money. (b) It is further the intent of the Legislature that public and private institutions of higher education communicate expectations of student performance in a manner that is clear to students. (c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that existing accountability requirements be strengthened through the elimination of unnecessary and redundant reports submitted by the educational institutions to various state agencies. The elimination of these unnecessary reports will save money and allow the institutions to focus their efforts on only the most important reporting requirements.