California Assembly Bill AB1726 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1726AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 31, 2016 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 1, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Bonta (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chiu, Low, Ting, Weber, and Williams)  (   Coauthor:   Senator   De Len   )  JANUARY 28, 2016 An act to amend Section 8310.7 of the Government Code, relating to data collection. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1726, as amended, Bonta. Data collection. Existing law requires any state agency, board, or commission that directly or by contract collects demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of Californians to use separate collection categories and tabulations for specified Asian groups and Pacific Islander groups, and requires a state agency, board, or commission to include data on specified collection categories and tabulations in every demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of California residents that it publishes or releases. Existing law requires specified agencies to use additional separate collection categories and other tabulations for major Asian groups and Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander groups, and also requires those agencies to take additional actions, including, among other things, posting, and annually updating, the demographic data collected on their Internet Web sites, and updating the reporting categories to reflect these Asian and Pacific Islander groups as they are reported for the 2020 decennial census. This bill would require the updating of the reporting categories for future decennial censuses. The bill would  require, on or after July 1, 2017,   require  the State Department of Public Health, the State Department of Health Care Services, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Trustees of the California State University, and the Regents of the University of California to use the additional separate collection categories and other tabulations for specified Asian groups and Pacific Islander groups, and to take additional actions as specified above, under certain circumstances. The bill would not apply its categorization requirements to demographic data of graduate and professional schools of the University of California. The bill would be applicable to the University of California only if the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make it applicable. To the extent the bill would impose additional requirements on community colleges, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the State, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 8310.7 of the Government Code is amended to read: 8310.7. (a) This section shall only apply to the following state agencies: (1) The Department of Industrial Relations. (2) The Department of Fair Employment and Housing. (3) The State Department of Public Health and the State Department of Health Care Services, on or after July 1, 2017, whenever collecting demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of persons for a report that includes the type and amount of health care coverage, rates for major diseases, leading causes of death per demographic, subcategories for leading causes of death in California overall, pregnancy rates, or housing numbers. (4) The  Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the  Trustees of the California State  University,   University  or the Regents of the University of California, on or after July 1, 2017, whenever the entity collects demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of students for a report that includes student admission, enrollment, completion, or graduation rates.  (5) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, on or after July 1, 2020, whenever the entity collects demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of students for a report that includes student enrollment, completion, or graduation rates.  (b) In addition to the duties imposed under Section 8310.5, the state agencies described in subdivision (a), in the course of collecting demographic data directly or by contract as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of California residents, shall collect and tabulate data for the following: (1) Additional major Asian groups, including, but not limited to, Bangladeshi, Hmong, Indonesian, Malaysian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Taiwanese, and Thai. (2) Additional major Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander groups, including, but not limited to, Fijian and Tongan. (c) (1) The state agencies identified in subdivision (a) shall make any data collected pursuant to subdivision (b) publicly available, except as described in paragraph (2) for the entities identified in paragraph (4)  or (5)  of subdivision (a), and except for personal identifying information, which shall be deemed confidential, by posting the data on the Internet Web site of the agency on or before July 1, 2012, and annually thereafter. This subdivision shall not be construed to prevent any other state agency from posting data collected pursuant to subdivision (b) on the agency' s Internet Web site, in the manner prescribed by this section. (2) Where applicable, each entity identified in paragraph (4)  or (5)  of subdivision (a) shall comply with the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g) and shall observe federal criteria for ensuring statistical significance of data collected and published. (d)  The   (1)     Except as provided in paragraph (2) for the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the  state agencies identified in subdivision (a) shall, within 18 months after a decennial United States Census is released to the public, update their data collection to reflect the additional Asian groups and additional Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander groups as they are reported by the United States Census Bureau.  (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges until 18 months after the 2030 decennial United States Census is released to the public.  (e) This section shall not apply to demographic data of graduate or professional schools of the University of California. (f) This section shall apply to the University of California only if the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make it applicable. SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the State, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.