California 2017 2017-2018 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB658 Enrolled / Bill

Filed 09/13/2017

                    Enrolled  September 13, 2017 Passed IN  Senate  September 11, 2017 Passed IN  Assembly  April 20, 2017 Amended IN  Assembly  April 06, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 658Introduced by Assembly Member WaldronFebruary 14, 2017 An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 1300.1 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to clinical laboratories. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 658, Waldron. Clinical laboratories.Existing federal law, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), requires the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to certify and regulate clinical laboratories that perform testing on humans. Existing law also provides for the licensure and regulation of clinical laboratories and various clinical laboratory personnel by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, the department inspects clinical laboratories and assesses a fee for licensure of those facilities.This bill would temporarily suspend the annual renewal fee for clinical laboratory licenses until January 1, 2020.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1300.1 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1300.1. (a) The application and renewal fees for clinical laboratory licenses specified in Section 1300 shall be adjusted annually in the manner specified in Section 100450 of the Health and Safety Code. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar amount.(b) The annual renewal fee for clinical laboratory licenses specified in subdivision (g) of Section 1300 shall be suspended for the years 2018 and 2019.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.SEC. 2. Section 1300.1 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:1300.1. (a) The application and renewal fees for clinical laboratory licenses specified in Section 1300 shall be adjusted annually in the manner specified in Section 100450 of the Health and Safety Code. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar amount.(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.

 Enrolled  September 13, 2017 Passed IN  Senate  September 11, 2017 Passed IN  Assembly  April 20, 2017 Amended IN  Assembly  April 06, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 658Introduced by Assembly Member WaldronFebruary 14, 2017 An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 1300.1 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to clinical laboratories. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 658, Waldron. Clinical laboratories.Existing federal law, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), requires the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to certify and regulate clinical laboratories that perform testing on humans. Existing law also provides for the licensure and regulation of clinical laboratories and various clinical laboratory personnel by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, the department inspects clinical laboratories and assesses a fee for licensure of those facilities.This bill would temporarily suspend the annual renewal fee for clinical laboratory licenses until January 1, 2020.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Enrolled  September 13, 2017 Passed IN  Senate  September 11, 2017 Passed IN  Assembly  April 20, 2017 Amended IN  Assembly  April 06, 2017

Enrolled  September 13, 2017
Passed IN  Senate  September 11, 2017
Passed IN  Assembly  April 20, 2017
Amended IN  Assembly  April 06, 2017

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 658

Introduced by Assembly Member WaldronFebruary 14, 2017

Introduced by Assembly Member Waldron
February 14, 2017

 An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 1300.1 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to clinical laboratories. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 658, Waldron. Clinical laboratories.

Existing federal law, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), requires the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to certify and regulate clinical laboratories that perform testing on humans. Existing law also provides for the licensure and regulation of clinical laboratories and various clinical laboratory personnel by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, the department inspects clinical laboratories and assesses a fee for licensure of those facilities.This bill would temporarily suspend the annual renewal fee for clinical laboratory licenses until January 1, 2020.

Existing federal law, the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), requires the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to certify and regulate clinical laboratories that perform testing on humans. Existing law also provides for the licensure and regulation of clinical laboratories and various clinical laboratory personnel by the State Department of Public Health. Under existing law, the department inspects clinical laboratories and assesses a fee for licensure of those facilities.

This bill would temporarily suspend the annual renewal fee for clinical laboratory licenses until January 1, 2020.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1300.1 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1300.1. (a) The application and renewal fees for clinical laboratory licenses specified in Section 1300 shall be adjusted annually in the manner specified in Section 100450 of the Health and Safety Code. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar amount.(b) The annual renewal fee for clinical laboratory licenses specified in subdivision (g) of Section 1300 shall be suspended for the years 2018 and 2019.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.SEC. 2. Section 1300.1 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:1300.1. (a) The application and renewal fees for clinical laboratory licenses specified in Section 1300 shall be adjusted annually in the manner specified in Section 100450 of the Health and Safety Code. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar amount.(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 1300.1 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:1300.1. (a) The application and renewal fees for clinical laboratory licenses specified in Section 1300 shall be adjusted annually in the manner specified in Section 100450 of the Health and Safety Code. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar amount.(b) The annual renewal fee for clinical laboratory licenses specified in subdivision (g) of Section 1300 shall be suspended for the years 2018 and 2019.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.

SECTION 1. Section 1300.1 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:

### SECTION 1.

1300.1. (a) The application and renewal fees for clinical laboratory licenses specified in Section 1300 shall be adjusted annually in the manner specified in Section 100450 of the Health and Safety Code. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar amount.(b) The annual renewal fee for clinical laboratory licenses specified in subdivision (g) of Section 1300 shall be suspended for the years 2018 and 2019.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.

1300.1. (a) The application and renewal fees for clinical laboratory licenses specified in Section 1300 shall be adjusted annually in the manner specified in Section 100450 of the Health and Safety Code. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar amount.(b) The annual renewal fee for clinical laboratory licenses specified in subdivision (g) of Section 1300 shall be suspended for the years 2018 and 2019.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.

1300.1. (a) The application and renewal fees for clinical laboratory licenses specified in Section 1300 shall be adjusted annually in the manner specified in Section 100450 of the Health and Safety Code. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar amount.(b) The annual renewal fee for clinical laboratory licenses specified in subdivision (g) of Section 1300 shall be suspended for the years 2018 and 2019.(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.



1300.1. (a) The application and renewal fees for clinical laboratory licenses specified in Section 1300 shall be adjusted annually in the manner specified in Section 100450 of the Health and Safety Code. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar amount.

(b) The annual renewal fee for clinical laboratory licenses specified in subdivision (g) of Section 1300 shall be suspended for the years 2018 and 2019.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.

SEC. 2. Section 1300.1 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:1300.1. (a) The application and renewal fees for clinical laboratory licenses specified in Section 1300 shall be adjusted annually in the manner specified in Section 100450 of the Health and Safety Code. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar amount.(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.

SEC. 2. Section 1300.1 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

### SEC. 2.

1300.1. (a) The application and renewal fees for clinical laboratory licenses specified in Section 1300 shall be adjusted annually in the manner specified in Section 100450 of the Health and Safety Code. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar amount.(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.

1300.1. (a) The application and renewal fees for clinical laboratory licenses specified in Section 1300 shall be adjusted annually in the manner specified in Section 100450 of the Health and Safety Code. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar amount.(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.

1300.1. (a) The application and renewal fees for clinical laboratory licenses specified in Section 1300 shall be adjusted annually in the manner specified in Section 100450 of the Health and Safety Code. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar amount.(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.



1300.1. (a) The application and renewal fees for clinical laboratory licenses specified in Section 1300 shall be adjusted annually in the manner specified in Section 100450 of the Health and Safety Code. The adjustments shall be rounded off to the nearest whole dollar amount.

(b) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.