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2008 Position letters

Abuse and neglect

AB 1983 (Evans) Developmental Services: Consumer Abuse Registry - Support 5/5/08 - Failed Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 2038 (Lieber) Persons with Disabilities: Victims of Crime - Support 7/29/08 - Failed Senate Appropriations Committee

AB 2172 (Cook) Elder Abuse: Registry - Support if amended 4/9/08 - Failed Assembly Public Safety Committee

AB 2947 (Eng) Adults with Disabilities: Waiver of Rights - Request for Governor's signature 9/18/08 - Vetoed

SB 1140 (Steinberg) Financial Abuse of Elder or Dependent Adults - Support 7/25/08 - Enacted

Children's health and mental health benefits

AB 368 (Carter) Health Care Coverage: Hearing Aids - Request for Governor's Signature 8/29/08 - Vetoed

AB 2117 (Evans) Dependent Children: Psychotropic Drugs - Support 7/9/08 - Failed Senate Appropriations Committee

SB 1147 (Calderon) Medi-Cal: Eligibility: Juvenile Offenders - Support 6/11/08 - Enacted

SB 1380 (Steinberg) Foster Children: Highly Individualized Treatment - Support 6/13/08- Enacted

Conservatorship and informed consent

AB 2343 (Caballero) Public Administrators and Conservators - Support 6/24/08 - Enacted

Developmental disabilities, Lanterman Act

AB_1825_(Beall) Lanterman Act: Generic Resources - Support 5/19/08 - Vetoed

SB 1175 (Steinberg) Developmental Services: Housing - Request for Governor's signature 9/12/09 - Enacted

SB 1317 (Steinberg - Cox) Developmental Services: Habilitation Services - Oppose unless amended 4/2/08 - Failed Assembly Appropriations Committee

SB 1774 (Corbett) State Council on Developmental Disabilities - Support 6/5/08 - Enacted

SB 1183 (Wiggins) Health Services: Sonoma Developmental Services - Oppose unless amended 6/12/08 - Failed Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 2424 (Beall) Working: Increase in the number of Californians with developmental disabilities in the work force - Support 3/5/08 - Failed Senate Appropriations Committee

Disability rights

AB 364 (Berg) Discharge Policy: Community Based Options - Support in Concept 1/15/07 - Failed Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 2279 (Leno) Medical Marijuana: Discrimination - Support 6/23/08 - Vetoed

AB 2327 (Caballero) Humanitarian Relief Services: Identification - Request for Governor's Signature 9/4/08 - Enacted

AB 2533 (Keene) Disability Access: Notice Requirements - Oppose 4/21/08 - Failed Assembly Judiciary Committee

AB 2747 (Berg) End of Life Care: Letter of Concern 6/9/08 - Enacted

AB 2874 (Lieber) Civil Rights: Employment Damages - Request for Governor's signature 8/20/08 - Vetoed

AB 3050 (Assembly Judiciary Committee) Legal Aid: Interpreters - Support 7/29/08 - Vetoed

SB 1136 (Alquist) Public Social Services: Unreasonable Fees - Neutral 6/16/08 - Enacted

SB 1608 (Corbett, Harman, Steinberg, Runner, Calderon) Equal Access Rights: Civil Actions - Support if amended 8/14/08 - Enacted

SB 1766 (McClintock) Disability Access: Notice Requirements - Oppose 4/16/08 - Failed Senate Judiciary Committee

Education

AB 1768 (Evans) Special Education: Due Process Hearings - Support 4/28/08 - Failed Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 1872 (Coto) Special Education: Autism Clearinghouse - Support 7/28/08 - Vetoed

AB_2040_(Nunez) High School Exit Exam - Request for Governor's signature 9/18/08 - Enacted

AB 2555 (Torrico) Special Education: Parental Options - Oppose unless amended 6/25/08 - Enacted

AB 2717 (Lieber) Special Education: Due Process Hearing: Burden of Proof - Support 6/17/08 - Failed Senate Appropriations Committee

AB 2783 (Plescia) Special Education: Individual Education Plan - Support if amended 6/16/08 - Failed Senate Floor

SB 292 (Wiggins) Special Education: Out of State Placements - Oppose 6/20/08 - Failed Assembly Appropriations Committee

SB 1515 (Kuehl) Pupil Discipline: Restraint and Seclusion - Request for Governor's signature 9/12/08 - Vetoed

Employment

AB 2308 (Karnette) People with Disabilities: Public Employment - Support 6/17/08 - Vetoed

AB 2424 (Beall) (DRC Sponsored) People with Disabilities: Employment - Support 7/25/08 - Failed Senate Appropriations Committee

AB 2635 (Beall) People with Disabilities: State Employment - Support 7/9/08 - Failed Senate Appropriations Committee

SB 1687 (McLeod) Developmentally Disabled Business Enterprises - Oppose unless amended 6/19/08 - Failed Assembly Appropriations Committee

Health benefits

AB 851 (Brownley) Medi-Cal Eligibility - Support 6/5/08 - Failed Senate Rules Committee

AB 1887 (Beall) Health Care Coverage: Mental Health Services - Request for Governor's Signature 9/10/08 - Vetoed

AB_2124_(Beall) Medi-Cal: Alcohol and Drug Screening - Support 7/28/08 - Failed Senate Appropriations Committee

AB 2160 (Carter) Mello-Granlung Older Californians Act: Definition of Disability - Support 8/1/08 - Vetoed

AB 2828 (Salas) Veterans Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Fund - Request for Governor's Signature 8/29/08 - Vetoed

SB 16a (McClintock) Out-of-State Health Carriers - Oppose 1/16/08 - Failed Senate Health Committee

SB 26a (McClintock) Insurance: Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements - Oppose 1/11/08 - Failed Senate Health Committee

SB 365 (McClintock) Out-of-State Health Carriers - Oppose 1/9/08 - Failed Senate Health Committee

SB 527 (Steinberg) Autism Screening - Support 6/15/08 - Vetoed

SB 1198 (Kuehl) Health Care Coverage: Durable Medical Equipment - Request for Governor's Signature 9/19/08 - Vetoed

SB 1332 (Negrete-McCloud) Medi-Cal: Managed Care - Oppose unless amended 4/23/08 - Failed Senate Appropriations

SB 1401 (Simitian) Armed Forces: Traumatic Brain Injury Screening - Support 4/10/09 - Enacted

SB 1634 (Steinberg) Health Coverage for Cleft Palates - Support 6/20/08 - Vetoed

Housing

AB 370 (Adams) Parolees: Residency Restrictions - Oppose 1/23/08 - Failed Assembly Appropriations

AB 725 (Lieber) Housing: Universal Rental Housing Application - Request for Governor's signature 8/20/08 - Vetoed

AB 1875 (Huff) Residential Care Facilities: Overconcentration - Oppose 3/25/08 - Failed Assembly Human Services

AB 2069 (Jones) Local Planning: Affordable Housing - Support 6/13/08 - Enacted

AB 2903 (Huffman) Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Facilities - Oppose unless amended 6/20/08 - Vetoed

AB 2947 (Eng) Adults with Disabilities: Waiver of Rights - Request for Governor's signature 9/18/08 - Vetoed

Proposition 98 (Oppose) - Failed - Proposition 98 would negatively affect the ability of people with disabilities to find and maintain affordable housing.

Proposition 99 (Support) - Enacted - Proposition 99 is a competing measure to Proposition 98. Proposition 99 would limit the government's use of eminent domain, and would keep intact current rent control laws.

SB 503 (Hollingsworth) Parolees: Conditional Release - Oppose 1/9/08 - Failed Senate Public Safety Committee

SB 913 (Hollingsworth ) Parolees: Housing Restrictions - Oppose 1/9/08 - Failed Senate Public Safety Committee

SB 1000 (Harman) Substance Abuse: Adult Recovery Facilities - Oppose 1/4/08 - Failed Senate Health Committee

In-Home Supportive Services

 

Mental health

AB 1887 (Beall) Health Care Coverage: Mental Health Services - Request for Governor's signature 9/10/08 - Vetoed

AB 2614 (Houston) State Hospital Patients: Financial Responsibility - Support 4/28/08 - Failed Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 2828 (Salas) Veterans Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Fund - Request for Governor's signature 8/29/08 - Vetoed

SB 1243 (Correa) Delay of Release from Involuntary Commitment - Oppose 3/7/08 - Failed Senate Public Safety Committee

Rights in facilities

AB 749 (Wolk) Residential Care Facilities: Emergency Preparedness - Request for Governor's Signature 9/9/08 - Enacted

AB 3010 (Blakeslee) State Psychiatric Hospitals: Tobacco Products - Request for Governor's Signature 9/9/08 - Enacted

Transportation

 

Voting Rights

AB 9 (Huff) Elections: Voting Identification - Oppose 12/17/07 - Failed Assembly Elections Committee

AB 2371 (Coto) Elections: Voter Registration - Support 5/5/08 - Failed Assembly Appropriations Committee

AB 3014 (Mullin) Voting: Time Limits - Request for Governor's Signature 9/8/08 - Vetoed

SB 173 (Harman) Elections: Voting Identification - Oppose 1/9/08 - Failed Senate Elections Committee

SB 1235 (Oropeza) Polling Place: Notice of Change - Support if amended 6/18/08 - Vetoed

SB 1694 (Florez) Primary Ballots: Options for Decline to State Voters - Support if amended 6/19/08 - Vetoed

 

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