AB 2072 - An Act to Add Sections 124121 and 124122 to the Health and Safety Code, Relating to Public Health.

An Act to Add Sections 124121 and 124122 to the Health and Safety Code, Relating to Public Health.

AB 2072 — 2009-2010 Legislature

Summary

Existing law, the Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Act, requires every general acute care hospital with licensed perinatal services to offer every newborn a hearing screening test for the identification of hearing loss, as specified, and provide written information on the availability of community resources and services for children with hearing loss to the parents of those who are diagnosed with a hearing loss.

Existing law, the California Early Intervention Services Act, commonly known as the Early Start Program, provides various early intervention services for infants and toddlers who have disabilities to enhance their development and to minimize the potential for developmental delays.

This bill would also require that the State Department of Education develop an informational pamphlet, as specified, for newborns and infants identified as deaf or hard of hearing, that is about visual and auditory communication and language options and that would help a parent make informed decisions for his or her child. This bill would require the department to convene an advisory stakeholder panel, composed as prescribed, to develop and… More

Existing law, the Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Act, requires every general acute care hospital with licensed perinatal services to offer every newborn a hearing screening test for the identification of hearing loss, as specified, and provide written information on the availability of community resources and services for children with hearing loss to the parents of those who are diagnosed with a hearing loss.

Existing law, the California Early Intervention Services Act, commonly known as the Early Start Program, provides various early intervention services for infants and toddlers who have disabilities to enhance their development and to minimize the potential for developmental delays.

This bill would also require that the State Department of Education develop an informational pamphlet, as specified, for newborns and infants identified as deaf or hard of hearing, that is about visual and auditory communication and language options and that would help a parent make informed decisions for his or her child. This bill would require the department to convene an advisory stakeholder panel, composed as prescribed, to develop and revise the informational pamphlet, as specified, until January 1, 2017. This bill would require that the informational pamphlet be provided to parents of all newborns and infants identified as deaf or hard of hearing by an audiologist immediately upon identification of a newborn or infant as deaf or hard of hearing, and by a local provider for the Early Start Program upon initial contact with the parents of a newborn or infant newly identified as deaf or hard of hearing. This bill would require the audiologist to note in the newborn’s or infant’s record that the parent has received the informational pamphlet and, during the course of evaluation and treatment, to inform and counsel the parent of all available communication options. This bill would require the informational pamphlet to be made available in Cantonese, English, Spanish, and Vietnamese, and be made available on the department’s Internet Web site, as prescribed.

This bill would provide that these provisions would be implemented only upon determination by the Director of Finance that sufficient donations have been collected and deposited into the Language and Communication for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children Fund, which this bill would create in the State Treasury, and upon the appropriation of that fund. This bill would provide that no state funds shall be used to implement these provisions.

This bill would also state the intent of the Legislature that every newborn or infant who does not pass his or her preliminary hearing screening test receive a followup hearing screening no later than 3 months of age, and that the Legislature strongly encourages the State Department of Health Care Services to work toward this goal. Hide

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Title

An Act to Add Sections 124121 and 124122 to the Health and Safety Code, Relating to Public Health.

Author(s)

Tony Mendoza

Co-Authors

Subjects

• Hearing screening: resources and services

Major Actions

Introduced	2/18/2010
Referred to Committee
Passed Assembly Committee on Health	4/20/2010
Passed Assembly	4/29/2010
Passed Senate Committee on Health	6/23/2010
Passed Senate Committee on Appropriations	8/09/2010
Passed Senate Committee on Appropriations	8/12/2010
Passed Senate	8/24/2010
Passed Assembly	8/27/2010
Presented to the governor (enrolled)	9/09/2010
Vetoed by Governor	9/29/2010
Vetoed by Governor	9/29/2010

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	Assembly Committee on Health	Do pass as amended.	4/20/2010	This motion PASSED the Assembly Committee on Health 10 voted YES 4 voted NO 5 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Assembly	AB 2072 MENDOZA Assembly Third Reading	4/29/2010	This bill PASSED the Assembly 57 voted YES 7 voted NO 15 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate Committee on Health	Do pass as amended.	6/23/2010	This motion PASSED the Senate Committee on Health 5 voted YES 1 voted NO 3 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate Committee on Appropriations	Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.	8/09/2010	This motion PASSED the Senate Committee on Appropriations 10 voted YES 0 voted NO 1 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Senate Committee on Appropriations	Do pass as amended.	8/12/2010	This motion PASSED the Senate Committee on Appropriations 10 voted YES 1 voted NO 0 voted present/not voting
currently selected	Senate	Assembly 3rd Reading AB2072 Mendoza By Alquist	8/24/2010	This bill PASSED the Senate 23 voted YES 11 voted NO 5 voted present/not voting
select this vote	Assembly	AB 2072 MENDOZA Concurrence in Senate Amendments	8/27/2010	This bill PASSED the Assembly 72 voted YES 2 voted NO 4 voted present/not voting

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	2/18/2010
		2/18/2010	Read first time. To print.
		2/19/2010	From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
		3/04/2010	Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
		4/05/2010	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
		4/13/2010	In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
		4/14/2010	Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
select this vote	Vote	4/20/2010	Do pass as amended.
		4/26/2010	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 20).
		4/27/2010	Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
		4/28/2010	Read second time. To third reading.
		4/29/2010	Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 7. Page 4937.)
		4/29/2010	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
select this vote	Assembly Vote on Passage	4/29/2010	AB 2072 MENDOZA Assembly Third Reading
		5/13/2010	Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
		6/09/2010	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
		6/16/2010	In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
select this vote	Vote	6/23/2010	Do pass as amended.
		7/15/2010	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 23).
		8/02/2010	Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
		8/03/2010	Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5.
		8/09/2010	In committee: Placed on APPR suspense file.
select this vote	Vote	8/09/2010	Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.
select this vote	Vote	8/12/2010	Do pass as amended.
		8/16/2010	From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (August 12).
		8/17/2010	Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
		8/20/2010	Read third time, amended. To second reading.
		8/23/2010	Read second time. To third reading.
		8/24/2010	Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 4847.)
		8/24/2010	In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
currently selected	Senate Vote on Passage	8/24/2010	Assembly 3rd Reading AB2072 Mendoza By Alquist
		8/25/2010	Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6644.)
		8/26/2010	Passed on file.
		8/27/2010	Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 6778.)
select this vote	Assembly Vote on Passage	8/27/2010	AB 2072 MENDOZA Concurrence in Senate Amendments
		9/09/2010	Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
	Vetoed	9/29/2010	Vetoed by Governor.