GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING
EVERYONE SENATE WILL BE CALLED
TO ORDER WITH THE MEMBERS AND
OUR GUESTS BEYOND THE RAIL AND
IN THE GALLERY. YES OKAY LET'S
LET'S TAKE A ROLL CALL FIRST
MAKE SURE WE HAVE A QUORUM ALLEN
OVER OUT OF GUILT ARCHULETA S.
B. ATKINS BAKER BLAKE'S BEER
BRADFORD PROBABLY ADAM CORTESE
DELHI DODD THE RAZA EGGMAN
GLAZER GONZALEZ GROW OUR TITLE
JONES LAYERED MON MCGUIRE
MENJIVAR MEN NEWMAN. WHEN MELLOW
CONTROLLABLE VIA FOR. BROUGH
RUBIO SEYARTO SKINNER SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS STERN NUMBER FOUR HUB
WIENER WILK. MEMBERS AND HAPPY
TO TELL YOU WE HAVE A QUORUM IS
PRESENT SO WE'LL BEGIN OUR
BUSINESS OF THE DAY WITH THE
MEMBERS AND OUR GUESTS BE ON THE
RAIL AND IN THE GALLERY PLEASE
RISE WE WILL BE LED IN PRAYER
THIS MORNING BY SENATOR ROTH.
AFTER WHICH PLEASE REMAIN
STANDING WE WILL BE LED IN THE
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
BY SENATOR OPERATIC GIL.
GRACIOUS AND LOVING GOD AS WE
COME TO YOU AND PER THIS DAY MAY
WE BE OPEN AND RESPONSIVE TO
YOUR SPIRIT. AS WE GO ABOUT THE
BUSINESS OF OUR LIVES MAY WE SEE
YOUR GOODNESS IN EACH PERSON WE
SERVE. AS WE STRIVE TO BE
PERSONS OF PEACE IN MOMENTS OF
CONFLICT MAY WE SEARCH FOR THE
GUIDING PRESENCE OF YOUR TROOPS
. AS WE ENJOY THE SUCCESSES OF
OUR COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS MAY WE
KNOW THE VALUE OF PATIENCE AND
KINDNESS AND AS WE CONCLUDE THE
WORK OF THIS WEEK MAY OUR HEARTS
BE FILLED WITH THANKSGIVING. WE
ASK THIS IN YOUR NAME A MAN. IS
REMOVE YOUR CAPS AND JOIN ME IN
SAYING. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO
THE FLAG. AND.
MEMBERS ARE GOING TO. GO OUT A
LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER TODAY
WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE THIRD
READING FILE THEN GO BACK
THROUGH OUR TYPICAL AGENDA. SO
WITHOUT OBJECTION MEMBERS WE'RE
GOING TO MOVE TO ASSEMBLY THIRD
READING FILE ITEM NUMBER ONE
FOURTEEN. THEY GET EVERYBODY'S
ATTENTION PLEASE. REMOVE THE
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING FILE ITEM
ONE FOURTEEN- ASSEMBLY BILL ONE
HUNDRED CENTER SKINNER ARE YOU
PREPARED. HE IS THE SECRETARY
PLEASE RATE. ASSEMBLY BILL ONE
HUNDRED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER TING
AN ACT RELATING THE STATE BUDGET
MAKING APPROPRIATION THEREFORE
TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY BUDGET
BILL SENATOR SKINNER. THANK YOU
MR PRESIDENT MEMBERS AB ONE
HUNDRED IS A BUDGET BILL JUNIOR
THAT AMENDS THE TWENTY TWENTY TO
BUDGET ACT AND MAKES CHANGES
NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THAT-
PACKAGE. IT ALSO MAKES CLEAR
FINE SECTIONS TWO ONE CLARIFYING
CHANGES TO ONE SECTION OF THE
TWENTY TWENTY ONE BUDGET ACT.
RELATED TO LEGISLATIVE
PRIORITIES- LET ME JUST
HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE ITEMS IT
PROVIDES FIFTEEN POINT FOUR
MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO
CALORIE CYCLE TO ASSIST WITH THE
CLEANUP AND DEBRIS REMOVAL FROM
THE- MCKINNEY FIRE IN SISKIYOU
COUNTY. AND IT PROVIDES FUNDING
FOR PRESCHOOL FAMILY FEES TO BE
WAIVED THROUGH TO SEPTEMBER
THIRTIETH TWENTY TWENTY THREE
AND WITH THAT I ASK FOR YOUR AYE
VOTE. MEMBERS DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. QUESTIONER DEBATE. XENON
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ALLEN. HOWEVER OUT OF GUILT. HI
ARE TO LET UP. HI ASHLEY. ATKINS
HI SECOND. HI PLEASE BEAR.
HEADFORD HI PROBABLY AT A- HIGH
CORTESE. BY TELLING. HI DON. HI
THE RAZA HI EGGMAN. EGGMAN AYE
GLAZER HI GONZALEZ GROVE. HI OUR
TITLE. HI JONES. BLARED BY THE
MOON. I MCGUIRE. FINE MANY OF
OUR- I MEAN. HI NEWMAN. HI WHEN
. TWENTY FIVE MILLO. HI JOE
ABOVE. HI BY THE END. HI
PORTANTINO. HI RALPH. HI RUBIO
BYE ZERO TWO FIVE SKINNER. HI
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. FIVE STERN.
NUMBER HI WHAT HOME HI WIENER.
HI WILK. HI PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS. ALLEN S. B. SB
II BLAKE'S BEER GONZALEZ JONES
HI. STERN HOLD.
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS. ALLEN PLEASE BEAR.
GONZALEZ STERN. ALL RIGHT EYES
THIRTY SIX NO ZERO THE MEASURE
CARRIES WILL MOVE ON TO FILE
ITEM ONE FIFTEEN CENTER SKINNER
YOU PREPARED HE IS PLEASE READ.
ASSEMBLY BILL ONE TEN BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER TAKING AN ACT
RELATING TO EARLY CHILD CARE AND
EDUCATION AND MAKING
APPROPRIATION THEREFORE TAKE
EFFECT IMMEDIATELY BILL RELATED
TO THE BUDGET CENTERS SKINNER
THE FLOOR IS YOURS THANK YOU SO
MUCH MR PRESIDENT MEMBERS
MEMBERS I AM PLEASED 2% AB ONE
TEN THIS EARLY BUDGET ACTION
TRAILER BILL ENACTS THE CHILD
CARE IN STATE PRESCHOOL
PROVISIONS. MOST SIGNIFICANTLY
THIS BILL ALLOWS US TO RE
APPROPRIATE UNSPENT FEDERAL
RELIEF DOLLARS SO THAT WE CAN
PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY
GREAT SUPPLEMENT FOR ALL STATE
SUBSIDIZED DAYCARE AND PRESCHOOL
PROGRAMS- IT ALSO THE BILL
AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES AND THE
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO
EXTEND. THE FAMILY FEE WAIVERS
FOR BE WAIVERS FOR OUR LOW
INCOME FAMILIES SO THAT THEY
HAVE PAY NO FEES THROUGH TO
SEPTEMBER THIRTIETH TWENTY
TWENTY THREE FOR ALL CHILD CARE
AND FULL. DAY PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS
AND AGAIN IT IS USING THESE ON
SPENT FEDERAL FUNDS. THERE IS AN
URGENT NEED TO GET THESE FEDERAL
DOLLARS OUT BECAUSE OTHERWISE
THEY WOULD BE. TAKEN BACK BY THE
FEDS IF WE DO NOT UTILIZE THEM
SO IF THE FAMILY FEES THEN
RETURN ON JULY ONE. WITHOUT THIS
ACTION WHICH WOULD CAUSE MANY
LOW INCOME FAMILIES TO NOT ANY
LONGER AFFORD THEIR CHILD CARE
SO WITH THAT I ASK YOUR AYE VOTE
MEMBERS OF THE DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE QUESTION OR DEBATE. C.
NINE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ROLL. ALLEN OUR OUT OF JAIL. HI
ARCHULETA HI SB I ATKINS HI
BAKER. HI BLAKE SPEARHEADED. BY
CAMBIADO. ON A COURTESY I DALY.
I DUN. AYE DORADO. AYE EGGMAN
AYE GLAZER. HI GONZALEZ GROVE.
HI- TITLE. FIVE JONES. LAYARD HI
LIMÓN. HI MCGUIRE. HI MENJIVAR.
I MEAN. HI NEWMAN. HI NGUYEN. HI
MEELO. HI JOE ABOVE ON A PER
DIEM. HI PORTANTINO. HI ROB. HI
RUBIO. I SAY ARE TOO HIGH. ON A
SMALL WOULD WAIVE US HI STERN BY
NUMBER. FIVE WELL HOME HI WIENER
. FIVE WILK BYE PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS ALLEN PLEASE BEAR
GONZALEZ JONES HI. IS THIRTY
SEVEN NO ZERO THE MEASURE
CARRIES WILL MOVE ON TO FILE
ITEM ONE SIXTEEN CENTERS SKINNER
IS READY THE SECRETARY PLEASE
READ ASSEMBLY BILL ONE ELEVEN BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER TANK. AN ACT
RELATING TAXATION MAKING
APPROPRIATION THEREFORE TAKE
EFFECT IMMEDIATELY BILL RELATED
TO THE BUDGET CENTERS SKINNER.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH JUST PRESENT
MEMBERS AB ONE ELEVEN IS A
BUDGET TRAILER BILL RELATED TO
STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS INCOME
TAX EXEMPTION MOST SIGNIFICANTLY
THIS BILL. ENSURES THAT ANY
INCOME A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT
RECEIVES FROM STUDENT LOAN
FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS AFTER
DECEMBER THIRTY FIRST TWENTY
TWENTY SO. GOING BACK IN BEFORE
JANUARY FIRST TWENTY TWENTY SIX
IS EXCLUDED FROM STATE INCOME
TAXES IN CONFORMITY WITH FEDERAL
LAW. AND WHILE THE FIGHTING HERE
IS PLAN FOR STUDENT LOAN
FORGIVENESS IS NOW IN THE COURTS
AND- IS NOT ASSURED THAT WE
WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS TO
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS THERE WAS
PANDEMIC RELIEF FOR STUDENT
LOANS WHERE A NUMBER OF
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS DID TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF THAT. AND WITHOUT
THIS ACTION THEY'VE BEEN
EXPECTED TO PAY CALIFORNIA
INCOME TAXES ON THAT RELIEF IN
THIS ACTION WOULD COVER THE LOAN
FORGIVENESS DURING THE PANDEMIC
AND THEN GOING FORWARD WITH THE-
I IN HOPE SUCCESS WITH THE
COURTS WITH THE BY NEAR SLOAN
PROGRAM. IN ADDITION IT ENSURES
THAT OTHER FEE WAIVERS AND
PANDEMIC RELIEF PROVIDED TO
STUDENTS THROUGH POST SECONDARY
INSTITUTIONS IS ALSO EXCLUDED
FROM STATE INCOME TAXES AND
WITHOUT I ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE
. MEMBERS ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS
ITEM. ANY DISCUSSION. C. NINE
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ALLEN. HI ALL OVER AGAIN. HI
ARCHULETA. ARCHULETA HIGH S. B.
HI ATKINS ON A BAKER. HI LAKE
SUPERIOR BRADFORD. HI COMING OUT
OF. BY CRITICIZING. I DALY AYE
DODD. AYE DURAZO. AYE EGGMAN AYE
GLAZER. AYE GONZALEZ GROVE. HI
OUR TITLE. FIVE JONES HI A
LAYERED. ON A LOAN. HI MCGUIRE.
I MEANT ABOUT. FIVE MILLION.
FIVE NEWMAN AYE NGUYEN. HELLO HI
JOE ABOVE. HI BY THE BY
PORTANTINO. HI RALPH. HI RUBIO.
HI SANTA. HI SKINNER. FIVE SMALL
CUEVAS FIVE STERN. STERN. AMBERG
FIVE ONE HUB. BY WIENER I. WELL
FIVE PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS LAKE SUPERIOR GONZALEZ
WIN STERN STERN NINE. IS THIRTY
UP. WHEN I JUST UNDER THE GUN
EYES THIRTY EIGHT NO ZERO THE
MEASURE CARRIES WE HAVE TWO MORE
BUDGET TRAILER BILLS REMAINING
WILL GO TO A FILE ITEM ONE
SEVENTEEN. SECRETARY PLEASE READ
. ASSEMBLY BILL ONE TWELVE BY
ASSEMBLY MEMBER TEAM AN ACT
RELATING TO HEALTH FACILITIES
AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION
THEREFORE TAKE EFFECT
IMMEDIATELY BILL RELATED THE
BUDGET CENTER SKINNER THANK YOU
VERY MUCH MR PRESIDENT MEMBERS
AB ONE TWELVE IS A TRAILER BILL
THAT IMPLEMENTS THE DISTRESSED
HOSPITAL LOAN RELIEF PROGRAM.
MOST SIGNIFICANTLY THIS BILL
IMPLEMENTS A NO INTEREST CASH
FLOW LOAN PROGRAM FOR STRUGGLING
HOSPITAL'S A NONPROFIT HOSPITALS
TO STAY IN OPERATION IT PROVIDES
FOR NONPROFIT AND PUBLIC COST
BILLS ELIGIBLE FOR AT TO BE
ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE BASED ON
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA DEVELOPED
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE
ACCESS AND INFORMATION. IT WOULD
ALSO REQUIRE THE LOANS TO BE
PAID BACK OVER SEVENTY TWO
MONTHS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
EXTENSION. FOR FORGIVENESS IF
FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES MAKE
REPAYMENT CHALLENGING. AND
BECAUSE- WITH THE REPAYMENT
PROGRAM AND THIS BEING A
REVOLVING LOAN IT MAY GIVE THE
ABILITY TO HAVE. FUNDS AVAILABLE
IF WE FACE FUTURE DISCUSSED
HOSPITALS RECALLS ALSO REQUIRES
ALL HOSPITALS TO REPORT CERTAIN
FINANCIAL DATA QUARTERLY TO THE
HEALTH CARE ACCESS AND
INFORMATION DEPARTMENT SO THEY
CAN MONITOR AND IDENTIFY
HOSPITALS THEY'RE FACING
FINANCIAL DIFFICULTY AND WITH
THAT I ASK FOR YOUR I. BOATS.
THANK YOU CENTERS SKINNER I SEE
MICROPHONES UP FROM CENTER DOLLY
ARCHULETA AND- THE RAZA WILL
START FIRST WITH SENATOR- DOLLY
PLEASE. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
MEMBERS I WOULD LIKE TO JUST
TAKE A MOMENT THIS IS A ISSUE
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON. FOR THE
LAST TEN YEARS- IN MY DISTRICT
THE LARGEST COMMUNITY. IS NINE
ABOUT A HUNDRED FIVE THOUSAND AS
THE CITY OF REDDING CALIFORNIA
IS THE BIGGEST COMMUNITY WE SAW
LAST YEAR OR THIS YEAR- HOSPITAL
BE CLOSED DOWN IN MADERA- A
POPULATION OF ABOUT AT A HUNDRED
AND FIFTY. SO I'VE BEEN IN IT IN
IN THIS ISSUE FOR SOME TIME WITH
VERY SMALL. RULE HOSPITALS AND I
WANT TO JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE
OF WHAT IT'S LIKE IF YOU'RE IN.
IN PARTS OF MY DISTRICT MODOC
COUNTY FOR EXAMPLE. IF YOU WANT
TO HAVE A CHILD YOU HAVE TO
TRAVEL LIKE A HUNDRED FORTY
MILES TO HAVE A CHILD BECAUSE WE
DO NOT HAVE. THE SERVICES AT OUR
HOSPITALS OR HOSPITALS IN MANY
CASES HAVE TURNED INTO- JUST A
MERGES THE ROOM. AND MANY OF OUR
PATIENTS ARE HAVE TO BE FLOWN TO
HOSPITAL TO HAVE SERVICES SO I
WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND
IN TWO THOUSAND AND TEN. THE
GENERAL FUND. PARTICIPATED ABOUT
EIGHTEEN AND A HALF BILLION
DOLLARS TO OUR MEDICARE
MEDICAID. PROGRAMS TODAY TWENTY
TWENTY THREE WE SPEND THIRTY
FIVE BILLION. WE HAD EIGHT FOUR
EIGHT POINT FOUR MILLION PEOPLE
ON ASSISTANCE OF MEDICARE
MEDICAID IN A TWENTY TEN TODAY
WE HAVE. FIFTEEN MILLION
510000040% OF OUR POPULATION.
NOW THE LEGISLATURE HAS TAKEN
THE ABILITY TO ADD MORE PEOPLE
WE'VE ADDED ONE POINT TWO
MILLION UNDOCUMENTED TO THAT
PROGRAM. AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT
THE REAL PROBLEM THE REAL
PROBLEM IS. HOSPITALS ARE
GETTING REIMBURSED. SEVENTY FOUR
CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR THEY
SPEND THEIR LOSING TWENTY SIX
CENTS ON EVERY PATIENT AND EVERY
DOLLAR THEY SPENT. ON TOP OF
THAT WE'VE SEEN- THE LEGISLATURE
THE GOVERNOR QUITE FRANKLY- DID
A NO BID CONTRACT WITH KAISER-
TWO YEARS AGO UNDER THE
PANDEMIC- THE LEGISLATURE CAME
AND THEN RATIFIED THAT DEAL- AND
THERE IT THEIR ABILITY IS THAT
THEY HAVE A BETTER DEAL THAT CAN
ACTUALLY. A PIRATE AND TAKE TO
THE HIGH PAYING AND PEOPLE WHO
HAVE INSURANCE. AND LEAVE THOSE
RULE MORE A UNDERSERVED
COMMUNITIES WITHOUT THAT ABILITY
TO BE ABLE TO. DO TO COST SHARE
. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A FIX
BECAUSE THIS IS A- NOT EVEN A
BANDAID THIS IS JUST GOING TO
GET US THROUGH TO THE NEXT MONTH
AND A HALF OR SO UNTIL WE HAVE
THE ACTUAL BUDGET NOW THAT'S
WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
REALLY HERE TODAY IS I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THE MCO TAX WE DID IT
UNDER GOVERNOR BROWN. I ACTUALLY
VOTED FOR IT WAS CHASTISED BY MY
PARTY BECAUSE IT'S A TAX- BUT IT
IT HELP MY HOSPITALS AS STAY
AFLOAT IN MY DISTRICT BACK THEN
WHAT WE NEED TO DO. AS WE NEED
TO PASS THE MCO AGAIN. AND WE
NEED TO NOT PUT THAT MONEY IN
THE GENERAL FUND. WHERE IT WAS
PUT UNDER GOVERNOR BROWN AND-
AND INTO THIS GOVERNOR'S WELL
THAT MONEY. THAT TAX BASE NEEDS
TO GO. INTO A FUND THAT ACTUALLY
HELPS RAISE THAT TWENTY SIX
CENTS UP THAT THEY'RE LOSING SO
WE CAN ACTUALLY DO HEALTHCARE
FROM OUR PLANTS SO I WANT TO
GIVE YOU A SOLUTION THAT WE'RE
GONNA NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE
NEXT. FEW WEEKS BECAUSE- AS MANY
YOU KNOW. OUR SIDE OF THE AISLE
DOESN'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO
WEIGH IN ON THESE THINGS SO THIS
IS MY OPPORTUNITY. TO GIVE YOU A
SOLUTION TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WE
ARE GOING TO SEE. LITERALLY MORE
THAN A DOZEN HOSPITALS IN THE
CASE OF CALIFORNIA BILL SHUT
DOWN SO. THE LAST THING I WANT
TO SAY IS MANY OF THESE
HOSPITALS HAVE HAD SEISMIC
STANDARDS. THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
FORCED TO REBUILD THE HOSPITAL
SO SOME OF THEM NOT ALL OF THEM.
BUT SOME OF THEM HAVE. BONDED
THEMSELVES TO DO SEISMIC. AND
THEY HAVE THOSE PAYMENTS FOR
SEISMIC. AT THAT SAME TIME
THEY'RE LOSING MONEY UNDER
MEDICARE MEDICAID AND THAT'S-
QUITE FRANKLY WHETHER OR NOT
BUSINESS SO I WANT TO. BRING IT
YOUR ATTENTION I'M GONNA SUPPORT
THIS LEGISLATION TODAY BECAUSE
WITH WHAT WE NEED TO DO. BUT AT
THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS.
GOING TO GET US THROUGH UNTIL WE
DO THE REAL BUDGET. I NEED TO BE
TALKING ABOUT LONG TERM. FIXES
BECAUSE IT'S LITERALLY BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS. TO OUR GENERAL FUND.
AND OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE GONNA
LOSE SERVICES IF WE DON'T DO. A
MAJOR OVERHAUL AND FOR THOSE
REASONS I HOPE YOU. TAKE THOSE
INTO CONSIDERATION DURING THE
REGULAR BUDGET PROCESS. AND ICE
A RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR A- I VOTE
ON IT AB ONE TWELVE. THANK YOU
SENATOR DOLLY SENATE ARCHULETA
FOLLOWED BY SENATOR DRAWS SO.
SENATOR RUBIO. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT. I RISE IN STRONG
SUPPORT OF AB ONE ONE TWO.
CENTERS AND COMMUNITY HOSPITALS.
UP THERE ARE THE BACKBONE OF OUR
COMMUNITIES. THEY'RE NOT JUST
HOSPITALS- MEETING PLACES IN
THERE. THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR
MANY MANY YEARS AND THEY'RE
FACING A CRISIS. IN A GOOD
NUMBER OF OUR HOSPITALS. THE
COMMUNITY HOSPITALS ARE
OPERATING IN THE RED. IN ONE OF
THESE HOSPITALS IN MY DISTRICT.
IT BEVERLY HOSPITAL IN
MONTEBELLO. AND I WILL TELL YOU
IT IS A HOSPITAL THAT HAS BEEN
THERE. FOR SEVENTY YEARS. THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT DOWN THE
STREET FIRE DEPARTMENT DOWN THE
STREET SCHOOLS DOWN THE STREET.
NEIGHBORS COME FROM EVERYWHERE.
IT IS A HOSPITAL FOR CARE.
BEVERLY HOUSE AREDS TWO HUNDRED
BEDS AND OVER 90% OF THEIR
PATIENT POPULATION. HAVE
MEDICARE MEDICARE. PATIENTS
BEVERLY HOSPITAL THE ONLY
HOSPITAL IN MONTEBELLO AS I
MENTIONED BUT IT IS FILED FOR
BANKRUPTCY. THIS BILL THIS MONEY
WILL KEEP HIM OPEN LONG ENOUGH
TO BE ABLE TO PERHAPS SELL
REGROUP WHATEVER BUT THEY'LL
KEEP THEIR DOORS OPEN. AND I'M
THANKING EVERYONE HERE IN THE
SENATE FOR THEIR WORK AND- ADAM
BUDGET CHAIR THANK YOU SO VERY
MUCH BETTER PRO DAM I THANK YOU
CENTER CABRERO. THAT I THANK YOU
FOR WORKING WITH MY STAFF. AND
MAKING THIS BILL HAPPEN CHAU
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THEY ARE IN
DIRE SITUATION AND THIS BILL.
WILL TAKE OVER THE TOP. AND I
URGE YOU- CHEN AYE VOTE THANK
YOU. WILL TURN THE FLOOR OVER TO
SENATOR DRAWS UP. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH MR PRESIDENT I STAND IN
SUPPORT OF AB ONE TWELVE THIS
BILL REQUIRES THAT H. C. A. I.
TO VERIFY A PLAN. FOR THE
HOSPITAL TO REGAIN FINANCIAL
VIABILITY- WHAT I WOULD ADD IS
THAT THE IT THIS PLAN SHOULD BE
MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND IT SHOULD INCLUDE THE WELL
BEING AND THE PARTICIPATION OF
THE DOCTORS THE NURSES THE
STAFF. OF THOSE HOSPITALS AND
FINALLY I WANT TO THANK THE
SENATOR FROM BAKERSFIELD CENTER
OF A YEAH IT'LL FOR THE SERIES
OF MEETINGS THAT SHE'S BEEN
HAVING GREEN AND STAKEHOLDERS.
TO REALLY- GET TO THE NITTY
GRITTY OF WHAT ARE THE ISSUES
BEING FACED BY EACH HOSPITAL
THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT SITUATIONS
BUT WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT
THEY NEED THANK YOU THANK YOU
SENATOR DORADO WILL GO TO
SENATOR RUBIO FOLLOWED BY CENTER
GROVE. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE TODAY I
ALSO RISE IN STRONG SUPPORT OF
AB ONE TWELVE AND I THINK THE
BUDGET. AND NOT ONLY THE CHAIR
BUT THE STAFF THAT'S BEEN
WORKING REALLY HARD BEHIND THE
SCENES- I WANT TO JUST ASSURE
SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT OUR
COMMUNITIES ARE ARE. ARE SEEN-
THAT. CONCERN ABOUT BEVERLY
HOSPITAL NOW FILING FOR
BANKRUPTCY AS HAVING DETRIMENTAL
EFFECTS ALONG OUR COMMUNITIES I
WORK GETTING CALLS FROM FAMILIES
THAT ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT
WHERE TO GO AND THEY NEED
SERVICES. SO OF COURSE WE HAVE
NURSES DOCTORS ARE SUPPORT STAFF
SERVICE WORKERS THAT ARE ALL
CALLING ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT
THEIR JUST THEIR FUTURE THEIR
STABILITY FOR THEIR OWN FAMILIES
AND SO ALTHOUGH COMMITTEE
CLINICS ARE ALSO IN A STATE OF
PANIC SO THIS IS REALLY GOING TO
HELP. BRING A LITTLE BIT OF
STABILITY AND EASE AS IT
PERTAINS TO ALL OUR COMMUNITY
CLINICS THAT ARE. WONDERING IF
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE
AND- YOU KNOW PEOPLE AT THESE
HOSPITALS CLOSE SO WITH THAT I
JUST WANT TO THANK ONCE AGAIN
THANK CHAIR STAFF AND ALSO- THE
ASSEMBLY MEMBER I'M SORRY THE
SENATOR FROM THE CENTRAL VALLEY
ANNIKA YOU DON'T. FOR BRINGING
THIS FORWARD THE ISSUE THE
ATTENTION TO IT AND WITH THAT I
ALSO URGE AND I BUILT THANK YOU
THANK YOU SENATOR RUBIO SENATOR
GROWTH FLOOR'S YOURS. THANK YOU
MR PRESIDENT- I RISE IN SUPPORT
OF AB. ONE ONE TWO AND I WANT TO
THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND
ESPECIALLY THE SENATOR FROM
MERCED. FOR HER HARD WORK I KNOW
THAT NEITHER OF US HAD HOSPITAL
LEGISLATION IN- ARE LEGISLATIVE
PACKAGE THIS YEAR. AND- YOU KNOW
ONCE WE GOT HERE WE REALIZE THAT
THERE IS A CATASTROPHIC
SITUATION GOING ON AND I JUST
APPLAUD HER FOR TAKING THE LEAD
AND SETTING UP. THE COUNTLESS
MEETINGS THAT WE HAD WITH ALL
THE STAKEHOLDERS. I ALSO WANT TO
THANK THE GOVERNOR'S STAFF AND
THE STAFF SPECIFICALLY DR GALLEY
FOR RECOGNIZING- RECOGNIZING THE
URGENT MEASURE THAT WE HAVE
BEFORE US AND HOW TO SOLVE THIS
PROBLEM. MY COLLEAGUE FROM
MERCED OFTEN SAYS THAT WE'RE
TRYING TO REPAIR AN AIRPLANE AND
REPLACES THE ENGINE WHILE IT'S
STILL IN FLIGHT. SO THAT IT
DOESN'T CRASH AND THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT THIS PIECE OF LEGISLATION
FELT LIKE. AN EIGHTY ONE TWELVE
CREEK STRICT DISTRESSED HOSPITAL
LOAN PROGRAM TO TRY TO HELP. THE
MANY HOSPITALS IN THE STATE THAT
ARE IN DANGER OF CLOSING. THE
HOPE IS TO AVOID A SITUATION
THAT HAPPENED IN MADERA COUNTY
WITH THE CLOSURE OF THE MADERA
HOSPITAL. THAT IS HAD RIPPLE
EFFECTS IN MY DISTRICT. DOZENS
OF PEOPLE BEING TRANSPORTED TO
FRESNO SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE DIED
IN TRANSIT. AND YOU HAVE A
HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND
PERSON. MOSTLY LOW INCOME.
FARMWORKER COMMUNITY IN MADERA
THAT IS WITHOUT HOSPITAL
SERVICES AND WILL NEED TO
TRAVEL. A LONG DISTANCE NOW I
KNOW SOME PEOPLE MAKE COMMENTS
AND SAY IT'S ONLY FORTY TWO
MILES WHEN WE TELL YOU FORTY TWO
MILES DOWN THE NINETY NINE. AND
ACROSS THE FORTY ONE AND- YOU
KNOW IN THAT TRAFFIC TO TAKE THE
EIGHT YOU KNOW THE OTHER FREEWAY
THE ONE SIXTY THAT CONNECTS TO
THE HOSPITAL. AND IT SAID IT
COULD BE DURING TRAFFIC A TWO
HOUR DRIVE IN WHEN YOU'RE HAVING
A STROKE OR A HEART ATTACK. IT'S
A LONG TIME TO SURVIVE IN AN
AMBULANCE. AND WE ARE WAS THE
NEXT ONE WE HOSPITAL WAS THE
NEXT ONE IN MY DISTRICT AND
TULARE COUNTY. THAT CAME
PUBLICLY OUT THAT SAID THAT THAT
THE REASON FOR THEIR FINANCIAL
DISTRESS THAT THEY HAVE IS THAT
THEY HAVE OVER SEVENTY PERCENT.
OF THE POPULATION FOR MEDICARE
RECIPIENTS AND THEY DON'T HAVE
THAT BALANCE OF MIX BETWEEN
COMMERCIAL PLANS AND MEDICARE
AL. IN AND MANAGED CARE PLANS
THEIR PREDOMINANT PAYMENT SYSTEM
IS THE MEDICARE SYSTEM THAT
SERVES THE POPULATION IN THE
CENTRAL VALLEY AGAIN
PREDOMINATELY FARMWORKER
FAMILIES. AND- YOU KNOW AS MY
COLLEAGUE FROM BIEBER SAID
UPDATED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
WAY. ANY ANY BUSINESS PLAN OR
BUSINESS MODEL THAT GETS
REIMBURSED SEVENTY FOUR CENTS ON
EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU SPEND. IS
A PATHWAY TO BANKRUPTCY. I DON'T
CARE IF YOU'RE AN ATTORNEY I
DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE- A REALTOR
I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE A SMALL
BUSINESS OWNER. IF IT COST YOU
ONE DOLLAR TO PROVIDE THE
SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE WHETHER
YOU'RE A DOCTOR OR A HOSPITAL.
OR LIKE I SAID AN ATTORNEY OR A
REALTOR ANY SMALL BUSINESS OR
ANY LARGE BUSINESS. AND YOU GET
REIMBURSED SEVENTY FOUR CENTS.
ON THE DOLLAR IT'S A PATHWAY TO
BANKRUPTCY NOW I KNOW THERE'S
OTHER WAYS THAT THEY CALCULATE
THIS FORMULA AND IF YOU SKATE SO
MANY COMMERCIAL PLANS. AND THEN
THOSE PLANS PAY ADDITIONAL
DOLLARS AND YOU GET MANAGED CARE
SYSTEMS AND THEY PLAYED DIGITAL
DOLLARS IT'S SUPPOSED TO OFFSET.
THE MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT BUT
THERE ARE SOME PLACES IN
CALIFORNIA FOR MEDIC CAL IS SO
STRONG- AND THERE THE
PREDOMINANT PATIENT THAT'S BEING
SEEN AND ACCESS TO EVERYBODY TO
HAVE HEALTH CARE- AND YOU GUYS
TALK ABOUT EQUITY. IT'S NOT
RIGHT THAT HOSPITALS IN MY
DISTRICT AND HOSPITALS IN MY
COLLEAGUES DISTRICT IN THE
BEVERLY HOSPITAL. THAT IS
SERVICE A LOW PORTION HELLO- AT
A LOW SOCIO ECONOMIC
DISADVANTAGE POPULATION AS WELL
I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO
LOOK AT THE WAREHOUSE BITTLES
ARE STRUCTURED. NOT ONLY
STRUCTURED- FOR PAYMENT BUT
STRUCTURED FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT
RATE AND THERE HAS TO BE SEISMIC
OFF RAMPS. WITH THIS. YOU SET
THIS. GOAL THAT IS COSTING
HOSPITALS BILLIONS AND BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS AND THERE HAS TO BE
SEISMIC OFF RAMPS. SPEAKING FROM
EXPERIENCE THE LAST GREAT
EARTHQUAKE THAT WE HAD IN THE
STATE WAS JULY FOURTH IN
RIDGECREST CALIFORNIA SEVEN
POINT ONE FOUR POINT NINE A
SERIES OF EARTHQUAKES AFTER
THAT. WE HAD TO EVACUATE THE NEW
SEISMIC PART OF THE HOSPITAL
BECAUSE IT DIDN'T WITHSTAND THE
EARTHQUAKE IN WITH EVERYBODY
OVER INTO THE OLD PART OF THE
HOSPITAL. AND IT DIDN'T HAVE ALL
THOSE ASHIKAGA ALL THOSE
REINFORCEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED
BY THE STATE LEGISLATION WAS
PASSED. AND THAT WAS THE PART OF
THE HOSPITAL WHERE WE WERE ABLE
TO MAKE SURE THAT SERVICES WERE
CONTINUED WHILE WE'RE GOING
THROUGH THIS EARTHQUAKE CYCLE.
AGAIN COOLEY IS THE NUMBER ONE A
MEDIC CAL THE ENROLLMENT PERCENT
PER POPULATION THIS HOSPITAL HAS
SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN LICENSE
BID. FIFTY TWO HUNDRED EMPLOYEES
AND HAS A LEVEL TWO TRAUMA
CENTER IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY
WHICH SOMETIMES IS DESPERATELY
NEEDED. WE ISN'T SUCH A BAD
SITUATION BECAUSE THE CALIFORNIA
REIMBURSEMENT RATES THAT THEY
CAME OUT PUBLICLY WHEN MADERA
WENT DOWN AND SAID WE'RE NEXT.
AND THAT'S A HARD THING TO DO
BECAUSE YOU CREATE PANIC WITHIN
THE COMMUNITY. YOU PAY CREATE
PANIC WITHIN THE EMPLOYEES AND
THEN YOU CREATE PANIC WITHIN THE
PROVIDERS THAT NEED A HOSPITAL
IN ORDER TO PRACTICE MEDICINE. I
AGAIN APPLIED THE AUTHOR I
APPLIED MY COLLEAGUES I
SPECIFICALLY GIVE GREAT.
ADMIRATION TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM
HER SAID HE PUT THIS WHOLE DEAL
TOGETHER WORKING WITH EVERYBODY
AND I APPLAUD THE GOVERNOR DR
KELLY'S OFFICE FOR MAKING THIS
HAPPEN. BUT SOMETIMES I MEAN
NOBODY IN THIS ROOM OPERATES A
HOSPITAL. THAT I KNOW AT SO IF
YOU DO RAISE YOUR HAND. A LOT OF
TIMES WE PASSED LEGISLATION AND
WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT OPERATES ON
THE GROUND. AND SO AGAIN WE ALL
GOT TOGETHER WE THOUGHT THIS
WOULD BE A GREAT DEAL A RE- A
LOW COST OR NO COST. LOW COST OR
LOW INTEREST LOAN THAT WOULD BE
ACCESSIBLE TO GET HOSPITALS
THROUGH A PROCESS. SO THAT THEY
WOULDN'T CLOSE IN THE BILL TO
MAKE THEIR FOUR OH ONE K.
PAYMENTS. THE BILL MAKER BOND
PAYMENTS. AND THEY WOULDN'T GO
BANKRUPT OR THEY WOULDN'T HAVE
TO CLOSE DOWN HOSPITALS-
SPECIFICALLY KOREA IN RIDGECREST
IN MY DISTRICT. RIDGECREST A
SMALL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL JUST A
FEW BEDS BUT- HUNDRED NINETY
MILES FROM ANYWHERE. KIND OF
LIKE MY COLLEAGUE IN BEAVER SO
IT'S A IT'S- IT'S THE AFFECTS.
HOSPITALS LARGE AND SMALL. AGAIN
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN THIS
ROOM OPERATES A HOSPITAL WE ALL
THOUGHT WE HAD SOME GREAT
RICHEST LEGISLATION THAT IS
MOVING FORWARD. AND I GOT A
PANICKED TEXT FROM ONE OF MY
HOSPITAL'S. READ THE QUESTION OF
THE AUTHOR- CENTER IT'S GONNA BE
A- THE QUESTION. THANK YOU. MY
QUESTION IS IT UNDERSTANDING
THAT THE FORGIVABLE LOANS-
AUTHORED BY THIS BILL ARE
SECURED FOR FUTURE MEDICARE I'LL
MAKE MEDICARE I'LL- READ REVENUE
REIMBURSEMENT RATES. SOME OF THE
HOSPITALS THAT ARE FINANCIALLY
DISTRESSED RIGHT NOW. HAVE
ALREADY SECURED THEIR- SEISMIC
ACTIVITY AND THEY'RE BOND DEAN
BECAUSE THEY'RE IN SUCH A BAD
SITUATION AND THEY'VE USED. IN
ORDER TO STAY OPEN LONGER THE
VIEWS THEIR FUTURE MEDIC CAL-
PAYMENTS AS A SECURITY FOR THE
BONDING TO KEEP THE HOSPITAL
OPEN AS LONG AS THEY HAVE. AN
AYE AYE AGAIN I IS YOUR QUESTION
THEIR INQUISITIVE GROVE IS YOUR
QUESTION IN A LETTER ANSWER THAT
QUESTION YES OKAY CENTER I'M
CERTAIN ABOUT THE REIMBURSEMENT.
OF THE MEDIC CAL COMMITMENT
THAT'S ALREADY COMMITTED IN
ORDER TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THESE
LOANS AND I WANTED TO KNOW IF
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS
BEING CONSIDERED I KNOW IT CAME
UP LAST MINUTE. CENTER SKINNER-
THESE BILLS WERE INCLUDING THIS
ONE WERE HEARD IN THE FULL
BUDGET COMMITTEE ON TUESDAY. AND
PASSED AND- THIS VERY ROBUST
DISCUSSION AROUND THIS
PARTICULAR BILL OCCURRED AND AS
A MY COLLEAGUES- FROM
BAKERSFIELD. BAKERSFIELD.
RECENTLY- BY KNOWS YOU PART OF
THOSE TO. THE ADMIN. HAS NOT
DEFINED ALL OF THE CRITERIA YET
FOR THE LOANS. SO- SINCE THAT IS
STILL UNDER WAY. I CANNOT GIVE
YOU A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THAT
QUESTION THANK YOU CENTERS
SKINNER CENTER GROVE ON YOUR
TIME ANYTHING FURTHER THANK YOU
ON MY OWN TIME AGAIN I SUPPORT
STRONGLY AB ONE TWELVE AND I
THINK LIKE I SAID THE GOVERNOR
AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED TO MAKE
THIS HAPPEN. AS THE LANGUAGE
CONTINUES TO BE DEVELOPED I
WOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
WITH THE COMMENT THAT I JUST
MADE FROM ONE OF MY HOSPITALS
THAT. THERE FUTURE- MEDIC CAL
REIMBURSEMENTS OF GUARANTEED
PAYMENT I GUESS IF YOU SEE IT A
MEDIC CAL PATIENT ARE COMMITTED
TO THEIR BONDS AND COMMITTED TO
THEIR- THEY'RE ALREADY OUTLINED
DEBTS THAT THEY HAVE IN ORDER TO
KEEP THE HOSPITAL OPEN AND. THE
CENTRAL VALLEY THANK YOU THANK
YOU SENATOR FOR IT WE HAVE
CENTER NEIL FOLLOWED BY SENATOR
OPERATOR GIL CENTER NEW LOVE THE
FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT. R. PRECIADO ALL THE
COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE
AND- ONE IN PARTICULAR POINTED
OUT THE DECISION TO IS
MULTIFACETED AND- THAT IS TRUE
AND THAT. KIND OF GETS TO THE-
POINT OF- THE DETAILS BEHIND THE
ANALYSIS OF. OF OF FUTURE BUDGET
ACTIONS ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE
. BUT WE REALLY KNOW WHY WE'RE
HERE- THE- ISSUE WITH-
REIMBURSEMENT RATES. BY HAS BEEN
VERY WELL DETAILED. AND- I WON'T
GO INTO THAT- SPECIFICALLY
ANYMORE EXCEPT TO POINT OUT.
THAT THE PRIMARY DRIVER. OF THIS
PARTICULAR CHALLENGE. IS IT
LEGISLATIVE ACTION OF THE PAST.
THIS LEGISLATURE HAS INCREASED
THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE COVERED. IT
HAS INCREASED- THE ARRAY OF
BENEFITS AND YET IT CONTINUES TO
UNDERFUND. IN OTHER WORDS. WE
CREATE ALL SORTS OF BENEFITS FOR
OUR CONSTITUENTS AND WE FORCE
MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS AND MEDICAL
PROVIDERS TO PAY FOR A GOOD
PORTION OF IT. AND WE WILL
CONTINUE WE ARE HERE ON THIS
ISSUE LARGELY BECAUSE OF THIS WE
WILL CONTINUE TO REVISIT- THIS
PROBLEM- AS LONG AS WE UNDER
FUND- INSTITUTIONS AND
PROVIDERS- SO IF THERE'S A
QUESTION IS WHAT'S CAUSING THIS
AND WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT. I
WOULD SUGGEST THAT IS RELATIVELY
OBVIOUS I DO SUPPORT- AB ONE
TWELVE- WE NEED THIS RELIEF FOR
HOSPITALS ESPECIALLY THOSE IN
RURAL AREAS CHALLENGE BUT IT'S
GOING TO EXPAND BEYOND THE
RURAL. AREAS IF WE DON'T FIX THE
UNDERLYING ISSUE. THANK YOU
CENTER NEW LOW CENTER OBORO KILL
FOLLOWED BY CENTER LAYERED.
THANK YOU. ONE IN FIVE HOSPITALS
ARE AT RISK OF CLOSURE AND I
THINK THAT ALL OF US HERE KNOW
THE DETRIMENT OF NOT TAKING
ACTION ON THIS BILL- THIS IS
REALLY ABOUT PATIENT CARE
PARTICULARLY IN RURAL HOSPITALS
WHICH NINETEEN ACROSS CALIFORNIA
HAVE CLOSED IN TWENTY TWENTY.
TEN AND TWENTY TWENTY ONE AND
TWENTY TWO. MORE HOSPITALS IN
OUR STATE ARE IN IMMINENT DANGER
OF CLOSING AND MANY MORE- DUE TO
SOME OF THESE UP. THE
REQUIREMENTS AROUND SEISMIC
RETROFITTING I WILL NOT REPEAT
WITH MY COLLEAGUES WERE HE SAID
OTHER THAN TO UNDERSCORE AND
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY FOR
THE REAL HOSPITALS- I ALSO WANT
TO NOTE THAT. UP WHEN WE ARE
CLOSING HOSPITALS WE ARE LOSING
JOBS AND HOSPITALS HAVE HAVE
HISTORICALLY SUPPORTED ONE IN
EVERY TWELVE RULE JOBS. WE NOW
KNOW THAT IN THE EASTERN SIERRAS
WHERE ARE I REPRESENT FOURTEEN
IN MY HOSPITALS HAVE OVER
SIXTEEN HUNDRED LESS BEDS
SERVING NEEDY CALIFORNIANS THIS
MEANS BEDS THAT ARE NO LONGER A
BOOK AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO.
TRAVEL INTO THE EASTERN SIDE
COME TO OUR NATIONAL PARKS TO
OUR STATE PARKS VISIT SOME OF
OUR- HISTORIC COMMUNITIES AB TWO
VACATION WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND
TO ENJOY OUR SKI RESORTS ARE
PART OUR HYGIENE. PARKS BODINE
WICKS- I SUPPORT THIS BILL AND I
WANT TO ALSO THANK MY COLLEAGUE
FROM MERCED FOR HER LEADERSHIP
ON THIS AND HER MENTORSHIP ON
HELPING TO LEAD IN THE CENTRAL
VALLEY AROUND RURAL HOSPITALS.
THIS BILL IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT OUR
HOSPITALS SERVING OUR ROLE
POPULATION STAY OPEN AND
FUNCTIONAL AND WITHOUT THIS BILL
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE HOSPITAL
CLOSURE AND PATIENT CARE SUFFER.
AT THE HOSPITAL IN MY COLLEAGUES
DISTRICT MADERA HOSPITAL ALSO
SERVICE IN THE EASTERN AT COUNTY
OF MADERA WHICH I REPRESENT- AND
WE ARE AB. WE WERE REVERTED INTO
REPRESENT 2% TO PREVENT MORE
HOSPITAL CLOSURES AND THIS BILL
UP I AM FULL SUPPORT OF THANK
YOU SO MUCH THANK YOU CENTER
ABRAZO KILL NEXT UP CENTER
LAYERED FOLLOWED BY SENATOR
CABALLERO. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT OF LAST YEAR. MANY OF
YOU ON THIS FLOOR. I JOIN TO ME
IN SAVING A HOSPITAL. GO WATCH A
BILL. IN ADDITION. COMMUNITY WAS
SIX HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE
EMPLOYEES. DECLARED BANKRUPTCY-
I DID A BILL IN NINETEEN DAYS
LAST JANUARY. IT CREATED A
PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT FIVE
DAYS LATER. THE BANKRUPTCY COURT
ACCEPTED THE BID FROM THE FIVE
DAY OLD HOSPITAL DISTRICT BY THE
HOSPITAL. WE SPENT SIX MONTHS.
RAISING SIXTY FIVE MILLION
DOLLARS AND THAT HOSPITAL CLOSED
ON THE LAST DAY OF SESSION HERE.
AND WHAT WAS KEY TO IT. IS THEY
HAD A PLAN. THEY HAD A PLAN FOR
HOW THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A
DEFICIT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND
MOVES TO SUSTAINABILITY. THEY
WERE TRANSPARENT. WE KNEW
EXACTLY WHERE THEY STOOD. AND
EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE BUYING
INTO. AND WHEN THE HOSPITAL
CLOSED THEY RENEGOTIATED THE
CONTRACT IT'D BEEN A HEDGE
FUNDED ON IT AND I'VE NOT BEEN
PAYING ATTENTION TO BUSINESS.
AND THEY RE NEGOTIATED THE
CONTRACTS OF THAT KAISER UP THE
RAGE ANTHEM BLUE CROSS UP THE
RATES WE STILL NEED THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO NOT RECOGNIZE IT
AS A RURAL RATE FOR MEDICARE.
AND YES THERE'S A
DISPROPORTIONATE MIX WITH PUBLIC
PEOPLE BUT WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO
MAKE IT TRANSPARENT AND DO IT IN
LAST OCTOBER FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN SIX YEARS THAT HOSPITAL
POSTED A MONTHLY. PROFIT IT IS
ON THE PATH TO SUSTAINABILITY.
AND ALL THOSE THINGS WERE KEY TO
IT BUT ONE OTHER THING WAS KEY
TO IT AND THAT'S THAT. ASSEMBLY
MEMBER ROBERT RIVAS AND HIGH HIM
TEN MILLION IN THE ASSEMBLY ME
FIFTEEN MILLION SENATE GOT
TWENTY FIVE MILLION TO THE
HOSPITAL TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT
PURCHASE. AND SO THE MESSAGE
AGAINST TODAY'S BILL. IS THAT
WITH ALL THE OTHER HOSPITALS AND
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HEAR
ABOUT ANOTHER ONE IN A MINUTE.
THEY DON'T TODAY HAVE ALL THOSE
SAME PROBLEMS BUT SOME OF THEM
ARE ALREADY PUBLIC- SOME OF THEM
HAVE CLOSED. SOMEONE FROM OUR
ARMED POSITIONED COMMUNITY
SUPPORT TO RAISE MONEY IN THE
COMMUNITY. AND YET. THAT WAS THE
TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS FROM
THE STATE ANCHORED IT AND MADE
IT SUCCESSFUL IF YOU LOOK AT
THIS BILL. IN THE LOOK AT THE
LIST OF. AND YOU LOOK AT HOW
WORSE OFF SOME OF THE MORE TO
THE ONE THAT WE SAVED LAST YEAR.
A HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS IS NOT ENOUGH. A HUNDRED
AND FIFTY MILLION MIGHT GET TO A
FEW AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE OTHER
ISSUES AND SO. I'M GOING TO VOTE
FOR THIS BILL BECAUSE IT IS THE
RIGHT THING TO DO AND WE NEED
GUARD RAILS AND WE NEED
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR ALL THE
DIFFERENT THINGS WE'VE HEARD ON
THE FLOOR ALL THE DIFFERENT
THINGS THAT MADE THE WATCH IN
THE HOSPITAL PURCHASE
SUCCESSFUL. BROAD THIS IS AN
INCREDIBLE STOPGAP MEASURE. AND
I HOPE PEOPLE WERE LISTENING
OUTSIDE THIS FLOOR. TO WHAT WE
NEED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN WHAT WE
NEED IN THE BUDGET IN JUNE SO WE
HAVE ALL THOSE NEEDS DOES THAT
SOME OF THOSE ARE STILL WANNA
DRESSED. BUT THIS IS NOTHING BUT
A STOP GAP MEASURE THAT ISN'T
EVEN AN ADEQUATE STOP GAP
MEASURE. BUT I REQUEST AN AYE
VOTE THANK INTERLAYER. WILL NEXT
GO TO CENTER CABALLERO FOLLOWED
BY SENATOR JOHN STINNER
CABALLERO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH-
MISTER PRESIDENT- I WANT TO
THANK EVERYBODY WHO HAS HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK HERE TODAY-
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A REALLY
CRITICALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE. AND
MANY OF US HAVE BEEN WORKING
TOGETHER IT IT IT HASN'T BEEN
JUST ME WE'VE BEEN WE'VE HAD.
INNUMERABLE MEETINGS THIS IS NOT
SOMETHING AS MY GOOD FRIEND FROM
BAKERS FEEL SAID THIS ISN'T
SOMETHING WE THOUGHT WE WERE
GOING TO WORK ON THIS YEAR BUT
IT. IT BLEW UP WHEN. MADERA
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL CLOSED RIGHT
AFTER CHRISTMAS RIGHT AFTER
CHRISTMAS THEY HAD TO GIVE
NOTICE TO THEIR EMPLOYEES THAT
THEY WERE OP THEY WERE MOVING
INTO THE RED AND THAT THEY MIGHT
BE LAID OFF AND WHEN THAT NOTICE
HIT. PEOPLE LEFT IF THEY NEEDED
TO FIND A JOB THEY NEEDED TO.
FIGURE THE DOCTORS NEEDED TO
FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY WERE GOING
TO BE ABLE TO DO THEIR WORK AND
ALL THE REST OF THE STAFF. WAS
HOPING TO GET OUT AND TO GO
SOMEWHERE ELSE SO IT'S BEEN IT'S
A DEVASTATING IMPACT ON THE
COMMUNITY HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND
PEOPLE AND THE AND THE HOSPITALS
LOCATED. NEAR COMMUNITIES- THAT
FARMWORKER COMMUNITIES WHERE
THIS IS THEIR PRIMARY ACCESS- SO
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I THINK
THE GOVERNOR AND DR GOLLY FOR
THEIR INCREDIBLE WORK WITH- WITH
NOT ONLY THE SENATE BUT ALSO THE
ASSEMBLY IN TRYING TO CRAFT SOME
SOLUTIONS. BECAUSE THIS REALLY
IS. JUST L. ET BABY PIECE TO GET
US THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF
MONTHS- WHAT WE KNOW IS AT SEVEN
OR EIGHT HOSPITALS ARE ON THE
BRINK OF CLOSING. AFTER MADERA
HOSPITAL- AND SOME OF THOSE HAVE
MADE PUBLIC STATEMENTS ABOUT IT
BUT SOME OF THEM ARE TRYING TO
HOLD ON- AND TRYING NOT TO HAVE
WHAT. HAPPENED TO MADERA HAPPEN
TO THEM AS WELL. AND SO THIS
PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY IN EVERY
SITUATION WILL BE A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT BECAUSE SUMMER
PUBLICADO SOME. MAY BE FOR NON
FOR PROFIT- ARE THAT THIS THE
STRATEGIES TO TRY TO HELP
EVERYBODY- BUT THE OTHER THE
OTHER PART OF IT IS THAT- AS WE
HAVE MET WITH EVERY SINGLE
CONSTITUENCY GROUPS WITH WHICH
REALLY CLEAR IS WE NEED. A
PROCESS FOR EVALUATING WHAT
DROVE THAT PARTICULAR HOSPITAL
NEAR NEAR BANKRUPTCY WHAT ARE
THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND I WON'T
TALK ABOUT MADERA BECAUSE IT'S A
IT'S- WE DON'T HAVE TIME HERE
THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT WAS S. AS
A SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES. PART OF
WHICH WAS IT WAS THE PRIVATE PAY
OR THE COMMERCIAL- UNDER. UNDER
PAYMENTS THAT THAT HURT THEM IN
OTHER WORDS IT WAS A COMMERCIAL-
COVERED INDIVIDUALS WHICH IS
WHAT. WHAT ALL OF US ALL RIGHT
WE'RE ON COMMERCIAL THE CITY'S
THE COUNTIES SPECIAL DISTRICTS
THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THEY HAVE
THE INSURANCE AND THOSE.
PATIENTS WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE
THEY WENT TO THE BIGGER CITIES
IN THE BIGGER HOSPITALS AND THAT
LEFT DRESSED- EIGHT A
CONSTITUENCY WHERE WE DON'T AS
WAS RECORDED BEFORE WHERE WE
DON'T PAY ENOUGH IN ORDER FOR
THE HOSPITAL TO SUCCEED- AND
COVED. HAS HAD IT DID. AN
INCREDIBLE IMPACT AS WELL SO MY
POINT HERE IS THIS LOOK THIS IS
THE FIRST STEP. IT IS BEEN
RECOMMENDED THAT WE- CREATE AN
OVERSIGHT PROCESS. VERY SIMILAR
TO WHAT WE DO WITH OUR PUBLIC
EDUCATION SYSTEM IS WE SEND IN
PHYS MATT AND THEY- ANALYZE A
SITUATION THEY MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOMETIMES
ITS RECOMMENDATIONS THAT BOARDS
NEED TO BE REPLACED CEOS HAVE TO
BE REPLACED- SPENDING HAS TO BE
REDUCED- IT'S A POWERFUL TOOL
THAT THE STATE HAS USED IN A
DIFFERENT CONTEXT. IT'S BEEN
RECOMMENDED THAT WE USE THAT
SAME KIND OF PROCESS OVER THE
LONG RUN SO WE CAN ANALYZE.
WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW CAN WE
MAKE BETTER SOME BETTER
DECISIONS IN SOME IMPROVEMENT
AND IT MAY BE CHANGING WHAT THE
HOSPITAL'S DOING. AS MY GOOD
FRIEND FOR BAKERS FEEL SAID NONE
OF US HAVE RUN A HOSPITAL BEFORE
WE'RE NOT IN THIS IN THE- IN A
SITUATION WHERE WE CAN DO THAT
SO NUMBER ONE IS THIS IS SHORT
TERM LOAN NUMBER TWO WE'RE GONNA
NEED LONGER TERM LOANS. OR
GRANTS NUMBER THREE- THERE'S AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DO A FACE MASK
TYPE PROCESS AND NUMBER FOR THE
MCO TAX THAT WAS- DISCUSSED. ALL
OF THOSE PIECES NEED TO COME
TOGETHER AND DO AND WE NEED TO
DO IT QUICKLY. WE HAVE BETWEEN
NOW AND AUGUST TO GET THIS RIGHT
AND SO IT THIS THIS PART OF THE
OF THE OF THE- PUZZLE PIECES IS
REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT AND SO
WHEN I THINK- OUR- OUR
ILLUSTRIOUS CARE FOR ALL HER
WORK ON THIS- NEGOTIATING WITH
THE ASSEMBLY AND- AND- AND THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. WE CAN GET
THIS DONE BUT BUT BUT LET ME PUT
IN A DIFFERENT EMPHASIS ON SOME
OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
SAID. THIS LEGISLATURE MADE A
COMMITMENT. TO TRY TO COVER AS
MANY CALIFORNIANS. AS POSSIBLE
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT IN A
RESPONSIBLE INCREMENTAL WAY. BUT
WE ALSO NEED TO CHANGE HOW THE
SYSTEM WORKS. AND WE NEED TO
DRIVE PEOPLE AWAY FROM USING THE
EMERGENCY ROOM AS A PRIMARY CARE
PROVIDER. AND CREATE
OPPORTUNITIES AS MANY
OPPORTUNITIES AS POSSIBLE TO GET
PEOPLE GOOD. HIGH QUALITY HEALTH
CARE. AT THE LOWEST COST AND IN
THE MOST EFFICIENT AND WE ARE
NOT THERE NOW SO THIS MCOT.
ZACKS I THINK CREATES AN
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE MAJOR
INVESTMENTS IN BRINGING. NEW
DOCTORS I'M ON BOARD RIGHT FOR
SOME OF OUR DISADVANTAGED
COMMUNITIES AT THAT HAVE. A LACK
OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES MAKING
MAKING SURE WE WERE WERE ALSO-
PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR THE
ALLIED WORKERS IT WORKING IN THE
SAME SYSTEM MEAN THERE'S A
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE AND
SO. ON ANY IDEAS- NOW'S THE TIME
TO POP THEM UP AND MAKE SURE
WHAT THEY'RE THEY'RE ON OUR
RADAR SCREEN BECAUSE WE'RE
LOOKING TO MAKE FUNDAMENTAL
CHANGES IN HOW WE- PROVIDE
HEALTH CARE TO OUR- TO OUR
RESIDENTS AND- THIS PROVIDES THE
EMERGENCY THAT. THAT'S THAT'S
GOT US ALL AT THE TABLE AND
WE'RE NOT DONE YET SO I WANT TO
URGE YOU TO VOTE I TODAY AND-
AND- AND PARTICIPATE AS WE AS WE
MOVE FORWARD. NOW I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR YOUR I. BOATS THANK YOU
SENATOR CAFIERO CENTER JONES.
THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT AND
MEMBERS I ALSO WILL BE
SUPPORTING ASSEMBLY BILL ONE
TWELVE I JUST WANT TO. MAKE A
COUPLE POINTS FIRST OF ALL I
WANT TO THANK OUR COLLEAGUES
FROM BAKERSFIELD AND MERCED AND
THE OTHERS THAT POINTED OUT THAT
MANY OF US STARTED THIS SESSION
THIS YEAR. WITH NO INTENTION TO
RUN- BILLS DEALING WITH
HOSPITALS AND THAT'S CERTAINLY
THE CASE FOR ME AS WELL I HAD.
NO INTENTION OF DOING THAT. BUT
I DID I HAVE A INTRODUCED ONE
BILL AND I WANT TO THANK- THE
CENTER FROM SANTA CRUZ FOR
POINTING OUT THAT THERE IS A
SUCCESSFUL. WAY TO RE ORGANIZE
THESE HOSPITALS AND MOVE THEM
FORWARD. WHILE HE WAS SPEAKING
ABOUT WATSONVILLE AND SHARING
THEM THE- THE SUCCESSES OF THAT
I'M I'M I'M ONE SITTING HERE
WONDERING. I WONDER IF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL INTERFERED WITH
THAT TRANSACTION AS HE DID WITH
THE TRANSACTION MADERA. THE
FRESNO BEE- RAN A EDITORIAL THAT
I WROTE OVER THE WEEKEND. ASKING
THAT VERY QUESTION WHAT IS THE
PROPER ROLE OF THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL IN THESE MERGERS OF
THESE HOSPITALS. AND I'M GONNA
ARGUE THAT THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT
ALL OF US ON THIS FLOOR GOING TO
HAVE TO WATCH OVER THE NEXT
YEAR. AS THESE ISSUES COME UP MY
BILL IS ON HOLD RIGHT NOW TO
YOUR BILL. BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT
THERE WILL BE PRODUCTIVE
CONVERSATIONS AMONGST ALL OF US
HERE IN THE SENATE. AND OUR
COLLEAGUES IN THE ASSEMBLY YEAH
WE WILL- COME UP WITH A PROPER
RESPONSE. TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL INTERFERING WITH THESE
MERGERS AND HOPEFULLY I PROVIDE
THIS HOSPITAL CARE THAT ALL OF
OUR CONSTITUENTS NEED. AND WHAT
EVERYBODY HERE ON THIS FLOOR IS
AGREEING NEEDS TO HAPPEN- THANK
YOU MISTER PRESIDENT I'LL BE
SUPPORTING AB ONE TWELVE. I
GUESS JONES ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION. ALL DEBATE HAVING C.
CENTERS SKINNER YOU MAY CLOSE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR
PRESIDENT- I APPRECIATE THE VERY
GOOD DEBATE ON THE FLOOR. WE HAD
A SIMILAR AG GOOD DISCUSSION
WITH MANY QUESTIONS TO THE
ADMINISTRATION DURING OUR BUDGET
COMMUNITY HEARING. AND I WANTED
TO POINT OUT THAT AS- AS WAS
REFERENCED HEREIN WAS
REFERENCING THE COMMITTEE. MORE
NEEDS TO BE DONE. THAT THIS
REVIEW THIS AS AN INITIAL.
MEASURE AN INITIAL ACTION TO
HELP OUR DISTRESSED HOSPITALS
BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THE
CALIFORNIA HAS A HOSPITAL
SHORTAGE WE HAVE SOME OF THE
LOWEST BEDS PER CAPITA OF ANY
STATE IN THE COUNTRY. SOUTH
DAKOTA. HAS THREE TIMES MORE
BEDS PER CAPITA THAN CALIFORNIA
DEBTS NOW THIS IS BEEN A LONG
STANDING PROBLEM IT'S NOT NEW
BUT IT IS ONLY GETTING WORSE.
AND WE DON'T NEED IT TO GET
WORSE- OUR SENATE BUDGET PLAN
HAS A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO
ADDRESSING THE ISSUES THAT ARE
CHALLENGING NOT ONLY ARE
HOSPITALS IN OUR HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM. AND WE LOOK VERY MUCH
FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT
DISCUSSION. WITH THE OUR
COLLEAGUES IN THE ASSEMBLY AND
WITH THE ADMINISTRATION AS WE
PREPARE. THE BUDGET ACT. FOR
TWENTY TO TWENTY THREE. TWENTY
TWENTY THREE. AND ACT IN JUNE.
SO OR AS MY COLLEAGUE FOR MERCED
REFERENCE YOU KNOW WE STILL ALSO
HAVE TILL AUGUST IF IT TAKES US
A LITTLE LONGER TO NEGOTIATE BUT
I THINK ALL OF US EXPECT THAT
MORE ACTION NEEDS TO BE TAKEN.
AND THE THING THAT I FIND VERY
INTERESTING IN THIS. DEBATE AS
TO WHY OUR HOSPITALS ARE HURTING
THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS. THE
PANDEMIC WAS PARTICULARLY CRUEL
TO HOSPITALS NO THIS IS IRONIC
BECAUSE HERE WAS A EPIDEMIC
AFFECTED EVERYBODY SELF YOU'D
THINK PEOPLE WOULD HAVE HAD
HIGHER HEALTH CARE NEEDS YES.
BUT HOSPITALS MAKE A LOT OF
THEIR REVENUE OFF OF ELECTIVE
SURGERIES AND OFFERED YOU KNOW
DIFFERENT THINGS THAT. ARE YOU
KNOW THAT THEY BASICALLY GET
MORE MONEY FOR AND DURING THE
PANDEMIC THAT WAS ELIMINATED
NOBODY THE HOSPITALS THEMSELVES
RESTRICTED IT. BUT ALL OF US
NONE OF US WANTED TO VOLUNTARILY
GO TO A HOSPITAL DURING THE DAY
THE MOST INTENSE ASPECTS OF THAT
PANDEMIC AND SO HOSPITALS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY IN CALIFORNIA'S IN
PARTICULAR. LOST BILLIONS OF
DOLLARS DURING THE PANDEMIC. SO
YES ARE PAYER MIX DOES IMPACT.
BUT THERE'S SO MANY MORE FACTORS
THAT HAVE IMPACTED. NOW
ADDITIONALLY. I THINK WAS VERY
IMPORTANT TO POINT THAT WAS MADE
THAT. OUR. IN OUR EFFORT WHICH
HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT AND
SUCCESSFUL TO EXPAND.
CALIFORNIANS ABILITY TO HAVE
MEDICARE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE
HEALTH CARE. WE ARE AS WAS
POINTED ON THE FLOOR TRYING TO
REDUCE THE NECESSITY TO HAVE TO
RELY ON EMERGENCY ROOM. IF YOU
HAVE HEALTH CARE THEN YOU
HOPEFULLY ARE ABLE TO GET YOUR
HEALTH CARE NEEDS DEALT WITH
BEFORE IT IS IN CRISIS EMERGENCY
ROOM. HEALTHCARE IS FAR MORE
EXPENSIVE THAN REGULAR HEALTH
CARE AND SO THE MOVE TO EXPAND
HIS MEDICARE RATES DID NOT FOR
THIS MEDICAL EXPANSION IN WHO'S
COVERED DID NOT NECESSARILY
COSTS THIS HOSPITAL CRISIS BITES
UNTIL WE HAVE. THE TYPE OF
ACCESS THE NUMBER OF PROVIDERS
AND ALL WHO WILL SUPPORT OUR
FOLKS ON MEDICARE ALL. WE WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE THEM RELYING ON
EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS WHICH OF
COURSE EXACERBATES THE CRISIS SO
I THINK ALL OF US ARE CLEAR AND
THIS IS SUCH A SENATE BUDGET
PLAN POINTS OUT WE HAVE MORE TO
DO WE WILL DO MORE. BUT AS ALSO
HAS BEEN REFERENCED HERE THIS IS
AN IMPORTANT ACTION TO TAKE TO
PROVIDE RELIEF AND TO START TO
GET CRITERIA FOR THESE LOANS BUT
WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO BE THE
LAST. AND WITH THAT I ASK FOR
YOUR I. BOATS. CENTER SKINNER
HAS CLOSED ALL DEBATE HAVING C.
SECRETARY. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ALLEN. HI I'LL RODRIGUEZ. I
ARCHULETA. I SB. I ATKINS. BAKER
I BELIEVE. BRADFORD I COMING OUT
OF. HIGH COULD. BY TELLING I GOD
. I DORADO. ON EGGMAN BY GLAZER
I BINS AYE GROVE. I OUR TITLE. I
JONES. I LAYERED HI I LIMÓN. I
MCGUIRE. AYE MENDOZA. AYE MIN
AYE NEWMAN AYE NGUYEN. I NEED A
LITTLE. HI I'M JOE ABOVE I BY
THE END I PORTANTINO. HI ROB I
RUBIO. I THERE TO. I CAN. THE
PINE SMALLWOOD WAVE. BY STERN BY
NUMBER. HI ONE OF HI WIENER. I
WILL. HI THIS THE ABSENT MEMBERS
WERE MORE AT. HI LAKE SUPERIOR
AND- THE MEASURE PASS THIRTY
ZERO WE HAVE ONE LAW BUT ITEM I
AM- FIVE ITEM ONE EIGHTEEN CAN
IS SECRETARY FOR REFER. ASSEMBLY
BILL ONE THIRTY BY SO MEMBER. AN
ACURA TO AND A PER THEY TAKE
EFFECT I MEAN BILL RELATED THE
BUDGET- THANK YOU MISTER
PRESIDENT. THIS IS LAST BE ONE
FOR IS TO LAST OF OUR BUDGET
ACTION. AND IT WAS HEARD AS I
REFER IN THE BUDGET ON TUESDAY.
WHAT IT DOES IS ADDS CLARIFYING
LANGUAGE TO A BILL THAT WE
PASSED LAST YEAR AND THAT WAS
SIGNED INTO LAW THAT WOULD AB
TWENTY ONE EIGHTY THREE. AB
TWENTY ONE EIGHTY THREE PROVIDED
TO NEW WAYS IN ADDITION TO IN
PERSON VOTING TO FOR FARMWORKERS
TO BE ABLE TO UNIONIZE STARTING
IN TWENTY TWENTY THREE MAIL IN
BALLOTS AND CAR CHECKS AS A
CONDITION OF SIGNING AB TWENTY
ONE EIGHTY THREE THE GOVERNOR IN
THE UNITED FARM WORKERS LAST
FALL AGREED ON CLARIFYING
LANGUAGE TO ADDRESS CONCERNS
AROUND IMPLEMENTATION IN VOTING
INTEGRITY. SO TO RESPECT THAT
AGREEMENT AND SO THAT THE BILL
THAT WAS PASSED AND SIGNED INTO
LAW LAST YEAR CAN GO CAN BE
IMPLEMENTED AS INTENDED. THIS
BILL IS NECESSARY AND IT
SPECIFICALLY ELIMINATES THE MAIL
IN BALLOT METHOD LIMITS THE
NUMBER OF UNION CERTIFICATION BY
THE CAR CHECK SYSTEM TO SEVENTY
FIVE. THE LEGISLATION IN AB ONE
THIRTEEN END MEANING TODAY'S
BAND AB TWENTY ONE EIGHTY THREE
THE BILL THAT IT'S AMENDING
EXPIRES ON JANUARY FIRST TWENTY
TWENTY EIGHT. AND WITH THAT I
ASK YOUR AYE VOTE. THANK YOU
CENTERS. CENTER NEW LOW. FLOOR'S
YOURS. THANK YOU MISTER. ARE AT
THE RISK. NO AT THE INTENTION.
OF BEING REDUNDANT. ARE YOU
HEARD ME. COMPLAIN ON THE STORE
CREDIT ON THIS FLOOR CRITICIZED-
OUR BUDGET PROCESS FOR HAVING
BECOME FAR TOO POLICY LADEN. IN
RECENT YEARS. SOMETHING THAT I'M
NOT USED TO FROM MY EXPERIENCE
IN THE PAST WE DID BUT NOT TO
THE EXTENT THAT IS BEEN. BY
HERE- ONE POINT OF OBSERVATION
THIS IS TO CLARIFY AN AGREEMENT.
MADE BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND
LABOR UNIONS- AND ALSO NOT IN
PUBLIC. NOW THIS IS A BUDGET
TRAILER BILL BECAUSE A TEN
THOUSAND DOLLAR- ALLOCATION WAS-
STOCK INTO THE BILL WHICH IS
ENTIRELY UNNECESSARY GIVEN THE
UNDERLYING INTENT OF THE- ACTION
IN THE FIRST PLACE THIS IS PURE
PUBLIC POLICY. BEING DEVELOPED
WITHOUT ANY HEARING BY THE
APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE AND AS I
SAID MERELY RATIFYING AN
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR
AND LABOR UNIONS AS WE HEARD IN
OUR BUDGET COMMITTEE- THE OTHER
DAY FROM AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYERS
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PART OF THIS
DISCUSSION AT ALL. WE COULD FIX
THAT IF THIS BILL APPROPRIATELY
WENT THROUGH THE NORMAL POLICY
PROCESS AND WE HAD A PUBLIC
HEARING WE'RE BOTH.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND LABOR
UNIONS WHO HAVE ALREADY
NEGOTIATED THIS COULD TESTIFY AS
WELL AS THOSE THAT WERE.
EXCLUDED FROM THE NEGOTIATION IN
THE FIRST PLACE THE EMPLOYERS. I
ASK FOR NO I URGE A NO VOTE. ON
THIS ITEM. THANK YOU CENTER NEIL
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR DEBATE
. C. NINE CENTER SKINNER YOU MAY
CLOSE THANK YOU SO MUCH MISTER
PRESIDENT MEMBERS- FIVE BEFORE I
ASK YOUR AYE VOTE SINCE THERE
WAS REFERENCE TO- THAT THIS IS
NOT A IS NOT CUSTOMARY FROM THE
TIME WHEN MY COLLEAGUE FROM
SACRAMENTO- HAD FORMERLY BEEN IN
OUR LEGISLATURE HE YOU KNOW I
SERVE TOGETHER. AND OF COURSE AT
THE POINT THAT WE SERVE TOGETHER
THERE WAS STILL THE TWO THIRDS
REQUIREMENT ON BUDGET AND- I
THINK I RECALL MANY MANY ISSUES
THAT WERE PUT IN THE BUDGET AS A
RESULT OF THAT TWO THIRDS
REQUIREMENT THAT HAD LITTLE TO
NOTHING TO DO WITH BUDGET BUT
THAT'S OKAY. ANYWAY TO THE POINT
OF THIS BILL THIS IS IMPORTANT
AND NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT A
BILL THAT WE PASSED AND WAS
SIGNED INTO LAW. AND WITHOUT I
ASK FOR YOUR AYE VOTE. ALL
DEBATE HAVING SEIZED SECRETARY
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ALAN. I
ALREADY GO. ARCHULETA I SB. FIVE
ATKINS I BAKER. HI PLEASE BEAR
BRADFORD. HI. CABALLERO AYE
CORTESE. AYE TELLING. NO DODD. I
THE RAZA. I EGGMAN. AYE GLAZER.
BY GONZALEZ GROVE. NO HER TITLE.
I JONES NO LATER. LEVINE LIMON.
HI MCGUIRE. AYE MENDOZA. AYE
MIN. AYE NEWMAN. HI WHEN. NO ME
LO. NO WHAT SHOW BOTH NO IDEA.
HI PORTANTINO I RON I RUBIO.
SEYARTO NO SKINNER. HI SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS HI STERN HI NUMBER HI
WELL HOME HI WIENER. HI WILK.
NUMBER SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS OF A RUN OF GUILT
. ARATTA GIL NO BREAKS BEER
GONZALEZ RUBIO. RUBIO BY.
MEASURE CARRIES TWENTY NINE TO
NINE. MEMBERS WERE GONNA NOW
MOVED TO PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR
. FIRST UP IS SENATOR I WOULD
SHOW UP BOTH FOR PURPOSES OF
INTRODUCTION SENATOR. SENATOR
CAN A SHOW ABOUT. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE I AM HONORED. TO
ACKNOWLEDGE SEVERAL REALTORS
FROM THE TWENTY THIRD SENATE
DISTRICT THESE MEMBERS OF THE
EAST VALLEY CALIFORNIA DESERT
AND INLAND GATEWAY CHAPTERS OF
THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS ARE HELPING
CALIFORNIANS ACHIEVED THE
AMERICAN CALIFORNIA DREAM. ONE
HOME AT THE TIME PLEASE HELP ME
GIVE THEM A WARM WELCOME.
CENTERS WELCOME HE SAID. WELCOME
TO THE A CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE
WE HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD ENJOYABLE
STAY HERE IN SACRAMENTO AND THE
MANY VISITS I KNOW YOU HAVE HAD
OKAY MEMBERS WE'RE GOING TO-
JUMP AROUND A LITTLE BIT WE'RE
GOING TO NOW MOVES TO. THE
SENATE THIRD READING FOR
PURPOSES OF HEARING S. C. R.
FIFTY FIVE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA
COME BACK FOR THE PRIVILEGES OF
THE FLOOR SO. I WITHOUT
OBJECTION WILL GO TO SENATE
THIRD READING S. C. R. FIFTY
FIVE THE CENTER'S PREPARED AT
SECRETARY PLEASE READ. OUR FIFTY
FIVE BY SENATOR PORTANTINO
RELATIVE TO TAP WATER DAY CENTER
PORTANTINO FOR THE MAJORITY
LEADER'S DESK. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS I RISE TO
PRESENT S. C. R. FIFTY FIVE
WHICH DESIGNATES THE FIRST
THURSDAY IN MAY AS TAP WATER DAY
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND
ENCOURAGES THE CONSUMPTION OF
CLEAN TAP WATER AS AN
ALTERNATIVE TO PLASTIC BOTTLED
WATER. CLEAN WATER IS A HUMAN
RIGHT BUT MANY CALIFORNIANS DO
NOT HAVE ACCESS TO RELIABLE TAP
WATER BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE
ENOUGH DRINKING FOUNTAINS AROUND
THE STATE OUR WATER FROM A
PUBLIC DRINKING FOUNTAIN OR
BOTTLE FILLING STATION IS FAR
LESS EXPENSIVE AND HEALTHIER
THAN USING PLASTIC. BOTTLES IN
SUCH QUANTITY I'M PROUD TO JOIN
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE WE TAP IN
DOING THE CRITICAL ADVOCACY TO
EXPAND ACCESS TO CLEAN TAP
WATER. THROUGH THE INSTALLATION
OF PUBLIC WATER STATIONS AT
SCHOOLS PARKS AND OTHER AREAS OF
OUR CITIES WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED
THE MOST ONE GREAT RECENT
EXAMPLE OF THIS ADVOCACY THAT'S
HAPPENED IS A LANDMARK AGREEMENT
LAST MONTH BETWEEN. LOS ANGELES
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND UT
LA WHICH INCLUDED A COMMITMENT
TO MAKING CLEAN DRINKING WATER
ACCESS FOR ALL STUDENTS. A
PRIORITY ACROSS L. A. U. S. T.
HELPING TO ADVANCE THE GOALS OF
TAP WATER DAY COLLEAGUES THE
FLIGHT THE FIGHT FOR CLEAN WATER
ACCESS HAS BEEN. HAS
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC AND
EDUCATIONAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
IMPLICATIONS AND IT'S UP TO ALL
OF US TO TRY TO ALLOCATE
RESOURCES WISELY AND ACTIVELY.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD EVERY
COMMUNITY EVERY. CALIFORNIANS
SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO A-
DRINKING FOUNTAIN IN THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD IN THEIR- SCHOOLS
IN THEIR PARKS SO THEY CAN ALL
DRINK THIS CLEAN PRECIOUS
RESOURCE AND SO I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR AN AYE VOTE ON S. C. R.
FIFTY FIVE. DRINK ON THANK YOU
SENATOR PORTANTINO'S DOLLY. I
WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE
AUTHOR FOR BRINGING THIS FOR
IT'S BEEN ONE OF MY- THINGS AS
SOMEBODY WHO CARES ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT EVEN THOUGH. I HAVE
CRYSTAL GEYSER WHICH IS THE BEST
SPRING WATER IN THE STATE
BOTTLED IN MY DISTRICT I WANT TO
JUST THANK THE AUTHOR FOR THE
REASON BEING THAT. OUR WATER
SYSTEMS PURIFY WATER WE CAN
DRINK RIGHT OUT OF THE TAP
WITHOUT HAPPEN TO HAVE SOMETHING
AT ALL ACTUALLY DR WEBER WHEN WE
WERE IN THE ASSEMBLY. WE BOTH OF
TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE HER
GRAND KIDS. WOULD DRINK WATER
OUT OF THE TAP THINKING THEY HAD
TO HAVE BOTTLED WATER. REALIZING
THAT THE TAP WATER IS GREAT
WATER IF YOU TRAVEL THE WORLD.
YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO
DRINK OUT OF SOME OF THE TAPS
AROUND THE WORLD BUT IN AMERICA
IN CALIFORNIA ESPECIALLY WE HAVE
HIGH STANDARDS AND I ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO DRINK THE WATER ON THE
TOP. AND STOP USING- PLASTIC
BOTTLES EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE
GREAT. BOTTLED WATER WHICH IS
HELPED. DURING TIMES- WHEN WE
HAVE NATURAL DISASTERS BUT WE
CAN DRINK WATER ON THE TOP IT'S
GOOD WATER. AND I WOULD
ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO DO THAT AND I
THINK THIS- EXEMPLIFIES THAT SO
I ENCOURAGE A YES VOTE ON S. YOU
ARE FIFTY FIVE. THANK YOU
SENATOR DOLLY SCENE NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION SENATOR PORTANTINO
YOU MAY CLOSE. AS I SAID DRINK
ON LETS CELEBRATE OUR PRECIOUS
RESOURCE AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK
FOR AN AYE VOTE ALL DEBATE
HAVING SEIZE THE SECRETARY
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. ALLEN HI
EVERADO GUILT. HI ARE TO LEAD A
- ON A ASH. HI AT. BAKER. FIVE
BLIX BEER BREAD FOR. BRADFORD I
. COMING OUT OF. CORTESE I DALY
. I. FIVE ZERO. HI EGGMAN. I
GLAZER I CAN. GROVE GROW BY OUR
TIME. JONES FIVE LAYERED ON.
LIMÓN MCGUIRE AYE MENDOZA. MEN
HI. NEWMAN HI WHEN. I MILLO. HI
I'M JOE ABOVE. HI ANDREA. I
PORTANTINO HI HI ROB. HI RUBIO.
I SAY ARE TO. I SKINNER. FIVE
SMALLWOOD CUEVAS. ONLINE STERN.
HI I'M- HI BOB. HI WIENER I WILL
. I PLEASE CALL THE OB MEMBERS
ATKINS PLAGUE COURT. FIVE
MILLION ONLINE GONZALEZ- TATHAM
RETURN ON A LOAN. MANY OF OUR
ONLINE. I THIRTY SIX ZERO THE
REST OF IS IT MEMBERS ARE GONNA
MOVE BACK TO PROVIDE OF THE FOR
PER OF IN CENTER FOR A THE
MAJORITY LEADER'S DE. THANK YOU
MISTER PRIME AND MEMBERS IT'S MY
HONOR TO INTRODUCE EVELYN WHEN
DELL FROM WEEK TAP WHICH IS A
NONPROFIT ACT ADVOCACY
ORGANIZATION THAT HAS BEEN
WORKING THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA TO BRING MORE
DRINKING FOUNTAINS TO PLACES
WHERE THEY ARE NEEDED- HISTORIC
AGREEMENTS WITH THE CITY OF LA.
MAYOR GARCETTI'S OFFICE NOW YOU
SEE WITH THE- LA UNIFIED- WE TAP
NOT ONLY IS ADVOCATING BUT ALSO
HAS AN APP WHERE YOU CAN FIND
THE NEAREST DRINKING FOUNTAIN
WHEN YOU'RE AROUND CALIFORNIA
SO- MS WINDOW BROUGHT THIS-
SUGGESTION THAT WE CELEBRATE TAP
WATER TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AND I'D LIKE TO PRESENT A SENATE
RESOLUTION TO HER CELEBRATING
TAP WATER DAY SO THANK YOU
COLLEAGUES.
MEMBERS ARE GONNA MOVE BACK TO
THE TRADITIONAL ORDER OF OUR
AGENDA. WE WILL BEGIN WITH
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR. THEY
WILL BE DEEMED READ MESSAGES
FROM THE ASSEMBLY WILL BE DEEMED
READ MESSAGES REPORTS OF
COMMITTEES WILL BE DEEMED READ
AND AMENDMENTS ADOPTED. I WILL
MOVE NEXT TO MOTIONS RESOLUTIONS
AND NOTICES. VERY GOOD SENIOR
MICROPHONES UP WE'RE GONNA MOVE
TO THE CONSIDERATION THE DAILY
FILE SECOND READING A FILE CLERK
PLEASE REACH SENATE BILL FORTY
TWO SENATE BILL FOUR EIGHT FOUR
ELEVEN SENATE BILL FIVE THIRTY
SEVEN SENATE BILL FIVE ANY FINE
IT CAN REALLY WILL BE DEEMED
READ. REMOVED TO GOVERNOR'S
APPOINTMENTS NOW WE HAVE. THREE
THREE ITEMS UP STARTING AT
TWELVE TWENTY FOUR I UNDERSTAND
THAT CENTER LAYERED IS GOING TO
BE PRESENTING HE'S IS HE'S READY
. PLEASE RE QUEUE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH MR PRESIDENT FILE ITEM
TWENTY FOURS THE CONFIRMATION OF
KELLY FONG AND COLLECT KAVANAGH
FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF
BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY MS
PHONE BECAUSE A LICENSED ESTES
DITION MISSED MISS KAVANAGH'S A
LICENSED ELECTRONIC JUST THEY
SERVE ON THE BOARD AS
REPRESENTATIVES OF THEIR
RESPECTIVE PROFESSIONS THEY WERE
APPROVED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE
ON APRIL NINETEENTH ON A FIVE OH
VOTE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR
NINE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE. C. NO MICROPHONES UP
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ALLEN. HI EL DORADO HILLS. HI
ARCHULETA. HI ASHLEY HI AT
BECKER. BY BLAKE SPEIR BREAD. I
HAVE A I DON'T. HI CORTESE BY
TELLING. HI DODD. HI TORONTO. I
EGGMAN AYE PLEASE. AYE IN THE
GROW. I ARE DONALD. FIVE JONES.
LAYARD BY WILL MOAN. MCGUIRE AYE
MENDOZA. I MEAN. NEWMAN I NGUYEN
. AYE LOW HI A TURBO I BY THE- I
FOURTEEN. I ROB I RUBIO I SAY
ARE TO I SKINNER. I SMALL PLAY A
- I AYE NUMBER I WILL HOME. I
WIENER FIVE WILK PINE THIS CALL
THE ABSENT MEMBERS WERE MORE
TIME AT PLAY BEER IN THE G.
JONES I LOAN MEN MAN I. THE
POINT IS CAN THIRTY SIX TO
LEVINE OF ITEM FIVE INTERLAYER
THE FLOOR IS YOURS THANK YOU
MISTER PRESIDENT FOLLOWING
TWENTY FIVE IS THE- OF THE MOON
YOUR FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE
BOARD OF BARBERING AND BECAUSE-
SHE'S TO DIRECT OF THE BAY NEED
CENTER AT CAL STATE IN. LONG AND
SERVES THE BOARD A PUBLIC
MEMBER- SHE WOULD APPROVED BY
THE ROLE COMMITTEE APRIL NAY ON
A FIVE OH VOTE I RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR NON ANY FURTHER TO OR
DEBATE ON THIS NOW. THE NINE SO
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL ALLEN. I
WILL RUN AGAIN. I ARCHULETA I
ASK ME. I AT THE END BECKER. I
PLEASE BEAR BRADFORD. I HAVE A
ADAM I COULD TELL. I DALY. DODD
I TORONTO. I EGGMAN. I GLAZER.
HI CAN GROVE. OUR I JONES. FIVE
LAYERED HI. LIMON MCGUIRE. I
MEANT OF OUR- I MEAN. FOR NEWMAN
. I NGUYEN. MILLER. NILAI HOTEL
ABOVE. BY THE- BY FOURTEEN. HI
RALPH. FIVE I THERE TO. SKINNER
I SMALLER. FIVE BY NUMBER I ONE
HUB I WIENER.
SEYARTO SANTA ANA. THE NOMINEES
OF AS APPROVED THIRTY FIVE TWO
ZERO MOVED TO THE LAST ITEM ON
APPOINTMENTS- FILE ITEM TWENTY
SIX INTERLAYER THANK YOU VERY
MUCH MR PRESIDENT FILE ITEM
TWENTY SIX IS THE CONFIRMATION
OF J. COULD RUST OFF SKI FOR
APPOINTMENT TO THE BOARD OF
BARBERING AND COSMETOLOGY HE'S A
LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY
THERAPIST THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER AND FOUNDER OF QUEER
WORKS AN LGBTQ PLUS MENTAL
HEALTH AND HOMELESS OUTREACH
NONPROFIT. IN THE COACHELLA
VALLEY HE WAS APPROVED BY THE
RULES COMMITTEE ON APRIL
NINETEENTH I RESPECTFULLY
ASTRONOMICAL ANY DISCUSSION OR
DEBATE NATIONAL DEBATE. C. NINE
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ALLEN HI I WOULD RATHER GO HI
ARE TO LET. HI ASHLEY HI ATKINS
BECKER. PLEASE BEAR BRADFORD.
BRADFORD I COMING OUT OF I
PRETENDING. BY TELLING. KELLY
NOW DODD. BY THE RAZA. I EGGMAN
. EGGMAN. GLAZER AYE GONZALEZ
GROW. NOW OUR TITLE I JONES. NO
LATER. HI LIMÓN MCGUIRE. I MEANT
OF OUR I MEAN. NEWMAN MINYE
NEWMAN AYE NGUYEN. NICK NAY LOW
. MILANO HONCHO ABOVE. BUT THE-
PORTANTINO. BY RALPH. HI RUBIO
FIVE SEYARTO. NO SKINNER. HI
SMALLWOOD FAVORS. PINE STERN
ONLINE NUMBER FIVE ONE HOME I
WIENER AYE WILK. THIS CALL THE
ABSENT MEMBERS PLEASE ATKINS
BAKER BAKER ODD BLAKE'S BEER
EGGMAN EGGMAN AYE GONZALEZ RAMON
WHEN. BUT CHAU ABOVE. BUT THE A
BUT THE HI WILK. ARE THE NOMINEE
IS CONFIRMED TWENTY EIGHT TO
FIVE THANK YOU CENTER LAYERED
MEMBERS WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT
CONSENT CALENDARS TODAY TWO
DIFFERENT CONSENT CALENDARS ON
THE FIRST CONSENT CALENDAR IS
ANY MEMBER WISH TO REMOVE
ANYTHING FROM THE CAT THAT
CONSENT CALENDAR. ALL RIGHT C.
NINE IF THE SECRETARY COULD
PLEASE READ. HE'S BEEN. YEAH
YEAH I'M AND INFORM THAT WE'RE
GONNA ACTUALLY DO BOTH CONSENT
CALENDARS AT THE SAME TIME IS
ANYONE HAVE AN ITEM IN THE
SECOND SPECIAL CONSENT CALENDAR
THEY'D LIKE REMOVED. ALL RIGHT
C. NINE SECRETARY COULD PLEASE
READ. SEVEN BILLION 913-578-8290
ONE TO SEVENTY FIVE THREE FIFTY
NINE FIVE BEFORE 540-962-4740
EIGHT SEVEN EIGHTY EIGHT
NINETEEN ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION FIVE FORTY ONE. FORTY
THREE AND FORTY SIX. ALL RIGHT
SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLL
ON THE TO CONSENT CALENDARS
ALLEN I OVER OUT OF GUILT BY OUR
TO LET UP ON A ASK. I ATKINS
BECKER. I BLAKE'S BEER. BRADFORD
I COMING AT A- I. AYE DALY. AYE
DODD. AYE DURAZO AYE EGGMAN. AYE
GLAZER I CAN GROVE. HI TADO. I
THE STATE'S
-
MEMBERS WE'RE GOOD AT- PURPOSES
OF CLARIFICATION WE'RE GONNA-
ARE WE GONNA RE READ THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. OKAY WE'RE JUST GONNA
HAVE THE ROLL CALL BEGIN AGAIN
OKAY SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
PATIENCE WE'LL CARRY SECRETARY
PLEASE CALL THE ROLL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. ALLEN HI OVER OUT OF
JAIL HI ARCHULETA HI S. B. I AT
THE BACKER. HI PLEASE BEAR
BRADFORD I HI CORTEZ HI FELT I
DON ON THE RESUM HI EGGMAN. I
GLAZER AYE GONZALEZ. GROVE I A
TITLE HI JOE. I LAYERED HI LIMÓN
. MCGUIRE I MENDOZA ARE HI MIN I
KNEW. AYE NGUYEN AYE NEIL AYE A
SHOW VOTE I DM. I PORTANTINO
FIVE ROB FIVE RUBIO HI THERE
TELL BY SKIN. HI SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS HI STERN I NUMBER I ONE
OF I WIENER ON WILK. HI THIS
CALL THE ABSENT ATKINS PLAGUE
WE'RE GOING TO LEMOND. THAT'S A
THIRTY SIX ZERO ON FOR ITEM
TWENTIES AND WILL APPLY THAT TO
THE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR
THIRTY SIX ZERO FOR THE BALANCE
OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR THANK
YOU MEMBERS. WE ARE GOING TO
MOVED OUT OF COMMITTEE
ANNOUNCEMENTS I KNOW THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF THEM ON THE FLOOR-
MEMBERS WHO YOU HAVE COMMITTEE
ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS WOULD BE THE
RIGHT TIME FOR THAT SENATOR
MENSCH OF OUR I SEE YOUR
MICROPHONE UP. THANK YOU MR
PRESIDENT A BUDGET SUB COMMITTEE
NUMBER THREE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES WITH ME FIFTY MINUTES
AFTER SUCH AN IN ROOM- TWELVE
HUNDRED. TWELVE HUNDRED FIFTEEN
MINUTES AFTER THANK YOU SENATOR
MENJIVAR CENTER LAYERED THANK
YOU- MISTER PRESIDENT BUDGET SUB
COMMITTEE ONE ON EDUCATION WILL
MEET IN ROOM ELEVEN HUNDRED IN
THE SWING SPACE FIFTEEN MINUTES.
AFTER THE END OF SESSION AFTER
THE CLOSE OF SESSION ROOM ELEVEN
HUNDRED. SENATE EDUCATION SUB.
ALL RIGHT CENTER BACKER. THANK
YOU BUDGET SUB COMMITTEE TO OUR
RESOURCES ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION
ENERGY WILL MEET. FIFTEEN
MINUTES AFTER ADJOURNMENT IN
ROOM TWENTY TWO HUNDRED THANK
YOU CENTER BACKER THAT'S UP TO
FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER GERMAN IN
ROOM TWENTY TWO HUNDRED- CENTER
PEDIA. THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT
BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE NUMBER FOUR
ON STATE ADMINISTRATION IN
GOVERNMENT WILL CONVENE AN
LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING
FIFTEEN MINUTES FOLLOWING RECESS
OF THE FLOOR IN ROOM ONE HUNDRED
- ROOM ONE HUNDRED AND THE
LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING
THAT'S TEN TWENTY N. STREET
SENATOR RAZA. THANK YOU YES ARE
SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE FIVE WILL
MEET FIFTEEN MINUTES AFTER
ADJOURNMENT IN SWING SPACE ROOM
TWENTY ONE HUNDRED. VERY GOOD.
SENATORS THAT IS- THERE'S THAT
COMPLETES THE BUSINESS OF THE
SENATE TODAY. A CENTER GROVE.
SORRY YES IT'S CLEAR. SORRY IS
IT THE MINORITY LEADER IS
KEEPING A DISTRACTED I APOLOGIZE
COLLEAGUES THE SENATE WILL BE IN
RECESS TILL THREE THIRTY PM AT
WHICH TIME IT ADJOURNMENT MOTION
WILL BE MADE WE WILL RECONVENE.
AT MONDAY AT A MAY EIGHTH AT TWO
PM PLEASE BE PRIME SO THAT THE
MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER DOES NOT
CHASE YOU DOWN. THANK YOU US
CENTER GROVE THE SENATE WILL BE
IN RECESS UNTIL THREE THIRTY. PM
AT WHICH TIME THE GERMAN MOTION
WILL BE MADE WE WILL RECONVENE
MONDAY MAY EIGHTH AT TWO PM
ENJOY THE REST OF THE DAY
MEMBERS.