ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE PROPOSED
FOR CONSENT ITEM THOUGH WE HAVE
ITEM NUMBER TWO. ITEM NUMBER
THREE ITEM NUMBER SIX ITEM
NUMBER SEVEN ITEM NUMBER EIGHT
ITEM NUMBER NINE AND ITEM NUMBER
CAN.
WE HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE BILLS
THAT WE WILL BE.
.
GIVING PRESENTATION TO. WE HAVE
AN AUTHOR HERE.
.
PULITZER WITH ITEM NUMBER FIVE
AB TWO TWO ZERO FOUR GRAY
CLINICS LICENSURE AND REGULATION
EXEMPTION.
CLICK GET STARTED.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND ARE.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS A. B..
TWENTY TWO OH FOUR ALLOWS IN A
MINUTE HEALTH CLINICS TO OPERATE.
FOR FORTY HOURS PER WEEK UP FROM
THE CURRENT LIMIT OF THIRTY
HOURS.
THE IS THE SECOND BILL CARRIED A
FRANK ON THE SUBJECT YOU KNOW
THE WITH THE EXPANSION OF OUR
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE.
I HERE IN CALIFORNIA. A RURAL
COMMUNITIES SUCH AS THE ONE THAT
I REPRESENT.
INCREASINGLY HAVE.
A MORE INSURED CONSTITUENTS.
WE DO NOT HAVE.
MORE HEALTH CARE INFRASTRUCTURE
WE DON'T NOT HAVE MORE DOCTORS
WE DO NOT HAVE. A MORE SPACE AND
OUR EMERGENCY ROOMS ARE FRANKLY
OVERLOADED AND THESE CLINICS
SPREAD THROUGHOUT RURAL
COMMUNITIES ARE FRANKLY A
LIFESAVER FOR PROVIDING NON
EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE.
TO MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY
THIS IS MY CONTINUED EFFORT TO
MAKE THAT CARE MORE ACCESSIBLE.
AND I WOULD DOUBT RESPECTFULLY
ASK FOR THE COMMITTEE SUPPORT
TODAY THAT WE HAVE A WITNESS IN
SUPPORT.
DEEPLY SEE JOURNEYMEN.
PROCEED.
HELLO MY NAME IS CARRIE HEIGHT
ASH PRESIDENCY YOUR FAMILY
HEALTHCARE NETWORK WE ARE AN
FQHC. AND OPERATES TWENTY SIX
CLINICS AND TULARE KINGS.
AND SOON TO BE FRESNO COUNTIES.
A WE SEE ABOUT A HUNDRED AND
FIFTY THOUSAND PATIENTS AS SERVE
THROUGH ABOUT SIX HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY EIGHTY THOUSAND VISITS A
YEAR. NINETY SIX PERCENT OF OUR
PATIENTS ARE AT A BELOW TWO
HUNDRED PERCENT OF POVERTY AND
MORE THAN FIFTY PERCENT ARE
MIGRANT SEASONAL FARMWORKERS.
WERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS BILL
BECAUSE IT WILL HELP US TO
EXPAND AND PRESERVE ACCESS TO
FIGURE I'M VERY VALUABLE CARE.
FOR INSTANCE WE ARE CURRENTLY
TRYING TO TAKE OVER A HEALTH
CENTER IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING
OVER HEALTH CENTER. THAT IS
SERVING PATIENTS OF A PROVIDER
WHO WANTS TO RETIRE.
NEED HELP IN RECRUITING
ADDITIONAL CLINICIANS AND
WITHOUT THIS BILL WILL HAVE TO
RESTRICT ACCESS IT'S CURRENTLY
THERE WHAT WE GO THROUGH THE
MODERNIZATION PROCESS.
BANK IS ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE
TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE
MEASURE. PLEASE COME UP STATE
YOUR NAME.
A SURVEY GOMBE HALF OF THE
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIP
FOR HELD AND THE CENTRAL VALLEY
HEALTH NETWORK WHICH IS A
CONSORTIUM OF COMMUNITY HEALTH
CENTERS IN TWENTY DIFFERENT
COUNTIES IN STRONG SUPPORT AND
WOULD LIKE TO THANK.
ASSEMBLY MEMBER GRAY FOR HIS
LEADERSHIP THANK YOU. ANYONE
ELSE.
THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN BIRDS
MAY CONSUMERS ON BEHALF OF
CALIFORNIA HEALTH PLUS ADVOCATES
IN OUR THIRTEEN HUNDRED
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS IN
CALIFORNIA AND.
THANK YOU.
KELLY BUCKS ON BEHALF OF THE
ROLE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES OF
CALIFORNIA HERE IN SUPPORT.
THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE ó IS
THERE ANY OPPOSITION TO THE
MEASURE.
WAS GOOD ENOUGH NOT QUITE MAD.
ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS FROM ANY
OF THE MEMBERS.
XENA QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
SENATOR WOULD YOU LIKE CLOSE
SENTIMENT WHICH I CLOSE.
WELL THINK CARE CENTER ROUTE
THROUGH THE.
ATTEMPTED MOTION ALL THANK YOU
FOR THE ATTEMPTED PROMOTION.
AND I. RESPECTFULLY ASK YOUR AYE
VOTE.
BUT SINCE WE GET A A QUORUM WE
WILL MOVE THE BILL AND DOWN
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEY MATURE
MEMBERS
.
OKAY WE'RE GONNA GO IN ESTABLISH
A QUORUM PLEASE.
HERNANDEZ HERE HERNANDEZ HERE
WIN. WIN HERE LEYVA.
LEYVA HERE MITCHELL. MONNING.
NEWMAN NIELSEN. NIELSEN HERE PAN.
PROF THERE BROTH HERE. AND WE
HAVE A CONSENT CALENDAR IT'S
ITEM NUMBER TWO ITEM NUMBER
THREE ITEM NUMBER SIX.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ITEM NUMBER
EIGHT ITEM NUMBER NINE AND ITEM
NUMBER TEN IS OUR MOTION.
MOVED BY A CENTER LEYVA WOULD
YOU CALL THE MEMBERS PLEASE
HERNANDEZ AYE AYE HERNANDEZ AYE
WHEN.
WHEN I LEYVA AYE LEYVA AYE
MITCHELL.
MONNING.
NEWMAN. NIELSEN AYE AYE NIELSEN
AYE PAN. ROTH AYE ROTH AYE.
MITCHELL MITCHELL AYE MITCHELL
AYE.
CONSENT CALENDAR HAS BEEN
APPROVAL PUT THOSE MEASURES ON
CALL WE HAVE SOME ABSENT MEMBERS
WE HAVE. ITEM NUMBER FIVE AB TWO
TWO ZERO FOUR.
GRIEVANCES TO PASS OR DISS.
YOU PASS PROCREATION SCISSOR
MOST.
MOVED BY SENATOR RASAKAN THE
MEMBERS PLEASE HERNANDEZ AYE
HERNANDEZ AYE WHEN.
WHEN I EYVA. LEYVA AYE MITCHELL.
MITCHELL AYE MONNING.
NEWMAN.
NIELSEN. NIELSEN AYE PAN. ROTH.
ROTH AYE.
WE HAVE ON TWO ITEMS REMAINING
REMAINING ITEM NUMBER ONE AND
ITEM NUMBER FOUR WE CAN NOT
BECAUSE SOME OF THE MEMBERS TO.
PLEASE APPRECIATED
.
YOU WERE GOING TO MOVE ON TO
ITEM NUMBER FOUR EIGHTY TWO ZERO
ONE EIGHT MAIENSCHEIN MENTAL
HEALTH WORKFORCE PLANNING LOAN
FORGIVENESS LOAN REPAYMENT AND
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS GOOD
AFTERNOON GOOD. GOOD.
WE DO HAVE SUPPORT ON BOTH SIDES
SIMILAR RIGHT AND IN LIGHT OF
THAT MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS I KEEP.
REMARKS
BRIEF AT AND THE FOOTBALL I ALSO
WERE TO.
WOULD LIKE TO ADVISE EGGMAN I
WILL BE ACCEPTING AMENDMENTS
DESCRIBED IN THE ANALYSIS
THE SHORTAGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS ON
THE U. S. HAS REACHED CRISIS
LEVELS. AND CALIFORNIA SUFFERING
THE FALLOUT AT THIS SHORTAGE HAS
CREATED CRITICAL WEAKNESSES IN
OUR PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH CARE
DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT COUNTIES
ARE STRUGGLING TO PATCH.
I AND SO I WILL LASTING SOLUTION.
REQUIRES A MORE SUBSTANTIVE
FIXED AB TWENTY EIGHTEEN DRESSES
THE SHORTAGE BY TACKLING THE
HEAVY BURDEN OF DEBT SO MANY
STUDENTS SHOULDERS THEY PURSUE
ADVANCED MEDICAL DEGREE. AYE IS
A BETWEEN EIGHTEEN WILL EXPAND
PROGRAMS FOR PSYCHIATRIC
RESIDENTS IN CALIFORNIA WHO
COMMIT TO WORKING IN THE PUBLIC
SECTOR. AYE WITH ME TO TESTIFY.
ARE THE INDIVIDUAL SPECIFIC CD
HERE DOCTOR SAMUEL ROBERT MURRAY
FROM UC DAVIS AND ADRIN SHELTON
WAS NOT THE STEINBERG INSTITUTE
AND RANDALL HAGER WITH THE
CALIFORNIA CITED PSYCHIATRIC A
SO.
THANK YOU LIKE TO SPEAK IN
SUPPORT FREE CENTER NAME YOUR
POSITION.
I AT MY NAME SAMUEL MURRAY I AM
A SECOND YEAR PSYCHIATRY
RESIDENT AT UC DAVIS HERE IN
SACRAMENTO.
WHEN I GRADUATED MEDICAL SCHOOL
IN TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN HAD
AMASSED THREE HUNDRED TEN
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MEDICAL
SCHOOL DEBT. CAR I NUMBER THAT'S
NOT UNCOMMON AMONGST MY
COLLEAGUES.
RIGHT NOW THAT'S ACCRUING SIX
POINT FIVE PERCENT INTEREST BY
TIME I FINISH RESIDENCY TRAINING
AND TWENTY TWENTY. MY DEL BE
ABOUT THREE HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A LARGE PART OF MY TRAINING HERE
UC DAVIS HAS BEEN IN THE PUBLIC
SECTOR. ARE MOSTLY WITH THE
SACRAMENTO COUNTY MENTAL HEALTH
SYSTEM.
.
WHERE I GET TO TREAT TOM THE
PATIENTS I THINK ARE THE MOST
VULNERABLE SPEAK OF SEVERE
MENTAL ILLNESS CHRONICALLY
HOMELESS ARE PEOPLE WHO
OTHERWISE BEEN FORGOTTEN BY OUR
SYSTEM? ARM MYSELF I THINK I'VE
FOUND MY CALLING THE IN WORKING
WITH THESE PEOPLE AND AFTER MY
TRAINING. I WANT TO CONTINUE TO
WORK WITH THEM BUT WITH THREE
HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN DEBT.
TWO KIDS AT HOME A WIFE I DON'T
KNOW IF I CAN AFFORD TO WHEN I
LOOK AT OFFERS THAT SOME OF MY
COLLEAGUES ARE GETTING COMING
OUT OF TRAINING.
TO MAKE YOU KNOW UPWARDS OF
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
WITH SIGNING BONUSES AROUND A
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WORK
FOR BIG PRIVATE HEALTHCARE
SYSTEMS.
IT'S HARD TO PASS SET UP IN THE
MY LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE ARE
GETTING OFFERED TO WORK IN THE.
PUBLIC SECTOR TO ABOUT HALF THAT.
SO I GOT A TOUGH DECISION.
A I REALLY WANT TO SERVE THIS
POPULATION OF MY FELIX BALM.
THE OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED BY A
ASSEMBLY BILL TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN.
WITH EARLIER ACCESS TO LOAN
FORGIVENESS AND SCHOLARSHIP
PROGRAMS
OFFERS PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO WANT
TO SERVE IN THE PUBLIC.
FINANCIAL INCENTIVE AND.
.
OF HIGHER PROFITS HIGHER CHANCE
FOR SUCCESS FOR.
MAKING MY CAREER WHAT I WIND
SERVING THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THINK
ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT.
LUCKILY MISTER CHAIR AND MEMBERS
ADRIN SHELTON WITH THE STEINBERG
INSTITUTE WE ARE THE PROUD CO
SPONSORS OF THIS.
I LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL AND
BELIEVE THIS IS A CRITICAL
MEASURE TO ADDRESS ON THE
SHORTAGES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR
PSYCHIATRIC.
A MENTAL HEALTH WORK FORCE I'M
JUST CONSIDER THE STATISTIC THAT
IN CALIFORNIA FORTY FIVE PERCENT
OF OUR PSYCHIATRISTS ARE OVER
THE AGE OF SIXTY.
SO THE PROBLEM IS GOING TO BE
FURTHER EXACERBATED IN THE
FUTURE AS ON THESE INDIVIDUALS
ARE. CLOSE TO RETIREMENT SO WE
ASK FOR YOUR STYLE ICE AYE VOTE
TODAY THANK YOU ANYONE ELSE
MISTER CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE
COMMITTEE RENTAL HERE FOR THE
CALIFORNIA PSYCHIATRIC
ASSOCIATION I COULDN'T SENATE
MUCH BETTER THAN DR MARIA
THINKING MAKES PERFECT CASE WHY
WE DO HAVE TO FIND. INCENTIVES
IN WAYS TO BOMB ENSURE THAT
PEOPLE ARE MOTIVATED TO DO THE
THINGS WE NEED TO DO IN THE
STATE AND AND PSYCHIATRISTS ARE
CERTAINLY. IN HIGH DEMAND AT
THIS POINT AND THEY SERVE REALLY
CRITICAL ROLES IN OUR PUBLIC
SYSTEM SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
SUPPORT FOR THE BILL TODAY THANK
YOU THINK ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT.
BRENT AND MARCHING WITH THE
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
ALSO IN SUPPORT.
WEST ST STE UNITED WAYS A
CALIFORNIA IN STRONG SUPPORT
THANK.
ASHLEY WALKER ON BEHALF OF THE
MODERATE COUNTY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS IN SUPPORT.
KELLY BUCKS ON BEHALF OF THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA HEALTH
CARE DISTRICTS THE ROLE COUNTY
REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA
AND THE COUNTY WORTH WELFARE
DOCTORS ASSOCIATION HERE IN
SUPPORT.
GOOD AFTERNOON MARRIED THEIR
COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION IN SUPPORT.
WHEN SPENCER WITH THE CALIFORNIA
CAT ME FAMILY PHYSICIANS IN
SUPPORT THANK YOU ANYONE IN
OPPOSITION. BILL QUESTIONS
COMMENTS TO SEEMS TO BE NO
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR ANY OF
THE MEMBERS WE HAVE A MOTION BY
SENATOR ROTH WHICH LIKE CLOSE
PLEASE.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER LIKE CLOSE.
I THINK I GOT A LITTLE AHEAD OF
MYSELF I WAS ALREADY THINKING SO
THE SENATE BUT.
OKAY THANK YOU SO MUCH OF MISTER
CHAIR MEMBERS RESPECT AND
REQUEST MY ABOUT THANK YOU WE
HAVE OUR ITEM NUMBER. FOUR.
IF I DO PASS THE MEN
APPROPRIATIONS COLUMN MEMBERS
PLEASE.
HERNANDEZ AYE HERNANDEZ AYE WHEN.
WHEN I LEYVA LEYVA AYE MITCHELL.
MITCHELL AYE MONNING.
MONNING AYE NEWMAN.
NIELSEN.
NIELSEN AYE PAN AYE PAN AYE ROTH.
AYE BROTH AYE.
CURRENTLY HAS EIGHT ZERO NET TO
GET OUR NGUYEN PLEASE THAT
BILLING CALL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I MOVED ITEM NUMBER ONE IS HERE
ARE ONE FORTY THREE SMOKING IS
BANNED SMOKING USE.
MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY.
DO YOU HAVE.
BECAUSE.
CAPTAIN MUCH PLEASE PROCEED.
THANK YOU HAD THANK YOU SHARE OF
MEMBERS. SCR ONE FORTY THREE
ENCOURAGES THE MOTION PICTURE
ASSOCIATION AMERICA TO GIVE AN
ARE READING TO ANY NEW FILM THAT
FEATURES TOBACCO PRODUCTS ARE
TOBACCO USE WITH ONLY LIMITED
EXCEPTIONS.
SMOKING PROCESS IS A LEADING
CAUSE OF PREVENTABLE DEATH BOTH
IN THE U. S. AND WORLDWIDE AND
CAUSES MORE THAN FOUR HUNDRED
EIGHTY THOUSAND. DEATHS IN THE
U. S. EACH YEAR AND IN TWENTY
TWELVE THE US SURGEON GENERAL
DETERMINE THERE'S A CAUSAL
RELATIONSHIP. BETWEEN YOUTH
VIEWING
SMOKING IN MOVIES AND INITIATION
OF SMOKING.
THEN AT TWENTY FOURTEEN THE
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL
PREVENTION REPORTED EXPOSURE
DEPICTIONS OF SMOKING IN MOVIES
BECAUSE ABOUT SIX POINT FOUR
MILLION CHILDREN ALIVE TODAY TO
BECOME SMOKERS.
CERTAINLY IS A PEDIATRICIAN I
KNOW THAT THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO
PREVENT THAT'S FROM SMOKING IS
TO PREVENT YOU FROM EVER
BECOMING ADDICTED TO THESE PRATT
PRODUCTS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SECOND PROUD OF SUPPORTED. OUR
LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS AND I THINK
YOU ARE.
CHAIR HERNANDEZ.
FOR YOUR ROLE IN INCREASING THE
MINIMUM AGE TO PURCHASING
TOBACCO TWENTY ONE AND ALSO
OTHER LEGISLATION WE'VE WORKED
TOGETHER ON TO REGULATE E.
CIGARETTES AND TO LIMIT ACCESS
TO SMOKING.
NOW THESE MEASURES WILL GO A
LONG WAY TO ENSURING THAT OUR
FUTURE GENERATIONS WILL HAVE TO
FACE THE SAME BURDEN OF TOBACCO
RELATED DISEASE HOWEVER RESEARCH
SHOWS THAT THERE'S. EVEN MORE
THAT CAN BE DONE TO KEEP KIDS
FROM SMOKING. NEARLY HALF A
CENTURY AGO THE U. S. BAR
TOBACCO ADVERTISING ON TV AND
RADIO.
THE KIDS CONTINUE TO BE EXPOSED
TO THE BACK OF USE IN MOVIES
WITH PGA IN PD THIRTEEN RATINGS.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE
LEGISLATURE TO LEAD THE WAY BY
URGING THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR
RATING MOVIES TO TAKE ACTION.
FEWER YOUTH WILL START SMOKING
OF ALL MOVIES THAT THE TOBACCO
THAT DEPICT TOBACCO USE ARE
GIVEN AN R. RATING. I WOULD.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT
NAY URGENT AYE VOTE ON S. YOU
ARE ONE FORTY THREE AND HAVE
WITNESSES FROM SUPPORT DOCTOR
SCORED GARCIA AND STANTON GLANTZ
I THINK YOU PLEASE PROCEED.
I THANK YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE AYE I'M
GORDON GARCIA AN ALLERGIST WHOSE
PRACTICED HERE IN A SACRAMENTO
FOR TWENTY FIVE YEARS.
CARING FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN.
AS SUCH I'VE TREATED MANY
PATIENTS FOR SMOKING INDUCED AND
SMOKING EXACERBATED CONDITIONS.
SUCH AS COPD AND ASTHMA AND AND
I CAN ATTEST TO THE DIFFICULTY
OF THE TYPICAL TOBACCO SMOKER
WHEN TRYING TO QUIT.
I'M ALSO HERE TO REPRESENT
BRIEF CALIFORNIA SACRAMENTO
REGION WHICH IS A NONPROFIT.
PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATION THAT
HAS BEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR
OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS. WORKING
FOR LONG HEALTH AND CLEAN AIR.
AT PREVIOUSLY SERVED ON THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR EIGHT
YEARS AND CURRENTLY SERVICE THE
CO CHAIR OF THE LONG HEALTH
COLLABORATIVE GROUP.
BRIEF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN
WORKING ON THE ISSUE OF SMOKING
AND YOU THREE DID MOVIES.
FOR OVER TWENTY FIVE YEARS.
AND MY DAUGHTER CLAIRE WHO IS IN
THE AUDIENCE TODAY CURRENTLY
RUNS THE THUMBS UP THUMBS DOWN
PROGRAM THAT RECRUITS. AND
TRAINS TEENS TO QUANTITATE
SMOKING.
DEPICTIONS IN MOVIES AND THEN
MAKE THAT DATA AVAILABLE TO
RESEARCHERS AROUND THE WORLD. AT
NO CHARGE. OUR WORK PROVIDES THE
FOUNDATION FOR THE POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE BEING
CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE
TODAY.
THE MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT AS HE OUR
ONE FORTY THREE IS BOTH CLEAR
AND OVERWHELMING.
THIRTY SEVEN PERCENT OF ALL NEW
YOUNG SMOKERS IN THE U. S. START
BECAUSE OF THE PREVALENCE OF
SMOKING IN MOTION PICTURES.
THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE REASON
THAT YOUNG PEOPLE START SMOKING.
ACCORDING TO THE CDC. ARE
READING FUTURE MOVIES WITH
TOBACCO CAN REDUCE YOUNG YOUTH
SMOKING RATES.
BY EIGHTEEN PERCENT THEREBY
PREVENTING ONE MILLION TOBACCO
RELATED DEATHS.
IN CONCLUSION WE NEED TO PROTECT
OUR KIDS BETTER FROM THE
INSIDIOUS INFLUENCE OF SMOKING
DETECTION AND YOUTH RATED MOVIES.
THIS REQUIRES MORE RESTRICTIVE
RATINGS ON MOVIES THAT CONTAIN
SMOKING.
I SEE ARE ONE FORTY THREE IS AN
IMPORTANT EXPRESSION OF OUR
RESOLVE TO HAVE THIS CHANGE
ENACTED. BY THE MP A A SO I URGE
YOUR YES VOTE ON ACR ONE FORTY
THREE THANK YOU THINK ANYONE
ELSE IN SUPPORT.
PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AT UCSF.
AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS
ISSUE SMOKING IN MOVIES FOR
ABOUT TWENTY YEARS NOW.
I YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD THE
WORLDWIDE SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS
THAT EXPOSURE TO SMOKING IN
MOVIES.
BRINGS KIDS TO SMOKE.
AND ABOUT HALF OF THEM ARE
GOING TO DIE.
PREMATURELY AS A RESULT.
THE MPA HAS BEEN VERY FAMILIAR
WITH THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
THAT TO EXPOSURE ON SCREEN
SMOKING RECRUITS KIDS.
EVER SINCE I HELD A MEETING IN
THE LOS ANGELES IN TWO THOUSAND
SEVEN. WHERE THEY INVITED TO
HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THEM?
ON THIS ISSUE AND HARVARD THE
RECTORY THE SCIENTISTS THE MPA
ITSELF INVITED. TOLD THEM THEY
SHOULD GET SMOKING OUT OF MOVIES
WHICH ARE BEING SOLD TO CHILDREN.
YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD THAN IT
DOES SHE DC HAS SAID THAT ARE
RATING FOR SMOKING WHICH SAVE
ABOUT A MILLION KIDS LIVES AMONG
KIDS TODAY.
FURTHERMORE THERE ARE SEVERAL
INDEPENDENT SURVEYS NATIONALLY
WHICH OF FOUNDED PARENTS YOU'RE
VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECT
OF SMOKING IN MOVIES. ON THEIR
KIDS WITH STRONG SUPPORT TO
MODERNIZE TO RATING SYSTEM TO
GET SMOKING ON AMONG MOVIES
WHICH ARE RATED. AS APPROPRIATE
FOR CHILDREN.
THE MPA CLAIMS IN A LETTER THAT
WAS DELIVERED TO SENATOR PAN
SHREDDED QUOTE CONSIDERS POKING
WHEN ASSIGNING RATINGS BUT IF
YOU LOOK AT THE RULES FOR THE
RATING SYSTEM. IT DOESN'T
MENTION STROKING AND SINCE TWO
THOUSAND SEVEN THEY HAVE RATED
EXACTLY ONE MOVIE ARE FOR
SMOKING. IT WAS A POLISH
DOCUMENTARY CALLED WHICH SINCE
THE NEW YEAR PRESIDING SCHEME
DOLCE I APOLOGIZE FOR MY POOR
POLISH. AS SHE ARE WOULD ADD TO
THE VERY STRONG MESSAGE THAT'S
BEING SENT TO THE STUDIOS THAT
ALL NAY MP A A. THAT THEY NEED
TO BRING THE RULES UP TO DATE
ABDIC STOPPED SELLING TICKETS TO
KIDS FIRST REGRETS THAT ARE
GONNA ADDICTED TO NICOTINE OR
FOR MOVIES.
THAT ARE GONNA ADDICTED TO
NICOTINE I HOPE YOU'LL SUPPORT
THE RESOLUTION THANK YOU THINK
ANYONE ELSE IN SUPPORT.
BRING IN MARCH YOU WITH THE
CALIFORNIA MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
ALSO IT'S PART.
TIM GIVES AT THE AMERICAN CANCER
SOCIETY CONSTRUCTION AT WORK IN
SUPPORT AND ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS
OUR SUPPORT FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT
THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION AS
WELL.
RANK MISTER COPYCAT MEET FAMILY
PHYSICIANS IN SPORT.
THANK YOU VERY OPPOSITION.
QUESTIONS COMMENTS.
UP.
OPPOSITION SOARING.
REALLY.
SHOULD I LOOK FOR.
I WOULD.
IF YOU MISTER CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS OF TERRY THOMAS ON
BEHALF I'M SORRY.
ON BEHALF OF THE MOTION PICTURE
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA THE TRADE
ASSOCIATIONREPRESENTING THE
MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STUDIOS.
I'M HERE TO EXPRESS OUR DEEP
CONCERNS ABOUT S. C. R. WHEN
FORTY THREE.
AND WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR AT THE
OUTSET THAT THIS IS NOT OUR
DEFENSE OF CIGARETTES OR SMOKING.
BUT IT IS OUR DEFENSE OF THE
RATING SYSTEM.
I THINK THE ANALYSIS THAT'S
BEEN PREPARED BICU HAS
PROVIDED AN EXCELLENT OVERVIEW
OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
CLASSIFICATION RATINGS
ADMINISTRATION BETTER KNOWN AS
KARA.
WHICH IS THE ENTITY WHICH REACH
MOTION PICTURES NOT THE MPA A
WHICH IS SUBMITTED TO IT. PUMP
IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN NINETEEN
SIXTY EIGHT AS A VOLUNTARY
SYSTEM NOT REGULATED BY THE
GOVERNMENT.
BY MPAA AND NATO WHICH IS THE
ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING
THEATER OWNERS. TO ASSIST
PARENTS IN PROVIDING
TRANSPARENCY ABOUT THE CONTENT
OF FILMS IN ORDER TO HELP THEM
DETERMINE.
THE SUITABILITY OF A MOVIE FOR
THEIR CHILDREN.
THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTION FACING
THE RATING SYSTEM TODAY IS THAT
IT EXISTS FOR ANY OTHER PURPOSE
THAN TO INFORM PARENTS ABOUT THE
CONTENT OF FILMS.
WHILE MANY FIND THESE RATINGS
USEFUL AND INFORMATIVE OTHERS
QUESTION THE SYSTEM. AND FRANKLY
OFTEN BECAUSE THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND ITS PURPOSE.
SOME MISTAKENLY BELIEVE A CAST
JUDGMENT ON WHETHER A FILM IS
GOOD OR BAD.
OTHERS BELIEVE IT SERVES AS THE
GATEKEEPER OF MORALITY AND
VALUES.
STILL OTHERS FEEL THE SYSTEM
DOESN'T GO FAR ENOUGH IN
PROMOTING BEHAVIOR AND BELIEFS
PERCEIVED TO BE SOCIALLY OR
MORALLY UPRIGHT.
NONE OF THESE IS THE ROLE OF THE
RATING SYSTEM.
WE BELIEVE THE RATING SYSTEM
OPERATES WELL TODAY BECAUSE IT
CONSIDERS OF A RIGHTY OF FACTORS
WHEN ISSUING A RATING INCLUDING
VIOLENCE SEX DRUGS AND OTHER
ADULT ACTIVITIES. INCLUDING
SMOKING.
IN TWO THOUSAND AND SEVEN SMOKE
ADULT SMOKING.
A CHOKED.
YOU SMOKING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
FACTOR BUT SINCE TWO THOUSAND
AND SEVEN ADULT SMOKING WAS ALSO
MADE A FACTOR IN THE RATING
SYSTEMS. OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
MATIC FACTORS WHICH ARE
DISPLAYED ALONG WITH THE RATINGS.
SMOKING OF ANY SORT HAS BEEN
CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE
THEMATIC MATERIAL REVIEWED
HOWEVER SMOKING DOES NOT IN AND
OF ITSELF AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGER
A SPECIFIC RATING. IT'S A FACTOR
TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE OVERALL
CONTEXT OF A OF THE MOVIE.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THAT THE RATINGS GPG
PNG THIRTEEN ARE AN NC SEVENTEEN.
DON'T INDICATE THAT A FILM IS
MADE FOR A PARTICULAR AGE GROUP.
RATHER THE RATING IS INTENDED
ALONG WITH THAT THE MAGIC
DESCRIPTORS TO PROVIDE PARENTS
WITH ADVANCE INFORMATION ABOUT
THE CONTENT OF THE FILM. IN
ORDER TO HELP THEM DETERMINE.
WHAT MOVIES ARE APPROPRIATE FOR
THEIR CHILDREN AND AT WHAT AGE?
FOR EXAMPLE RECENTLY THE MOVIE
CHAPPAQUIDDICK WAS RATED.
P. G. FOR THEMATIC MATERIAL
INCLUDING DISTURBING IMAGES SOME
STRONG LANGUAGE AND HISTORICAL
SMOKING.
AND TEBAY WAS RATED PAGE
THIRTEEN FOR VIOLENCE
SYMPTOMATIC MATERIAL DRUG USE
SMOKING AND BRIEF STRONG
LANGUAGE.
AND I THERE ARE OTHERS THAT I
COULD TELL YOU ABOUT AS WELL.
BETWEEN SIX HUNDRED AND SEVEN
HUNDRED MOVIES ARE RATED EACH
YEAR BY THAT BY THE CAR ABOARD.
ACCORDING TO KARA IN THE LAST
TEN AND A HALF YEARS FIFTY THREE
PERCENT OF RATED MOVIES HAD SOME
DEPICTION OF SMOKING.
OF THOSE SEVENTY TWO PERCENT
WERE RATED ARE BECAUSE OF
THEMATIC ELEMENTS WHICH WOULD
HAVE INCLUDED SMOKING BUT COULD
HAVE BEEN CUT BUT ALSO INCLUDED
THESE OTHER ON ITEMS THAT I
MENTIONED.
TWENTY TWO PERCENT WERE RATED
PEACHY THIRTEEN AND SIX PERCENT
WERE RATED PEACHY.
SO WE THINK THAT THE RATING
SYSTEM HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB
OF CAPTURING THE CONCERNS THAT
WE ARE DISCUSSING TODAY. IN FACT
BASED ON CARS SURVEYS THE RATING
BOARD HAS CONSISTENTLY
MAINTAINED EIGHTY PERCENT
APPROVAL AMONG PARENTS OF YOUNG
CHILDREN AND THEY DO SURVEYS
EVERY YEAR OF THESE PARENTS.
PARENTS ROUTINELY TELL THE CAR
ABOARD THAT IT IS NOT THE JOB OF
THE MOVIE INDUSTRY OR THE
GOVERNMENT TO RAISE THEIR
CHILDREN.
RATHER CARS JOB IS TO HELP MAKE
THEIR JOB EASIER BY PROVIDING
CLEAR INFORMATION ABOUT HIM SO
PARENTS CAN MAKE MOVIEGOING
CHOICES.
IN CONCLUSION WE BELIEVE THAT
THE IMPOSITION OF AN R. RATING
BASED ON A SINGLE FACTOR IN THIS
CASE SMOKING.
BECAUSE OF PRESSURE FROM A
GOVERNMENTAL BODY IS UNWISE AND
A PRECURSOR TO A VERY SLIPPERY
SLOPE OF CENSORING IDEAS
EXPRESSED IN A FILM.
WE RESPECT THE ROLE OF
GOVERNMENT IN EXPRESSING
CONCERNS ABOUT SMOKING. BUT OUR
STRONG PROTECTIVE INSTINCTS FOR
WE VOICE OUR CONCERNS ABOUT
GOVERNMENT INTRUSION AND
PRESSURE INTO THE ASSIGNMENT OF
MOVIE RATINGS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOU
FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON
THE SUBJECT.
THANK YOU.
.
ANY COMMENTS QUESTIONS.
YES SENATE MITCHELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH PA I WILL IS
THE QUESTION OF OF DOCTOR PAN
AYE I AM.
.
NO NOT A FRIEND OR SUPPORTER OF
BIG TOBACCO AND THAT'S NOT NEW
NEWS ANYONE. BUT I'M CURIOUS
ABOUT WHAT YOUR GOAL IS ABOUT
HAVING A RESOLUTION BECAUSE I'M
ALSO VERY CLEAR THAT KIND OF THE
MOVIE RATINGS RATING SYSTEM IS A
VERY POLITICAL PROCESS.
MARTIN PERHAPS MORE POLITICAL
THAN WHAT WE ENGAGE IN IN THIS
BUSINESS BUILDING AT OUR MEMBER
P. G. THIRTEEN ARE REMEMBER NC
SEVENTEEN WAS INVOLVED. YEARS
AGO IN THE RATINGS OF OF.
FOR MUSIC AND LYRICS AND HOW
POLITICAL THAT GOT IN TERMS OF
OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND PARENT
RIGHT SIX CETERA.
.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE PROCESS I
HAVE USED A AS A MOVIE GORE ES
APPEARANCE IN IN DETERMINING.
ARM YOU KNOW WHEN I GIVE A
THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN.
IT'S ISSUES BEYOND SMOKING AND
SO WHAT I THINK THE IF INDEED
THE RESEARCH SUGGESTS
THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE SMOKING
BECAUSE THEY SEAT MOVIES THAT'S
VERY TELLING TO US ABOUT. BOG
CHOICES OTHER CHOICES YOUNG
PEOPLE MAKE BASED ON WHAT THEY
SEE IN MOVIES IN TERMS OF
VIOLENCE AT ALL KINDS OF OTHER
ACTIVITIES.
SO WHAT'S YOUR GOAL WOULD IT BE
A RESOLUTION I MEAN AND AND WHAT
ROLE DO WE PAY AT THE
LEGISLATURE. IN WEIGH IN ON THIS.
WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME I
VOTED ON EVERY BILL AROUND
LIMITING ACCESS AND THE PULITZER
POLLITT PROLIFERATION OF TOBACCO
AND SMOKING IN OUR SOCIETY BUT.
A RESOLUTION IS GOING TO GET US
WHERE. SO FIRST OF ALL I WOULD
DEBT POINT OUT NAY APPRECIATE.
YOUR QUESTION. SIR MITCHELL.
IT IS THE OPPOSITION TESTIFIED.
.
NOW THAT WE ARE NOT.
TRYING TO LEGISLATE IN FACT THE
MOVIE RATING PROCESS IS NOT A
YOU KNOW A ONE. THAT'S A SUBJECT
TO DIRECT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT
BY OPPOSING A PARTICULAR LAW.
SAYING THAT.
THIS BKC I THINK IT'S AN
EXPRESSION OF OUR COLLECTIVE
SUPPORT THAT GIVEN THE DATA AND
THE RESEARCH THAT WE HAVE ABOUT
SMOKING.
THAT.
PERHAPS I THINK THAT THE.
.
PEOPLE DOING THE RATINGS.
KARA.
MAY NOT BE WEIGHING THE
IMPORTANCE OF.
THAT VIEWING OF SMOKING
SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK WHILE
SMOKING A LOT PEOPLE SMOKE
WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL. AND SURE WE
DON'T WANT OUR KIDS TO SMOKE BUT.
THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT THE
WEIGHT OF THE EVIDENCE IS
ACTUALLY SHOWING THAT THIS IS
NOW ONE OF THE MAJOR REASONS MEN
THAT THAT TRIGGERS THAT
ENCOURAGES THAT'S ARE SUCH AN
EXAMPLE FOR PEOPLE TO SMOKE
ASIDE FROM. OTHER PEOPLE
NONSMOKING NON FAMILY OR
NEIGHBORHOOD SO I NEED IN THAT
CASE ACTUALLY MOST OF THE
FAMILIES I WORK WITH TO SMOKE
TELL THE KIDS DON'T SMOKE NOW I
STARTED IT'S REALLY HARD TO QUIT
PLEASE DON'T. SO.
WHAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE TO DO
HAVE THE DATA WHICH WE SHARED
WITH YOU IN OUR TESTIMONY THAT
THERE IS A CONCERN ABOUT THAT
THAT? THE EXPOSURE OF CHILDREN
TO.
IMAGES SMOKING IN MOVIES OUT
DOES TEND TO.
UNFORTUNATELY ENCOURAGE SOME OF
THEM TO SMOKE BECAUSE THEY MILE
ACTUALLY I THINK IT SPEAKS OUT
TO THE INFLUENCE OF MOVIES AND
HOW POPULAR THEY ARE SO FORTH.
AND AT THE SAME TIME.
.
I THINK THAT WHILE CERTAINLY
DOES BROAD PUBLIC RECOGNITION
THAT SMOKING IS NOT GOOD AND WE
SHOULD AYE COURAGE I'M NOT SURE.
I THINK THIS RESOLUTION
BASICALLY SET US SENDS A SIGNAL
OUT FROM US IS THE YOU KNOW LIKE
THAT OFFICIALS WHO HAVE IN OUR
CONSTITUENCIES THAT.
WE NEED TO HAVE THE.
RATINGS GROUP ARE.
LOOK MARK CAREFULLY AT THE
EVIDENCE AND HOW MUCH SMOKING IS.
YEAH HOW MUCH INFLUENCE.
ITS PRESENCE IN MOVIES ACTUALLY
HAS ON CHILDREN AND THE
CONSEQUENCES OF THAT I'M NOT
SURE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY
WEIGHING IT AT A GIVEN THE KIND
OF WEIGHT SHOULD BE GIVEN. A
GIVEN THE NATURE OF.
OF THE EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS HOW
DANGEROUS IT IS AND SO AND SO
CERTAINLY I THINK THAT'S PART OF
WHAT THE RESOLUTION.
THAT'S CERTAINLY ONE THE GOAL
OF THE RESOLUTION IS TO I HAVE
CAR AND ACTUALLY OUR PREFERENCES
IS THAT WHEN THEY DO C. THERE
SMOKING AND IT SAID. THAT THAT
SHOULD BE RATED AT A LEVEL HIGH
ENOUGH THAT BASICALLY THE
WARNING TO PARENTS THAT.
THAT I THEIR CHILD PROBABLY
SHOULDN'T BE WITNESSING IT IT'S
GONNA IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT
WOULD THAT WE COULD HAVE A
NEGATIVE EFFECT SO. I THINK
THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE
RESOLUTION.
I GUESS IT'S.
IF I COULD JUST CLARIFY IF. I
GOT THE PURPOSE THE POINT I
GUESS MY POINT IS RESOLUTION
VERSES LEGISLATION VERSES A BILL
SO RESOLUTION. AT
IF YOU I'M SAYING NO NOT NOT THE
POINT OF OF THE ISSUE BUT THE
POINT OF THAT.
THE TYPE OF VEHICLE YOU CHOSE
VERSUS THE SENATE BILL PRINCE
WELL I QUESTION RIGHT NOW AS YOU
HEARD FROM.
THE EMPTY A THAT THE RATINGS
PROCESS IS A.
I GUESS VOLUNTARY IT'S A PRIVATE
ONE IT'S NOT A PUBLIC ONE. AND
SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T DIRECTLY
REGULATE I DON'T THINK I DON'T
BELIEVE THERE'S ANY LAWS THAT
ACTUALLY SETS ANYTHING ABOUT THE
RATING SYSTEM. SO WE FELT A BILL
WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE GIVEN THE
FACT THAT WE HAVE A WIDELY
RECOGNIZED PRIVATE RATING SYSTEM
AND WE'RE SENDING A SIGNAL TO
THEM THROUGH THE RESOLUTION.
PASSED ON TO RELAY THAT EVIDENCE.
I THINK YOU IS THERE ANY OTHER
MOTIONS EARLIER QUESTIONS.
BURGER.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY US PERCENT
LEYVA WOULD YOU CLOSE.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR AN AYE
VOTE THANK YOU.
WHICH CALL THE ROLL PLEASE.
HERNANDEZ AYE HERNANDEZ AYE
NGUYEN.
LEYVA LEYVA AYE MITCHELL
MITCHELL AYE MONNING.
MONNING AYE NEWMAN. NIELSEN.
NIELSEN. NIELSEN AYE AS OTHER
IRA.
I.
PAN I PAN AYE ROTH.
WE HAVE A SIX. AND.
.
IS BOTH TO ONE PLACE TO BE ON
CALL WE'RE GONNA LIFT THE CALLS
FOR THE REST OF THE BILLS.
GONNA GO WITH THE CONSENT
CALENDAR. BY NUMBER TWO THREE
SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE AND TEN THE
CALL THE UPS BECAUSE THE MEMBERS
PLEASE MINING. MONNING AYE
NEWMAN.
PAN AYE PAN AYE.
THAT WASN'T CONSENT.
EARLY.
IT'S EIGHT ZERO THOSE BILLS ARE
OUT WE'RE GONNA.
OPEN THE ROLE FOR ITEM NUMBER
FOUR EIGHTY TWO OH ONE EIGHT
CALLED THE ABSENT MEMBERS HUMAN.
YOUR W..
THAT IS WHAT WAS VOEPEL.
EIGHT ZERO THAT BILL IS OUT ITEM
NUMBER FIVE AB TWO TWO ZERO FOUR
CALL THE UPS MEMBERS SIGNING.
MONNING AYE NEWMAN. PAN.
CURRENT FOCUS SEVEN ZERO THAT
BILL IS OUT.
LET ME FIND
.
ALL THE OTHER THOUSAND
.
YOU'RE GONNA LIFT THE CALL FOR
ITEM NUMBER ONE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS PLEASE WHEN.
NEWMAN.
EVERY VOTE ON THAT.
.
ROTH.
CURRENT BOOK COUNTIES SIX ZERO
OTHER MEASURES OUT.
THAT CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS FOR
THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH.
AT THIS POINT WE ARE ADJOURNED