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Legislative Action Alerts
OPPOSE
SB1197 (Morrow)
Motorcycles: Helmets
| SB1197 would repeal the entire section 27803 of the Vehicle Code regarding safety helmets. |
Existing law makes it a requirement that any person riding on a motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, or motorized bicycle must wear a safety helmet. This law has been very successful in reducing the number of deaths and injuries related to motorcycle crashes.
Legislative efforts to repeal this mandate have been reactivated by the author Bill Morrow. The bill number is SB1197 and is currently assigned to the Senate Transportation committee.
This Legislative Action Alert requests that letters be sent to the members of the Senate Transportation committee urging they vote
NO on SB1197.
Senator ( )
State Capitol, Room (
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Sacramento, CA., 95814
Betty Karnette, Chair, Room 3086
Joseph Dunn, Vice Chair, Room 2068
Jim Costa, Room 5100
Liz Figueroa, Room 2057
Tom Hayden, Room 2080
David Kelley, Room 3082
Dick Monteith, Room 2048
Bill Morrow, Room 4062
Kevin Murray, Room 4082
Richard Polanco, Room 313
Richard Rainey, Room 4090
Jackie Speier, Room 2032
SUPPORT
AB2427 (Kuehl)
Genetic Diseases: Genetic
| AB2427 would revise the requirement for the department of Health Services to provide genetic screening services. |
During the 1997-98 session, a bill was passed (SB537— Greene) which authorized the use of Tandem Mass Spectroscopy in the newborn screening program. The bill also added 16 genetic conditions for which newborn testing may be provided.
This proposed bill would allow for the department to establish a program for the development and evaluation of genetic disease testing. This bill would remove the department’s duty to charge a fee for developmental screening and would delete the specific list of genetic conditions that may be tested for under the program.
This bill would require the department to report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2002 and also appropriates $5,900,000 to the department from the Genetic Disease Testing Fund to pay for the cost of the report.
The first committee to hear this bill will be the Senate Health committee. The bill will change the funding structure for the program and therefore will require that the bill also be heard by the Senate Appropriations committee and require a 2/3’s vote. The source for these new funds actually will come from an existing pool of monies earned by the existing newborn screening program.
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