The legislature adjourned regular session on Friday, August 31 after a busy week of last minute deals on major legislative overhauls to the state’s workers’ compensation structure and pension reform for public employees. While BayBio monitored both of those proposals and their effect on the business environment in the Golden State, most of the major issues affecting the life sciences industry were wrapped before the closing hours of session.
In 2012, BayBio took positions on 23 pieces of legislation. We are happy to report that all four bills that the association opposed failed passage out of the legislature. Of the 19 bills that BayBio supported, 11 of those passed out of the legislature (we will know exactly how many of those get signed into law no later than September 30.) Below is a list of the bills that BayBio had official positions, and the outcome.
With the rollout of the new policy section of BayBio’s website, all bill information can now be accessed online here. This information will be updated in real time when the legislature reconvenes in January 2013. Please contact Ritchard Engelhardt, BayBio’s vice president of public policy, with any questions or concerns at ritchard@baybio.org.
Bills BayBio Supported:
AB 369 (Huffman): Step therapy for pain medication. Passed; awaiting action from Gov. Brown
AB 1000 (Perea): Oral chemotherapy coverage. Passed; awaiting action from Gov. Brown
AB 1277 (Hill): Duplicative FDA/FDB regulations. Passed; awaiting action from Gov. Brown
AB 1500/AB 1501 (Pérez): Mandatory single sales factor. Died on Senate Floor
AB 1584 (Eng): Health Science and Medical Technology education. Held in Assembly Appropriations
AB 1657 (Wieckowski): Funding for the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Act.Passed; awaiting action from Gov. Brown
AB 1738 (Huffman): Smoking cessation coverage. Died in Assembly Health Committee
AB 1800 (Ma): Out-of-pocket maximums for prescriptions. Held in Senate Appropriations
AB 1867 (Pan): Interchangeability of small bore connectors. Signed by Gov. Brown
AB 1972 (Huber): Sales tax exemption for R&D. Held in Assembly Revenue & Taxation Committee
AB 2109 (Pan): Personal belief exemptions for immunizations. Passed; awaiting action from Gov. Brown
AB 2152 (Eng): Disclosure of financial incentives for prescribers. Passed; awaiting action from Gov. Brown
ACR 109 (Pan): Rare Disease Day proclamation. Signed by Gov. Brown
SB 116 (deLeón): Mandatory single-sales factor. Died on Senate Floor
SB 1128 (Padilla): Advanced manufacturing. Passed; awaiting action from Gov. Brown
SB 1310 (Hernandez): 90-day supply of prescription drugs. Passed; awaiting action from Gov. Brown
SB 1410 (Hernandez): Independent medical review. Passed; awaiting action from Gov. Brown
SB 1455 (Kehoe): Alternative fuels. Died in Senate Transportation and Housing Committee
Bills BayBio Opposed
AB 2369 (Valadao): Generics only in prisons. Died on Senate Floor
AB 2439 (Eng): Corporate tax disclosures. Died on Senate Floor
SB 1208 (Leno): Corporate compensation disclosures. Died on Assembly Floor
SB 1267 (Padilla): Genetic Information Privacy Act. Died in Senate Appropriations Committee
