CWA Bill Support List - August 2006

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WIC-Related

SB 246 (Figueroa): Tissue bank licensing exemption for human milk donations. Amendments will clarify language in order to clearly exempt and protect mothers who wish to donate milk for their own infants. . Assembly Apprpriations 8/17. CWA Co-Sponsor.

SB 162 (Ortiz): Establishes the State Department of Public Health and the Public Health Board. WIC should be in Public Health but currently our fiscal and administrative systems work, and need to be safeguarded. Reorganization costs money – this bill needs funding. Assembly Appropriations 8/16

Poverty Prevention

AB 1835 (Lieber): Increase and index State Minimum Wage. Senate Appropriations.

SB 1674 (Murray): Increases state reimbursement rates for school meals for specified school districts. Assembly Approrpiations 8/16.

AB 3029 (Laird): Food stamp simplification and access improvements. Senate Appropriations.

AB 2205 (Evans): Categorical eligibility for Food Stamps if client is on MediCal. Senate Appropriations.

AB 1948 (Montanez): Improvements to electronic pre-enrollments for Medical and Healthy Families. Senate Third Reading.

Obesity Prevention

SCR 90 (Torlakson): Ten Steps to a Healthy California. Res. Chapter 73, Statutes of 2006.

SB 362 (Torlakson): School PE Reforms. Assembly Appropriations 8/17.

SB 1329 (Alquist): As amended, grants and incentives for placement and enhancement of grocery stores in underserved areas. Assembly Appropriations 8/16.

AB 2384 (Leno): “Healthy Food Purchase” pilot in DHS. Senate Appropriations.

Miscellaneous

AB 2317 (Koretz): Requires DHS to establish a Postpartum Depression campaign and educate pregnant women on postpartum mood and anxiety disorders. Senate Third Reading.

AB 2676 (Assembly Committee on Agriculture): Certified Farmer’s Markets, extends authorization. Senate Third Reading.

AB 425 (Negrete-McLeod): Makes various legislative findings concerning the impact of organized retail crime including selling of infant formula and other frequently purloined goods at swap meets, flea markets and on Internet. Declares legislative intent to address the above. Senate B&P.

AB 2226 (Garcia): Diabetes Type 2 Screening in Junior High. Senate Third Reading