PENDING, PROPOSED AND RECENTLY ADOPTED STATE REGULATIONS
Last updated: April 24, 2007
Listed below are proposed and adopted California regulations issued by state agencies since January 1, 2007 and listed in the order of the public comment deadline. Those proposed regulations that are still not yet released by a department are also listed below.
Please see regulations archive for listing and more information on older state regulations, which is divided by subject area. Please see separate listing for federal regulations, also divided by subject area. For general information about regulations (what are regulations, the regulatory process, etc) see "general regulation information"
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ADOPTED Regulation:
SPECIAL INTEREST LICENSE PLATES
State Agency Proposing: Department of Motor Vehicles (California
Business, Transportation & Housing Agency)
Public Comment Deadline: Deadline passed
Actions:
10/20/06 - Proposed [Register 2006, No. 42-Z, CRNR, 10/20/06, page 1567-1568
12/04/06 - Public comment deadline
03/26/07 - ADOPTED [Register 2006, No. 42-Z, CRNR,
10/20/06, page 1567-1568
04/25/07 - Effective date [Register 2007, No. 14-Z CRNR,
04/06/07 page 610
What Adopted Regulation Does:
Amends rules relating to special interest license plates. Prescribes the
departmental form to be used by a person applying for a Disabled Person License
Plate or Placard.
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California Law Impacted:
Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations sections 182.0, 1821.01, 182.02
Agency Contact For This Regulation:
Deborah Baity, Regulations Coordinator
Department of Motor Vehicles,
PO Box 932382, Mail Station E-244, Sacramento, CA 94232-3820
Phone: 916-657-5690 Fax 916-657-1204
Email comments:
dbaity@dmv.ca.gov [public comment period passed - regulation
ADOPTED]
Proposed Regulation
BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT
State Agency Proposing: Department of Developmental Services (California
Health & Human Services Agency)
15-Day Public Comment Deadline: Deadline passed
Actions:
10/13/06 - Proposed
11/28/06 - 45-Day Public Comment deadline
02/15/07 - 15-Day Public Comment deadline [no other action
since this date - status is "pending"]
What Proposed Regulation Does:
The Department of Developmental Services proposes to amend Title 17,
California Code of Regulations, Division 2, Chapter 3, Subchapter 2, by amending
section 54342, extending the deadline by which Behavior Management Consultants
must acquire 12 semester units in applied behavior analysis.
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website of the REVISED proposed regulation
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California State Law Impacted:
Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations, section 54342.
Agency Contact for this Proposed Regulation:
Diana Nicolaou, Department of Developmental Services
Phone: 916/654-1760 Fax: 916/654-2775
Email address: dnicolao@dds.ca.gov.[15-day public comment period closed]
Proposed Regulation:
SPECIAL EDUCATION - PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS & HEARING OFFICERS
State Agency Proposing: Department of Education (Superintendent of Public
Instruction)
45-Day Public Comment Deadline: Deadline PASSED - comment period closed
Actions:
01/26/07 - Proposed [Register 2007, No. 4-Z, CRNR, 01/26/2007, pages 123-125]
03/12/07 - Public comment deadline [no
other action since this date - status is "pending"]
What Proposed Regulation Does:
Amends rules to give parents an opportunity to present complaints regarding
any matter related to the education or placement of the child, or the provisions
of Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) guidelines.
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California Law Impacted:
Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations
Agency Contact For This Proposed Regulation:
Debra Strain, Regulations Coordinator
Legal Division, Department of Education
1430 N St, Room 5319, Sacramento, CA 95814
Fax 916-319-0155
Email comments:
regcomments@cde.ca.gov [45-day public comment period closed]
Proposed Regulation:
SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER SERVICES
State Agency Proposing: Department of Health Services (California Health
& Human Services Agency)
45-Day Public Comment Deadline: Deadline passed - comment period closed.
Actions:
03/02/07 - Proposed [Register 2007, No. 9-Z, CRNR, 03/02/2007, pages 409-412]
04/20/07 - Public comment deadline [no other action since
this date, status is "pending"]
What Proposed Regulation Does:
Amends rules relating to sign language interpreter services. Provides
definitions of terms.
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California Law Impacted:
Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, Sections 51098.5, 51202.5,
51309.5, 51503.3
Agency Contact For This Proposed Regulation:
Office of Regulations, Department of Health Services
MS 0015, 1501 Capitol Ave
PO Box 997413
Sacramento, CA 95899-7413
Fax 916-440-7714
Email comments:
regulation@dhs.ca.gov [public comment period closed]
Proposed Regulation:
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT - WHEELCHAIR LIFTS
State Agency Proposing: California Highway Patrol (California Business,
Transportation & Housing Agency)
45-Day Public Comment Deadline: 05/07/07
Actions:
03/23/07 - Proposed [Register 2007, No. 12-Z, CRNR, 03/23/2007, pages. 515-517]
What Proposed Regulation Does:
Amends the effective dates of the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS)
to fully harmonize the regulation with the federal standards which apply to all
wheelchair lifts intended to be installed in motor vehicles.
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California Law Impacted:
Title 13 CCR Sec(s) 1090
Agency Contact For This Proposed Regulation::
Cris Morgan, California Highway Patrol
Commercial Vehicle Section
Phone: 916/445-1865 Fax: 916/446-4579
Email address for comments:
cvsregs@chp.ca.gov
Proposed Regulation:
DISABLED VETERAN ENTERPRISE BUSINESS INCENTIVE
State Agency Proposing: Department of General Services (California State
& Consumer Services Agency)
45-Day Public Comment Deadline: 05/25/07
Actions:
04/06/07 - Proposed [Register 2007, No. 14-Z, CRNR, 04/06/2007, page 579]
What Proposed Regulation Does:
Adopts rule to create a Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) incentive
program for use by all State agencies when awarding contracts.
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California Law Impacted:
Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations Sections 1896.99.120,
1896.99.100
Agency Contact For This Proposed Regulation:
Melodie Cato, Regulations Contact - Department of General Services
707 3rd St, 1st floor, Room 400
West Sacramento, CA 95605
Phone: 916-375-4935
Email comments:
melodie.cato@dgs.ca.gov
Proposed Regulation:
STATE SPECIAL SCHOOL EMPLOYEES
State Agency Proposing: Department of Education (State Superindendent of
Public Instruction)
45-Day Public Comment Deadline:
06/11/07
Actions:
04/13/07 - Proposed [Register 2007, No. 15-Z, CRNR, 04/13/2007, page. 621]
What Proposed Regulation Does:
Amends, adds, and deletes rules on Employees of the California State Special
Schools for the Deaf, Blind, or State Diagnostic Centers. Revises rules that
apply only to those employees who are exempt (from civil service) teaching staff
at the subject facilities.
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California Law Impacted:
Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations sections 17600 -17609, 17624
-17634, 17638 -17650
Agency Contact For This Proposed Regulation::
Rebecca Newland, Manager, Department of Education
1430 N St, Room 1801
Sacramento, CA 95814
Email address:
bnewland@cde.ca.gov
PROPOSED REGULATIONS
NOT YET RELEASED
Below are proposed egulations not yet issued by any department, either waiting for further review internally or for other reasons not yet released officially for public comment.
SUPPORTED LIVING SERVICES
State Agency Responsible: Department of Developmental Services (under California
Health & Human Services Agency)
Status: As of 04/24/07, NO proposed regulations have been issued.
Background: The most current public version is the draft proposed
regulations issued July 2005. While the Department of Developmental Services
did revise the draft proposed regulations based on comments received, nothing
official has been released. They have said officially the proposed regulations
are still being reviewed by the Department of Finance and also by the California
Health and Human Services Agency. There is no date that department officials
have indicated these proposed regulations will be issued.
More Information: A CDCAN Townhall Telemeeting was held on the subject
in June 2006, and the subject came up as an update in several townhall
telemeetings held during the Fall of 2006 and early 2007 in telemeetings that
featured the director of the Department of Developmental Services.
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copy of the draft proposed Supported Living Services regulations sent out by the
Department of Developmental Services July 2005.