Assembly Standing Committee on Human Services

Good afternoon. I call this hearing of the Assembly Committee on Human Services to order. I would like to welcome everyone to our first Committee hearing of the year. Officially, the legislation that comes before this Committee impacts California's most vulnerable populations. I am honored to lead these discussions in an effort to ensure social services are accessible to those who need it. As chair, I remain committed to making California a more inclusive place for everyone today, once we have established quorum, we have two bills on the agenda.

One Bill is on consent. Please note that we limit testimony to two witnesses in support and two witnesses in opposition. Each witness has two minutes to testify. All additional witnesses will be limited to stating their name, organization, and, if they represent one, their position on the Bill. I also want to note that we are accepting written testimony through the positions letter portal on the Committee's website. Thank you.

Noticing we do not yet have a quorum, we will begin business as a Subcommitee or we do have quorum. zero, wow. We do have quorum. Madam Secretary, would you please read the roll for quorum?

[Roll Call]

Thank you, Madam Secretary. So we shall start with the first Bill. First file item number one. AB 772. Jackson Child daycare facilities. Dr. Jackson, when you're ready, you may begin.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I'm presenting AB 772, which seeks to break down a barrier for working families to have access to childcare. Current law already exempts non contract child daycare centers from verifying and maintaining records of children's immunizations and tuberculosis testing. To simplify access to care for working families, AB 772 seeks to add physicians assessments to the list of exemptions for noncontract child daycare centers. The Bill would also require parental acknowledgment forms to include notice of the exemption from physicians assessments alongside immunizations and tuberculosis testing.

This is just a simple Bill to clarify the law so that we can make sure that we have as much access to our care facilities as possible. With that, I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you. Assemblymember Jackson and I understand you have no witnesses in support.

Do we have any Members of the public in the hearing room today who want to testify in support? Please come up to the microphone. All right.

No.

Seeing none and we have no primary opposition witnesses. Do we have any Members of the public who wish to oppose the Bill in the hearing room? Seeing none. Are there any questions from our Committee Members? zero. Assemblymember Calderon, you may ask a question.

Thank you. Thank you for bringing this Bill forward. Has the Committee staff recommended any amendments to the Bill or will you be taking any amendments?

This is actually a Bill that is actually both recognized by the State Department of Social Services and it's been actually one of the recommendations of Committee staff.

Okay, thank you.

And just to clarify, in the analysis on page five, the Committee did suggest some policy suggestions, which I'm sure our Committee will work with you more on as the process goes on.

Absolutely.

Thank you. Any other questions? Seeing none, we had a motion and a second, Madam Secretary. zero, actually, Assembler Jackson, would you like to close first?

I respectfully ask for an aye vote.

Thank you so much. All right. We had a motion from Assembly Mathis and a second from Assembly Calderon. Madam second, please call the roll.

[Roll Call]

It's currently five to zero and we'll leave the roll open for absent Members. Members, can I get a motion for the consent calendar? Madam Secretary, please read the bills on consent.

File item two, AB 1274. Connolly. All right. Madam Secretary, please open the roll for consent calendar. On the consent calendar.

[Roll Call]

That has five to zero and the consent is passed. We'll leave the roll open for absent Members. All right, I'll allow for five minutes more for Members to add on business for the Assembly. Human service Committee is complete and the hearing is. Okay So I'll leave the roll open for five more minutes for absent Members. Thank you Members for being here for our Bill. Secretary, please open the roll for the remaining Member for file item one.

[Roll Call]

Thank you, Senator Ortega. Business before the Assembly Human Services Committee is completed. The hearing is now adjourned.