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SENATE BILL 159 (RUNNER – 2005)
CHAPTER 481, STATUTES OF 2005
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As enacted, Senate Bill 159 was a single-section bill that only added Penal Code section 4011.10, relating to health care. (See Exhibit #1e) Senator George Runner introduced this measure on February 8, 2005 on behalf of the California State Sheriffs Assosiation. (See Exhibits #1a and #3)
Senate Bill 159 was assigned to the Senate Committee on Public Safety and the Assembly Committee on Public Safety where policy issues raised by the bill were considered. (See Exhibits #3 and #7) The fiscal ramifications of the bill were considered by both the Senate and Assembly Committees on Appropriations. (See Exhibits #2 and #9) Three amendments were made to Senate Bill 159. (See Exhibits #1b through #1d and #2) Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill 159 on October 4, 2005 and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on that day as Chapter 481 of the Statutes of 2005. (See Exhibit #1e)
The Office of Senate Floor Analyses summarized the provisions of Senate Bill 159 as last amended as follows:
This bill enacts, until January 1, 2009, a new section in law for sheriffs and police chiefs, similar to that in Section 5023.5 of the Penal Code concerning the Department of Corrections and the Department of the Youth Authority, setting statutory limits on payments for emergency health care services to non-contract emergency providers for persons in custody, victims of crimes, and jail inmates, as specified. This bill specifically authorizes sheriffs and police chiefs to contract for emergency services.
Assembly Amendments (1) add legislative intent language, and (2) prohibit local sheriffs or police from releasing inmates from custody for the purpose of seeking medical care, as specified.
(See Exhibit #11b, pages 1 and 2)