Bill Text: CA AB1789 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Occupational safety and health: Valley Fever.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-25 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1789 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB1789-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 1789 |
| Introduced by Assembly Members Salas and Fong (Principal coauthor: Senator Fuller) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula, Cooper, Cunningham, Flora, Gallagher, Gray, Mathis, and Medina) |
January 08, 2018 |
An act to add Section 147.7 to the Labor Code, relating to occupational safety and health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1789, as introduced, Salas.
Occupational safety and health: Valley Fever.
The California Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973 provides the Division of Occupational Safety and Health within the Department of Industrial Relations with the power, jurisdiction, and supervision over all employment and places of employment necessary to enforce and administer all occupational health and safety laws,and standards and to protect employees. The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, an independent entity within the department, has the exclusive authority to adopt occupational safety and health standards within the state. Existing law requires every employer to comply with those standards. A violation of these standards and regulations under specific circumstances is a crime.
This bill would require the board to adopt occupational safety and health standards for state public works projects to prevent and control
coccidioidomycosis, more commonly known as Valley Fever. By expanding the definition of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 147.7 is added to the Labor Code, to read:147.7.
(a) The board shall adopt occupational safety and health standards for state public works projects to prevent and control coccidioidomycosis, more commonly known as Valley Fever. As used in this subdivision, “public works” has the same meaning as defined in Section 1720.(b) The occupational safety and health standards shall require employers to do the following:
(1) Adopt site plans and work practices and take other steps as the Division of Occupational Safety and Health determines to be important to limit the risk of Valley Fever, including, but not limited to, minimizing worker exposure to spores and the transport of spores offsite, identifying knowledgeable health care
providers for occupational injuries and illnesses, and related training, reporting, and recordkeeping.
(2) Take other actions as the board determines to be necessary.
