SACRAMENTO - Here are some of the new laws taking effect July 1:
*It will no longer be legal to produce or sell foie gras - French for "fatty liver" - in California. The product is made by force-feeding geese or ducks.
*Car dealers must mark vehicles with bright red warning stickers if they are listed in a national database as junk, salvage or inundated during floods. Dealers also raise the fee they can charge for titles and registrations from $55 to $80.
*Tattoo and piercing artists and those who apply permanent cosmetics will have to register each year with a local government and meet minimum statewide standards for the first time.
*School employees will get training in the prevention of bullying, while victims get priority for transfers to a different school district. The definition of bullying is expanded to include posting material on an online social media website.
*Schools must update their anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies and programs to include sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, disability and religion.
*Counties can use the Social Security Administration benefits database to find low income individuals over age 60 who may be eligible to participate in the CalFresh food stamps nutrition program.
*Individual and group health insurance providers must cover maternity services.
*Health care insurers must provide coverage for behavioral treatment of autism for children and young Adults.
Read more: http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_20978854/new-california-laws-taking-effect-july-1?source=rss_viewed#ixzz1zVGEnqBl
*It will no longer be legal to produce or sell foie gras - French for "fatty liver" - in California. The product is made by force-feeding geese or ducks.
*Car dealers must mark vehicles with bright red warning stickers if they are listed in a national database as junk, salvage or inundated during floods. Dealers also raise the fee they can charge for titles and registrations from $55 to $80.
*Tattoo and piercing artists and those who apply permanent cosmetics will have to register each year with a local government and meet minimum statewide standards for the first time.
*School employees will get training in the prevention of bullying, while victims get priority for transfers to a different school district. The definition of bullying is expanded to include posting material on an online social media website.
*Schools must update their anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies and programs to include sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, disability and religion.
*Counties can use the Social Security Administration benefits database to find low income individuals over age 60 who may be eligible to participate in the CalFresh food stamps nutrition program.
*Individual and group health insurance providers must cover maternity services.
*Health care insurers must provide coverage for behavioral treatment of autism for children and young Adults.
Read more: http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_20978854/new-california-laws-taking-effect-july-1?source=rss_viewed#ixzz1zVGEnqBl
