Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

Majority Vote of Quorum Actions of the ICOC may be taken only by a majority vote of a quorum of the ICOC.

Public and Financial Accountability Standards (a) Annual Public Report The institute shall issue an annual report to the public which sets forth its activities, grants awarded, grants in progress, research accomplishments, and future program directions. Each annual report shall i…

Medical and Scientific Accountability Standards (a) Medical Standards In order to avoid duplication or conflicts in technical standards for scientific and medical research, with alternative state programs, the institute will develop its own scientific and medical standards to car…

ICOC Functions The ICOC shall perform the following functions: (a) Oversee the operations of the institute. (b) Develop annual and long-term strategic research and financial plans for the institute. (c) Make final decisions on research standards and grant awards in California acr…

ICOC Operations (a) Legal Actions and Liability (1) The institute may sue and be sued. (2) Based upon ICOC standards, institute grantees shall indemnify or insure and hold the institute harmless against any and all losses, claims, damages, expenses, or liabilities, including atto…

Scientific and Medical Working Groups—General (a) The institute shall have, and there is hereby established, four separate scientific and medical working groups as follows: (1) Scientific and Medical Research Funding Working Group. (2) Scientific and Medical Accountability Standa…

Scientific and Medical Accountability Standards Working Group (a) Membership The Scientific and Medical Accountability Standards Working Group shall have 19 members as follows: (1) Five ICOC members from the 10 groups that focus on disease-specific areas described in paragraphs (…

Scientific and Medical Research Funding Working Group (a) Membership The Scientific and Medical Research Funding Working Group shall have at least 23 members as follows: (1) Seven ICOC members from the 12 disease advocacy group members described in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of…

Scientific and Medical Facilities Working Group (a) Membership The Scientific and Medical Research Facilities Working Group shall have 11 members as follows: (1) Six members of the Scientific and Medical Research Funding Working Group. (2) Four real estate specialists.To be eligi…

Appropriation and Allocation of Funding (a) Moneys in the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Fund shall be allocated as follows: (1) (A) No less than 95.5 percent of the proceeds of the bonds authorized pursuant to Section 125291.110, net of bond proceeds allocated to purpos…

Under the guidance of the ICOC, the institute shall, by January 31, 2012, create a transition plan addressing the expiration of current bond funding. A copy of the transition plan shall be transmitted to the Governor, the Controller, and the Legislature within 30 days of its comp…

Expand Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Program and Establish Community Care Centers of Excellence Program (a) The institute shall expand the Alpha Stem Cell Clinic Program and establish the Community Care Centers of Excellence Program to fund the establishment of centers of excellence whe…

Scientific and Medical Training and Fellowship Programs (a) The institute shall establish training and fellowship programs. The goal of the training and fellowship programs shall be to: (1) Ensure that California has the workforce necessary to move new discoveries from the resear…

Shared Research Laboratory Program (a) The institute shall reestablish a Shared Research Laboratory Program to provide funding to academic and nonprofit research institutions in California for specialized instrumentation, a supply of cell lines, culture materials, and instruction…

Treatments and Cures Accessibility and Affordability Working Group (a) Membership The Treatments and Cures Accessibility and Affordability Working Group shall have 17 members, nominated by the chairperson or vice chairperson and approved by the board, as follows: (1) Five members…

Advisory Task Forces (a) Membership The chairperson and the president may appoint one or more advisory task forces to provide expert guidance to address specific objectives in areas under the institute’s jurisdiction, including scientific, policy, ethical, financial, and technica…

The intellectual property standards that the ICOC develops shall include: (a) A requirement that each grantee or the exclusive licensee of the grantee submit a plan to CIRM to afford access to any drug that is, in whole or in part, the result of research funded by CIRM to Califor…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Bond Act of 2004.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, moneys in the fund are appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the institute for the following purposes: (1) Making grants or loans to fund research and construct facilities for researc…

The proceeds of interim debt and bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Fund of 2020, which is hereby created in the State Treasury, except to the extent that proceeds of…

Bonds in the total amount of five billion five hundred million dollars ($5,500,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 125291.155, or as much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carry…

The bonds authorized by this article shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code) and all of the provisions …

(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), of the bonds and interim debt authorized by this article, the …

(a) The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this article in order to carry out the actions specified in this article and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. The Treasurer shall use reasonable e…

There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds becoming due each year. It is the…

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this article, an amount that will equal the total of the following: (a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and inte…

For purposes of carrying out this article, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts, not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have been authorized by the committee, to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this …

The institute may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code for the purposes of carrying out this article. The amount of the loan shall not exceed the amount of the uns…

As used in this article, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Bond Act of 2004, the following terms have the following meaning: (a) “Act” means the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Bond Act constituting Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 125290.10) of Part 5 of Divi…

All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest, except the amounts derived from premium may be rese…

The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, which is a part of the State General Obligation Bond Law. Approval by the voters…

Notwithstanding any provision of this article or the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this article that include a bond counsel opinion …

The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this article are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIIIB of the California Constitution, and the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that article.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, moneys in the fund are appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the institute for the purpose of (1) making grants or loans to fund research and construct facilities for research, all as…

The proceeds of interim debt and bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury, except to the extent that proceeds of the iss…

Bonds in the total amount of three billion dollars ($3,000,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 125291.75, or as much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carrying out the purposes …

The bonds authorized by this article shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), and all of the provisions…

(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds and interim debt authorized by this article, the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this arti…

(a) The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this article in order to carry out the actions specified in this article and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be au…

There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds maturing each year. It is the dut…

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this article, an amount that will equal the total of the following: (a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and inte…

For the purpose of carrying out this article, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts, not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have been authorized by the committee, to be sold for the purpose of carrying out th…

The institute may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code for the purposes of carrying out this article, excluding any refunding bonds authorized pursuant to Section …

All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest, except that amounts derived from premium may be res…

The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, which is a part of the State General Obligation Bond Law. Approval by the voters…

Notwithstanding any provision of this article or the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this article that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax purposes, s…

Inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this article are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution, the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that article.

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Stem Cell Research, Treatments, and Cures Bond Act of 2020.

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Act” means the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act constituting this chapter, as amended by the California Stem Cell Research, Treatments, and Cures Initiative of 2020. (b) “Board” or “institut…

Definitions As used in this chapter and in Article XXXV of the California Constitution, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Act” means the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Bond Act constituting Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 125290.10) of Part 5 of Di…