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AB 1147 Assembly Bill-Bill Analysis Page 1 of 35 BILL ANALYSIS (Hearing Date:June 23, 2014 (Bill Nio: AB 1 I 11147 SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS, PROFESSIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Senator Ted W. Lieu, Chair Bill No: AB 1147Author:>Bonilla, Gomez and Holden As Amended: June 17, 2014Fiscal: Yes SUBJECT: Massage therapy. SUMMARY: Revises, recasts, rewrites and makes a number of substantive, clarifying, conforming and technical changes to the Massage Therapy Act as follows: deletes the preemption of ordinances and local land use authority for "certified-only" massage establishments; reconstitutes the California Massage Therapy Council (CAMTC) ; reinforces local massage ordinances; raises professional and educational standards for massage therapists; expands the disciplinary authority of CAMTC; specifies requirements for operators of massage businesses and establishment; extends the sunset date, by two years, until January 1, 2017. NOTE When this bill left the Assembly, it required an applicant for certification as a "certified massage practitioner" to pass a massage and bodywork competency examination that meets generally recognized psychometric principles and standards, and is approved by the CAMTC, and also permitted the successful completion of the examination to have been accomplished before the date the CAMTC began issuing certificates. The amendments which were made to this measure on April 23, 2014, and on June 16, 2014, substantially amend this bill. The bill now also includes three Authors: Assembly Members Bonilla, Gomez and Holden. Existing Law, the Massage Therapists Act (Act —Y : 1)Provides for certification of massage practitioners and massage therapists, as defined, by the CAMTC and specifies that the CAMTC is a nonprofit organization meeting specified requirements, and imposes certain duties on the CAMTC. AB 1147 Page 2 (Business and Professions Code (BPC) 55 4600 (c), (d) and (e), 4600.5 (a) and (b) (2) ) 2)Defines "registered school" as a facility that meets the minimum standards for training and curriculum in massage and related subjects and that either is approved by the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education or the Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA), or is an institution accredited by the senior commission or the junior commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, by a college or university of the state higher education system, or by a school of equal or greater training that is approved by the corresponding agency in another state. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/asm/ab_1 101.1 150/ab_1147_cfa_20140620_111115_sen_comm.html 7/3/2014