Representing the 31st District
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Wednesday, February 01 2012
OUR VIEW: Don't leave our veterans in the lurch againThe state has spent more than $100 million to construct two new veterans homes: a 300-bed facility in Fresno and a 150-bed home in Redding. The federal government chipped in the rest to cover the total costs of close to $250 million. The facilities are on track to be completed early this year and could accept veterans as early as next year. Doing so would create an estimated 700 jobs in two depressed parts of…
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Tuesday, January 31 2012
Assemblymember Perea Joins Legislators to Prevent Cuts to School Bus FundsSACRAMENTO- A Senate Bill (SB) that would provide much needed funding to get kids to and from school was approved in the Assembly Budget Committee Tuesday. SB 81 restores $248 million to the “Home-to-School Transportation” program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011-12 and instead applies the funding reduction equally to school districts, county offices of education and charter schools. The 2011-12 Budget Act included trigger reductions, which were to be implemented if state revenues fell short…
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Tuesday, January 31 2012
Bill to Keep Foster Children Safe from Registered Sex Offenders Gains Momentum with Strong Bipartisan SupportSACRAMENTO- More than a dozen legislators have signed on to Assembly Bill 493, Keeping Foster Children Safe from Registered Sex Offenders. Assemblymember Henry T. Perea (D-Fresno) authored AB 493 after an audit found address matches for more than 1,000 sex offenders at state licensed child care and foster home facilities throughout California. AB 493 would require the Department of Social Services to compare the home and work addresses of registered sex offenders with the addresses…
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Thursday, January 26 2012
Assembly Bill to Give Cancer Patients Access to Cancer Treatment Passes the Assembly FloorSACRAMENTO – Legislation aimed at improving the lives of cancer patients in California was approved by the Assembly Thursday with bipartisan support. Assembly Bill 1000, The Access to Cancer Treatment Act, was introduced by Assemblymember Henry T. Perea (D-Fresno), and would increase access to life saving chemotherapy by requiring health plans and insurers to provide oral medication for cancer treatment at the same affordable cost as intravenous treatments. “Some insurance companies refuse to cover the…
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Thursday, January 26 2012
California Assembly bills expand health coverageThe state Assembly on Thursday passed a set of bills intended to broaden the mental health and health care services covered by private insurance plans. Lawmakers approved AB154, which would require insurers to cover the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, and AB171 for coverage of developmental disorders such as autism. They also approved legislation to cover oral chemotherapy treatments and mammograms regardless of age. Read more...
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Thursday, January 26 2012
Bipartisan Assembly support for oral chemotherapy 'cancer pills'SACRAMENTO (KABC) -- The state Assembly debated and voted on a measure Thursday aimed at making so-called "cancer pills" more accessible to patients, a move that could save patients' families thousands of dollars. It's called the Cancer Care Act. The American Cancer Society says cancer is the second-leading cause of death in California. Now there's a push in Sacramento to improve access to treatment by including "oral chemo" in health plans. Read more...
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Monday, January 23 2012
Assemblymember Perea Announces Free Tax Help Available in the Central ValleyFRESNO - Assemblymember Henry T. Perea (D-Fresno) reminds Central Valley residents of the many opportunities to get free help with their taxes. The United Way of Fresno County sponsors several Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) and Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) programs to help individuals complete their income tax returns. "When preparing income tax returns, people often run into problems or become lost in the maze of forms and rules, especially when there are…
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Sunday, January 22 2012
Perea bill eyes jobs training for rail workersA bill introduced by California Assemblymember Henry T. Perea (D-Fresno) is addressing ways to get the unemployed in on the state's high-speed rail project. If passed, Perea's bill, AB 1523, would appropriate $2 million from the nearly $10 billion rail bond passed by voters in 2008 to fund a 3-year pilot project that would train a total of 400 clients in apprenticeship programs leading to referrals to building trades unions. Read more...
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Thursday, January 19 2012
Perea Cancer Bill Takes Big Step Out of Assembly Appropriations CommitteeSacramento - In an exciting move forward for California cancer patients, Assembly Bill 1000, The Access to Cancer Treatment Act was passed out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee today. AB 1000 was introduced by Assemblymember Henry T. Perea (D-Fresno) and would increase access to life saving chemotherapy by requiring health plans and insurers to provide oral medication for cancer treatment at the same affordable cost as intravenous treatments. "Chemotherapy in pill form should be an…
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Thursday, January 19 2012
Bill to Train Unemployed Workers for High-Speed Rail Jobs in California IntroducedSACRAMENTO-Assemblymember Henry T. Perea (D-Fresno) introduced AB 1523, The California Jobs Act, Thursday to give unemployed residents the education and training necessary to work on California’s High-Speed Rail (HSR) project. “We need to make sure unemployed men and women in our state have the skills and training needed to work on high-speed rail,” Assemblymember Perea said. “This proposal will create new pathways to good-paying high-speed rail construction jobs so families can finally begin the road…
Perea Legislation Will Hold Delinquent Taxpayers Accountable
(Sacramento) – Assemblymember Henry T. Perea (D-Fresno) has introduced Assembly Bill 1424 which, if signed into law, will provide the Franchise Tax Board more tools that it needs to collect funds from delinquent taxpayers. Every year, the State Franchise Tax Board puts together a list of the Top 250 taxpayers with state income tax liens who owe more than $100,000. Those currently on the Top 250 list owe a combined $180 million to the state. "The people on this list all owe the state $100,000 or more and they continue to buy their vacation homes and expensive cars," Assemblymember Perea said. "If the debtors on the Top 250 List all paid what they owe today, the state could use those funds to restore Adult Day Health Care and provide services to the 31,000 Senior Citizens in our state." Here's more from Assemblymember Perea in this Assembly Access video.
Capitol Office:
State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0031
Tel: (916) 319-2031
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District Office:
Hugh Burns State Building
2550 Mariposa Mall
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Fresno, CA 93721
Tel: (559) 445-5532
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