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California Healthcare Decision-Making Privacy Rights Initiative (2016)
| California Healthcare Decision-Making Privacy Rights Initiative | |
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| Election date November 8, 2016 | |
| Topic Healthcare | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type State statute | Origin Citizens |
| Voting on Healthcare |
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The California Healthcare Decision-Making Privacy Rights Initiative (#15-0123) was a proposed initiative and was not put on the November 8, 2016, ballot in California as an initiated state statute.
This initiative was designed to protect the privacy of all healthcare decisions for adults and for the guardians of children. It would also have prohibited discrimination based on the healthcare decisions of an individual.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The official ballot title was:[2]
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Healthcare Decision-Making. Initiative Statute.[3] |
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Ballot summary
The official ballot summary was:[2]
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States that healthcare decisions for adults are their private decisions, and that healthcare decisions for minors are private decisions for their parents or legal guardians. Prohibits discrimination in areas of public rights and benefits, business services, or employment based on a person’s healthcare choices, unless person has certain illnesses, has lost his/her civil rights due to a criminal conviction, or has an addiction to any substance.[3] |
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Full text
The full text of the measure could be found here.
Fiscal impact
Note: The fiscal impact statement for a California ballot initiative authorized for circulation is jointly prepared by the state's legislative analyst and its director of finance. The statement for this initiative:[2]
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Highly uncertain fiscal effects on state and local governments, as these depend on how broadly the measure is interpreted by the courts. Potential fiscal effects could therefore range from minor to significant, but indeterminate, costs on state and local governments.[3] |
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Path to the ballot
- Mitchell J. Pearce submitted a letter requesting a title and summary on December 24, 2015.[1]
- A title and summary were issued by California's attorney general's office on March 3, 2016.[2]
- 365,880 valid signatures were required for qualification purposes.
- Supporters had until August 30, 2016, to collect the required signatures.
State profile
| Demographic data for California | ||
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| California | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 38,993,940 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 155,779 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 61.8% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 5.9% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 13.7% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.4% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 4.5% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 38.4% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 81.8% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 31.4% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $61,818 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 18.2% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in California. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in California
California voted for the Democratic candidate in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
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See also
- 2016 ballot measures
- Healthcare on the ballot
- California 2016 ballot propositions
- California ballot measures
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 California Secretary of State, "Full text (Initiative 15-0123)," accessed Marcy 5, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 California Secretary of State, "Initiatives and Referenda Cleared for Circulation," accessed March 5, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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