BILL NUMBER: SB 212	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  374
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 1, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 28, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  MAY 14, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 8, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 29, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 19, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Oller
   (Coauthors:  Senators Escutia, Johannessen, Kuehl, Ortiz, Romero,
and Vincent)
   (Coauthors:  Assembly Members Leslie, Robert Pacheco, and
Pescetti)

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2001

   An act to add Chapter 1.1 (commencing with Section 120381) to Part
2 of Division 105 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health,
making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof,
to take effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 212, Oller.  Meningococcal disease.
   Existing law contains various vaccination requirements related to
school attendance.
   This bill would require the State Department of Health Services to
develop a Meningococcal Disease Strategic Prevention Plan.  In
developing the plan the department would be required to review
various scientific and medical references, other governmental disease
prevention programs, and health coverage programs.
   This bill would also require the department to involve and receive
input from victims of meningococcal disease and their families in
the development of the plan.
   This bill would require the department to have the plan completed
and made available to the Legislature on or before June 30, 2002.
   This bill would appropriate $100,000 from the General Fund to the
State Department of Health Services for the purposes of the bill.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Appropriation:  yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  This act shall be known, and may be cited as, the
Meningococcal Disease Strategic Prevention Act of 2001.
  SEC. 2.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares:
   (1) Meningococcal disease is a serious and sometimes fatal disease
that most often affects children and young adults.
   (2) There are some strains of meningococcal disease that can be
prevented through the use of vaccines that are currently available.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that:
   (1) The State Department of Health Services develop a strategic
plan to address ways to prevent the spread of this devastating
disease.
   (2) Local public health agencies and postsecondary educational
institutions are encouraged to periodically sponsor meningococcal
disease education and vaccination days in local communities.
   (3) In making the vaccine accessible it is not the intent of the
Legislature that the vaccine be purchased with public funds at this
time, although purchase of the vaccine with public funds may be a
recommendation of the strategic plan.
  SEC. 3.  Chapter 1.1 (commencing with Section 120381) is added to
Part 2 of Division 105 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

      CHAPTER 1.1.  MENINGOCOCCAL DISEASE STRATEGIC PREVENTION ACT OF
2001

   120381.  (a) The State Department of Health Services, in
consultation with the State Department of Education, local public
health agencies, and postsecondary educational institutions, shall
develop a Meningococcal Disease Strategic Prevention Plan.
   (b) The plan shall include, but not be limited to, a review of all
of the following:
   (1) The current scientific literature on meningococcal disease.
   (2) Experiences of other state and local governmental
jurisdictions in the prevention of meningococcal disease and in
prevention programs for similarly infectious diseases, such as
tuberculosis and hepatitis.
   (3) The possible role of age-specific vaccination programs for
meningococcal disease.
   (4) The availability of vaccines for meningococcal disease.
   (5) The application and roles of other governmental programs.
   (6) Current health plan coverages and other health insurance
products.
   (c) The victims of meningococcal disease and their families shall
be involved and have input in the development of the plan.
   (d) The department shall encourage public and private medical
entities to cooperate with each other to make meningococcus vaccines
and vaccinations accessible and provide any currently available
vaccines to families that desire that their children be inoculated.
   (e) The plan shall be completed and made available to the
Legislature on or before June 30, 2002.
  SEC. 4.  The sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) is
hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department of
Health Services for the purpose of developing the Meningococcal
Disease Strategic Prevention Plan pursuant to Chapter 1.1 (commencing
with Section 120381) of Part 2 of Division 105 of the Health and
Safety Code.
  SEC. 5.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect.  The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to enable the Meningococcal Disease Strategic Prevention
Plan required by this act to be developed for the protection of
public safety as soon as possible, it is necessary that this act go
into immediate effect.