BILL NUMBER: AB 1049	CHAPTERED  10/05/01

	CHAPTER  528
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 5, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 4, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 30, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 21, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 11, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 16, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 19, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Robert Pacheco

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2001

   An act to amend Section 14087.9655 of, and to add Section
14087.9657 to, the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1049, Robert Pacheco.  L.A. Care Board:  technical advisory
committee: children's health consultant advisory committee.
   Existing law authorizes Los Angeles County to establish a
commission, called the L.A. Care Board, to administer a local health
initiative for the purpose of implementing Medi-Cal managed care.
The county has established the commission.  Existing law creates a
13-member governing board for the commission.  Existing law requires
that the governing body establish a technical advisory committee.
   This bill would expand the classes of membership of that technical
advisory committee.  This bill would also require the governing body
to establish a children's health consultant advisory committee,
which would meet on a regular basis and make recommendations and
reports to the governing body.
   Because this bill would require the county to incur additional
expenses in creating an advisory committee, it would impose a
state-mandated local program.
  The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state.  Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 14087.9655 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
is amended to read:
   14087.9655.  (a) The governing body shall establish a technical
advisory committee to provide technical expertise to the governing
body.
   (b) Members of the committee shall include a medical school
representative, an epidemiologist, a pharmacist, a representative of
a nursing association, a home health care representative, a long-term
care provider, a mental health care provider, a medical
rehabilitation provider, and an expert on health care quality, or, in
the alternative, other persons with health care expertise.
   (c) The technical advisory committee shall meet on a regular
basis, and shall make recommendations and reports to the governing
body.
  SEC. 2.  Section 14087.9657 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:
   14087.9657.  (a) The governing body shall establish a children's
health consultant advisory committee to provide to the governing body
expertise on child, adolescent, and maternal health issues.
   (b) Members of the committee shall include representatives of
government health departments and school districts in the geographic
area served by the local initiative, as well as medical professionals
with background in pediatrics and obstetric care, or, in the
alternative, other persons with health care expertise.
   (c) The children's health consultant advisory committee shall meet
on a regular basis, and shall make recommendations and reports to
the governing body.
  SEC. 3.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because the
only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district
are the result of a program for which legislative authority was
requested by that local agency or school district, within the meaning
of Section 17556 of the Government Code and Section 6 of Article
XIIIB of the California Constitution.