BILL NUMBER: SB 409	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 6, 2006
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 23, 2006
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 11, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 13, 2005
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 29, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Ducheny)
   (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member De La Torre)

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2005

   An act relating to health,  and  making an
appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 409, as amended, Kehoe  Emergency health care services:
appropriations.
   Existing law establishes the State Department of Health Services
for the administration and oversight of various health care programs.

   Existing law establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority
for the coordination and integration of all state activities
concerning emergency medical services.
   This bill would appropriate from the General Fund $5,451,000 to
the department and $1,622,000  to the authority  for the
2005-06 fiscal year, for specified public health purposes.
  This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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


  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) California's ability to respond to public health emergencies,
whether naturally occurring or resulting from terrorism, requires
preparation by both state and local health jurisdictions.
   (2) The State Department of Health Services is the lead state
agency for responding to public health emergencies such as infectious
disease emergencies.
   (3) Local health jurisdictions are the points of delivery for
public health services and, in emergencies, provide response within
their capabilities.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this act to
bolster California's preparedness for a public health emergency, and
its response and recovery efforts in the event of such an emergency.

  SEC. 2.  (a) There is hereby appropriated four hundred ninety-one
thousand dollars ($491,000) from the General Fund to the State
Department of Health Services for the 2005-06 fiscal year to
supplement funding provided in Item 4260-001-0001 of the Budget Act
of 2005 (Ch. 38, Stats. 2005). This amount shall be apportioned as
follows:
   (1) Seventy-six thousand dollars ($76,000) to oversee management
of the antiviral supplies, vaccines, and medical supplies that
California will need to obtain and distribute during a pandemic.
   (2) Four hundred fifteen thousand dollars ($415,000) to provide
expanded capacity in the Microbial Diseases Laboratory and the Viral
and Rickettsial Diseases Laboratory to implement new tests to control
both old and new infectious diseases, and to purchase a portable
Raman Infrared Microscopy System and a portable Gas
Chromatographic/Mass Spectroscopy System for the Richmond Campus.
   (b) There is hereby appropriated four million nine hundred sixty
thousand dollars ($4,960,000) from the General Fund to the State
Department of Health Services for the 2005-06 fiscal year to
supplement funding provided in Item 4260-111-0001 of the Budget Act
of 2005 (Ch. 38, Stats. 2005). This amount shall be apportioned as
follows:
   (1) Four hundred sixty thousand dollars ($460,000) to purchase
doses of antiviral supplies used in the prevention or treatment of
influenza.
   (2) Four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) to
strengthen pandemic influenza planning efforts, conduct epidemiologic
investigations of infectious and communicable disease outbreaks, and
provide epidemiologic and statistical support as requested.
   (c) There is hereby appropriated one million six hundred
twenty-two thousand dollars ($1,622,000) from the General Fund to the
Emergency Medical Services Authority for the purchase and provision
of personal protective equipment, in accordance with Emergency
Medical Services Authority guidelines, for  firefighter Emergency
Medical Technicians and  ambulance personnel in the state who
 demonstrate a need for the equipment and have sought other
funding options, including federal homeland security grant funding,
but have been unable to secure other funding and who  agree,
through a contract with the Emergency Medical Services Authority
 or   ,  the local emergency medical
services agency,  or the local public agency that provides fire
protection and emergency medical services,  to participate in
state and local disaster response. Recipients of the personal
protective equipment shall  , pursuant to the contract,  be
required to replace the equipment, as necessary, and to provide
necessary, ongoing training on the use of the personal protective
equipment. Nothing in this section shall limit the ability of the
Emergency Medical Services Authority,  or  a local
emergency medical services agency,  or the local public agency
that provides fire protection and emergency medical services, 
to impose additional contract requirements as a condition of
receiving this equipment.  The Director of the Emergency Medical
Services Authority shall give first priority for distribution of the
personal protective equipment to those local public agencies that
provide fire protection and emergency medical services. 
  SEC. 3.  In order to rapidly implement pandemic influenza planning
and preparedness efforts, contracts or other agreements entered into
for pandemic influenza planning or preparedness activities with funds
appropriated in this act shall not be subject to Part 2 (commencing
with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code.
  SEC. 4.  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 enhance California's preparedness for  ,  and
response to  ,  an impending threat of a pandemic
influenza, it is necessary that this bill take effect immediately.