BILL NUMBER: AB 1418	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Smyth

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 120190 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1418, as introduced, Smyth. Communicable diseases: reporting.
   Existing law requires a local health officer to immediately report
by telegraph or telephone to the department every discovered or
known case or suspect case of those diseases designated for immediate
reporting by the department.
   This bill would also include electronic mail or electronic
facsimile as permitted methods of reporting.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 120190 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   120190.   Each   A  health officer shall
immediately report  ,  by telegraph  or 
 ,  telephone  , electronic mail, or electronic
facsimile,  to the department every discovered or known case or
suspect case of those diseases designated for immediate reporting by
the department. Within 24 hours after investigation  ,  each
health officer shall make reports as the department may require.