BILL NUMBER: AB 1119	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mansoor

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 1257 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health facilities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1119, as introduced, Mansoor. Health facility licensing
compliance: delegation to local health departments.
   Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health and
sets forth its powers and duties, including, but not limited to,
administration of laws relating to the licensing and regulation of
health facilities, as defined. Existing law authorizes the department
to delegate enforcement authority to local health departments and to
provide local health departments with payment for these services.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these
provisions.
   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 1257 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   1257.  The  state  department may delegate to
local health departments the authority to verify compliance with the
licensing and approval provisions of this chapter, to provide
consultation, and to recommend disciplinary action by the department
against those licensed or approved under  the provisions of
 this chapter. In exercising the authority so delegated, the
local health department shall conform to the requirements of this
chapter and to the rules and regulations of the  state
 department. Payment to the local health departments for
services performed pursuant to this section shall be in accordance
with a budget submitted by the local health department and approved
by the  state  department.  Such 
 These  expenditures shall not exceed amounts appropriated
by the Legislature for the purpose of such inspection and
enforcement.