BILL NUMBER: SB 143	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Rubio

                        JANUARY 31, 2011

   An act to amend Section 439.902 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 143, as introduced, Rubio. Health research: women and minority
groups.
   Existing law requires, on or before June 30, 1992, state agencies
to adopt, and provides that it is the intent of the Legislature that
the Regents of the University of California adopt, policies based on
a specified publication so that women and members of minority groups
are appropriately included as subjects of health research projects
carried out by state agencies or University of California
researchers. Existing law requires, on or before September 30, 1992,
state agencies and the University of California to transmit to the
Legislature copies of the policies adopted pursuant to this
provision.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this
provision.
   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 439.902 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
   439.902.  (a) On or before June 30, 1992, state agencies shall
adopt, and it is the intent of the Legislature that the Regents of
the University of California adopt, policies based on the publication
"NIH/ADHMA Policy Concerning Inclusion of Women in Study
Populations," so that women and members of minority groups are
appropriately included as  subjects of  
participants in  health research projects  carried out
  conducted  by state agencies or University of
California researchers. The review of research proposals funded by
state agencies or the University of California should include
consideration of the appropriateness of the composition of research
populations.
   (b) On or before September 30, 1992, state agencies and the
University of California shall transmit to the Legislature copies of
the policies adopted pursuant to this section, along with copies of
the specific procedures put in place to carry out those policies.