BILL NUMBER: SB 416	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 30, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 16, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 17, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 23, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kehoe

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2011

   An act to add Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 103950) to Part 2
of Division 102 of the Health and Safety Code, related to health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 416, as amended, Kehoe. Health: survey.
   Existing law creates the State Department of Public Health and
requires it to carry out various duties related to public health
programs. Existing law creates the State Department of Health Care
Services and requires it to carry out various duties related to
health purchasing programs.
   This bill would require the State Department of Public Health and
the State Department of Health Care Services to collaborate with the
Regents of the University of California, to include specified
information related to gender into the California Health Interview
Survey.
   This bill would require the State Department of Public Health and
the State Department of Health Care Services to collaborate with the
California state coordinator for the Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System to include specified information related to
gender into the system.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 103950) is added to
Part 2 of Division 102 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 5.  HEALTH CARE SURVEYS


   103950.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, and
to the extent permitted by federal law, the State Department of
Public Health and the State Department of Health Care Services shall,
no later than January 1, 2013, collaborate with the Regents of the
University of California to include appropriate voluntary 
demographic  self-identification information pertaining to
sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression into the
questions asked by the California Health Interview Survey. If the
survey includes any question about marital status, the State
Department of Public Health and the State Department of Health Care
Services shall also, no later than January 1, 2013, collaborate with
the Regents of the University of California to also include questions
about registered domestic partnership status and about the gender of
the spouse or partner into the California Health Interview Survey.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, and to the
extent permitted by federal law, the State Department of Public
Health and the State Department of Health Care Services shall, no
later than January 1, 2013, collaborate with the California state
coordinator for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to
include appropriate voluntary  demographic 
self-identification information pertaining to sexual orientation,
gender identity, and gender expression into the system. If the survey
includes any question about marital status, the State Department of
Public Health and the State Department of Health Care Services shall
also, no later than January 1, 2013, collaborate with the California
state coordinator for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
to also include questions about registered domestic partnership
status and about the gender of the spouse or partner into the system.