BILL NUMBER: AB 540	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Pan

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to add Article 3 (commencing with Section 131230) to
Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 112 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public health.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 540, as introduced, Pan. Reporting and tracking of violent
deaths.
   Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health,
which is responsible for various programs relating to the health and
safety of people in the state, including licensing health facilities,
regulating food and drug safety, and monitoring and preventing
communicable and chronic diseases.
   This bill would require the department to establish and maintain
the California Electronic Violent Death Reporting 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.  Article 3 (commencing with Section 131230) is added to
Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 112 of the Health and Safety Code, to
read:

      Article 3.  Electronic Violent Death Reporting System


   131230.  The department shall establish and maintain the
California Electronic Violent Death Reporting System.