BILL NUMBER: AB 657	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nazarian

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 138.6 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 657, as introduced, Nazarian. Women's health.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to
develop a coordinated state strategy for addressing the
health-related needs of women, including implementation of goals and
objectives for women's health. Existing law establishes the Office of
Health Equity within the department to, among other things,
communicate and disseminate information within the department and
with other state departments to assist in developing strategies to
improve the health and mental health status of specified persons,
including women. Existing law requires the department to include
prescribed information in any literature that it produces regarding
breast cancer.
   This bill would delete an obsolete reference from that 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 138.6 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   138.6.  (a) The State Department of Public Health shall include in
any literature that it produces regarding breast cancer information
that  shall include   includes  , but 
is  not  be  limited to, all of the following:
   (1) Summarized information on risk factors for breast cancer in
younger women, including, but not limited to, information on the
increased risk associated with a family history of the disease.
   (2) Summarized information regarding detection alternatives to
mammography that may be available and more effective for at-risk
women between the ages of 25 and 40 years.
   (3) Information on Internet Web sites of relevant organizations,
government agencies, and research institutions where information on
mammography alternatives may be obtained.
   (b) The information required by subdivision (a) shall be produced
consistent with the department's protocols and procedures regarding
the production and dissemination of information on breast cancer,
including, but not limited to, the following factors:
   (1) Restrictions imposed by space limitation on materials
currently produced and distributed by the department.
   (2) Future regular production and replacement schedules.
   (3) Translation standards governing the number of languages and
literacy levels.
   (4) The nature, content, and purpose of the material into which
this new information will be incorporated.
   (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that subdivisions (a) and
(b) apply to information that is distributed by any branch of the
department, including, but not limited to,  the Cancer
Detection Section and  the Office of Health Equity.