BILL NUMBER: AB 751	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nazarian

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 137 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 751, as introduced, Nazarian. Women's health.
   Existing law imposes various functions and duties on the State
Department of Public Health with respect to the administration and
oversight of various health programs and facilities relating to the
prevention of disease and the promotion of health. Under the law, the
department is required to develop a coordinated state strategy for
addressing the health-related needs of women, including
implementation of goals and objectives for women's health.
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to those
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 137 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
   137.  (a) The State Department of Public Health shall develop a
coordinated state strategy for addressing the health-related needs of
women, including implementation of goals and objectives for women's
health.
   (b) The approved programmatic costs associated with this strategy
shall be the responsibility of the State Department of Public
 Health   Health,  unless otherwise
provided by law.