Senate Bill No. 596

Introduced by Senator Yee

February 22, 2013

An act to amend Section 12803 of the Government Code, relating to health and human services.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 596, as introduced, Yee. California Health and Human Services Agency.

Existing law creates the California Health and Human Services Agency, which has under its jurisdiction designated departments and offices.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to a provision related to the California Health and Human Services Agency.

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 12803 of the Government Code is
amended to read:

12803.  

(a) The California Health and Human Services Agency
begin delete consists of end delete begin insert includes end insert the following departments: Health Care
Services; Mental Health; Developmental Services; Public Health;
Social Services; Alcohol and Drug Abuse; Aging; Rehabilitation;
and Community Services and Development.

(b) The agency also includes the Office of Statewide Health
Planning and Development and the State Council on
Developmental Disabilities.

(c) The Department of Child Support Services is hereby created
within the agency commencing January 1, 2000, and shall be the
single organizational unit designated as the state’s Title IV-D
agency with the responsibility for administering the state plan and
providing services relating to the establishment of paternity or the
establishment, modification, or enforcement of child support
obligations begin insert , end insert as required by Section 654 of Title 42 of the United
States Code. State plan functions shall be performed by other
agencies as required by law, by delegation of the department, or
by cooperative agreements.