BILL NUMBER: SB 596 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT 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 Agencyconsists ofincludes 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 , 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.