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 Agency
 consists of   includes  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.