AB 1174, as introduced, Bonilla. 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. 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 require the State Department of Public Health to report to the Assembly Committee on Health and the Senate Committee on Health the state strategy, goals established, and progress made toward achieving those goals on or before January 1, 2017, and biennially thereafter. The bill would make related changes.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 137 of the Health and Safety Code is
2amended to read:
(a) The State Department of Public Health shall develop
2a coordinated state strategy for addressing the health-related needs
3of women, including implementation of goals and objectives for
4begin insert maintaining and improvingend insert women’s health.
5(b) The approved programmatic costs associated with this
6strategy shall be the responsibility of the State Department of
7Public Health unless otherwise provided by law.
8(c) (1) The State Department of Public Health shall report to
9the Assembly Committee on Health and
the Senate Committee on
10Health on the state strategy, goals established, and progress made
11toward achieving those goals. This report shall be submitted on
12or before January 1, 2017, and biennially thereafter.
13(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the
14requirement for submitting a report imposed under paragraph (1)
15is inoperative on January 1, 2021.
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