BILL NUMBER: AB 1174	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonilla

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 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 
maintaining and improving  women's health.
   (b) The approved programmatic costs associated with this strategy
shall be the responsibility of the State Department of Public Health
unless otherwise provided by law. 
   (c) (1) The State Department of Public Health shall report to the
Assembly Committee on Health and the Senate Committee on Health on
the state strategy, goals established, and progress made toward
achieving those goals. This report shall be submitted on or before
January 1, 2017, and biennially thereafter.  
   (2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the
requirement for submitting a report imposed under paragraph (1) is
inoperative on January 1, 2021.