BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 1526 (Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care) - Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System survey: caregiver module
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|Version: March 16, 2015 |Policy Vote: HEALTH 8 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: August 17, 2015 |Consultant: Brendan McCarthy |
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This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File.
Bill
Summary: AB 1526 would require the Department of Public Health
to include additional questions relating to caregiving in the
annual Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey.
Fiscal
Impact: Annual costs of $150,000 per year to expand the
existing survey to include the optional caregiving module
(General Fund). The Department of Public Health indicates that
it costs $7,500 per additional question to expand the existing
survey, including the costs to conduct phone interviews and
compile responses.
Background: Under current federal and state law, the Department of Public
Health conducts telephone survey each year, entitled the
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey. This survey
includes questions relating to health status and
health-impacting behaviors such as smoking, diet, and exercise.
The Department of Public Health includes standard health
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questions developed by the federal Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention as well as 131 additional questions added by the
Department relating to public health. In addition to the core
questions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has
developed optional modules, including an optional module on
caregiving.
Proposed Law:
AB 1526 would require the Department of Public Health to
include additional questions relating to caregiving in the
annual Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey. The
bill would require the additional questions to be included each
year from 2016 to 2021.
Staff
Comments: Currently, the response rate (which reflects
completed surveys) is 39%. According to the Department,
expanding the number of questions in the survey does reduce the
response rate, as some respondents do not wish to complete the
full survey. It is not known whether adding nine additional
questions will have a significant impact on the current response
rate.
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