AB 2424, as introduced, Gomez. Health Improvement and Innovation Fund.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health, within the California Health and Human Services Agency, vested with certain duties, powers, functions, jurisdiction, and responsibilities over specified public health programs.
This bill would create the Health Improvement and Innovation Fund in the State Treasury and the moneys in the fund would be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for certain purposes, including, but not limited to, reducing the rates of preventable health conditions and addressing health disparities. The department would be required to award moneys from the fund to eligible applicants, as described.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Part 8 (commencing with Section 106100) is
2added to Division 103 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the
5Health Improvement and Innovation Fund.
6(b) Moneys in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation
7by the Legislature, for the following purposes:
8(1) Reduce the rates of preventable health conditions.
9(2) Address health disparities.
10(3) Reduce state health care costs.
11(4) Build evidence of effective prevention programs.
12(c) (1) The State
Department of Public Health shall award
13moneys from the fund to eligible applicants.
14(2) Eligible applicants shall include, but not be limited to,
15community-based organizations and local governments.
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