BILL NUMBER: AB 2832	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Travis Allen

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 120456 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to immunizations.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2832, as introduced, Travis Allen. Immunizations: vaccine
injury information.
   Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health
within the California Health and Human Services Agency. The
department is vested with certain duties, powers, and
responsibilities, including programs related to immunizations and
communicable diseases.
   This bill would require the California Health and Human Services
Agency to maintain a conspicuous link to federal resources related to
vaccine injuries, including, but not limited to, the Vaccine Adverse
Event Reporting System and the National Vaccine Injury Compensation
Program, on the agency's Internet Web site.
   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 120456 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   120456.  The California Health and Human Services Agency shall
maintain a conspicuous link to federal resources related to vaccine
injuries on its Internet Web site, including, but not limited to, the
Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System and the National Vaccine
Injury Compensation Program.