Amended in Senate April 20, 2015

Senate Bill No. 115

Introduced by Senator Fuller

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(Coauthors: Senators Huff, Nielsen, Stone, and Vidak)

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(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chávez, Grove, Lackey, and Mathis)

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January 13, 2015

An act relating to disease prevention, and making an appropriation therefor.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 115, as amended, Fuller. Valley fever.

Existing law establishes the Valley Fever Vaccine Project, administered by the State Department of Public Health and provides for state support and funding of efforts by the project to conduct valley fever vaccine research.

This bill would appropriate $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the department for the 2015-16 fiscal year, for purposes of extending the project. begin insert The bill would allocate $100,000 to the department for administrative costs, as specified. end insert

Vote: ²⁄₃. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) is
hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the State Department
of Public Health for the 2015-16 fiscal year, for purposes of valley
fever vaccine research pursuant to Section 120480 of the Health
and Safety Code. One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall
be allocated to the department begin delete in end delete begin insert for end insert the 2015-16 fiscal year for
begin delete purposes of end delete costs associated with the administration of Section
120480 of the Health and Safety Code.