BILL NUMBER: SB 115	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 20, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Fuller
    (   Coauthors:   Senators   Huff,
  Nielsen,   Stone,   and Vidak  
) 
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Chávez,   Grove,   Lackey,   and
Mathis   ) 

                        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.  The bill would allocate $100,000 to the department
for administrative costs, as specified. 
   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  in   for  the 2015-16
fiscal year for  purposes of  costs associated with
the administration of Section 120480 of the Health and Safety Code.