BILL NUMBER:  SB 291
  VETOED	DATE: 10/07/2015




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 291without my signature.

This bill would amend the definition of "vulnerable communities" for
the Office of Health Equity in the California Department of Public
Health to include individuals who have experienced trauma related to
genocide. The bill would also require the Department of Public Health
as well as the Department of Health Care Services to involve these
communities in their stakeholder work.

The definition of "vulnerable communities" already includes people
with mental health conditions, immigrants and refugees.  No
additional authority is necessary to ensure that both of these
departments continue to consider the needs of all those who have
suffered trauma related to genocide.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.