BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
SB 613 (Allen) - State Department of Public Health: dementia
guidelines: workgroup
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|Version: April 20, 2015 |Policy Vote: HEALTH 9 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: No |
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|Hearing Date: May 11, 2015 |Consultant: Brendan McCarthy |
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SUSPENSE FILE.
Bill
Summary: SB 613 would require the Department of Public Health
to convene a workgroup to update the 2008 Guidelines for
Alzheimer's Disease Management in California.
Fiscal Impact (as approved on May 28,
2015): Minor costs to provide support to the workgroup. The
Department has already begun the process for reviewing the
available literature and updating the guidelines using an
existing federal grant. The additional responsibilities in the
bill should impose minor costs on the Department.
Background: Under current law, the Department of Public Health provides
education to the public and health care professionals about
Alzheimer's disease. To that end, the Department has developed a
series of guidelines for Alzheimer's disease management, with
the most recent update coming in 2008.
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The Department has received a federal grant which it will use to
improve the state's health care workforce by improving dementia
care capability in primary care physicians. It is possible that
some of the work required in this bill could be included in
those efforts.
Proposed Law:
SB 613 would require the Department of Public Health to
convene a workgroup to update the 2008 Guidelines for
Alzheimer's Disease Management in California.
The bill would require the Department to report the update and
recommendations from the workgroup to the Legislature by March
1, 2017.
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