BILL ANALYSIS
SB 1360
Date of Hearing: July 11, 1995
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH
Doris Allen, Chairwoman
SB 1360 (Senate H. & H. S. Committee) - As Introduced: May 8,
1995
SENATE ACTIONS:
COMMITTEE H. & H. S. VOTE 6-0 FLOOR
VOTE 38-0
SUBJECT
Should the existing State Health and Safety Code be recodified?
DIGEST
Existing law distributes functions governing public health and
related administrative functions throughout the Health and Safety
Code.
This bill:
1) Arranges all current law provisions of the California Health
and Safety Code (HSC) relating to public health into seven new
divisions as follows:
101-Administration of Public Health
102-Vital Records and Health Statistics
103-Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
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104-Environmental Health
105-Communicable Disease Prevention and Control
106-Personal Health Care
107-Statewide Health Planning and Development
2) Renumbers the code sections into multiples of five to allow
for future additions and revisions.
3) Declares the Legislature's intent to reorganize and clarify
portions of the Health and Safety Code, and thereby facilitate its
administration. Also, declares that this act would have only
technical and nonsubstantive effect.
FISCAL EFFECT
None
COMMENTS
1) NEED FOR THE BILL. Existing law, Chapter 611, Statutes of 1991
(AB 1491, Bronzan) requires the State Department of Health
Services to conduct a comprehensive review of the statutes
relating to public health and to recodify the Health and Safety
Code. AB 1491 was one of two bills used as vehicles for the
realignment of state and local responsibilities for health
services during the 1991-92 legislative session.
This bill is the product of a year-long collaborative effort
between health officials at various levels of the public and
private sectors. Participants included: the State Department
of Health Services, local health enforcement agencies,
Legislative Counsel's office, and a Recodification Task Force
with prescribed members.
SB 1360 is an entirely technical bill that would make no
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substantive, policy changes. According to the Department, SB
1360 represents parts I and II of a three-part effort to
recodify the Health and Safety Code. In addition, it would
reorganize existing law into a better framework that is updated
and easy-to-use. Statutes unrelated to public health would
remain in their current format.
2) PROSPECTIVE CLEANUP. This bill recodifies the Health and
Safety Code as of the end of 1993. Cleanup legislation will
thus be required to recodify 1994 and 1995 legislation keyed to
the sections this bill amends.
SPONSOR: Department of Health Services.
SUPPORT: County Health Executives Association of California
California Coalition of Local Health Department Nursing
Directors
Western Consortium for Public Health
California Public Health Foundation
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
California Conference of Local Health Officers
OPPOSITION: None received
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