BILL ANALYSIS
SB 1471
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Date of Hearing: August 9, 2006
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Judy Chu, Chair
SB 1471 (Kuehl) - As Amended: August 7, 2006
Policy Committee: HealthVote:11-3
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill enacts the California Community Sexual Health
Education Act (CCSHEA) to standardize requirements and content
for any state-funded and/or administered program that provides
instruction or information to prevent adolescent or unintended
pregnancy, or to prevent sexually transmitted diseases (STDs),
including HIV. Specifically, this bill:
1)Requires programs to meet the following requirements: (a) all
information is medically accurate, as specified; (b)
individuals providing instruction or information must use the
most current scientific data; and (c) the program must be age
appropriate, not teach or promote religious doctrine, be
culturally and linguistically appropriate for its targeted
populations, and not reflect or promote any bias against any
person, as specified.
2)Specifies that if a program is offered at a public school,
including charter schools, the program applicant must indicate
in writing how the program fits in with the school plan for
offering sexual education (as currently required in Education
statute).
3)Authorizes the agency to terminate the program contract, it
knows or should have known a grantee is not in compliance with
these provisions.
4)Specifies that these requirements do not apply in the
following instances: (a) to contracts for funding entered into
before January 1, 2007; and (b) to one-on-one interactions
between a health practitioner and his or her patient in a
clinical setting.
SB 1471
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FISCAL EFFECT
Annual General Fund administrative costs, likely $200,000 to
$500,000, for the Department of Health Services (DHS) to monitor
programs. To the extent DHS can consolidate the program
monitoring and/or technical assistance it currently provides to
include the information proposed in this measure, this cost may
be reduced.
COMMENTS
1)Purpose . SB 71 (Kuehl), Chapter 650, Statutes of 2003,
established the California Comprehensive Sexual Health and
HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act (CCSHHAPEA) which revised,
consolidated, clarified and expanded upon existing provisions
of education law related to sex and HIV/AIDS prevention
education in public schools. Chapter 650 required all sex
education programs in California schools to meet basic
requirements, including providing medically accurate
information.
This bill attempts to expand the requirements of Chapter 650
by ensuring that sex education programs offered outside of
public schools meet basic requirements. According to Planned
Parenthood, a co-sponsor, "this bill provides needed guidance
to state agencies that fund and administer community-based
programs or public education campaigns, in order to ensure
that California has a consistent and effective approach for
preventing unintended pregnancy and STDs."
2)Existing law establishes and provides funding for DHS to
administer various programs related to women's health around
adolescent reproductive health and pregnancy prevention,
maternal and child health, disease prevention, detection, and
treatment, and domestic violence prevention. There are a
variety of funding sources for these programs, including
federal funds, state general fund, and tobacco tax revenue.
Analysis Prepared by : Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916)
319-2081