BILL NUMBER: AB 2287	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 15, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 28, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Monning

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 127640) to Part 2
of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public
health.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2287, as amended, Monning. California Health and Human Services
Agency: public health: federal grant opportunities.
   Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act  (PPACA)(Public   (PPACA) (Public  Law
111-148) requires the federal Secretary of Health and Human Services
to award competitive community transformation grants to state and
local governmental agencies and community-based organizations for the
implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of evidence-based
community preventive health activities in order to reduce chronic
disease rates, prevent the development of secondary conditions,
address health disparities, and develop a stronger evidence base of
effective prevention programming.
   This bill would require the California Health and Human Services
Agency to direct the appropriate departments within the agency to
apply for federal community transformation grants under the PPACA, as
specified. The bill would require the agency to direct the
appropriate departments within the agency to make information
regarding federal grant opportunities under the PPACA available to
local government agencies, local public health departments, school
districts, state and local nonprofit organizations, and Indian tribes
through existing channels, and by placing a link on each relevant
department's existing Internet Web site.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
   (a) Given the significant fiscal challenges ahead for California,
it is important for the Legislature to ensure that state agencies
maximize their opportunity to obtain additional federal funds,
particularly in cases where doing so could offset state General Fund
costs or assist the state with the transformation of California's
health care system, under the federal Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (PPACA)(Public   (PPACA)
(Public  Law 111-148). 
   (b) The PPACA is a historic opportunity for California to
prioritize preventive health programs that have been demonstrated to
save valuable health care dollars, produce high return in patient
outcomes, and move the current health care system away from managing
disease toward prevention in order to improve the health of
Californians.  
   (b) 
    (c)  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting
this act to take full advantage of the opportunities through the
PPACA to improve state health care programs and invest in health
prevention and education, with the goal of building, promoting, and
sustaining healthy communities through reducing chronic disease
rates, eliminating conditions that lead to health disparities, and
increasing the cultural and linguistic appropriateness of health
services. 
   (d) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the
California Health and Human Services Agency and departments within
the agency to maintain flexibility in internal processes in order to
be responsive to PPACA grant opportunity timelines. 
  SEC. 2.  Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 127640) is added to
Part 2 of Division 107 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 5.  COMMUNITY TRANSFORMATION GRANTS


   127640.  (a) The California Health and Human Services Agency shall
direct the appropriate departments within the agency to apply for
federal grants under  Section   Sections 4002
and  4201 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (Public Law 111-148) to allow the state to develop a stronger
evidence base of effective prevention programming and engage in
preventive  care and  health  education  activities
that achieve, at a minimum, all of the following:
   (1) Creating healthier school environments, including, but not
limited to,  healthy   healthful  food
options and physical activity.
   (2) Creating an infrastructure to support active living and access
to nutritious foods.
   (3) Developing and promoting programs targeting a variety of age
levels to increase nutrition, physical activity, smoking cessation,
 mental health,  and safety, as well as address special
population needs.
   (4) Working to highlight  healthy   healthful
 food options.
   (5) Assessing and implementing worksite wellness programs.
   (6) Prioritizing strategies to reduce racial and ethnic 
health  disparities.
   (b) The agency shall direct the appropriate departments within the
agency to make information regarding federal grant opportunities
under  Section   Sections 4002 and  4201 of
the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law
111-148) available to local government agencies, local public health
departments, school districts, state and local nonprofit
organizations, and Indian tribes through existing channels, and by
placing a link on each relevant department's existing Internet Web
site.