BILL NUMBER: SB 180	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 5, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 14, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Florez
    (   Principal coauthor:   Assembly Member
  Fletcher   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2009

    An act relating to public contracts, and declaring the
urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.   An act to
add Part 4 (commencing with Section 1000) to Division 1 of the
Health and Safety Code relating to public health, and declaring the
urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 180, as amended, Florez.  Public contracts. 
 California Health Alert Network participation.  
   Existing law permits the modification of contracts by state
agencies in specified instances.  
   This bill would provide that, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, any state agency that has entered into a contract where the
agency has or may be unable to comply with the terms of that contract
because of the suspension of programs by the Pooled Money Investment
Board as described in California Department of Finance Budget Letter
08-33 shall have authority to amend the terms of the contract to
address contract deadlines and deliverables that may not be met
because of that suspension.  
   Under existing law, the State Department of Public Health is
charged with various duties with respect to protection of the public
health, including the prevention and control of communicable disease.
 
   This bill would require every primary care clinic and general
acute care hospital to enroll and participate in the California
Health Alert Network administered by the Emergency Preparedness
Office in the State Department of Public Health. 
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Part 4 (commencing with Section 1000)
is added to Division 1 of the   Health and Safety Code 
 , to read:  

      PART 4.  CALIFORNIA HEALTH ALERT NETWORK


   1000.  Every primary care clinic, as described in subdivision (a)
of Section 1204, and general acute care hospital, as defined in
subdivision (a) of Section 1250, shall enroll and participate in the
California Health Alert Network administered by the Emergency
Preparedness Office in the State Department of Public Health. 
   SEC. 2.    This act is an urgency statute necessary
for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety
within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go
into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
 
   In order to ensure that the California Health Alert Network is
fully utilized, at the earliest possible time, thus enabling the
state to adequately prepare for a public health emergency, it is
necessary this act to take effect immediately.  
  SECTION 1.    Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, any state agency that has entered into a contract where the
agency has or may be unable to comply with the terms of that contract
because of the suspension of programs by the Pooled Money Investment
Board as described in California Department of Finance Budget Letter
08-33 shall have authority to amend the terms of the contract to
address contract deadlines and deliverables that may not be met
because of that suspension.  
  SEC. 2.    This act is an urgency statute
necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health,
or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and
shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity
are:
   In order to ensure that agencies have the authority to extend
contract deadlines that may not be met because of suspension of
programs by the Pooled Money Investment Board, it is necessary that
this act take effect immediately.