BILL NUMBER: SB 759	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leno

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 105205 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 759, as introduced, Leno. Aerial spraying of pesticide: inert
ingredients: information.
   Existing law establishes various programs for the prevention of
disease and the promotion of health to be administered by the State
Department of Public Health, including, but not limited to, programs
relating to the reporting of pesticide poisoning.
   Existing law establishes a program under the jurisdiction of the
Department of Food and Agriculture for invasive pest planning,
including, but not limited to, invasive pest eradication through
aerial spraying of urban areas.
   This bill would, in the case of aerial pesticide spraying near
residential or sensitive areas, require the Office of Environmental
Health Hazard Assessment to use prescribed information regarding the
effects of pesticides, including inert ingredients, to develop
educational material for distribution to physicians and surgeons and
to the public.
   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.  Section 105205 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   105205.   (a)    The Office of Environmental
Health Hazard Assessment shall develop and implement, in cooperation
with local health officers and state and local medical associations,
a program of medical education to alert physicians and other health
care professionals to the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and
reporting of pesticide poisoning. 
   (b) In the case of aerial pesticide spraying near residential or
sensitive areas, the office shall utilize information obtained
pursuant to subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 5262 of the Food and
Agricultural Code regarding the effects of pesticides, including
inert pesticide ingredients, in developing educational material for
distribution to physicians and surgeons and to the public.