BILL NUMBER: SB 769	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Alquist

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act relating to federal funding.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 769, as introduced, Alquist. Federal funding: economic
stimulus: health.
   Existing law contains various programs relating to public health,
disease prevention, community-based prevention and wellness,
immunizations, and health care associated infections.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would implement and complement changes to federal
programs and funding for public health, disease prevention,
community-based prevention and wellness, immunizations, and health
care associated infections that are enacted as part of federal
economic stimulus legislation passed by the 11th Congress and signed
by the President, in order to ensure that California receives its
share of new federal funds and benefits from any changes in programs
and funding that are enacted as part of federal economic stimulus
legislation.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would implement and complement changes to federal
programs and funding for public health, disease prevention,
community-based prevention and wellness, immunizations, and health
care associated infections that are enacted as part of federal
economic stimulus legislation passed by the Congress and signed by
the President, in order to ensure that California receives its share
of new federal funds and benefits from any changes in programs and
funding that are enacted as part of federal economic stimulus
legislation.