BILL NUMBER: SB 769	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 2, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Alquist

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act  to add Article 7 (commencing with Section 101321) to
Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 101 of the Health and Safety Code,
  relating to federal funding.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 769, as amended, Alquist. Federal funding: economic stimulus:
 health.   local health administration. 

   Existing law provides for the allocation of state aid to the
administrative bodies of qualifying local health departments
according to a specified formula for prescribed purposes, including
communicable disease control activities and community and public
health surveillance activities.  
   This bill would, commencing with the 2009-10 fiscal year, provide
that federal funding received pursuant to the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act of 2009 for chronic disease prevention and wellness,
which would be subject to appropriation by the Legislature, would be
allocated by the State Department of Public Health to these local
health entities for purposes of improving and enhancing
evidence-based clinical and community-based prevention and wellness
strategies, as specified, and in accordance with prescribed
requirements.  
   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
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Article 7 (commencing with Section
101321) is added to Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 101 of the 
 Health and Safety Code   , to read:  

      Article 7.  Federal Economic Stimulus Funding for Chronic
Disease Prevention and Wellness


   101321.  (a) Commencing with the 2009-10 fiscal year, federal
funding received pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5), for purposes of chronic disease
prevention and wellness, shall be subject to appropriation by the
Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute for allocation
by the department in accordance with the article.
   (b) This article shall govern instances when federal funding is
allocated and expended for disease control and prevention activities
by local health jurisdictions.
   (c) Funds appropriated for the purposes of this article shall not
be used to supplant funding for existing levels of service and shall
only be used for the purposes specified in Section 101322.
   101322.  (a) For purposes of this article, allocations shall be
made by the department to the administrative bodies of qualifying
local health jurisdictions that are described in Section 101185, and
pursuant to Section 101321.
   (b) Funds shall be used for activities to improve and enhance
evidence-based clinical and community-based prevention and wellness
strategies authorized by the federal Public Health Services Act (42
U.S.C. Sec. 201 et seq.) that deliver specific measurable health
outcomes that address chronic disease rates.  
  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.