BILL NUMBER: SB 769	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 28, 2009
	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:
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   as specified  .
   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.  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   this
 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.