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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SCR 47
Author: DeSaulnier (D)
Amended: 5/25/12
Vote: 21
SENATE FLOOR : 24-11, 8/22/11
AYES: Alquist, Corbett, Correa, De Le�n, DeSaulnier,
Evans, Hancock, Hernandez, Kehoe, Leno, Lieu, Liu,
Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Price, Rubio,
Simitian, Steinberg, Vargas, Wolk, Wright, Yee
NOES: Anderson, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Dutton, Emmerson,
Fuller, Gaines, Harman, La Malfa, Runner, Walters
NO VOTE RECORDED: Calderon, Cannella, Huff, Strickland,
Wyland
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not available
SUBJECT : Health in All Policies
SOURCE : Health Officers Association of California
DIGEST : This resolution, among other things, requests
that the Strategic Growth Council (SGC) and the member
agencies, departments, and offices of the Health in All
Policies Task Force, as established by Executive Order
S-04-10, provide leadership on implementing the
recommendations put forth in the Health in All Policies
Task Force Report and encourages interdepartmental
collaboration with an emphasis on the complex environmental
factors that contribute to poor health and inequities when
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developing policies.
Assembly Amendments make technical changes.
ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes cabinet-level SGC
aimed to improve coordination across state agencies to:
(1) improve air and water quality; (2) protect natural
resources and agricultural lands; (3) increase the
availability of affordable housing; (4) promote public
health; (5) improve transportation; (6) encourage greater
infill and compact development; (7) revitalize community
and urban centers; and, (8) assist state and local entities
in the planning of sustainable communities and the
California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.
This resolution makes the following legislative findings:
1. California and its residents face a growing burden of
largely preventable chronic illnesses such as heart
disease, stroke, obesity, and diabetes.
2. People in disadvantaged communities often have fewer
resources for health, which is reflected in
significantly higher burdens of chronic illness, worse
health outcomes, and shorter life expectancies.
3. The health and well-being of all people is a critical
element in supporting a healthy and prosperous
California, including economic sustainability,
increasing workforce participation and productivity, and
slowing the ongoing rise in medical care expenditures.
4. The physical, economic, and social environments in which
people live, learn, work, and play influence the
adoption of healthy lifestyles, by making it more or
less difficult for individuals to choose behaviors that
promote or diminish health.
5. These environments are significantly influenced by
policies developed by various state agencies and
departments relating to housing, transportation,
education, air quality, parks, criminal justice,
employment, and other policy areas.
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6. Public health agencies alone cannot change these
environments, but must work collaboratively with the
many other governmental agencies, businesses, and
community-based organizations that are best positioned
to create healthy communities.
7. Strategies to create healthy communities create
cobenefits by simultaneously supporting state goals of
improving air and water quality, protecting natural
resources and agricultural lands, increasing the
availability of affordable housing, improving
infrastructure systems, planning sustainable
communities, and addressing climate change.
8. Health in All Policies is an integrated approach that is
being used internationally and in California to achieve
better health outcomes and greater sustainability by
incorporating a health aspect into policy development
across all government sectors.
9. The Health in All Policies approach uses health as a
linking factor in bringing people together from across
sectors to address major societal issues, focuses on
cobenefits and win-win strategies, and harnesses the
power that agencies and departments can bring through
their areas of individual expertise.
10. California's Health in All Policies Task Force was
established by Executive Order S-04-10 on February 23,
2010, under the auspices of the SGC.
11.The Health in All Policies Task Force, which includes
representatives from 19 state agencies, departments, and
offices, developed a broad-ranging set of
recommendations geared at improving the efficiency, cost
effectiveness, and collaborative nature of state
government, while promoting health and other goals of
the SGC.
Comments
According to the author's office, this resolution calls on
state departments and agencies to work together to address
barriers to good health in California's communities. The
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author's office states that according to the December 3,
2010, Health in All Policies Task Force Report to the
Strategic Growth Council (HiAP Task Force Report), "The
health of California's population is largely determined by
the social, physical, economic and service environments in
which people live, work, study and play. These
environments shape the choices that people make every day,
as well as their opportunities and resources for health."
The author's office maintains that this resolution
encourages a collaborative effort in addressing barriers to
good health in California's communities with a focus on
addressing the complex environmental factors that
contribute to poor health and inequities when developing
various policies. The author's office argues that this
resolution is a necessary step in California's continuing
struggle to combat preventable chronic illnesses such as
heart disease, stroke, obesity and diabetes.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: Yes
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/31/12)
Health Officers Association of California (source)
California Academy of Physician Assistants
CTW:k 6/14/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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