BILL NUMBER: SB 1267	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to amend Sections 105280 and 109910 of the Health and
Safety Code, relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1267, as introduced, Padilla. Public health.
   Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to
administer various public health programs, including the childhood
lead poisoning prevention program and the food safety inspection
program.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   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.  Section 105280 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   105280.  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
apply:
   (a) "Appropriate case management" means health care referrals,
environmental assessments, and educational activities, performed by
the appropriate person, professional, or entity, necessary to reduce
a child's exposure to lead and the consequences of the exposure, as
determined by the United States Centers for Disease Control, or as
determined by the department pursuant to Section 105300.
   (b) "Lead poisoning" means the disease present when the
concentration of lead in whole venous blood reaches or exceeds levels
constituting a health risk, as specified in the most recent United
States Centers for Disease Control guidelines for lead poisoning as
determined by the department, or when the concentration of lead in
whole venous blood reaches or exceeds levels constituting a health
risk as determined by the department pursuant to Section 105300.
   (c) "Department" means the State Department of  Public 
Health  Services  .
   (d) "Health assessment" has the same meaning as prescribed in
Section 6800 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.
   (e) "Screen" means the medical procedure by which the
concentration of lead in whole venous blood is measured.
   (f) "Health care" means the identification, through evaluation and
screening, if indicated, of lead poisoning, as well as any followup
medical treatment necessary to reduce the elevated blood lead levels.

   (g) "Environmental lead contamination" means the persistent
presence of lead in the environment, in quantifiable amounts, that
results in ongoing and chronic exposure to children.
  SEC. 2.  Section 109910 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
   109910.  "Department" means the State Department of  Public
 Health  Services  .