Bill Text: CA AB1990 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Department of Fair Employment and Housing: Californians with disabilities: workgroup.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-19 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB1990 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB1990-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 24, 2022 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Arambula |
February 10, 2022 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various health care facilities, including, among others, general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require data collection pertaining to environmental conditions at the time a patient arrives in an emergency room in order to facilitate analysis by the State Department of Public Health of the effect of climate change on public health.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 12931.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:12931.5.
(a) The department shall convene a workgroup to make recommendations to the Legislature for the development of accessibility and antidiscrimination laws for people with disabilities.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require data collection pertaining to environmental conditions at the time a patient arrives in an emergency room in order to facilitate analysis by the State Department of Public Health of the effect of climate change on public health.