Bill Text: CA AB2101 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Statewide strategic stockpile.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2101 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2101-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Statewide strategic stockpile.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2101 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2101-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2101
| Introduced by Assembly Member Rodriguez |
February 05, 2024 |
An act to add Section 131126 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2101, as introduced, Rodriguez.
Statewide strategic stockpile.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health to implement various programs throughout the state relating to public health.
This bill would require the State Department of Public Health, in coordination with the Office of Emergency Services and other state agencies, to establish a statewide strategic stockpile. The bill would require the department to establish guidelines for the procurement, management, and distribution of medicine, vaccines, and medical supplies, taking into account, among other things, the amount of each type of item required for a sustained health emergency. The bill would require the department to report annually to the Legislature, and others, the amount of items in the stockpile, the amount of items from the stockpile that have been used, and the amount of anticipated future usage.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 131126 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:131126.
(a) The Legislature finds that having access to a statewide strategic stockpile in the event of emergencies and disasters is vital to our health care system and general population who rely on its resources.(b) The following definitions apply for purposes of this section:
(1) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health.
(2) “Stockpile” means the medicine, vaccine, and medical stockpile created pursuant to subdivision (c).
(c) The department, in coordination with the Office of Emergency Services and other state agencies, shall establish a
statewide strategic stockpile.
(d) The department shall establish guidelines for procurement, management, and distribution of medicine, vaccines, and medical supplies items in the stockpile from the department.
(e) At a minimum, the guidelines shall take into account all of the following:
(1) The various types of items that may be required during a pandemic or other health emergency, including, but not limited to, natural disasters, man-made disasters, and mass casualty events.
(2) The shelf life of each item that may be obtained from the department and how to restock a portion of each item to ensure the procurements are unexpired.
(3) The amount of each type of item required for a
sustained health emergency.
(4) Lessons learned from previous pandemics and state emergencies, including, but not limited to, supply procurement, management, and distribution.
(5) Geographical distribution of stockpile storage.
(6) Guidance on how to establish policies and standards for stockpile surge capacity to ensure that hospitals and emergency providers have access to an adequate supply of any relevant item during a pandemic or other health emergency.
(7) The policies and funding that would be required for the state to establish the stockpile.
(8) How distribution from any procurement shall be prioritized in the event that there is insufficient resources to meet the needs of
providers or employers of providers, including consideration of all of the following:
(A) The provider or employer is in a location with a high share of low-income residents.
(B) The provider or employer is in a medically underserved area, as designated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration.
(C) The provider or employer disproportionately serves a medically underserved population, as designated by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration.
(D) The provider or employer is in a county with a high infection rate or high hospitalization rate related to the declared emergency.
(f) (1) The department shall annually report to the Legislature, the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management, and the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization the amount of items in the stockpile, the amount of items from the stockpile that have been used, and the amount of anticipated future usage.
(2) The report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
