Bill Text: CA AB673 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Office of Multicultural Health: LGBT communities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-10-09 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 639, Statutes of 2011. [AB673 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB673-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 673	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members John A. Pérez and Lara

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 152 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 673, as introduced, John A. Pérez. Office of Multicultural
Health: LGBT communities.
   Existing law establishes the Office of Multicultural Health within
the State Department of Public Health. Existing law requires the
office to perform various duties on behalf of the State Department of
Public Health and the State Department of Health Care Services
relating to the state's racial and ethnic communities.
   This bill would require the office to also perform those duties
with respect to the state's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
communities.
   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.  Section 152 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to
read:
   152.  (a) The office shall do all of the following on behalf of
the State Department of Health Care Services and the State Department
of Public Health:
   (1) Perform strategic planning within these departments to develop
departmentwide plans for implementation of goals and objectives to
close the gaps in health status and access to care among the state's
diverse racial and ethnic communities and the lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities  .
   (2) Conduct departmental policy analysis on specific issues
related to multicultural health.
   (3) Coordinate pilot projects and planning projects funded by the
state that are related to improving the effectiveness of services to
ethnic and racial communities  and the LGBT communities  .
   (4) Identify the unnecessary duplication of services and future
service needs.
   (5) Communicate and disseminate information and perform a liaison
function within the departments and to providers of health, social,
educational, and support services to racial and ethnic communities
 and the LGBT communities  . The office shall consult
regularly with representatives from diverse racial and ethnic
communities  and the LGBT communities  , including health
providers, advocates, and consumers.
   (6) Perform internal staff training, an internal assessment of
cultural competency, and training of health care professionals to
ensure more linguistically and culturally competent care.
   (7) Serve as a resource for ensuring that programs keep data and
information regarding ethnic and racial health  statistics,
  statistics and information based on sexual orientation
and gender identity,  strategies and programs that address
multicultural health issues, including, but not limited to, infant
mortality, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired  immune deficiency
  immunodeficiency  syndrome (AIDS), child and
adult immunization, asthma, unintentional and intentional injury, and
obesity, as well as issues that impact the health of racial and
ethnic communities, including substance abuse, mental health,
housing, teenage pregnancy, environmental disparities, immigrant and
migrant health, and health insurance and delivery systems.
   (8) Encourage innovative responses by public and private entities
that are attempting to address multicultural health issues.
   (9) Provide technical assistance to counties, other public
entities, and private entities seeking to obtain funds for
initiatives in multicultural health, including identification of
funding sources and assistance with writing grants.
   (b) Notwithstanding Section  7550.5   10231.5
 of the Government Code, the office shall biennially prepare
and submit a report to the Legislature on the status of the
activities required by this chapter.