Bill Text: CA AJR10 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: School-based health centers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 47-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-07-28 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 68, Statutes of 2011. [AJR10 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AJR10-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AJR 10 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 68
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JULY 28, 2011
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JULY 28, 2011
ADOPTED IN SENATE JULY 14, 2011
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 2, 2011
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 2, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Brownley
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, Buchanan, Butler, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Davis, Dickinson, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher,
Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Gatto, Gordon, Hall, Hayashi, Hill, Huber,
Hueso, Huffman, Lara, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Monning, Pan, Perea, John
A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson,
Torres, Wieckowski, Williams, and Yamada)
MARCH 30, 2011
Relative to school-based health centers.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AJR 10, Brownley. School-based health centers.
This measure would memorialize the Legislature's support for the
school-based health center program authorized by the federal Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act, an appropriation by the United
States Congress to fund this program, policies that include
school-based health centers as a partner in creating a medical home
for all children, and the inclusion of school-based health centers in
the reauthorization of the federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act.
WHEREAS, School health centers, which operate in 176 schools
across California, are an integral part of the state's health care
delivery system, providing preventative and treatment services to
pupils who may otherwise have no or limited access to health care;
and
WHEREAS, School health centers improve academic achievement by
increasing the physical and mental health status of pupils, thereby
raising attendance rates, reducing dropout rates, and improving
classroom attention and behavior; and
WHEREAS, Despite challenging academic times, many communities
across California have made it a priority to piece together local,
federal, and private money to start and run school health centers;
and
WHEREAS, There is still a high level or unmet need for school
health centers because many California children do not have access to
high-quality, affordable health care, as shown by the fact that 1.5
million California children were uninsured for at least part of 2009,
which is up 40 percent from 2007, and by the fact that one in five
California children lack dental coverage; and
WHEREAS, Low-income children and children of color are less likely
to have access to health care, with only 32 percent of children in
families with incomes below the federal poverty line, 32 percent of
Latino children, and 42 percent of African American children having a
"medical home," as compared to 66 percent of Caucasian children; and
WHEREAS, The Legislature has already demonstrated its strong
support for school health centers through the passage of important
pieces of state legislation, including the Healthy Start Support
Services for Children Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 8800)
of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code) and the
Public School Health Center Support Program (Article 10 (commencing
with Section 124174) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the
Health and Safety Code); and
WHEREAS, The United States Congress authorized a school-based
health center program in the federal Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), but did not appropriate
money to fund it; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly and the Senate of the State of
California, jointly, That the Legislature supports the school-based
health center program authorized by the federal Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act, as enacted by the United States Congress in
2010; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature supports an appropriation by the
United States Congress to fund the school-based health center program
authorized by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act, as enacted by the United States Congress in 2010; and be it
further
Resolved, That the Legislature supports policies that include
school-based health centers as a partner in creating a medical home
for all children; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature supports the inclusion of
school-based health centers in the reauthorization of the federal
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6301 et seq.)
as an important strategy for ensuring that pupils are physically and
mentally healthy and therefore ready to learn; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United
States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the
Majority Leader of the Senate, and to each Senator and Representative
from California in the Congress of the United States.
