Bill Text: CA SB1029 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: One Health Program: zoonotic diseases.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 990, Statutes of 2022. [SB1029 Detail]

Download: California-2021-SB1029-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Assembly  June 08, 2022

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1029

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Introduced by Senator Hurtado

February 15, 2022

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An act to add Division 118 (commencing with Section 150500) to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1029, as amended, Hurtado. One Health Program: zoonotic diseases.

Existing law sets forth various powers and responsibilities for the State Department of Public Health concerning communicable disease prevention and control, in relation to persons, animals, and places, as necessary to protect or preserve the public health, and establishes other duties for the department in regulating food safety and sanitation standards. Existing law sets forth various functions for the Department of Food and Agriculture for protecting the agricultural industry and the public health, safety, and welfare through different mechanisms, including food inspection, animal and plant quarantine, and pest control.

This bill would require the State Department of Public Health and the Department of Food and Agriculture to jointly establish and administer the One Health Program for the purpose of developing a framework for interagency coordination in responding to zoonotic diseases and reducing hazards to human and nonhuman animal health, in accordance with the One Health principles set forth by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The bill would require the two departments to develop the framework in consultation with stakeholders, as specified, and to establish goals, identify activities, and recommend legislation or other actions to advance One Health efforts. The bill would require the departments to periodically submit joint reports to the Legislature, and would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office, every 3 years, to evaluate the framework and the implementation of any legislation or other actions based on that framework.

The bill would condition implementation of these provisions on an appropriation by the Legislature.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) One Health is a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach, working at the local, regional, national, and global levels with the goal of achieving optimal health outcomes and recognizing the intersection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment.

(b) The link between human and animal health can be seen quite clearly with bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis. Both are zoonotic diseases, meaning they can spread from animals to people.

(c) Bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis are bacterial diseases most commonly found in cattle and other animals, such as bison, elk, and deer, as well as cattle, goats, and sheep. People can become infected with bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis by consuming contaminated, unpasteurized, raw milk or dairy products or through direct contact with infected live animals or carcasses.

(d) In the United States, it was once common for bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis to spread from animals to people, but efforts to eliminate both diseases in cattle and routine pasteurization of cow’s milk have led to a dramatic decline in the amount of human cases.

(e) In the early 1900s, about 20 percent of tuberculosis cases in humans were caused by bovine tuberculosis. Today, that number is less than 2 percent. From 1931 to 1941, about 29,600 cases of brucellosis in people were reported, but, from 1993 to 2010, the number of reported human cases was less than 2,000.

(f) Communication, coordination, and collaboration among partners working in animal, human, and environmental health, as well as other relevant partners, are an essential part of the One Health approach.

(g) Working together allows us to have the biggest impact on improving health for people, animals, and our shared environment.

SEC. 2.

 Division 118 (commencing with Section 150500) is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

DIVISION 118. ONE HEALTH PROGRAM

150500.

 (a) The State Department of Public Health and the Department of Food and Agriculture shall jointly establish and administer the One Health Program for the purpose of developing a framework for interagency coordination in responding to zoonotic diseases and reducing hazards to human and nonhuman animal health, in accordance with the One Health principles set forth by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

(b) The State Department of Public Health and the Department of Food and Agriculture shall develop the framework for the One Health Program in consultation with stakeholders, that which may include, but are not limited to, the One Health Office of the CDC, the Medical Board of California, the Veterinary Medical Board, agricultural programs, institutes, or schools within the University of California system or California State University system, animal welfare organizations, and community-based organizations.

(c) (1) The State Department of Public Health and the Department of Food and Agriculture, in developing the framework, shall establish goals, identify activities necessary to achieve those goals, and recommend legislation or other actions to advance One Health efforts.

(2) The two departments shall periodically submit joint reports to the Legislature, containing the information described in paragraph (1), in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(d) Every three years, the Legislative Analyst’s Office shall evaluate the framework described in this section and the implementation of any legislation or other actions based on that framework.

(e) This section shall be implemented subject to an appropriation by the Legislature for the purposes described in this section.