Bill Text: CA SB1278 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 1278 (Prior Session Legislation)

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

Bill Title: Office of Binational Border Health.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-25 - May 25 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB1278 Detail]

Download: California-2017-SB1278-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1278

Introduced by Senator Hueso

February 16, 2018

An act to amend Section 475 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to the Office of Binational Border Health.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1278, as introduced, Hueso. Office of Binational Border Health.

Existing law required the former State Department of Health Services to establish a permanent Office of Binational Border Health to facilitate cooperation between health officials and health professionals in California and Mexico, to reduce the risk of disease in the California border region, and in those areas directly affected by border health conditions. Certain powers of the former State Department of Health Services are now vested in the State Department of Public Health.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision by deleting obsolete references to the former State Department of Health Services and the former Director of Health Services, and would instead make reference to the State Department of Public Health and the Director of Public Health for those purposes.

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

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

SECTION 1.

Section 475 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

475.

(a) (1) The State Department of ~~Health Services~~ Public Health shall establish a permanent Office of Binational Border Health to facilitate cooperation between health officials and health professionals in California and Mexico, to reduce the risk of disease in the California border region, and in those areas directly affected by border health conditions.

(2) The department shall administer the office, and shall seek available public or private funding, or both, to support the activities of the office.

(b) The Office of Binational Border Health shall convene a voluntary community advisory group of representatives of border community-based stakeholders to develop a strategic plan with short-term, intermediate, and long-range goals and implementation actions. The advisory group shall include no more than 12 California representatives. The advisory group shall include, but not be limited to, members from local government, hospitals, health plans, community-based organizations, universities, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Imperial County health departments, and a representative from an association of local health officers specializing in border health issues. The office shall invite and request appropriate participation from representatives of the Baja California health department and other Mexican health departments affected by border health issues. Recommendations resulting from the strategic plan shall be developed and shared in consultation with the California appointees to the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission established pursuant to Section 290n of Title 22 of the United States Code, including the Director of ~~Health Services.~~ Public Health. The office shall prepare an annual border health status report, and shall submit it to the Director of ~~Health Services,~~ Public Health, the Legislature, and the Governor.