Bill Text: CA SB1308 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public health: neonatal group B streptococcal disease.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-01 - Referred to Com. on RLS. [SB1308 Detail]

Download: California-2017-SB1308-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 1308

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Introduced by Senator Galgiani

February 16, 2018

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An act to amend Section 1695 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1308, as introduced, Galgiani. Public health: neonatal group B streptococcal disease.

Existing law creates in the California Health and Human Services Agency the State Department of Health Care Services, which is vested with specified powers of the former State Department of Health Services. Existing law required the State Department of Health Services, to the extent that funds were available in the department’s budget for the 1994–95 fiscal year, to convene a consensus conference to address the issue of testing or treatment to prevent neonatal group B streptococcal disease (chemoprophylaxis). Existing law required the State Department of Health Services to make every effort to obtain appropriate federal funds for this purpose, if the department determined that state funds were not available.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that provision.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 1695 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

1695.

 To the extent that funds are available in the State Department of Health Services’ budget for the 1994–95 fiscal year for this purpose, the department shall convene a consensus conference to address the issue of testing or treatment to prevent neonatal group B streptococcal disease (chemoprophylaxis). The conferees shall include, but not be limited to, representation from the California Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists District IX, the California Medical Association, the California Conference of Local Health Officers, and the Group B Strep Association. The conference shall convene at least once during the 1994–95 fiscal year. The department shall develop, based on the proceedings of the consensus conference, a standardized written summary on group B streptococcal disease and guidelines on the prevention of neonatal group B streptococcal disease, no later than July 1, 1995. If the department determines that state funds are not available, the The department shall make every effort to obtain appropriate federal funds for this purpose. purpose, if the department determines that state funds are not available.