Bill Text: CA SCR47 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Health in All Policies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 56, Statutes of 2012. [SCR47 Detail]
Download: California-2011-SCR47-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SCR 47 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
RESOLUTION CHAPTER 56
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 21, 2012
ADOPTED IN SENATE JUNE 18, 2012
ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 14, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 25, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Senator DeSaulnier
JUNE 11, 2011
Relative to Health in All Policies.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SCR 47, DeSaulnier. Health in All Policies.
This measure would, among other things, request that the Strategic
Growth Council and the member agencies, departments, and offices of
the Health in All Policies Task Force, as established by Executive
Order S-04-10, provide leadership on implementing the recommendations
put forth in the Health in All Policies Task Force Report, and would
encourage interdepartmental collaboration with an emphasis on the
complex environmental factors that contribute to poor health and
inequities when developing policies.
WHEREAS, California and its residents face a growing burden of
largely preventable chronic illnesses such as heart disease, stroke,
obesity, and diabetes; and
WHEREAS, People in disadvantaged communities often have fewer
resources for health, which is reflected in significantly higher
burdens of chronic illness, worse health outcomes, and shorter life
expectancies; and
WHEREAS, The health and well-being of all people is a critical
element in supporting a healthy and prosperous California, including
economic sustainability, increasing workforce participation and
productivity, and slowing the ongoing rise in medical care
expenditures; and
WHEREAS, The physical, economic, and social environments in which
people live, learn, work, and play influence the adoption of healthy
lifestyles, by making it more or less difficult for individuals to
choose behaviors that promote or diminish health; and
WHEREAS, These environments are significantly influenced by
policies developed by various state agencies and departments relating
to housing, transportation, education, air quality, parks, criminal
justice, employment, and other policy areas; and
WHEREAS, Public health agencies alone cannot change these
environments, but must work collaboratively with the many other
governmental agencies, businesses, and community-based organizations
that are best positioned to create healthy communities; and
WHEREAS, Strategies to create healthy communities create
cobenefits by simultaneously supporting state goals of improving air
and water quality, protecting natural resources and agricultural
lands, increasing the availability of affordable housing, improving
infrastructure systems, planning sustainable communities, and
addressing climate change; and
WHEREAS, Health in All Policies is an integrated approach that is
being used internationally and in California to achieve better health
outcomes and greater sustainability by incorporating a health aspect
into policy development across all government sectors; and
WHEREAS, The Health in All Policies approach uses health as a
linking factor in bringing people together from across sectors to
address major societal issues, focuses on cobenefits and win-win
strategies, and harnesses the power that agencies and departments can
bring through their areas of individual expertise; and
WHEREAS, California's Health in All Policies Task Force was
established by Executive Order S-04-10 on February 23, 2010, under
the auspices of the Strategic Growth Council; and
WHEREAS, The Health in All Policies Task Force, which includes
representatives from 19 state agencies, departments, and offices,
developed a broad-ranging set of recommendations geared at improving
the efficiency, cost effectiveness, and collaborative nature of state
government, while promoting health and other goals of the Strategic
Growth Council; now, therefore be it
Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, the Assembly
thereof concurring, That the Legislature requests that the Strategic
Growth Council and the member agencies, departments, and offices of
the Health in All Policies Task Force provide leadership on
implementing the recommendations put forth in the Health in All
Policies Task Force Report; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature encourages interdepartmental
collaboration with an emphasis on the complex environmental factors
that contribute to poor health and inequities when developing
policies in a wide variety of areas, including, but not limited to,
housing, transportation, education, air quality, parks, criminal
justice, and employment; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature encourages consideration of both
short- and long-term health impacts, costs, and benefits, where
appropriate, when weighing the merits of proposed legislation; and be
it further
Resolved, That the Legislature encourages public officials in all
sectors and levels of government to recognize that health is
influenced by policies related to air and water quality, natural
resources and agricultural land, affordable housing, infrastructure
systems, public health, sustainable communities, and climate change,
and to consider health when formulating policy; and be it further
Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this
resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
