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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 2 - Cancer › ARTICLE 2 - The Cancer Research Act of 1997 › Section 104181.5.

104181.5. The department, in awarding grants under this program, shall not encumber money allocated in any fiscal year other than the fiscal year in which the appropriation was made beginning with nonobligated 2000–01 fiscal year funds, subject to receiving multiyear spending authority for those funds.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 751, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 2 - Cancer › ARTICLE 2 - The Cancer Research Act of 1997 › Section 104181.6.

104181.6. Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2002 and any other provision of law, commencing with the appropriation for the 2002–03 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, any amount appropriated to the department for the Cancer Research Program shall be available, for purposes of that program, for encumbrance for one fiscal year beyond the year of appropriation and for expenditure for three fiscal years beyond the year of encumbrance.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 230, Sec. 6. Effective August 11, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 2 - Cancer › ARTICLE 2 - The Cancer Research Act of 1997 › Section 104182.

104182. (a)  The Cancer Research Council is hereby established, to consist of 15 members appointed by the Director of Health Services representing a range of expertise and experience, and the chief of the California Cancer Registry as an ex officio, nonvoting member. The voting members shall be appointed by February 15, 1998, as follows:
(1)  Nine members from persons recommended by relevant organizations, as follows:
(A)  One member drawn from a cancer survivor group or cancer-related advocacy group.
(B)  Five members drawn from the ranks of scientists or clinicians, two from public universities or research organizations, and three from private universities or research organizations. The scientists shall have expertise in one or more of the various fields of cancer research.
(C)  One member who is a practicing cancer medical specialist from a health organization with a commitment to cancer research and control.
(D)  Two members from private industry with an interest in cancer research and control, including, but not limited to, entrepreneurs or persons from the science or high technology industry.
(2)  Three members nominated by the Senate Committee on Rules as follows:
(A)  One member drawn from a cancer survivor group or cancer-related advocacy group.
(B)  One member drawn from a health organization.
(C)  One member drawn from private industry with an interest in cancer research or control.
(3)  Three members nominated by the Speaker of the Assembly as follows:
(A)  One member drawn from a cancer survivor group or cancer-related advocacy group.
(B)  One member drawn from a health organization.
(C)  One scientist or clinician who has expertise in one or more of the various fields of cancer research.
(b)  It is the intent of the Legislature that the council contain the proportional representation of appointees described in subdivision (a) when the council approves the funding of research grants, and that vacancies affecting the proportional representation be filled before grants are approved, and within 45 days of the occurrence of a vacancy.
(c)  Members shall serve without compensation, but may receive reimbursement for travel and other necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of their official duties.
(d)  All appointments shall be for a term of four years, except that, for purposes of the initial appointments, the Director of Health Services shall appoint five members to four-year terms, five members to three-year terms, and five members to two-year terms. Each of those groups of five members shall include three members appointed under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), one member appointed under paragraph (2) of that subdivision, and one member appointed under paragraph (3) of that subdivision.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 755, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 2 - Cancer › ARTICLE 2 - The Cancer Research Act of 1997 › Section 104182.5.

104182.5. Not less than a majority of the appointed members of the Cancer Research Council shall be present and voting for approval and selection of research priorities under Section 104185 and ultimate recommendations to the State Department of Health Services regarding grantmaking decisions.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 751, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 2 - Cancer › ARTICLE 2 - The Cancer Research Act of 1997 › Section 104182.7.

104182.7. (a)  The department shall grant a minimum of 65 percent of any fiscal year appropriation that is awarded for research to cancer research proposals directly researching gender-specific cancers.
(b)  Any amount of funding for gender-specific cancer research for any fiscal year, to the extent the amount is below the threshold minimum allocation for any fiscal year established pursuant to subdivision (a), shall be carried forward, upon approval of the council for the following fiscal year or years for gender-specific cancer research, to the extent allowed by the limitations on the appropriated funds subject to that allocation. Funding allocations carried over from any fiscal year under this subdivision shall be in addition to the funding allocation for gender-specific cancer research for fiscal years to which the additional allocation is transferred pursuant to this subdivision.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 751, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 2 - Cancer › ARTICLE 2 - The Cancer Research Act of 1997 › Section 104187.5.

104187.5. Peer review panels, in reviewing proposals for cancer research, may recommend the awarding of a grant to a cancer research proposal on the condition that a single adjustment or correction be made before the receipt of funding under this article.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 751, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 2 - Cancer › ARTICLE 2 - The Cancer Research Act of 1997 › Section 104188.

104188. The maximum indirect cost rate that may be charged on any cancer research program grant awarded to any institution under this article shall not be more than 25 percent of the institution’s direct costs.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 1161, Sec. 9. Effective September 30, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 2 - Cancer › ARTICLE 2 - The Cancer Research Act of 1997 › Section 104189.

104189. The responsibilities of the council shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(a)  Development and review of the strategic objectives and research priorities of the program.
(b)  Delineation of resource allocation across the various priorities established for the program.
(c)  Participation in periodic program and financial review, including the report transmitted pursuant to subdivision (i) of Section 104187.
(d)  Development and review of guidelines to ensure fairness, neutrality, and adherence to the principles of merit and quality in the conduct of the program.
(e)  Development of appropriate linkages to nonacademic entities, including, but not limited to, voluntary organizations, health care delivery systems, industry, government agencies, research entrepreneurs, and public officials.
(f)  Development and review of criteria and standards for granting awards.
(g)  Oversight and review of the request for applications (RFA).
(h)  Review of research review panel reports and recommendations for grant awards.
(i)  Make recommendations relating to the grants that are to be awarded.
(j)  Development and review of oversight mechanisms for the dissemination of research results.
(k)  Development and review of policies and liaison programs to facilitate the translation of research results into commercial, alternate technological, or other applications wherever appropriate.
( l)  Establishment of its own internal rules of operation.
(m)  Participation in the identification and recruitment of scientists with relevant expertise for possible participation in a peer review panel. The council may propose to assign a member of the council to sit as a nonvoting member of the peer review panels.
(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 756, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1998.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 2 - Cancer › ARTICLE 2.5 - Lyme Disease Advisory Committee and Information Service › Section 104190.

104190. As used in this article the following definitions apply:
(a)  “Disease” means Lyme disease recognized by the presence of the spirochete (borrelia burgdorferi), a spiral-shaped bacterium, in the human body.
(b)  “Lyme Disease Support Network” means the groups organized through hospitals and volunteer organizations to counsel and provide support to those individuals who have contracted the disease.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 668, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 2 - Cancer › ARTICLE 2.5 - Lyme Disease Advisory Committee and Information Service › Section 104191.

104191. (a)  There is hereby created in the state department the Lyme Disease Advisory Committee composed of , but not limited to, the following members:
(1)  One from the Lyme Disease Resource Center.
(2)  One from the Lyme Disease Support Network.
(3)  One from the California Medical Association.
(4)  One county public health official designated by the State Department of Health Services.
(5)  One from the department.
(b)  Members shall be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the director .
(c)  Members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for travel and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties on the committee.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 668, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 2 - Cancer › ARTICLE 2.5 - Lyme Disease Advisory Committee and Information Service › Section 104192.

104192. The Lyme Disease Advisory Committee shall advise and make recommendations to the department regarding subjects including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(a)  The content and geographic distribution of Lyme disease educational materials.
(b)  How best to provide information and outreach to the medical community.
(c)  How best to provide information and outreach to the general public.
(d)   Populations at risk of contracting Lyme disease.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 668, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 2 - Cancer › ARTICLE 2.5 - Lyme Disease Advisory Committee and Information Service › Section 104193.

104193. The department shall do all of the following:
(a)  Establish a Lyme disease information program that provides educational materials and information services on Lyme disease to the general public and the medical community. The Lyme disease information program shall provide information on all of the following:
(1)  The disease in general, including its symptoms.
(2)  Activities that increase one’s risk of contracting the disease.
(3)  The use of vaccines to prevent the disease.
(4)  The ways to protect oneself from contracting the disease, including the use of protective clothing and tick repellants.
(b)  Provide detailed information regarding Lyme disease and its treatment to physicians and surgeons in affected areas.
(c)  Identify those segments of the population that are especially at risk of contracting Lyme disease and may provide workshops, with detailed information on the disease in those areas or communities, if recommended by the Lyme Disease Advisory Committee.
(d)  Provide information to the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board about risk factors for exposure to Lyme disease. The Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board may determine which employees should be required to receive the vaccine as a condition of employment, in order to reduce the potential liability of employers and protect the health of employees.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 668, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 2 - Cancer › ARTICLE 4 - California Firefighter Cancer Prevention and Research Program › Section 104210.

104210. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Eligible educational institutions” means University of California campuses that meet the eligibility criteria developed pursuant to Section 104210.1.
(b) “Community-based participatory research” means a mechanism by which academic partners establish a meaningful and ongoing collaboration with the population of interest to ensure that the research is relevant and needed in the community and is conducted in a responsible and respectful manner. The research engages communities at different times during the research process.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 268, Sec. 2. (AB 700) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 2 - Cancer › ARTICLE 4 - California Firefighter Cancer Prevention and Research Program › Section 104210.1.

104210.1. (a) The California Firefighter Cancer Prevention and Research Program is hereby established. The Legislature requests the University of California to develop and administer a competitive grant program for the purpose of awarding grants to eligible educational institutions to conduct research on the California fire service using a community-based participatory research model in collaboration with California firefighters. The research shall include, but not be limited to, understanding of biomarkers of exposure that quantify chemical carcinogens absorbed and metabolized by firefighters and studying biomarkers of effect that quantify cancer-promoting cellular changes that ultimately lead to a cancer diagnosis.
(b) The University of California, in consultation with the FIRESCOPE Program, shall develop the strategic objectives and priorities of the program and receive and evaluate applications of eligible educational institutions.
(c) The FIRESCOPE Program shall make the final recommendations to the University of California on which research grants should be funded based on the research priorities established for the program and the technical merits of the proposals as determined by peer review panels modeled upon the National Institutes of Health peer review process.
(d) The University of California, in consultation with the FIRESCOPE Program, shall prepare a report, to be submitted to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2025, and on or before January 1, 2030. The report shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) The number and dollar amounts of research grants that have been awarded.
(2) The name of each eligible educational institution receiving grant awards.
(3) The name of each fire department working with the eligible educational institution conducting research funded by a grant awarded under this section.
(4) A summary of research findings from the research funded by a grant awarded under this section.
(e) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under this section is inoperative on January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(2) A report to be submitted under this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 268, Sec. 2. (AB 700) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 2 - Cancer › ARTICLE 4 - California Firefighter Cancer Prevention and Research Program › Section 104210.2.

104210.2. Implementation of this article shall be subject to a resolution adopted by the Regents of the University of California agreeing to undertake the duties outlined in this article.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 268, Sec. 2. (AB 700) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 4 - Diabetes (Reserved) › ARTICLE 1 - Diabetes. › Section 104251.

104251. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall submit a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2019, that includes a summary and compilation of recommendations on diabetes prevention and management, if any, from all of the following sources:
(1) The University of California.
(2) The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
(3) The California Wellness Plan.
(4) Other statewide diabetes stakeholder groups.
(5) Other entities identified by the department as having relevant findings and recommendations.
(b) The department shall include in the report any recommendations from those institutions on all of the following items:
(1) Evidence-based strategies to prevent or manage diabetes.
(2) An analysis of the financial impact diabetes and its complications have on the state.
(3) Policy recommendations for the prevention and management of diabetes.
(c) The department shall also include in the report a description of the existing level of coordination between state departments with regard to programmatic activities and the provision of information to the public regarding managing and preventing diabetes and its complications.
(d) Commencing July 1, 2017, the department shall annually post all of the following information on its Internet Web site:
(1) A summary of the amount and source of any funding directed to the department for programs and activities aimed at preventing or managing diabetes.
(2) A summary of the expenditures by the department on programs and activities aimed at preventing or managing diabetes.
(e) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subdivision (a) is inoperative on January 1, 2024.
(2) The report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 108, Sec. 1. (AB 2696) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 5 - Blindness and Other Chronic Disease › Section 104300.

104300. The department shall maintain a program for the prevention of blindness, including, but not limited to:
(a)  Studies to determine the number, distribution, and nature of conditions leading to blindness among the population of the state.
(b)  Investigations into the causes of blindness for the purpose of developing control procedures.
(c)  Consultations with, and assistance to, local agencies directed toward education for the prevention of blindness, the early identification of conditions leading to blindness, and the application of methods for reducing the amount of blindness resulting from preventable conditions.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 5 - Blindness and Other Chronic Disease › Section 104305.

104305. The department may enter into agreements with any public or private organization, agency, or individual to carry out its duties and responsibilities with respect to the prevention of blindness.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 6 - The Prostate Cancer Act of 1998 › Section 104310.

104310. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Prostate Cancer Act of 1998.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 939, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 6 - The Prostate Cancer Act of 1998 › Section 104312.

104312. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)  California has the highest incidence of and death from prostate cancer, and due to the increased public awareness of the disease, the timing is appropriate to establish programs for prostate cancer education and early detection services for uninsured men. Despite the advances in the treatment and detection of prostate cancer, the death rate of this disease continues to climb at an alarming rate--a rate higher than breast cancer and many other high profile diseases.
(b)  Approximately 200,000 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed this year.
(c)  Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men.
(d)  Prostate cancer has led to an estimated 38,000 deaths nationally in 1994 and is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men.
(e)  Nationally, the incidence of prostate cancer increased 50 percent between 1980 and 1990.
(f)  Prostate cancer diagnosis in California nearly doubled over the five-year period covered by the recently published California Cancer Registry, from 11,900 new cases in 1988 to 22,200 in 1992. The age-adjusted incidence rate increased by 65 percent, from 98.6 new cases per 100,000 males in 1988 to 163 in 1992.
(g)  African Americans have a 30 percent higher risk of developing prostate cancer than whites, which is the highest risk of any race or ethnic group.
(h)  About 60 percent of all prostate cancers are discovered before they have spread.
(i)  The cure rate for prostate cancer, if detected before metastasis, is 84 percent.
(j)  The majority of commercial managed care plans offer prostate cancer screening for their members.
(k)  The employment of prostate-specific antigen assays as common medical practice within suspect categories will enhance early detection of prostate cancer.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 939, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 6 - The Prostate Cancer Act of 1998 › Section 104314.

104314. (a)  The Prostate Cancer Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. It is the intent of the Legislature that the fund be funded by an annual appropriation, when funds are available, in the Budget Act.
(b)  The moneys in the Prostate Cancer Fund shall be expended by the State Department of Health Care Services, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purpose of the Prostate Cancer Screening Program established by Section 104315.
(c) For the purposes of this chapter, “department” means the State Department of Health Care Services.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 23, Sec. 23. (AB 1467) Effective June 27, 2012.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 6.5 - Reduction of Asthma through Assessment, Intervention, and Evaluation › Section 104316.

104316. (a)  Contingent upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act, the State Department of Health Services shall do all of the following:
(1)  Regularly analyze asthma morbidity and mortality data, and shall periodically assess the burden of asthma on the state’s medical and economic resources, and identify those populations most seriously affected by the disease.
(2)  Survey factors known to worsen asthma, including allergy induced asthma, such as cockroach allergens and molds, in order to estimate the relative importance of these factors in California.
(3)  Assess patterns of medical care and population-based health services, and the extent of ongoing local, regional, educational, environmental, and other asthma interventions and related activities.
(b)  The information gained pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be used to guide the development of public health programs and asthma policy.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 93, Sec. 24. Effective July 7, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 6.5 - Reduction of Asthma through Assessment, Intervention, and Evaluation › Section 104317.

104317. (a)  The department shall offer public and professional education to disseminate the most current information on asthma.
(b)  The department shall assist health care organizations, such as managed care organizations, in identifying or developing effective asthma diagnosis and treatment protocols. The department shall improve clinical practice by working with experts, partnering with health care organizations, and conferring with interested constituencies.
(c)  (1)  Despite the necessity for increased information regarding asthma causation, there is also an urgent need to apply existing knowledge to reduce the burden on state resources due to asthma. Thus, the department shall administer available funds to organizations that propose promising, innovative asthma interventions that benefit persons with asthma and their families by increasing community awareness, improving patient education and asthma self-management skills, improving clinical practice, coordinating services, and developing local policies that support the prevention and control of asthma and environmental factors that can trigger asthma attacks.
(2)  The department shall ensure that the projects are scientifically based and practical, and that a range of significant asthma prevention and control issues are addressed. The projects shall address both adult and pediatric asthma populations. Projects may include, but need not be limited to, the following:
(A)  Clinical quality improvement.
(B)  Disease management.
(C)  Public and professional education, including information on asthma self-management skills and ways to reduce or eliminate allergens and irritants that exacerbate asthma, such as cockroaches, dust mites, and molds.
(D)  Mobilization of communities including local health departments, community agencies, and other organizations.
(E)  Unique exposure interventions for special or at-risk populations.
(F)  Innovative collaborations between managed care organizations, local organizations, health systems, academic institutions, voluntary health organizations, and local governments.
(G)  Reducing environmental factors that have been found to trigger asthma attacks.
(d)  The department shall promote the utilization of evidence-based asthma guidelines, such as the National Institute of Health’s National Asthma Education and Prevention Programs’s asthma guidelines, to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 93, Sec. 24. Effective July 7, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 6.5 - Reduction of Asthma through Assessment, Intervention, and Evaluation › Section 104318.

104318. The department shall do all of the following in connection with the administration of funds provided to implement this chapter:
(a)  Draft and circulate requests for applications.
(b)  Determine selection criteria, consult with applicants, and monitor the progress of projects.
(c)  Require specific evaluations of projects, require plans for implementation of effective programs, and prepare a summary of findings from all projects conducted.
(d)  Consult with community stakeholders for the development, implementation, and evaluation of asthma prevention and control programs.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 93, Sec. 24. Effective July 7, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 6.5 - Reduction of Asthma through Assessment, Intervention, and Evaluation › Section 104319.

104319. The department shall monitor the clinical and public interventions required by this chapter, and shall report successful and unsuccessful interventions in clinical and public health practice.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 93, Sec. 24. Effective July 7, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 6.5 - Reduction of Asthma through Assessment, Intervention, and Evaluation › Section 104320.

104320. The department shall establish and maintain a surveillance and intervention program for the prevention of asthma.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 93, Sec. 24. Effective July 7, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 6.5 - Reduction of Asthma through Assessment, Intervention, and Evaluation › Section 104321.

104321. The department shall implement this chapter contingent on the appropriation of funds in the annual Budget Act.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 93, Sec. 24. Effective July 7, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 8 - Environmental Health Surveillance System › Section 104324.

104324. (a)  It is the intent of the Legislature to establish an Environmental Health Surveillance System (EHSS) in accordance with this chapter. The purpose of the EHSS shall be to establish ongoing surveillance of the environmental exposures and diseases affecting Californians, with a focus on prevalence and determinants of chronic diseases. The Regents of the University of California are requested to cooperate with the division and the office in establishing the EHSS.
(b)  The objectives of the EHSS are as follows:
(1)  To track and evaluate a variety of chronic diseases in relation to environmental exposures.
(2)  To allow both government and university investigators and public health officials to assess the impact of environmental contaminants on the human body.
(3)  To provide information to the relevant board, department, or office within the California Environmental Protection Agency and to the relevant branch or division within the State Department of Health Services for the development of appropriate preventive strategies.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 538, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 8 - Environmental Health Surveillance System › Section 104324.2.

104324.2. (a)  On or before July 1, 2002, the Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control in the State Department of Health Services, in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, shall create a working group of technical experts, including experts who have knowledge of the sensitivity and exposure of children, women of childbearing age, seniors, and disparately affected populations to environmental hazards, to do all of the following:
(1)  Develop possible approaches to establishing the EHSS, including an estimated cost for each approach.
(2)  Prepare and submit a report to the State Department of Health Services, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and appropriate legislative committees, by July 1, 2003, on the possible approaches to establishing the EHSS, including an estimated cost of each approach, and the recommended approach to establishing an EHSS for California.
(3)  Develop the health and environmental measurements needed to do both of the following:
(A)  Obtain an ongoing picture of the health of Californians.
(B)  Establish a database that may facilitate the examination of the relationship between chronic diseases, including birth defects, and the environment.
(b)  The Regents of the University of California are requested to cooperate with the division and the office in creating the work group described in this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 150. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 8 - Environmental Health Surveillance System › Section 104324.25.

104324.25. (a)  On or before July 1, 2004, the State Department of Health Services, the California Environmental Protection Agency, and the University of California shall jointly develop and sign a memorandum of understanding to assess the feasibility of both of the following:
(1)  Integrating existing environmental hazard, exposure, and health outcome data.
(2)  Describing how these data correspond to recommendations in the final report of the expert working group established under this chapter regarding the establishment of an environmental health tracking system.
(b)  The California Environmental Health Tracking Program in the Division of Environmental and Occupational Disease Control of the department shall obtain all the following information:
(1)  A description of the relevant laws, regulations, and policies that authorize or mandate environmental hazard and disease surveillance.
(2)  A comprehensive description of California’s public health surveillance and environmental hazard, exposure, and health outcome monitoring information systems, including, but not limited to, the purpose, scope, contents, and capabilities of each system.
(3)  A description of the current sources of financial support for public health surveillance, environmental hazard, exposure, and health outcome monitoring information systems, and related funds.
(c)  The California Environmental Health Tracking Program may collect any relevant information, including information related to other priority data systems identified by the working group established under this chapter, from any state agency, board, department, or office.
(d)  (1)  The Legislature finds and declares that the activities requested under subdivisions (a) and (b) are within the scope of existing contracts and funding from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the State Department of Health Services and the University of California, and are provided to support the planning and development of an environmental health tracking system in California.
(2)  Subdivisions (a) and (b) shall be implemented only to the extent that federal funds remain available for the activities specified in those subdivisions. No General Fund moneys shall be used to implement subdivisions (a) and (b).
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 407, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 8 - Environmental Health Surveillance System › Section 104324.3.

104324.3. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require the adoption and implementation, by specified dates, of one of the approaches recommended by the working group pursuant to Section 104324.2.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 538, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 1 - CHRONIC DISEASE › CHAPTER 8 - Environmental Health Surveillance System › Section 104324.5.

104324.5. This chapter shall only apply to the University of California to the extent that the Regents of the University of California make it applicable by appropriate resolution.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 538, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 2 - INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Unintentional Injury Study and Control › Section 104325.

104325. The department may maintain a program of accidental injury study and control, including but not limited to, all of the following:
(a)  The conduct of studies to determine the health and human components of accidental injury.
(b)  The study of factors associated with prompt and efficient emergency treatment of accidental injuries.
(c)  The study of human and environmental factors in the occurrence of accidental injury.
(d)  The development of control programs to reduce the frequency and severity of accidental injuries resulting from health and other human factors, either alone or in combination with environmental factors.
(e)  Consultation with and assistance to local health departments and other agencies in the development and maintenance of programs for the prevention and control of accidental injuries.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 2 - INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL › CHAPTER 1 - Unintentional Injury Study and Control › Section 104330.

104330. The department may enter into agreements with any public or private organization, agency, or individual to carry out its duties and responsibilities with respect to accidental injury study and control. In any situation where these activities may duplicate or overlap the activities of another state department or agency, the department shall confer with that department or agency in order to avoid duplication.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 2 - INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999 › Section 104335.

104335. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 777, Sec. 2. Effective September 27, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 2 - INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999 › Section 104336.

104336. The University of California may establish a spinal cord injury research fund, independent of the State Treasury, to accept public and private funds for the purpose of implementing this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 457, Sec. 1. (AB 1931) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 2 - INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999 › Section 104337.

104337. Moneys in the fund established pursuant to Section 104336 may be expended by the University of California solely for spinal cord injury research programs and grants, and may be expended for, but not limited to, costs for peer review and grant administration.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 457, Sec. 2. (AB 1931) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 2 - INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999 › Section 104338.

104338. (a) There is hereby created within the University of California the Spinal Cord Injury Research Program.
(b) The program shall promote spinal cord injury research in California as described in Section 104337.
(c) The University of California may establish scientific guidelines and rules and regulations as necessary for implementation of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 777, Sec. 2. Effective September 27, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 2 - INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL › CHAPTER 2 - Roman Reed Spinal Cord Injury Research Act of 1999 › Section 104339.

104339. This chapter shall not apply to the University of California unless the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make these provisions applicable.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 777, Sec. 2. Effective September 27, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 2 - INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Expressions of Sympathy, Benevolence, or Fault in Health Care › Section 104340.

104340. (a) Statements, writings, or benevolent gestures expressing sympathy, regret, a general sense of benevolence, or suggesting, reflecting, or accepting fault relating to the pain, suffering, or death of a person, or to an adverse patient safety event or unexpected health care outcome, in relation to an act or omission to act in the provision of or failure to provide health care, and made to that person or the family or representative of that person prior to the filing of a lawsuit or demand for arbitration, shall be confidential, privileged, protected, not subject to subpoena, discovery, or disclosure, and shall not be used or admitted into evidence in any civil, administrative, regulatory, licensing, or disciplinary board, agency, or body action or proceeding, and shall not be used or admitted in relation to any sanction, penalty, or other liability, as evidence of an admission of liability or for any other purpose, and all such communications, whether verbal, electronic, in writing, or in any other form, shall also be entitled to the privileges and protections set forth in Sections 1119, 1152, 1157, and 1160 of the Evidence Code.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Adverse patient safety event or unexpected health care outcome” means any event or condition identified in Section 2216.3 of the Business and Professions Code, Section 1279.1, and any act or omission to act by a health care provider in the rendering of professional services resulting in, alleged to have resulted in, or with the potential to result in injury or death to one or more persons and that is not the result of knowingly or purposefully harmful action.
(2) “Benevolent gestures” means any action that conveys a sense of compassion or commiseration emanating from humane impulses.
(3) “Family” means the spouse, domestic partner, parent, grandparent, stepparent, child, guardian, stepchild, grandchild, sibling, half-sibling, adopted children of a parent, a spouse’s parent, and in-laws of an injured party.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 17, Sec. 5. (AB 35) Effective January 1, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 103 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION › PART 3 - RISK REDUCTION › CHAPTER 1 - Tobacco Control › ARTICLE 1 - Tobacco Use Prevention › Section 104350.

104350. (a)  The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(1)  Smoking is the single most important source of preventable disease and premature death in California.
(2)  More than 30 percent of coronary heart disease cases are attributable to cigarette smoking.
(3)  More than 30 percent of all annual cancer deaths are attributable to smoking, with lung cancer now the leading cancer killer in women as well as men.
(4)  Smoking is responsible for one-quarter of all deaths caused by fire.
(5)  Involuntary smoking is a cause of disease, including lung cancer, in healthy nonsmokers.
(6)  More than 80 percent of chronic obstructive lung diseases including emphysema and chronic bronchitis are attributable to smoking.
(7)  Tobacco-related disease places a tremendous financial burden upon the persons with the disease, their families, the health care delivery system, and society as a whole. California spends five billion six hundred million dollars ($5,600,000,000) a year in direct and indirect costs on smoking-related illnesses.
(8)  The elimination of smoking is the number one weapon against four of the five leading causes of death in California.
(9)  Keeping children and young adults from beginning to use tobacco and encouraging all persons to quit tobacco use shall be the highest priority in disease prevention for the State of California. More than 60 percent of all smokers begin smoking by the age of 14, and 90 percent begin by the age of 19.
(10)  The State of California shall play a leading role in promoting a smoke-free society by the year 2000 and thereby supporting the National Health Status Objectives for the year 2000 relating to smoking and tobacco use.
(b)  It is the intent of the Legislature, therefore, to require the department, local lead agencies, and the State Department of Education to cooperatively and individually conduct activities directed at the prevention of tobacco use and tobacco-related diseases. The campaign shall focus on health promotion, disease prevention, and risk reduction, utilizing a “wellness” perspective that encourages self-esteem and positive decisionmaking techniques. It is also the intent of the Legislature that, for the purpose of program planning and program evaluation, the department provide data and technical information on tobacco-related diseases, tobacco use and its consequences, and effective personal and community interventions to prevent tobacco use.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1996.)