Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

(a) (1) For purposes of this article, except as provided in subdivision (b), “ultraprocessed food” or “UPF” means any food or beverage that contains a substance described in paragraph (2) and either high amounts of saturated fat, sodium, or added sugar, as described in subparagra…

(a) For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (1) “Restricted school foods” means a food or beverage product that is not listed in subdivision (b) of Section 104661, that contains one or more of the substances specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of …

(a) By no later than July 1, 2029, a school shall begin to phase out restricted school foods and ultraprocessed foods of concern. (b) Beginning July 1, 2032, a vendor shall not offer restricted school foods or ultraprocessed foods of concern to a school. (c) The failure of a scho…

(a) On or before February 1, 2028, and on or before February 1 of each year thereafter through February 1, 2032, any vendor of food or food products to a school shall report the following information to the department for each food product sold to a school in the past calendar ye…

(a) On or before July 1, 2028, and on or before July 1 of each year thereafter through July 1, 2032, the department, in consultation with the State Department of Education and using information reported pursuant to Section 104665, shall submit to the Legislature a written report …

This article does not prohibit a public entity from voluntarily enacting more stringent restrictions on ultraprocessed foods, restricted school foods, or ultraprocessed foods of concern. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 467, Sec. 8. (AB 1264) Effective January 1, 2026.)

(a) For purposes of this article, the department shall consult with the State Department of Education regarding compliance training and technical assistance for school food service and procurement staff. (b) The department shall establish a structure to deliver training and techn…

The department may publish reports summarizing all judgments and court orders that have been rendered under this part, including the nature of the charge and the disposition of the charge. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The department may distribute information regarding any food, drug, device, or cosmetic as the department considers necessary for the protection of the health and safety of the consumer or for his or her protection from fraud. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective Jan…

The department may collect, report, or illustrate the results of any investigation of the department. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Every person possessing a place that is infested with rodents, as soon as their presence comes to his or her knowledge, shall at once proceed and continue in good faith to endeavor to exterminate and destroy the rodents, by poisoning, trapping, and other appropriate means, and to…

The department, the board of supervisors of each county, local health officers, or inspectors appointed by any of them, as provided in this article and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 116250), may inspect a place for the purpose of ascertaining whether it is infested with rode…

The board of supervisors of each county and the governing body of each city, whenever it may by resolution determine that it is necessary for the preservation of the public health or to prevent the spread of contagious or infectious disease, communicable to mankind, or when it de…

Whenever a person possessing a place that is infested with rodents, fails, neglects, or refuses to proceed and to continue to endeavor to exterminate and destroy the rodents and abate the conditions listed in Section 17920.3 that are causing the infestation, as required in this a…

The expense of exterminating and destroying the rodents and abating the conditions listed in Section 17920.3 that are causing the infestation is a charge against the county or city in which the work is done, and the board of supervisors or other governing body shall allow and pay…

The governing body shall record in the office of the county recorder a notice of payment, claiming a lien on the property for the amount of the payment. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

All sums so paid by the county or city are a lien on the property on which the work was done, and may be recovered in an action against the property. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The action to foreclose the lien shall be brought within 90 days after the payment, and shall be prosecuted by the district or city attorney in the name of the county, or city, as the case may be, and for its benefit. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1…

When the property is sold, enough of the proceeds shall be paid into the treasury of the county or city to satisfy the lien and the costs, and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to the owner of the property, if known, and if not known shall be paid into the court for the use of t…

If it appears from the complaint in the action that the property on which the lien is to be foreclosed is likely to be removed from the jurisdiction of the court, the court may appoint a receiver to take possession of the property and hold it while the action is pending or until …

The Legislature, subject to the Governor’s approval, has the sole authority under Section 12 of Article IV of the California Constitution to appropriate any funds, including federal funds, to the department pursuant to the Budget Act. Each year the Legislature shall review the Go…

The Legislature finds that a community-based system of comprehensive perinatal care, including prenatal care, delivery service, postpartum care, and neonatal and infant care are necessary services that have been demonstrated effective in preventing or reducing maternal, perinatal…

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to maintain, to the extent resources are available, a permanent statewide community-based comprehensive perinatal system to provide care and services to low-income pregnant women and their infants who are considered und…

The following definitions shall govern the construction of this article: (a) “Community-based comprehensive perinatal care” means a range of prenatal, delivery, postpartum, infant, and pediatric care services delivered in an urban community or neighborhood, rural area, city or co…

(a) The department shall develop and maintain a statewide comprehensive community-based perinatal services program and enter into contracts, grants, or agreements with health care providers to deliver these services in a coordinated effort to the extent permitted under federal la…

(a) There is hereby established a voluntary nurse home visiting grant program for expectant first-time mothers, their children, and their families, to be administered by the department pursuant to Section 123492. The program may be cited as the Nurse-Family Partnership program. (…

The department shall develop a grant application and award grants on a competitive basis to counties for the startup, continuation, and expansion of the program established pursuant to Section 123491. To be eligible to receive a grant for purposes of that section, a county shall …

(a) The department may accept voluntary contributions, in cash or in-kind, to pay for the costs in the implementation of the program under Section 123492. These private donations shall be deposited into the California Families and Children Account, which is hereby created in the …

(a) The department shall seek any federal waiver or waivers that may be necessary to maximize funds from the federal government including, but not limited to, funds provided under Title 19 of the Social Security Act to provide funds for a full range of preventive perinatal servic…

The department shall monitor the delivery of services under contracts, grants, and agreements provided for in this article through a uniform health data collection system that utilizes epidemiologic methodology. The department may collect data from providers receiving funds throu…

The goals of the community-based comprehensive perinatal health care system shall be: (a) To decrease and maintain the decreased level of perinatal, maternal, and infant mortality and morbidity in the State of California. (b) To support methods of providing comprehensive prenatal…

The program objectives of the community-based comprehensive perinatal health care system shall be the following: (a) To ensure continuing availability and accessibility to early prenatal care within the areas presently served and to develop a community-based comprehensive perinat…

In processing and awarding contracts, grants, or agreements pursuant to this article, the department shall evaluate the ability of applicants to meet, to the maximum extent possible, the following criteria: (a) The applicant’s prior experience in providing community-based, compre…

(a) The department, in consultation with the program administrators, may contract with one or more qualified organizations to assist the department in ensuring that grantees implement the program as established under Section 123491 and to conduct an annual evaluation of the imple…

(a) In developing a comprehensive system, health care providers funded under this article may perform the following activities to ensure that a full range of program components of a comprehensive, community-based health care system are available, accessible, and utilized by pregn…

The provisions contained in this article shall be subject to the normal Budget Act process and shall be operative to the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the department may, to the extent funds are available, provide for advance payments for services to be performed under pending grant agreements or contracts with clinics pursuant to the Primary Care Services Act (Section 27), …

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) Huntington’s disease is a chronic progressive inherited disorder of the central nervous system. (b) The constellation of mental and physical symptoms, the insidious onset of the disorder, and the torment of those at-risk, waitin…

The director may establish any rules or criteria for grants under this article as the director deems necessary. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)

There is hereby created a Scientific Advisory Review Committee. The membership of the committee shall be composed of 11 members who shall be representatives from each of the following: (a) Two from the University of California. (b) One from Stanford University. (c) One from the C…

Pursuant to the rules or criteria as the director may deem necessary, the Scientific Advisory Review Committee shall review and recommend approval of grant applications and monitor programs receiving grants under this article. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective Jan…

The director may make grants as follows: (a) Individual research grants to scientists and facilities residing in this state that have research experience with basic and clinical investigations on Huntington’s disease and related disorders. Individual research grants shall not exc…

Not more than 10 percent of any money appropriated for purposes of this article shall be utilized for the administration of this article. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The COVID-19 health emergency has thrown into sharp relief longstanding health inequities along racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic lines. Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous people have been disproportionately affected durin…

As used in this article: (a) “Advisory committee” means the Health Care Equity Measures Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 127376. (b) “Disparity reduction” means a reduction in variation in disease occurrence, including communicable diseases and chronic condition…

(a) A hospital shall prepare an annual equity report. The equity report shall include an analysis of health status and access to care disparities for patients on the basis of age, sex, race, ethnicity, language, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and payor. (…