Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

The analysis of any material that is required to demonstrate compliance with this part shall be performed by a laboratory accredited by the state board pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 100825) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 101. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, S…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of state law or any division in the allocation of funds in the Budget Act, the department may, within its authority to contract with a provider for the provision of health services, enter into a single contractual instrument encompassing servi…

To the extent that a reduction in administrative costs would thereby result, any agency or agencies authorized to conduct audits under any state health services program that is the subject of a contract with a provider shall conform the scope of any audit to include other health …

Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, any contract under this article shall be subject to review and approval by the Department of General Services. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

No provision of this article shall be construed to prohibit the department from providing under any contract entered into under this article for reimbursement on the basis of negotiated rates, capitation, fee-for-service, or any other method designed to reduce administrative cost…

In order to implement this article, the department may establish a single account wherein all funds for eligible programs may be deposited for purposes of contracting in a single form. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

The State Department of Health Services, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services and the appropriate federal agency or department, shall establish and implement appropriate education, preventative, and outreach activities, focusing on the new immigrant popula…

It is the intent of the Legislature that each county be encouraged to provide, in the county, a number and variety of licensed community care facilities, as defined in Sections 1502 and 1503 of the Health and Safety Code, commensurate to the needs of minors adjudged wards of the …

It is further the intent of the Legislature that, where city or county zoning restrictions unreasonably impair the ability of a county to serve the needs of its residents who are wards of the juvenile court, the removal of these restrictions is hereby encouraged and is a matter o…

As used in this article, the term “wards of the juvenile court” shall include minors who have been found by the juvenile court to be described by Section 601 or 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, as well as minors who are described by Section 601 or 602 of the Welfare and …

(a) No licensed community care facility may receive a ward of the juvenile court as described in Section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code until the probation officer of the county in which the community care facility is located has received notice, in writing, by fax, or …

The State Department of Social Services shall provide, at cost, quarterly to each county and to each city, upon the request of the county or city, and to the chief probation officer of each county and city and county, a roster of all community care facilities licensed as small fa…

This article shall not apply to existing community care facilities for wards of the juvenile court which have received city or county zoning approval prior to the effective date of this article. (Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 889.)

A community care facility for wards of the juvenile court, which serves six or fewer persons shall not be subject to any business taxes, local registration fees, use permit fees, or other fees to which other single family dwellings are not likewise subject. Nothing in this sectio…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Ozone is a harmful air pollutant and lung irritant that has serious health impacts at current levels in outdoor air. The state board has determined that each year exposure to ozone results in significant numbers of prem…

For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Federal ozone emissions limit for air cleaning devices” means the level of generation of ozone above which the device would be considered adulterated or misbranded pursuant to Section 801.415 of T…

(a) On or before December 31, 2008, the state board shall develop and adopt regulations, consistent with federal law, to protect public health from ozone emitted by indoor air cleaning devices, including both medical and nonmedical devices, used in occupied spaces. (b) The regula…

Whenever two or more sanitation districts find and declare by resolution adopted by their respective district boards that it is for the interest or advantage of the districts to do so, the districts by their respective district boards may enter into an agreement for the maintenan…

The agreement shall specify the proportionate amount to be paid by each district toward the costs and expenses of the organization and the salaries, wages, or other compensation of all persons employed jointly by the districts. (Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)

For the purpose of facilitating the payment of the joint costs, expenses, salaries, wages, or other compensation, the agreement may also provide for the payment by each district of its proportionate share of the costs, expenses, salaries, wages, or other compensation, into the fu…

The district may contract with the Federal Government of the United States or any branch thereof, or with any county, city and county, municipal corporation, district or other public corporation or with any person, firm or corporation, for the joint acquisition or construction or…

Notwithstanding Section 79055, the department shall carry out a program of full-scale demonstrations to evaluate treatment technologies that can be safely utilized for removal and remedial actions to hazardous substance releases. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) …

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Treatment technologies” means methods, techniques, or processes, including proprietary or patented methods, that permanently alter the composition of hazardous substances at hazardous substance release sites …

The department shall select technology demonstration projects to be evaluated pursuant to this article using criteria that include, at a minimum, all of the following requirements: (a) The project proposal includes complete and adequate documentation of technical feasibility. (b)…

The department shall identify hazardous substance release sites, listed pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 78760) of Chapter 4, that are particularly well-suited for technology demonstration projects. In identifying hazardous substance release sites, the department sh…

(a) The department shall annually, on or before July 1, publish a solicitation for proposals to conduct treatment demonstration projects that utilize technologies that are at a stage of development suitable for full-scale demonstrations at hazardous substance release sites. The s…

(a) On or before January 1, after reviewing all proposals submitted pursuant to Section 78545, the department shall annually select at least two treatment demonstration projects, to be commenced during that calendar year, using, at a minimum, the criteria specified in Section 785…

Notwithstanding Section 79650, if the department determines that using an alternative treatment technology to conduct a removal or remedial action at a hazardous substance release site listed pursuant to Section 78760 would be more costly than another available and feasible remov…

(a) The department shall conduct a technology transfer program that shall include the development, collection, evaluation, coordination, and dissemination of information relating to the utilization of alternative or innovative hazardous substance treatment technologies demonstrat…

Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 79205, when preparing or approving a remedial action plan for a site listed pursuant to Section 78760, that has been selected for a treatment demonstration project pursuant to this article, the department shall consider the cost-effectiv…

(a) By the 10th of each month, a person engaged in the business of pest control under the authority of a license issued pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 11701), Chapter 4, Division 6 of the Food and Agricultural Code shall file a spray report with the county agricul…

(a) Except for an influenza vaccine described in subdivision (b), on and after July 1, 2006, a person who is knowingly pregnant or who is under three years of age shall not be vaccinated with a mercury-containing vaccine or injected with a mercury-containing product that contains…

(a) Notwithstanding that a community care facility means a place that provides nonmedical care under subdivision (a) of Section 1502, pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 4684.50) of Chapter 6 of Division 4.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the department shall …

(a) Notwithstanding that a community care facility means a place that provides nonmedical care under subdivision (a) of Section 1502, pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 4684.50) of Chapter 6 of Division 4.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, the department shall …

The district board may, by resolution, establish zones within the district, or amend the boundaries of an existing zone by annexing property to or by withdrawing property from such zone. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 794.)

The resolution declaring the intention to form a special zone shall describe the boundaries of the proposed zone, declare that the district board finds that the area within the proposed zone will be benefited by the maintenance and operation of facilities within the zone and that…

The resolution declaring the intention to annex territory to an existing zone shall describe the boundaries of the proposed annexation, declare that the district board finds that the additional territory will be benefited by the maintenance and operation of facilities in the zone…

Notice of a hearing shall be given by publication at least once a week for two successive weeks, not more than 30 nor less than 10 days prior to the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation published within the county. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 794.)

Any interested person, at or before the hearing, may file with the district board a written objection to the creation of the zone or to the inclusion of his property in it. At the hearing the district board shall hear and pass upon all protests and objections. At the conclusion o…

A copy of the resolution ordering the formation of the zone, or amending the boundaries of an existing zone, shall be filed in the office of the county assessor, and the county assessor shall thereafter, in making the assessment roll, segregate the property included within such z…

The district board shall thereafter in each year, prior to the time of fixing the county tax rate, furnish to the board of supervisors a written statement of the amount of tax revenue necessary to maintain and operate any work or improvements within the zone. (Added by Stats. 196…

The board of supervisors shall fix a special tax rate and levy a special assessment tax each year upon the real property in such zone, based upon the last equalized assessment roll of the county, sufficient to pay such expenses or the portion thereof which must be paid by the zon…

Any special zone may be abolished or territory withdrawn therefrom by resolution of the district board, after hearing held in the manner provided for in this article for the original creation of the zone or annexations thereto, whenever the district board finds that the area prop…

(a) The department shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on the progress of the cleanup of the San Gabriel Valley groundwater sites in the County of Los Angeles, and on the progress of enforcement actions relating to those sites, in the biennial report specified in Sec…

The department shall include in the biennial report specified in Section 25178 an accounting of the moneys expended pursuant to Section 78875. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024, pursuant to Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022…

The following definitions shall govern the construction of this article, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Program” means a Public School Health Center Support Program. (b) “School health center” means a center or program, located at or near a local educational agency, …