Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

The department shall establish a grant program within the Public School Health Center Support Program to provide technical assistance, and funding for the expansion, renovation, and retrofitting of existing school health centers, and the development of new school health centers, …

(a) Paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 54954 of the Government Code does not apply to the regular and special meetings of the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District where decisions are being made upon policy items relating to a total maximum daily load (TMDL) of any po…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Firm” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity permitted by law to practice the profession of engineering, architecture, environmental, landscape architecture…

Notwithstanding Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 4525) of Division 5 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the department may advertise and award a contract, in accordance with this article, for a professional service pursuant to this part or Chapter 6.5 (commencing with Section …

The department may establish prequalified lists of professional service firms in accordance with the following process: (a) For each type of professional service work for which the department elects to use this article for advertising and awarding contracts, the department may re…

(a) During the term of the prequalified list, as specific projects are identified by the department as being eligible for contracting under the procedures adopted pursuant to Section 78610, the department shall contact the highest ranked firm on the appropriate prequalified list …

The department may adopt guidelines or regulations as necessary and consistent with this article, to define the manner of advertising, generic project categories, type, quantity and cost of services, qualification standards and evaluation criteria, content and submittal requireme…

Any removal or remedial action taken or contracted by the department pursuant to Section 78870 or 78875 is exempt from this article. (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, Ch. 257.…

This article does not exempt any contract from compliance with Article 4 (commencing with Section 19130) of Chapter 5 of Part 2 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 257, Sec. 2. (AB 2293) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2024,…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Existing law authorizes each district to impose separate and sometimes inconsistent emission control requirements for, and to require separate permits to operate, portable equipment that are used at various sites…

(a) (1) As used in this article, “portable equipment” includes any portable internal combustion engine and equipment that is associated with, and driven by, any portable internal combustion engine. (2) (A) As used in this article, and except as provided in subdivision (b), a “por…

(a) At the earliest feasible date, but not later than July 1, 1997, the state board shall do all of the following: (1) Evaluate the emissions from the operation of portable equipment and identify emission reduction technologies that may be applied to portable equipment. (2) After…

(a) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the registration of, and the regulation of emissions from, portable equipment that is operated in more than one district and that is subject to the registration program be done on a uniform, statewide basis by the state board and t…

(a) The regulations adopted by the state board, on or before July 1, 1997, shall include, but need not be limited to, provisions that ensure all of the following: (1) That emissions from portable equipment subject to the statewide registration program will not, in the aggregate, …

(a) Districts shall enforce the statewide registration program, emission limitations, and emission control requirements established by the state board pursuant to this article in the same manner as a district rule or regulation. (b) (1) Source testing of engines for compliance pu…

(a) Infant botulism is an acute, life-threatening paralytic disease of babies caused by a potent bacterial neurotoxin. (b) Half of all cases of infant botulism in the United States occur in California, where the causative bacterial spores are known to be highly endemic. In any gi…

(a) The State Department of Health Services shall establish an Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Unit. This unit shall have responsibility for ensuring the production and distribution of BIG to patients in California and nationwide suspected of having infant botulism or ot…

The Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Unit shall provide all the following services: (a) Produce, or cause to have produced, and maintain, a supply of BIG sufficient to treat the expected number of annual cases of infant botulism in the United States, and to store, or arra…

It is the intent of the Legislature that the program carried out pursuant to this article shall be fully supported from the fees collected for providing BIG to patients with suspected infant botulism or other forms of botulism and that these fees be made available for expenditure…

(a) The State Department of Health Services may manufacture, test, distribute, and maintain licensure of the product Botulism Immune Globulin Intravenous (Human) if all necessary federal licenses are obtained. The department was issued United States License No. 1622 on October 23…

The Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Fund is hereby established as a special fund in the State Treasury. All moneys collected by the state department pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Fund, and shall be made availa…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code or any other provision of law, moneys in the fund are appropriated without regard to fiscal years to the institute for the following purposes: (1) Making grants or loans to fund research and construct facilities for researc…

The proceeds of interim debt and bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Fund of 2020, which is hereby created in the State Treasury, except to the extent that proceeds of…

Bonds in the total amount of five billion five hundred million dollars ($5,500,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section 125291.155, or as much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carry…

The bonds authorized by this article shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code) and all of the provisions …

(a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), of the bonds and interim debt authorized by this article, the …

(a) The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this article in order to carry out the actions specified in this article and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. The Treasurer shall use reasonable e…

There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds becoming due each year. It is the…

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this article, an amount that will equal the total of the following: (a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and inte…

For purposes of carrying out this article, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts, not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds that have been authorized by the committee, to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this …

The institute may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code for the purposes of carrying out this article. The amount of the loan shall not exceed the amount of the uns…

All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest, except the amounts derived from premium may be rese…

The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this article may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, which is a part of the State General Obligation Bond Law. Approval by the voters…

Notwithstanding any provision of this article or the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this article that include a bond counsel opinion …

The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this article are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIIIB of the California Constitution, and the disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that article. (Added November 3, 20…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Stem Cell Research, Treatments, and Cures Bond Act of 2020. (Added November 3, 2020, by initiative Proposition 14, Sec. 24. Effective on December 16, 2020.)

As used in this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Act” means the California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act constituting this chapter, as amended by the California Stem Cell Research, Treatments, and Cures Initiative of 2020. (b) “Board” or “institut…

As used in this article: (a) “Aircraft” includes, but is not limited to, any airplane, glider, or hot air balloon. (b) “Bodily injury” means any bodily injury, sickness, or disease sustained by any person including death at any time resulting therefrom. (c) “Foster child” means a…

There is hereby established the Foster Family Home and Small Family Home Insurance Fund within the State Department of Social Services. The fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated by the Legislature. The department may contract with another state agency to set up and operat…

The fund, subject to this article, shall pay, on behalf of foster family homes, small family homes, on and after January 1, 2019, resource families, and, on or after January 1, 2020, tribally approved homes, any claims of foster children, their parents, guardians, or guardians ad…

The fund shall not be liable for any of the following: (a) Any loss arising out of a dishonest, fraudulent, criminal, or intentional act of a foster parent. (b) Any occurrence that does not arise from the foster-care relationship. (c) Any bodily injury arising out of the operatio…

The fund shall not be liable for any loss arising out of the dishonest, fraudulent, criminal, or intentional act of any person if the date of the loss is prior to July 1, 2013. (Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 494, Sec. 3. (SB 522) Effective January 1, 2014.)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the fund shall not be liable for damages in excess of three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for any single foster family home, small family home, on and after January 1, 2019, resource family, or, on or after January 1, 202…

The fund shall be liable, if a claim is approved, to pay on behalf of each licensed foster family home, small family home, on or after January 1, 2019, resource family, or, on or after January 1, 2020, tribally approved home, all sums which the foster family home, small family ho…

(a) A claim against the fund shall be filed with the fund in accordance with claims procedures and on forms prescribed by the State Department of Social Services or its designated contract agency. (b) A claim against the fund filed by a foster parent or a third party shall be sub…

All processing of decisions and reports, payment of claims, and other administrative actions relating to the fund shall be conducted by the State Department of Social Services or its designated contract agency. (Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 1330, Sec. 3. Effective September 29, 1986…