Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) The State Department of Health Care Services shall develop and maintain the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program to expand and ensure quality breast and cervical cancer treatment for low-income uninsured and underinsured individuals who are diagnosed with breast or ce…

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Covered conditions” means breast or cervical cancer. (b) “Breast cancer” includes primary, recurrent, and metastatic cancers of the breast, including, but not limited to, infiltrating or in situ. (c) “C…

(a) If an individual is made eligible for treatment services under this article due to a diagnosis of breast cancer, the treatment services shall be provided for the duration of the period of treatment, as long as the individual continues to meet all other eligibility requirement…

An individual shall be eligible to receive treatment services pursuant to this article provided that all of the following criteria are met: (a) The individual is a resident of California. (b) The individual is uninsured or underinsured. (c) The individual, who meets the income st…

If an individual is underinsured, as defined in subdivision (f) of Section 104161, the State Department of Health Care Services shall be the payer of second resort for treatment services. To the extent necessary for the individual to obtain treatment services under any health car…

For the purposes of establishing eligibility for treatment services under this article, breast or cervical cancer screens performed by providers or entities not described in subdivision (c) of Section 104162 may be used only to the same extent the screens are used by the Medi-Cal…

The State Department of Health Care Services shall provide for breast cancer and cervical cancer treatment services pursuant to this article at the level of funding budgeted from state and other resources during the fiscal year in which the Legislature has appropriated funds to t…

(a) The Human Leukocyte Antigen Testing Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury, to be administered by the State Department of Health Services. Moneys in the fund shall be subject to appropriation in the annual Budget Act, and shall be used to pay the costs of blood coll…

The Legislature finds and declares that decades after the war on cancer was declared, it remains an insidious killer of Californians. Simultaneously, cancer absorbs millions of dollars from California’s economy through health care costs, and takes an horrendous toll on the person…

The Cancer Research Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be available for expenditure by the department, upon appropriation by the Legislature. The fund shall consist of money accepted by the department from grants and donations from private …

(a) The moneys in the Cancer Research Fund, established pursuant to Section 104180, shall be expended for the purpose of cancer research. (b) The State Department of Health Services shall establish and administer the Cancer Research Program created by this article in a manner tha…

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…

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 …

(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 sh…

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 decisi…

(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 th…

(a) This program shall incorporate the principles and organizational elements set forth in this article, including, but not limited to, a research program office with a director and other essential staff, a research council, and a research peer review panel. No more than 10 perce…

The State Department of Health Services shall do all of the following: (a) Provide overall coordination of the program. (b) Provide staff assistance to the program and council. (c) Develop administrative procedures relative to the solicitation, review, and awarding of grants to e…

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.

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.

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 …

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 hospi…

(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 Assoc…

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 informati…

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 informat…

(a) Subject to subdivision (e), the department shall conduct the Cervical Cancer Community Awareness Campaign to do all of the following: (1) To provide awareness, assistance, and information regarding cervical cancer and the human papillomavirus (HPV). These efforts shall includ…

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 mecha…

(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 cond…

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.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the “California Nutrition Monitoring Development Act of 1986.”

The Legislature declares that the purposes of this article are to determine the availability and types of nutrition monitoring information that are currently available in specified federal, state and local government programs and in selected private sector programs; to determine …

(a) The department shall assess the availability and adequacy of existing state and local food and nutrition data systems. All state departments and agencies that are required to provide data pursuant to this article are encouraged to participate to the fullest extent possible in…

(a) The department shall conduct a survey of state agencies and of counterpart local and private sector programs which now collect or use nutrition data or both. The department shall determine user needs for and applications of data, the adequacy of existing data systems, the cos…

The department, using applicable state procedures, may contract for any of the services required by this article, in which case the contractor or contractors shall have demonstrated expertise in the fields of nutrition monitoring and epidemiology, nutrition program operations, an…

(a) The department shall establish and implement, to the extent funds are available pursuant to subdivision (d) which are other than state general funds, a “5 A Day—For Better Health” program for the purpose of promoting public awareness of the need to increase the consumption of…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing shall operate to prohibit contributions to the program created pursuant to this article by organizations and commissions subject to Division 22 (commencing with Section 64001) of the Food and Agricultural Code.

The purpose of this article is to facilitate and support the creation of health promoting eating environments in California. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) (1) “Category of food” means the following groups of food: (A) Fruits. (B) Vegetables. (…

(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.

(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…

(a) The department shall maintain a program on occupational health and occupational disease prevention, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Investigations into the causes of morbidity and mortality from work-induced diseases. (2) Development of recommendations for i…

In any situation where these activities may duplicate or overlap the activities of another state department or agency such as the Department of Industrial Relations or Division of Industrial Safety, the department shall avoid duplication.

(a) The department shall establish and maintain an occupational lead poisoning prevention program, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) Developing a system for monitoring laboratory reports of cases of adult lead toxicity, to create an occupational lead poisoning reg…

(a) A fee shall be paid annually to the State Board of Equalization by employers in industries identified by the four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (S.I.C., 1987 Edition) established by the United States Department of Commerce and for which the State Board of Equalizat…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) There are some employers who use or disturb very small amounts of lead in ways that pose a very minimal potential for lead poisoning of employees. (2) These users of de minimis amounts of lead are not currently elig…

(a) Sections 105185 and 105190 shall apply to the following industries: (1) 1622 Bridges, tunnels, and elevated highways. (2) 1721 Painting, paper hanging, and decorating. (3) 1791 Structural steel erection. (4) 1795 Wrecking and demolition work. (5) 2759 Commercial printing. (6)…