Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) Funds allocated to the county pursuant to this part shall be used exclusively for county alcohol and other drug services as identified in the contract for alcohol and other drug services and shall be separately identified and accounted for. (b) The funds contained in each cou…

(a) Counties that apply for funds to provide alcohol and other drug services shall prepare and submit a contract for alcohol and other drug services to the department. The contract shall include a budget for all funds sources to be used to provide alcohol and other drug services.…

(a) A county with an approved contract for alcohol and other drug services shall bear the financial risk in providing any alcohol or other drug services to the population described and enumerated in the approved contract. (b) The county shall not be precluded from contracting to …

The department shall review each county’s contract for alcohol and other drug services to determine that the contract complies with this division and with the standards adopted under this division. The department shall approve a contract that is in compliance.

(a) The board of supervisors shall designate a health-related county agency or department that shall administer the county alcohol and other drug program. The board of supervisors or the head of the designated health-related agency or department shall appoint an alcohol and drug …

The alcohol and drug program administrator, acting through administrative channels designated pursuant to Section 11795, shall do all of the following: (a) Coordinate and be responsible for the preparation of the county contract. (b) Ensure compliance with applicable laws relatin…

(a) Money deposited in the county alcohol abuse education and prevention fund pursuant to Section 1463.25 of the Penal Code shall be jointly administered by the administrator of the county’s alcohol and other drug program and the county office of education subject to the approval…

If the county has an alcohol and other drug advisory board, the alcohol and drug program administrator, acting through administrative channels designated pursuant to Section 11795, may do either or both of the following: (a) Provide reports and information periodically to the adv…

Each county may have an advisory board on alcohol and other drug problems appointed by the board of supervisors. The advisory board may be independent, be under the jurisdiction of another health-related or human services advisory board established pursuant to any provision of st…

It is the intent of the Legislature to provide maximum flexibility in the use of federal and state alcohol and other drug program funds. County government is therefore given broad authority in determining the methods for encouragement of citizen participation, the scope of proble…

Counties shall have broad discretion in the choice of services they utilize to alleviate the alcohol and other drug problems of specific population groups and the community. Those services shall include services for alcohol and other drug use prevention and treatment.

(a) The major purpose of prevention and early intervention activities includes, but is not limited to, all of the following: (1) To facilitate positive change in community and individual understanding, values, attitudes, environmental factors, and behavior concerning alcohol and …

In addition to the services described in Section 11811, a county may provide other services or programs pursuant to this section, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) (1) Occupational programs for county employees designed to help recognize employees with alcohol and…

To the extent the activities meet the provisions for receipt of the federal block grant funds for prevention and treatment of substance use disorders described in Subchapter XVII of Chapter 6A of Title 42 of the United States Code and other applicable federal provisions for funds…

The department shall consult with county behavioral health directors, alcohol and drug program administrators, or both, in establishing standards pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 11830) and regulations pursuant to Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 11835), shall con…

Services financed under this part shall: (a) Be provided on a voluntary basis only, except as provided in Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 5170) of Chapter 2 of Part 1 of Division 5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (b) Encourage persons utilizing services, and members of…

The following costs shall not be eligible for state funding pursuant to this part: (a) The costs involved in a peace officer bringing a person in for 72-hour treatment and evaluation. (b) The costs of court proceedings or court-ordered evaluation pursuant to Article 3 (commencing…

The following conditions apply to county expenditures of funds pursuant to this part: (a) Where the services specified in the contract for alcohol and other drug services are provided pursuant to other general health or social programs, only that portion of the services dealing w…

In addition to any other services authorized under this chapter, the department shall urge the county to develop within existing resources specific policies and procedures to address the unique treatment problems presented by individuals who have a substance use disorder and also…

Nothing in this part shall prohibit a county from appropriating funds for alcohol and other drug programs and services in addition to the funds allocated by the department.

(a) The department shall issue allocations to contracting counties for alcohol and other drug programs. (b) In issuing allocations to contracting counties, it is the intent of the Legislature that counties shall allocate all funds received pursuant to state and federal laws and r…

The department may reallocate among counties any unexpended federal funds that occur during the fiscal year in programs or services or any allocations either not applied for by a county or not in compliance with this part. Reallocations may be made to counties by amendment to the…

(a) There shall be an appropriation from the Budget Act to the department to fund programs and services to alleviate problems related to inappropriate alcohol use or other drug use as provided for in this part. However, if the state receives additional funds from the federal gove…

Payments or advances of funds to counties or other state agencies, which are properly chargeable to appropriations to the department may be made by a Controller’s warrant drawn against funds appropriated to the department or funds administered by the department.

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the state and the counties work together to minimize audit exceptions. Audit findings as contained in the department audit reports may be appealed by counties directly to the department. Counties may retain disputed audit amounts while…

(a) (1) Expenditures made by a county and a county’s provider that may be reimbursed using appropriated funds include salaries of personnel, approved facilities and services provided through contract, operation, maintenance, and service costs, depreciation of county facilities as…

(a) Counties shall submit a cost report reflecting the expenditure of funds expended pursuant to the county contract. An annual cost report for the fiscal year ending June 30 shall be submitted to the department by November 1. (b) Each county shall be responsible for reviewing it…

The Legislature recognizes the need for increased potential for coordination between county alcohol programs and local health system agencies established pursuant to Public Law 93-641. Therefore, the Legislature encourages a harmonious working relationship between local health sy…

This article and Article 2 (commencing with Section 118920) shall be known and may be cited as the California Indoor Clean Air Act of 1976.

The Legislature finds and declares that tobacco smoke is a hazard to the health of the general public.

Within indoor rooms, indoor chambers, or indoor places of public assembly in publicly owned buildings in which public business is conducted requiring or providing direct participation or observation by the general public there shall be a contiguous area of not less than 50 percen…

Every health facility, as defined in Section 1250, and clinic, as defined in Section 1200, shall comply with the following: (a) Shall make every reasonable effort to assign patients to rooms according to the patient’s individual nonsmoking or smoking preference. (b) Shall designa…

Within every publicly owned building open to the general public for the primary purpose of exhibiting any motion picture, stage drama, music recital, or any other performance, with the exception of any indoor sporting event, signs shall be posted in sufficient number and in locat…

Within every restaurant in a publicly owned building serving food or alcoholic beverages in rooms whose occupied capacity is 50 or more persons there shall be designated and posted by signs of sufficient number and posted in locations as to be readily seen by persons within the a…

Any person may apply for a writ of mandate to compel compliance by any public entity that has not complied with the requirements of this article and Article 3 (commencing with Section 118920) for the designating or posting of nonsmoking areas or areas where the smoking of tobacco…

(a) The Legislature declares its intent not to preempt the field of regulation of the smoking of tobacco products. A local governing body may ban completely the smoking of tobacco products, or may regulate smoking of tobacco products in any manner not inconsistent with this artic…

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no person shall smoke any tobacco product in any retail food production and marketing establishment, as defined in Section 28802, during the hours the establishment is open to the public. (b) The provisions of subdivision (a) shall not a…

(a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that the use of smokeless tobacco products by professional baseball players is a matter of statewide interest and concern. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to prohibit the use of smokeless tobacco products by …

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the United States Surgeon General’s 1986 Report on the Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking conclude all of the following: (1) Involuntary smoking is a cause of disease, including lung cancer, in healthy nonsmokers. (2) The…

(a) (1) It is unlawful for any person to smoke a tobacco product in any vehicle of a passenger stage corporation, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) except to the extent permitted by federal law, in any aircraft except to the extent permitted by federal law, on …

A notice prohibiting smoking, displayed as a symbol and in English, shall be posted in each vehicle or aircraft subject to this article.

(a) Every person and public agency providing transportation services for compensation, including, but not limited to, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to the extent permitted by federal law, passenger stage corporations, and local agencies that own or operate …

This article does not preempt any local ordinance on the same subject where a local ordinance is more restrictive to the benefit of the nonsmoker.

Any violation of this article is an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) for a first violation, by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) for a second violation within one year, or by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500) fo…

This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Marco Firebaugh Memorial Children’s Health and Safety Act of 2007.

(a) It is unlawful for a person to smoke a tobacco product in a motor vehicle, whether in motion or at rest, in which there is a minor. (b) For purposes of this section, “smoke” has the same meaning as in subdivision (c) of Section 22950.5 of the Business and Professions Code. (c…

A law enforcement officer shall not stop a vehicle for the sole purpose of determining whether the driver is in violation of this article.

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares the following: (1) Smoking is the single most important source of preventable disease and premature death in California. (2) Smoking is responsible for one-quarter of all death caused by fire. (3) Tobacco-related disease places a trem…

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that: (a) Adolescent pregnancy and parenthood is a problem with significant social, medical, educational, and economic consequences to the teen parent and child, her family, and the State of California. (b) In an attempt to address the pr…

(a) The department may conduct the Adolescent Family Life Program to assure that pregnant adolescents receive comprehensive continuous prenatal care in order to deliver healthy babies; to establish networks within regions to provide to pregnant and parenting teens and their child…