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| This section includes lists
of Senate and Assembly bills, summaries, and links to the government site.
The reader should not take the summary page as the most current listing.
Legislation can change daily and the listing of the bills does not confer
support by any individual of the AAP, the District IX officers or staff,
or Chapter 1. This listing only presents legislation that might be of interest
to our Chapter membership. Please consider traveling to the the AAP
Members Only Channel (www.aap.org/moc)
to discuss your views on new or past legislation. This site is secure to
Chapter 1 members only. If you haven't tried it, please do. Chapter
leadership will regularly visit the site and add their perspectives. Once
you log onto MOC select the Chapter 1 link from the left column then
select the Discussion Group on the right side of the page. Follow the
directions for adding new topics, participating in old threads
(discussions), and requesting notification if anyone responds to your
comments. |
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| The following list of
Chapter 1 officers and staff can be contacted if you have questions about
the legislation listed here or other new or previously sponsored
legislation.
You can FAX your senator or congressperson to support your issues. It is an easy and effective way to communicate. |
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| Chapter legislative liaison is | Shannon Udovic-Constant | Senate Bills | |
| Chapter President | Mika Hiramatsu | ||
| Chapter Vice President | Yasuko Fukuda | ||
| District Chair | Burton Willis | ||
| Legislative Summary January 2004 | Letter as Word document | ||
| Letter as Word document | |||
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Disclaimer***
Amendments about which you will be notified
can often result in a change in District IX position
(for or against). Please contact Mike Harris or the
District office for the most current District
positions. |
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| Assembly Bills You Can Subscribe to: | Senate Bills You Can Subscribe to: | ||
| Drowning Education | AB 24 | Department of Public Health (Ortiz) | SB 858 |
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1)Requires the director of DPH to be headed by a State
Health Officer, appointed by the governor and subject to Senate confirmation, and requires the director to be a California-licensed physician. 2)Vests DPH with the duties, purposes and responsibilities and jurisdiction exercised by DHS for specified provisions of law, including the Office of Binational Border Health, state laboratories, population, public health and environmental study, the Division of Rural Health and the programs it administers, the Office of AIDS, the authority over public nuisance, food and water safety, food and drug enforcement, local health department funding, and provisions establishing the California Conference of Local Health Officers. 3)Establishes a Public Health Board (PHB) to provide public and expert involvement in the development of policies, regulations and programs administered by DPH, consisting of 13 members, chaired by the State Health Officer. Requires PHB to meet at least four times annually; board member terms would last four years, serve without compensation, and have a fiduciary duty to represent the public interest and protect the public health. |
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Created 7/21/95 / Last Modified
November 23, 2004