AB 2425: Public health: unintentional injuries.

Session Year: 2015-2016
House: Assembly

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Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health in state government. Existing law vests within the department certain duties and powers to protect and preserve the public health.

This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to collaborate with representatives of various groups and adopt, develop, on or before June 1, 2018, a state data collection plan and uniform standards and protocols that establish a uniform incident site report requirement for purposes of collecting statewide information on unintentional injury incidents. The bill would require those standards and protocols to be implemented on a statewide basis by every county, as prescribed. The bill would require the department to periodically reconvene the representatives, when necessary, to modify the standards and protocols. incidents, as specified. The bill would specify that its provisions not be construed to require data collection beyond that required by existing law.

By imposing additional duties on local entities, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.

Discussed in Hearing