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AB 220: Emergency services: hepatitis A.

  • Session Year: 2017-2018
  • House: Assembly
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Existing law establishes the Office of Emergency Services in the office of the Governor and makes the office responsible for the states emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies.

This bill would require the Office of Emergency Services to provide funding, using existing funds available to the office for such purposes, to cities and counties affected by the hepatitis A outbreak associated with the proclamation of a state emergency issued by the Governor on October 13, 2017, for purposes of treating homeless individuals who have been infected with hepatitis A and cleaning and sanitizing areas of a city or county where people have been infected with hepatitis A.

Existing law defines various terms for purposes of the California Emergency Services Act, which confers upon the Governor and upon the chief executives and governing bodies of political subdivisions of the state emergency powers to mitigate the effects of natural, manmade, or war-caused emergencies that result in conditions of disaster or extreme peril to life, property, and the resources of the state, and generally to protect the health and safety and preserve the lives and property of the people of the state. Existing law makes refusal or willful neglect to obey a lawful order or regulation related to these provisions a misdemeanor. Existing law defines a state of emergency, for purposes of these provisions, as the duly proclaimed existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by such conditions as air pollution, epidemic, or the Governors warning of an earthquake or volcanic prediction, among other things, that, by reason of their magnitude, are or are likely to be beyond the control of the services, personnel, equipment, and facilities of any single county, city and county, or city and the combat of which requires the combined forces of a mutual aid region or regions.This bill would expand the definition of state of emergency to include the Governors warning of acute homelessness. Because the bill would expand the definition of a crime and increase the duties of local officials, it 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Author

Avatar: Sebastian Ridley-Thomas
Sebastian Ridley-Thomas

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