SB 855: Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program.
- Session Year: 2021-2022
- House: Senate
- Latest Version Date: 2022-09-29
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law requires the department to collect data on various topics, including data on violent deaths as reported by various sources, as specified.
This bill would require the department to establish, on or before January 1, 2024, and administer the Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program, which would collect detailed data on childhood fatal and nonfatal drownings in California, as specified. The bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2024, to seek to collaborate with at least 5 but no more than 10 county child death review teams or other local agencies, as specified. The bill would require the department to submit various reports to the appropriate legislative policy committees, as specified. The bill would require the department, based on those reports, to develop a California Water Safety Action Plan for Children and a standardized form for counties to use in reporting drownings statistics. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2029.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law requires the department to collect data on various topics, including data on violent deaths as reported by various sources, as specified.
This bill would require the department to establish, on or before January 1, 2024, and administer the Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program, which would collect detailed data on childhood fatal and nonfatal drownings in California, as specified. The bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2024, to seek to collaborate with at least 5 but no more than 10 county child death review teams or other local agencies, as specified. The bill would require the department to submit various reports to the appropriate legislative policy committees, as specified. The bill would require the department, based on those reports, to develop a California Water Safety Action Plan for Children and a standardized form for counties to use in reporting drownings statistics. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2029.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law requires the department to collect data on various topics, including data on violent deaths as reported by various sources, as specified.
This bill would establish require the department to establish, on or before January 1, 2024, and administer the Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program, to be administered by the department, to Program, which would collect detailed data on childhood fatal and nonfatal drownings in California, as specified. The bill would require the department, on or before January July 1, 2024, to seek to collaborate with at least 5 but no more than 10 county child death review teams or other local agencies, as specified. The bill would require the department to submit various reports to the appropriate legislative policy committees, as specified. The bill would require the department, based on those reports, to develop a California Water Safety Action Plan for Children and a standardized form for counties to use in reporting drownings statistics. The bill would require the department to seek to fund this program through already existing specified funds, to the extent that use of existing funding does not jeopardize federal funding. The bill would also authorize counties to seek reimbursement from the department from specified funds, to the extent that reimbursement does not jeopardize federal funding. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2029.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law requires the department to collect data on various topics, including data on violent deaths as reported by various sources, as specified.
This bill would establish the Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program, to be administered by the department, to collect detailed data on childhood fatal and nonfatal drownings in California, as specified. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2024, to seek to collaborate with at least 5 but no more than 10 county child death review teams or other local agencies, as specified. The bill would require the department to submit various reports to the appropriate legislative policy committees, as specified. The bill would require the department, based on those reports, to develop a California Water Safety Action Plan for Children and a standardized form for counties to use in reporting drownings statistics. The bill would require the department to seek to fund this program through already existing specified funds, to the extent that use of existing funding does not jeopardize federal funding. The bill would also authorize counties to seek reimbursement from the department from specified funds, to the extent that reimbursement does not jeopardize federal funding. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2029.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law requires the department to collect data on various topics, including data on violent deaths as reported by various sources, as specified.
This bill would establish the Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program, to be administered by the department, to collect detailed data on childhood fatal and nonfatal drownings in California, as specified. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2024, to seek to collaborate with at least 5 but no more than 10 county child death review teams or other local agencies, as specified. The bill would require the department to submit various reports to the appropriate legislative policy committees, as specified. The bill would require the department, based on those reports, to develop a California Water Safety Action Plan for Children and a standardized form for counties to use in reporting drownings statistics. The bill would require the department to seek to fund this program through already existing specified funds, to the extent that use of existing funding does not jeopardize federal funding. The bill would also authorize counties to seek reimbursement from the department from specified funds, to the extent that reimbursement does not jeopardize federal funding. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2029.
(a)The Legislature makes the following findings and declarations:
(1)Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among children one to four, inclusive, years of age in the United States and California, and the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among California children five to nine, inclusive, years of age.
(2)The rates of these fatal pool drownings among children one to four, inclusive, years of age have increased as follows: 1.5/100,000 (2018); 1.6/100,000 (2019); and 1.8/100,000 (2020).
(3)Between 2018 and 2020, 139 children one to four, inclusive, years of age died from drowning. Seventy percent of those were known to have occurred in swimming pools.
(4)Recent data shows that in 2020, 389 children one to four, inclusive, years of age were seen in the emergency room, 118 were admitted to the hospital, and 47 died from drowning.
(5)Between 2018 and 2020, among children 0 to 17, inclusive, years of age, 224 died, 757 were hospitalized, and 1,367 were seen in the emergency department.
(6)Many children who survive have lifelong disabilities ranging from minor to severe. The 2020 Client Development Evaluation Report (CDER) from the State Department of Developmental Service reports a caseload of 768 individuals who require services as a result of a nonfatal drowning, a significant long-term cost to the state.
(7)California does not have a uniform reporting system to further develop best practices, community interventions, and public policy. Inconsistent and incomplete data hamper monitoring of trends, ascertainment of risk factors, and the design and evaluation of prevention strategies.
(8)The establishment of systematic reporting of information on the circumstances of drowning is a strong recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
(b)It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a statewide drowning surveillance system with consistent, systematic reporting and analysis that will help identify specific risk factors, including specific groups, communities, and sites, that can inform recommendations for more effective local and state drowning prevention interventions and policies.
SEC. 2.Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 131350) is added to Part 1 of Division 112 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:4.Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program131350.For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a)Department means the State Department of Public Health.
(b)Data collection pilot program means the Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program established pursuant to this chapter.
131351.(a)The Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program shall be administered by the department.
(b)The purpose of the data collection pilot program shall be to collect detailed data on childhood fatal and nonfatal drownings in California with a particular focus to be directed at childhood pool drownings among children one to four, inclusive, years of age. The data collection pilot program shall use existing department electronic data collection systems and determine how to highlight data on circumstances of drowning cases.
131352.The data collection pilot program shall be implemented according to the following requirements:
(a)(1)The department shall establish the pilot program on or before January 1, 2024. On or before July 1, 2024, the department shall seek to collaborate with at least 5 but no more than 10 county child death review teams authorized pursuant to Section 11174.32 of the Penal Code, other local agencies that collect data on fatal and nonfatal drowning, or both.
(2)In soliciting participants pursuant to paragraph (1), the department shall primarily solicit counties with historically high fatal and nonfatal drowning rates among children one to four, inclusive, years of age.
(b)The data collection pilot program shall track child fatal drownings and collect detailed information on the circumstances surrounding these fatal drownings. The data collection pilot program shall also explore ways to track and collect similar data on nonfatal drowning using electronic forms and shall track that information, if feasible.
131353.(a)(1)On or before January 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate legislative policy committees on the progress of the data collection program and findings of the data collection pilot program.
(2)In compiling the reports required pursuant to this section, the department shall solicit and consider stakeholder input.
(3)The report required pursuant to this subdivision shall include recommendations related to improving pool safety on a state and local level.
(b)(1)By January 1, 2027, the department shall, after consultation with an advisory group with expertise in childhood drowning prevention, submit a report on the findings of the data collection pilot program to the appropriate legislative policy committees. The department shall also post the report on its internet website.
(2)The report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include recommendations on the structure and operation of an ongoing system for collecting child drowning data and effective evidence-based state and local drowning prevention policies and best practices.
(c)The reports submitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
131354.Based on the reports submitted pursuant to this chapter, the department shall develop both of the following:
(a)(1)A California Water Safety Action Plan for Children. The plan shall be a comprehensive, realistic, and executable plan patterned after the United States National Water Safety Action Plan, which aims to create water-safe communities and states.
(2)The department shall post the plan developed pursuant to this subdivision on its internet website on or before January 1, 2027.
(b)A standardized electronic form for counties to use in reporting drowning statistics developed in consultation with the state advisory group and the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention.
131355.This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
(a)The Legislature makes the following findings and declarations:
(1)Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among children one to four, inclusive, years of age in the United States and California, and the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among California children five to nine, inclusive, years of age.
(2)The rates of these fatal pool drownings among children one to four, inclusive, years of age have increased as follows: 1.5/100,000 (2018); 1.6/100,000 (2019); and 1.8/100,000 (2020).
(3)Between 2018 and 2020, 139 children one to four, inclusive, years of age died from drowning. Seventy percent of those were known to have occurred in swimming pools.
(4)Recent data shows that in 2020, 389 children one to four, inclusive, years of age were seen in the emergency room, 118 were admitted to the hospital, and 47 died from drowning.
(5)Between 2018 and 2020, among children 0 to 17, inclusive, years of age, 224 died, 757 were hospitalized, and 1,367 were seen in the emergency department.
(6)Many children who survive have lifelong disabilities ranging from minor to severe. The 2020 Client Development Evaluation Report (CDER) from the State Department of Developmental Service reports a caseload of 768 individuals who require services as a result of a nonfatal drowning, a significant long-term cost to the state.
(7)California does not have a uniform reporting system to further develop best practices, community interventions, and public policy. Inconsistent and incomplete data hamper monitoring of trends, ascertainment of risk factors, and the design and evaluation of prevention strategies.
(8)The establishment of systematic reporting of information on the circumstances of drowning is a strong recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
(b)It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a statewide drowning surveillance system with consistent, systematic reporting and analysis that will help identify specific risk factors, including specific groups, communities, and sites, that can inform recommendations for more effective local and state drowning prevention interventions and policies.
SEC. 2.Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 131350) is added to Part 1 of Division 112 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:4.Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program131350.For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a)Department means the State Department of Public Health.
(b)Data collection pilot program means the Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program established pursuant to this chapter.
131351.(a)The Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program shall be administered by the department.
(b)The purpose of the data collection pilot program shall be to collect detailed data on childhood fatal and nonfatal drownings in California with a particular focus to be directed at childhood pool drownings among children one to four, inclusive, years of age. The data collection pilot program shall use existing department electronic data collection systems and determine how to highlight data on circumstances of drowning cases.
131352.The data collection pilot program shall be implemented according to the following requirements:
(a)(1)The department shall establish the pilot program on or before January 1, 2024. On or before July 1, 2024, the department shall seek to collaborate with at least 5 but no more than 10 county child death review teams authorized pursuant to Section 11174.32 of the Penal Code, other local agencies that collect data on fatal and nonfatal drowning, or both.
(2)In soliciting participants pursuant to paragraph (1), the department shall primarily solicit counties with historically high fatal and nonfatal drowning rates among children one to four, inclusive, years of age.
(b)The data collection pilot program shall track child fatal drownings and collect detailed information on the circumstances surrounding these fatal drownings. The data collection pilot program shall also explore ways to track and collect similar data on nonfatal drowning using electronic forms and shall track that information, if feasible.
131353.(a)(1)On or before January 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate legislative policy committees on the progress of the data collection program and findings of the data collection pilot program.
(2)In compiling the reports required pursuant to this section, the department shall solicit and consider stakeholder input.
(3)The report required pursuant to this subdivision shall include recommendations related to improving pool safety on a state and local level.
(b)(1)By January 1, 2027, the department shall, after consultation with an advisory group with expertise in childhood drowning prevention, submit a report on the findings of the data collection pilot program to the appropriate legislative policy committees. The department shall also post the report on its internet website.
(2)The report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include recommendations on the structure and operation of an ongoing system for collecting child drowning data and effective evidence-based state and local drowning prevention policies and best practices.
(c)The reports submitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
131354.Based on the reports submitted pursuant to this chapter, the department shall develop both of the following:
(a)(1)A California Water Safety Action Plan for Children. The plan shall be a comprehensive, realistic, and executable plan patterned after the United States National Water Safety Action Plan, which aims to create water-safe communities and states.
(2)The department shall post the plan developed pursuant to this subdivision on its internet website on or before January 1, 2027.
(b)A standardized electronic form for counties to use in reporting drowning statistics developed in consultation with the state advisory group and the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention.
131355.This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
(a)The Legislature makes the following findings and declarations:
(1)Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among children one to four, inclusive, years of age in the United States and California, and the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among California children five to nine, inclusive, years of age.
(2)The rates of these fatal pool drownings among children one to four, inclusive, years of age have increased as follows: 1.5/100,000 (2018); 1.6/100,000 (2019); and 1.8/100,000 (2020).
(3)Between 2018 and 2020, 139 children one to four, inclusive, years of age died from drowning. Seventy percent of those were known to have occurred in swimming pools.
(4)Recent data shows that in 2020, 389 children one to four, inclusive, years of age were seen in the emergency room, 118 were admitted to the hospital, and 47 died from drowning.
(5)Between 2018 and 2020, among children 0 to 17, inclusive, years of age, 224 died, 757 were hospitalized, and 1,367 were seen in the emergency department.
(6)Many children who survive have lifelong disabilities ranging from minor to severe. The 2020 Client Development Evaluation Report (CDER) from the State Department of Developmental Service reports a caseload of 768 individuals who require services as a result of a nonfatal drowning, a significant long-term cost to the state.
(7)California does not have a uniform reporting system to further develop best practices, community interventions, and public policy. Inconsistent and incomplete data hamper monitoring of trends, ascertainment of risk factors, and the design and evaluation of prevention strategies.
(8)The establishment of systematic reporting of information on the circumstances of drowning is a strong recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
(b)It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a statewide drowning surveillance system with consistent, systematic reporting and analysis that will help identify specific risk factors, including specific groups, communities, and sites, that can inform recommendations for more effective local and state drowning prevention interventions and policies.
SEC. 2.Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 131350) is added to Part 1 of Division 112 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:4.Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program131350.For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a)Department means the State Department of Public Health.
(b)Data collection pilot program means the Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 131351. this chapter.
131351.(a)The Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program is hereby established, to shall be administered by the department.
(b)The purpose of the data collection pilot program shall be to collect detailed data on childhood fatal and nonfatal drownings in California with a particular focus to be directed at childhood pool drownings among children one to four, inclusive, years of age. The data collection pilot program shall use existing department electronic data collection systems and determine how to highlight data on circumstances of drowning cases.
131352.The data collection pilot program shall be implemented according to the following requirements:
(a)(1)The department shall establish the pilot program on or before January 1, 2024. On or before January July 1, 2024, the department shall seek to collaborate with at least 5 but no more than 10 county child death review teams authorized pursuant to Section 11174.32 of the Penal Code, other local agencies that collect data on fatal and nonfatal drowning, or both.
(2)In soliciting participants pursuant to paragraph (1), the department shall primarily solicit counties with historically high fatal and nonfatal drowning rates among children one to four, inclusive, years of age.
(b)Through January 1, 2025, the The data collection pilot program shall track child fatal drownings and collect detailed information on the circumstances surrounding these fatal drownings. The data collection pilot program shall also explore ways to track and collect similar data on nonfatal drowning using electronic forms and shall track that information, if feasible.
131353.(a)(1)On or before April 1, 2024, and April 1, 2025, January 1, 2026, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate legislative policy committees on the progress of the data collection program and findings of the data collection pilot program.
(2)In compiling the reports required pursuant to this section, the department shall solicit and consider stakeholder input.
(3)The report required pursuant to this subdivision shall include recommendations related to improving pool safety on a state and local level.
(b)(1)By June 30, 2026, January 1, 2027, the department shall, after consultation with an advisory group with expertise in childhood drowning prevention, submit a report on the findings of the data collection pilot program to the appropriate legislative policy committees. The department shall also post the report on its internet website.
(2)The report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include recommendations on the structure and operation of an ongoing system for collecting child drowning data and effective evidence-based state and local drowning prevention policies and best practices.
(c)The reports submitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
131354.Based on the reports submitted pursuant to this chapter and the feedback on those reports, chapter, the department shall develop both of the following:
(a)(1)A California Water Safety Action Plan for Children. The plan shall be a comprehensive, realistic, and executable plan patterned after the United States National Water Safety Action Plan, which aims to create water-safe communities and states.
(2)The department shall post the plan developed pursuant to this subdivision on its internet website on or before January 1, 2027.
(b)A standardized electronic form for counties to use in reporting drowning statistics developed in consultation with the state advisory group and the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention.
131355.(a)To the extent it does not jeopardize federal funding, the department shall seek to fund this program through already existing Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant Program moneys currently allocated to the Fatal Child Abuse and Neglect Surveillance (FCANS) Program.(b)To the extent it does not jeopardize federal funding, participating counties may seek reimbursement from the department from existing Title V MCH Block Grant Program moneys currently allocated to the FCANS Program.131356.131355.This section chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
(a)The Legislature makes the following findings and declarations:
(1)Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among children one to four, inclusive, years of age in the United States and California, and the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among California children five to nine, inclusive, years of age.
(2)The rates of these fatal pool drownings among children one to four, inclusive, years of age have increased as follows: 1.5/100,000 (2018); 1.6/100,000 (2019); and 1.8/100,000 (2020).
(3)Between 2018 and 2020, 139 children one to four, inclusive, years of age died from drowning. Seventy percent of those were known to have occurred in swimming pools.
(4)Recent data shows that in 2020, 389 children one to four, inclusive, years of age were seen in the emergency room, 118 were admitted to the hospital, and 47 died from drowning.
(5)Between 2018 and 2020, among children 0 to 17, inclusive, years of age, 224 died, 757 were hospitalized, and 1,367 were seen in the emergency department.
(6)Many children who survive have lifelong disabilities ranging from minor to severe. The 2020 Client Development Evaluation Report (CDER) from the State Department of Developmental Service reports a caseload of 768 individuals who require services as a result of a nonfatal drowning, a significant long-term cost to the state.
(7)California does not have a uniform reporting system to further develop best practices, community interventions, and public policy. Inconsistent and incomplete data hamper monitoring of trends, ascertainment of risk factors, and the design and evaluation of prevention strategies.
(8)The establishment of systematic reporting of information on the circumstances of drowning is a strong recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
(b)It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a statewide drowning surveillance system with consistent, systematic reporting and analysis that will help identify specific risk factors, including specific groups, communities, and sites, that can inform recommendations for more effective local and state drowning prevention interventions and policies.
SEC. 2.Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 131350) is added to Part 1 of Division 112 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:4.Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program131350.For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a)Department means the State Department of Public Health.
(b)Data collection pilot program means the Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 131351.
131351.(a)The Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program is hereby established, to be administered by the department.
(b)The purpose of the data collection pilot program shall be to collect detailed data on childhood fatal and nonfatal drownings in California with a particular focus to be directed at childhood pool drownings among children one to four, inclusive, years of age. The data collection pilot program shall use existing department electronic data collection systems and determine how to highlight data on circumstances of drowning cases.
131352.The data collection pilot program shall be implemented according to the following requirements:
(a)(1)On or before January 1, 2024, the department shall seek to collaborate with at least 5 but no more than 10 county child death review teams authorized pursuant to Section 11174.32 of the Penal Code, other local agencies that collect data on fatal and nonfatal drowning, or both.
(2)In soliciting participants pursuant to paragraph (1), the department shall primarily solicit counties with historically high fatal and nonfatal drowning rates among children one to four, inclusive, years of age.
(b)Through January 1, 2025, the data collection pilot program shall track child fatal drownings and collect detailed information on the circumstances surrounding these fatal drownings. The data collection pilot program shall also explore ways to track and collect similar data on nonfatal drowning using electronic forms and shall track that information, if feasible.
131353.(a)(1)On or before April 1, 2024, and April 1, 2025, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate legislative policy committees on the progress of the data collection program and findings of the data collection pilot program.
(2)In compiling the reports required pursuant to this section, the department shall solicit and consider stakeholder input.
(3)The report required pursuant to this subdivision shall include recommendations related to improving pool safety on a state and local level.
(b)(1)By June 30, 2026, the department shall, after consultation with an advisory group with expertise in childhood drowning prevention, submit a report on the findings of the data collection pilot program to the appropriate legislative policy committees. The department shall also post the report on its internet website.
(2)The report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include recommendations on the structure and operation of an ongoing system for collecting child drowning data and effective evidence-based state and local drowning prevention policies and best practices.
(c)The reports submitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
131354.Based on the reports submitted pursuant to this chapter and the feedback on those reports, the department shall develop both of the following:
(a)(1)A California Water Safety Action Plan for Children. The plan shall be a comprehensive, realistic, and executable plan patterned after the United States National Water Safety Action Plan, which aims to create water-safe communities and states.
(2)The department shall post the plan developed pursuant to this subdivision on its internet website on or before January 1, 2027.
(b)A standardized electronic form for counties to use in reporting drowning statistics developed in consultation with the state advisory group and the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention.
131355.(a)To the extent it does not jeopardize federal funding, the department shall seek to fund this program through already existing Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant Program moneys currently allocated to the Fatal Child Abuse and Neglect Surveillance (FCANS) Program.
(b)To the extent it does not jeopardize federal funding, participating counties may seek reimbursement from the department from existing Title V MCH Block Grant Program moneys currently allocated to the FCANS Program.
131356.This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
(a)The Legislature makes the following findings and declarations:
(1)Drowning is the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among children one to four, inclusive, years of age in the United States and California, and the second leading cause of unintentional injury-related death among California children five to nine, inclusive, years of age.
(2)The rates of these fatal pool drownings among children one to four, inclusive, years of age have increased as follows: 1.5/100,000 (2018); 1.6/100,000 (2019); and 1.8/100,000 (2020).
(3)Between 2018 and 2020, 139 children one to four, inclusive, years of age died from drowning. Seventy percent of those were known to have occurred in swimming pools.
(4)Recent data shows that in 2020, 389 children one to four, inclusive, years of age were seen in the emergency room, 118 were admitted to the hospital, and 47 died from drowning.
(5)Between 2018 and 2020, among children 0 to 17, inclusive, years of age, 224 died, 757 were hospitalized, and 1,367 were seen in the emergency department.
(6)Many children who survive have lifelong disabilities ranging from minor to severe. The 2020 Client Development Evaluation Report (CDER) from the State Department of Developmental Service reports a caseload of 768 individuals who require services as a result of a nonfatal drowning, a significant long-term cost to the state.
(7)California does not have a uniform reporting system to further develop best practices, community interventions, and public policy. Inconsistent and incomplete data hamper monitoring of trends, ascertainment of risk factors, and the design and evaluation of prevention strategies.
(8)The establishment of systematic reporting of information on the circumstances of drowning is a strong recommendation of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
(b)It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a statewide drowning surveillance system with consistent, systematic reporting and analysis that will help identify specific risk factors, including specific groups, communities, and sites, that can inform recommendations for more effective local and state drowning prevention interventions and policies.
SEC. 2.Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 131350) is added to Part 1 of Division 112 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:4.Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program131350.For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a)Department means the State Department of Public Health.
(b)Data collection pilot program means the Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 131351.
131351.(a)The Childhood Drowning Data Collection Pilot Program is hereby established, to be administered by the department.
(b)The purpose of the data collection pilot program shall be to collect detailed data on childhood fatal and nonfatal drownings in California with a particular focus to be directed at childhood pool drownings among children one to four, inclusive, years of age.
131352.The data collection pilot program shall be implemented according to the following requirements:
(a)(1)On or before January 1, 2024, the department shall seek to collaborate with at least 5 but no more than 10 county child death review teams authorized pursuant to Section 11174.32 of the Penal Code, other local agencies that collect data on fatal and nonfatal drowning, or both.
(2)In soliciting participants pursuant to paragraph (1), the department shall primarily solicit counties with historically high fatal and nonfatal drowning rates among children one to four, inclusive, years of age.
(b)Through January 1, 2025, the data collection pilot program shall track child fatal drownings and collect detailed information on the circumstances surrounding these fatal drownings. The data collection pilot program shall also explore ways to track and collect similar data on nonfatal drowning and shall track that information, if feasible.
131353.(a)(1)On or before April 1, 2024, and April 1, 2025, the department shall submit a report to the appropriate legislative policy committees on the progress of the data collection program and findings of the data collection pilot program.
(2)In compiling the reports required pursuant to this section, the department shall solicit and consider stakeholder input.
(3)The report required pursuant to this subdivision shall include recommendations related to improving pool safety on a state and local level.
(b)(1)By June 30, 2026, the department shall, after consultation with an advisory group with expertise in childhood drowning prevention, submit a report on the findings of the data collection pilot program to the appropriate legislative policy committees. The department shall also post the report on its internet website.
(2)The report submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include recommendations on the structure and operation of an ongoing system for collecting child drowning data and effective evidence-based state and local drowning prevention policies and best practices.
(c)The reports submitted pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
131354.Based on the reports submitted pursuant to this chapter and the feedback on those reports, the department shall develop both of the following:
(a)(1)A California Water Safety Action Plan for Children. The plan shall be a comprehensive, realistic, and executable plan patterned after the United States National Water Safety Action Plan, which aims to create water-safe communities and states.
(2)The department shall post the plan developed pursuant to this subdivision on its internet website on or before January 1, 2027.
(b)A standardized form for counties to use in reporting drowning statistics developed in consultation with the state advisory group and the National Center for Fatality Review and Prevention.
131355.(a)To the extent it does not jeopardize federal funding, the department shall seek to fund this program through already existing Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Block Grant Program moneys currently allocated to the Fatal Child Abuse and Neglect Surveillance (FCANS) Program.
(b)To the extent it does not jeopardize federal funding, participating counties may seek reimbursement from the department from existing Title V MCH Block Grant Program moneys currently allocated to the FCANS Program.
131356.This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed.
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| Sep 29, 2022 | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 817, Statutes of 2022. |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Approved by the Governor. |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. |
| Aug 31, 2022 | Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5383.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
| Aug 31, 2022 | In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. |
| Aug 31, 2022 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. |
| Aug 23, 2022 | Read third time and amended. |
| Aug 15, 2022 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
| Aug 11, 2022 | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). |
| Aug 3, 2022 | August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. |
| Jun 22, 2022 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Jun 2, 2022 | Referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
| May 26, 2022 | In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. |
| May 25, 2022 | Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3929.) Ordered to the Assembly. |
| May 23, 2022 | Ordered to special consent calendar. |
| May 19, 2022 | From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3771.) (May 19). |
| May 13, 2022 | Set for hearing May 19. |
| Apr 18, 2022 | April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. |
| Apr 5, 2022 | Set for hearing April 18. |
| Mar 28, 2022 | Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Mar 24, 2022 | From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3203.) (March 23). |
| Mar 11, 2022 | Set for hearing March 23. |
| Feb 7, 2022 | Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. |
| Jan 26, 2022 | Referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
| Jan 20, 2022 | From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 19. |
| Jan 19, 2022 | Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. |
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| Aug 31, 2022 | SB 855 Newman Senate Third Reading By Akilah Weber | Assembly Floor |
Passed |
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| Aug 31, 2022 | Unfinished Business SB855 Newman et al. Concurrence | Senate Floor |
Passed |
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| May 25, 2022 | Special Consent SB855 | Senate Floor |
Passed |
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