§ 101318. — 101318. (Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 506, Sec. 2.)

(a)
Federal funding received pursuant to the 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 111-32) for pandemic influenza for purposes of state and local public health and emergency response infrastructure, including, but not limited to, epidemiology, communicable disease response, workforce, laboratory capacity, public communications, and community mitigation guidance and planning, shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or other statute for allocation by the department in accordance with this article.
(b)
This section shall govern federal funding provided by the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement and the Public Health Emergency Response
Cooperative Agreement for the state and local health jurisdictions.
(c)
The proportion of funds allocated to support local health jurisdiction activities shall be at least the proportion stipulated in the 2008–09 federally approved state applications for the Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement unless stipulated otherwise by federal law or guidance, or unless the department, in consultation with the California Conference of Local Health Officers and the County Health Executives Association of California, submits an application that specifies a different funding allocation.
(d)
The department may establish a minimum allocation of less than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to local health jurisdictions, if the department consults with the California Conference of Local Health Officers and the County Health Executives Association of
California.

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 506, Sec. 2. (SB 769) Effective September 29, 2010.