BILL NUMBER: SB 273INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Corbett FEBRUARY 24, 2009 An act relating to domestic violence. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 273, as introduced, Corbett. Domestic violence. Existing law requires the Maternal and Child Health Branch of the State Department of Public Health to administer a comprehensive shelter-based service grant program to battered women's shelters. This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would address issues raised in a specified decision by the appellate court and that would ensure that shelters providing services to victims of domestic violence continue to receive appropriate funding pursuant to provisions of the above-described grant program. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would address the issues raised in Woods v. Horton (2008) 167 Cal.App.4th 658 and ensure that shelters providing services to victims of domestic violence continue to receive appropriate funding pursuant to Section 124250 of the Health and Safety Code.