CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1880Introduced by Assembly Members Fong and Salas(Principal coauthor: Senator Fuller)(Coauthor: Assembly Member Cunningham)January 17, 2018 An act to amend Section 120130 of, and to add Section 120132 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1880, as introduced, Fong. Valley Fever reporting.Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a list of reportable communicable and noncommunicable diseases and conditions and specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition. Existing law also supports research into the development of a vaccine to protect against coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley Fever. This bill would clarify that cases of both communicable and noncommunicable diseases are to be timely reported by a health care provider to a local health officer, and by a local health officer to the department. The bill would require a health care provider with a duty to report a case or suspected case of a communicable or noncommunicable disease to complete a one-time mandatory training course on that duty, as specified. This bill would require the department, if it collects data on coccidioidomycosis cases and alters that data, to timely report to a local health officer how and why it altered the data reported by the local health officer. The bill would also require the department, if it publishes provisional data on coccidioidomycosis cases, to publish an explanation of data changes likely to occur and of discrepancies between data reported by a local health officer and data reported by the department.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 120130 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:120130. (a) The department shall establish a list of reportable diseases and conditions. For each reportable disease and condition, the department shall specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition, and the mechanisms required for, and the content to be included in, reports made pursuant to this section. The(1) The list of reportable diseases and conditions may include both communicable and noncommunicable diseases. The list may include those diseases that are either known to be, or suspected of being, transmitted by milk or milk-based products. The (2) The list may be modified at any time by the department, after consultation with the California Conference of Local Health Officers. Modification of the list shall be exempt from the administrative regulation and rulemaking requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall be implemented without being adopted as a regulation, except that the revised list shall be filed with the Secretary of State and printed in the California Code of Regulations as required pursuant to subdivision (e). Those(3) Those communicable and noncommunicable diseases listed as reportable shall be properly reported as required to the department by the local health officer.(4) Those communicable and noncommunicable diseases listed as reportable shall be properly reported as required to the local health officer by a health care provider. A health care provider required to report a case or suspected case of a communicable or noncommunicable disease shall complete a one-time mandatory training course on the duty to report cases to the local health officer by January 1, 2020, or within two years of the start of his or her duty to report.(b) The department shall establish a list of communicable diseases and conditions for which clinical laboratories shall submit a culture or a specimen to the local public health laboratory. The list shall set forth the conditions under which the culture and specimen shall also be submitted to the State Public Health Laboratory. The list may be modified at any time by the department, in consultation with appropriate local public health stakeholders, including, but not limited to, local health officers and public health laboratory directors. Both establishment and modification of the list shall be exempt from the administrative regulation and rulemaking requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall be implemented without being adopted as a regulation, except that the initial list and any modifications shall be filed with the Secretary of State and printed in the California Code of Regulations as required pursuant to subdivision (e).(c) The department may from time to time adopt and enforce regulations requiring strict or modified isolation, or quarantine, for any of the contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases, if in the opinion of the department the action is necessary for the protection of the public health.(d) The local health officer may require strict or modified isolation, or quarantine, for any a case of contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, when this action is necessary for the protection of the public health.(e) The lists established pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) and any subsequent modifications shall be published in Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no a civil or criminal penalty, fine, sanction, or finding, or denial, suspension, or revocation of licensure for any a person or facility may shall not be imposed based upon a failure to provide the notification of a reportable disease or condition or to provide the submission of a culture or specimen that is required under this section, unless the name of the disease or condition that is required to be reported, or for which a culture or specimen is required to be submitted, was printed in the California Code of Regulations and the department notified the person or facility of the disease or condition at least six months prior to before the date of the claimed failure to report or submit.(g) Commencing July 1, 2009, or within one year of the establishment of a state electronic laboratory reporting system, whichever is later, a report generated pursuant to this section, or Section 121022, by a laboratory shall be submitted electronically in a manner specified by the department. The department shall allow laboratories that receive incomplete patient information to report the name of the provider who submitted the request to the local health officer.(h) The department may, through its Internet Web site and via electronic mail, advise out-of-state laboratories that are known to the department to test specimens from California residents of the new reporting requirements.SEC. 2. Section 120132 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:120132. (a) If the department collects data on coccidioidomycosis cases from a local health officer and alters that data for any reason, including, but not limited to, to delete duplicate cases reported by multiple counties, the department shall timely report to a local health officer how and why it altered the data originally reported by that local health officer. (b) If the department publishes provisional data on coccidioidomycosis cases, the department shall include in its publication an explanation for likely data changes between initial and final publication, and an explanation for discrepancies between data reported by a local health officer and data reported by the department.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1880Introduced by Assembly Members Fong and Salas(Principal coauthor: Senator Fuller)(Coauthor: Assembly Member Cunningham)January 17, 2018 An act to amend Section 120130 of, and to add Section 120132 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1880, as introduced, Fong. Valley Fever reporting.Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a list of reportable communicable and noncommunicable diseases and conditions and specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition. Existing law also supports research into the development of a vaccine to protect against coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley Fever. This bill would clarify that cases of both communicable and noncommunicable diseases are to be timely reported by a health care provider to a local health officer, and by a local health officer to the department. The bill would require a health care provider with a duty to report a case or suspected case of a communicable or noncommunicable disease to complete a one-time mandatory training course on that duty, as specified. This bill would require the department, if it collects data on coccidioidomycosis cases and alters that data, to timely report to a local health officer how and why it altered the data reported by the local health officer. The bill would also require the department, if it publishes provisional data on coccidioidomycosis cases, to publish an explanation of data changes likely to occur and of discrepancies between data reported by a local health officer and data reported by the department.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1880
Introduced by Assembly Members Fong and Salas(Principal coauthor: Senator Fuller)(Coauthor: Assembly Member Cunningham)January 17, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Members Fong and Salas(Principal coauthor: Senator Fuller)(Coauthor: Assembly Member Cunningham)
January 17, 2018
An act to amend Section 120130 of, and to add Section 120132 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1880, as introduced, Fong. Valley Fever reporting.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a list of reportable communicable and noncommunicable diseases and conditions and specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition. Existing law also supports research into the development of a vaccine to protect against coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley Fever. This bill would clarify that cases of both communicable and noncommunicable diseases are to be timely reported by a health care provider to a local health officer, and by a local health officer to the department. The bill would require a health care provider with a duty to report a case or suspected case of a communicable or noncommunicable disease to complete a one-time mandatory training course on that duty, as specified. This bill would require the department, if it collects data on coccidioidomycosis cases and alters that data, to timely report to a local health officer how and why it altered the data reported by the local health officer. The bill would also require the department, if it publishes provisional data on coccidioidomycosis cases, to publish an explanation of data changes likely to occur and of discrepancies between data reported by a local health officer and data reported by the department.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a list of reportable communicable and noncommunicable diseases and conditions and specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition. Existing law also supports research into the development of a vaccine to protect against coccidioidomycosis, also known as Valley Fever.
This bill would clarify that cases of both communicable and noncommunicable diseases are to be timely reported by a health care provider to a local health officer, and by a local health officer to the department. The bill would require a health care provider with a duty to report a case or suspected case of a communicable or noncommunicable disease to complete a one-time mandatory training course on that duty, as specified.
This bill would require the department, if it collects data on coccidioidomycosis cases and alters that data, to timely report to a local health officer how and why it altered the data reported by the local health officer. The bill would also require the department, if it publishes provisional data on coccidioidomycosis cases, to publish an explanation of data changes likely to occur and of discrepancies between data reported by a local health officer and data reported by the department.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 120130 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:120130. (a) The department shall establish a list of reportable diseases and conditions. For each reportable disease and condition, the department shall specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition, and the mechanisms required for, and the content to be included in, reports made pursuant to this section. The(1) The list of reportable diseases and conditions may include both communicable and noncommunicable diseases. The list may include those diseases that are either known to be, or suspected of being, transmitted by milk or milk-based products. The (2) The list may be modified at any time by the department, after consultation with the California Conference of Local Health Officers. Modification of the list shall be exempt from the administrative regulation and rulemaking requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall be implemented without being adopted as a regulation, except that the revised list shall be filed with the Secretary of State and printed in the California Code of Regulations as required pursuant to subdivision (e). Those(3) Those communicable and noncommunicable diseases listed as reportable shall be properly reported as required to the department by the local health officer.(4) Those communicable and noncommunicable diseases listed as reportable shall be properly reported as required to the local health officer by a health care provider. A health care provider required to report a case or suspected case of a communicable or noncommunicable disease shall complete a one-time mandatory training course on the duty to report cases to the local health officer by January 1, 2020, or within two years of the start of his or her duty to report.(b) The department shall establish a list of communicable diseases and conditions for which clinical laboratories shall submit a culture or a specimen to the local public health laboratory. The list shall set forth the conditions under which the culture and specimen shall also be submitted to the State Public Health Laboratory. The list may be modified at any time by the department, in consultation with appropriate local public health stakeholders, including, but not limited to, local health officers and public health laboratory directors. Both establishment and modification of the list shall be exempt from the administrative regulation and rulemaking requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall be implemented without being adopted as a regulation, except that the initial list and any modifications shall be filed with the Secretary of State and printed in the California Code of Regulations as required pursuant to subdivision (e).(c) The department may from time to time adopt and enforce regulations requiring strict or modified isolation, or quarantine, for any of the contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases, if in the opinion of the department the action is necessary for the protection of the public health.(d) The local health officer may require strict or modified isolation, or quarantine, for any a case of contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, when this action is necessary for the protection of the public health.(e) The lists established pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) and any subsequent modifications shall be published in Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no a civil or criminal penalty, fine, sanction, or finding, or denial, suspension, or revocation of licensure for any a person or facility may shall not be imposed based upon a failure to provide the notification of a reportable disease or condition or to provide the submission of a culture or specimen that is required under this section, unless the name of the disease or condition that is required to be reported, or for which a culture or specimen is required to be submitted, was printed in the California Code of Regulations and the department notified the person or facility of the disease or condition at least six months prior to before the date of the claimed failure to report or submit.(g) Commencing July 1, 2009, or within one year of the establishment of a state electronic laboratory reporting system, whichever is later, a report generated pursuant to this section, or Section 121022, by a laboratory shall be submitted electronically in a manner specified by the department. The department shall allow laboratories that receive incomplete patient information to report the name of the provider who submitted the request to the local health officer.(h) The department may, through its Internet Web site and via electronic mail, advise out-of-state laboratories that are known to the department to test specimens from California residents of the new reporting requirements.SEC. 2. Section 120132 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:120132. (a) If the department collects data on coccidioidomycosis cases from a local health officer and alters that data for any reason, including, but not limited to, to delete duplicate cases reported by multiple counties, the department shall timely report to a local health officer how and why it altered the data originally reported by that local health officer. (b) If the department publishes provisional data on coccidioidomycosis cases, the department shall include in its publication an explanation for likely data changes between initial and final publication, and an explanation for discrepancies between data reported by a local health officer and data reported by the department.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 120130 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:120130. (a) The department shall establish a list of reportable diseases and conditions. For each reportable disease and condition, the department shall specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition, and the mechanisms required for, and the content to be included in, reports made pursuant to this section. The(1) The list of reportable diseases and conditions may include both communicable and noncommunicable diseases. The list may include those diseases that are either known to be, or suspected of being, transmitted by milk or milk-based products. The (2) The list may be modified at any time by the department, after consultation with the California Conference of Local Health Officers. Modification of the list shall be exempt from the administrative regulation and rulemaking requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall be implemented without being adopted as a regulation, except that the revised list shall be filed with the Secretary of State and printed in the California Code of Regulations as required pursuant to subdivision (e). Those(3) Those communicable and noncommunicable diseases listed as reportable shall be properly reported as required to the department by the local health officer.(4) Those communicable and noncommunicable diseases listed as reportable shall be properly reported as required to the local health officer by a health care provider. A health care provider required to report a case or suspected case of a communicable or noncommunicable disease shall complete a one-time mandatory training course on the duty to report cases to the local health officer by January 1, 2020, or within two years of the start of his or her duty to report.(b) The department shall establish a list of communicable diseases and conditions for which clinical laboratories shall submit a culture or a specimen to the local public health laboratory. The list shall set forth the conditions under which the culture and specimen shall also be submitted to the State Public Health Laboratory. The list may be modified at any time by the department, in consultation with appropriate local public health stakeholders, including, but not limited to, local health officers and public health laboratory directors. Both establishment and modification of the list shall be exempt from the administrative regulation and rulemaking requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall be implemented without being adopted as a regulation, except that the initial list and any modifications shall be filed with the Secretary of State and printed in the California Code of Regulations as required pursuant to subdivision (e).(c) The department may from time to time adopt and enforce regulations requiring strict or modified isolation, or quarantine, for any of the contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases, if in the opinion of the department the action is necessary for the protection of the public health.(d) The local health officer may require strict or modified isolation, or quarantine, for any a case of contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, when this action is necessary for the protection of the public health.(e) The lists established pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) and any subsequent modifications shall be published in Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no a civil or criminal penalty, fine, sanction, or finding, or denial, suspension, or revocation of licensure for any a person or facility may shall not be imposed based upon a failure to provide the notification of a reportable disease or condition or to provide the submission of a culture or specimen that is required under this section, unless the name of the disease or condition that is required to be reported, or for which a culture or specimen is required to be submitted, was printed in the California Code of Regulations and the department notified the person or facility of the disease or condition at least six months prior to before the date of the claimed failure to report or submit.(g) Commencing July 1, 2009, or within one year of the establishment of a state electronic laboratory reporting system, whichever is later, a report generated pursuant to this section, or Section 121022, by a laboratory shall be submitted electronically in a manner specified by the department. The department shall allow laboratories that receive incomplete patient information to report the name of the provider who submitted the request to the local health officer.(h) The department may, through its Internet Web site and via electronic mail, advise out-of-state laboratories that are known to the department to test specimens from California residents of the new reporting requirements.
SECTION 1. Section 120130 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
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120130. (a) The department shall establish a list of reportable diseases and conditions. For each reportable disease and condition, the department shall specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition, and the mechanisms required for, and the content to be included in, reports made pursuant to this section. The(1) The list of reportable diseases and conditions may include both communicable and noncommunicable diseases. The list may include those diseases that are either known to be, or suspected of being, transmitted by milk or milk-based products. The (2) The list may be modified at any time by the department, after consultation with the California Conference of Local Health Officers. Modification of the list shall be exempt from the administrative regulation and rulemaking requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall be implemented without being adopted as a regulation, except that the revised list shall be filed with the Secretary of State and printed in the California Code of Regulations as required pursuant to subdivision (e). Those(3) Those communicable and noncommunicable diseases listed as reportable shall be properly reported as required to the department by the local health officer.(4) Those communicable and noncommunicable diseases listed as reportable shall be properly reported as required to the local health officer by a health care provider. A health care provider required to report a case or suspected case of a communicable or noncommunicable disease shall complete a one-time mandatory training course on the duty to report cases to the local health officer by January 1, 2020, or within two years of the start of his or her duty to report.(b) The department shall establish a list of communicable diseases and conditions for which clinical laboratories shall submit a culture or a specimen to the local public health laboratory. The list shall set forth the conditions under which the culture and specimen shall also be submitted to the State Public Health Laboratory. The list may be modified at any time by the department, in consultation with appropriate local public health stakeholders, including, but not limited to, local health officers and public health laboratory directors. Both establishment and modification of the list shall be exempt from the administrative regulation and rulemaking requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall be implemented without being adopted as a regulation, except that the initial list and any modifications shall be filed with the Secretary of State and printed in the California Code of Regulations as required pursuant to subdivision (e).(c) The department may from time to time adopt and enforce regulations requiring strict or modified isolation, or quarantine, for any of the contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases, if in the opinion of the department the action is necessary for the protection of the public health.(d) The local health officer may require strict or modified isolation, or quarantine, for any a case of contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, when this action is necessary for the protection of the public health.(e) The lists established pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) and any subsequent modifications shall be published in Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no a civil or criminal penalty, fine, sanction, or finding, or denial, suspension, or revocation of licensure for any a person or facility may shall not be imposed based upon a failure to provide the notification of a reportable disease or condition or to provide the submission of a culture or specimen that is required under this section, unless the name of the disease or condition that is required to be reported, or for which a culture or specimen is required to be submitted, was printed in the California Code of Regulations and the department notified the person or facility of the disease or condition at least six months prior to before the date of the claimed failure to report or submit.(g) Commencing July 1, 2009, or within one year of the establishment of a state electronic laboratory reporting system, whichever is later, a report generated pursuant to this section, or Section 121022, by a laboratory shall be submitted electronically in a manner specified by the department. The department shall allow laboratories that receive incomplete patient information to report the name of the provider who submitted the request to the local health officer.(h) The department may, through its Internet Web site and via electronic mail, advise out-of-state laboratories that are known to the department to test specimens from California residents of the new reporting requirements.
120130. (a) The department shall establish a list of reportable diseases and conditions. For each reportable disease and condition, the department shall specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition, and the mechanisms required for, and the content to be included in, reports made pursuant to this section. The(1) The list of reportable diseases and conditions may include both communicable and noncommunicable diseases. The list may include those diseases that are either known to be, or suspected of being, transmitted by milk or milk-based products. The (2) The list may be modified at any time by the department, after consultation with the California Conference of Local Health Officers. Modification of the list shall be exempt from the administrative regulation and rulemaking requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall be implemented without being adopted as a regulation, except that the revised list shall be filed with the Secretary of State and printed in the California Code of Regulations as required pursuant to subdivision (e). Those(3) Those communicable and noncommunicable diseases listed as reportable shall be properly reported as required to the department by the local health officer.(4) Those communicable and noncommunicable diseases listed as reportable shall be properly reported as required to the local health officer by a health care provider. A health care provider required to report a case or suspected case of a communicable or noncommunicable disease shall complete a one-time mandatory training course on the duty to report cases to the local health officer by January 1, 2020, or within two years of the start of his or her duty to report.(b) The department shall establish a list of communicable diseases and conditions for which clinical laboratories shall submit a culture or a specimen to the local public health laboratory. The list shall set forth the conditions under which the culture and specimen shall also be submitted to the State Public Health Laboratory. The list may be modified at any time by the department, in consultation with appropriate local public health stakeholders, including, but not limited to, local health officers and public health laboratory directors. Both establishment and modification of the list shall be exempt from the administrative regulation and rulemaking requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall be implemented without being adopted as a regulation, except that the initial list and any modifications shall be filed with the Secretary of State and printed in the California Code of Regulations as required pursuant to subdivision (e).(c) The department may from time to time adopt and enforce regulations requiring strict or modified isolation, or quarantine, for any of the contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases, if in the opinion of the department the action is necessary for the protection of the public health.(d) The local health officer may require strict or modified isolation, or quarantine, for any a case of contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, when this action is necessary for the protection of the public health.(e) The lists established pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) and any subsequent modifications shall be published in Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no a civil or criminal penalty, fine, sanction, or finding, or denial, suspension, or revocation of licensure for any a person or facility may shall not be imposed based upon a failure to provide the notification of a reportable disease or condition or to provide the submission of a culture or specimen that is required under this section, unless the name of the disease or condition that is required to be reported, or for which a culture or specimen is required to be submitted, was printed in the California Code of Regulations and the department notified the person or facility of the disease or condition at least six months prior to before the date of the claimed failure to report or submit.(g) Commencing July 1, 2009, or within one year of the establishment of a state electronic laboratory reporting system, whichever is later, a report generated pursuant to this section, or Section 121022, by a laboratory shall be submitted electronically in a manner specified by the department. The department shall allow laboratories that receive incomplete patient information to report the name of the provider who submitted the request to the local health officer.(h) The department may, through its Internet Web site and via electronic mail, advise out-of-state laboratories that are known to the department to test specimens from California residents of the new reporting requirements.
120130. (a) The department shall establish a list of reportable diseases and conditions. For each reportable disease and condition, the department shall specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition, and the mechanisms required for, and the content to be included in, reports made pursuant to this section. The(1) The list of reportable diseases and conditions may include both communicable and noncommunicable diseases. The list may include those diseases that are either known to be, or suspected of being, transmitted by milk or milk-based products. The (2) The list may be modified at any time by the department, after consultation with the California Conference of Local Health Officers. Modification of the list shall be exempt from the administrative regulation and rulemaking requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall be implemented without being adopted as a regulation, except that the revised list shall be filed with the Secretary of State and printed in the California Code of Regulations as required pursuant to subdivision (e). Those(3) Those communicable and noncommunicable diseases listed as reportable shall be properly reported as required to the department by the local health officer.(4) Those communicable and noncommunicable diseases listed as reportable shall be properly reported as required to the local health officer by a health care provider. A health care provider required to report a case or suspected case of a communicable or noncommunicable disease shall complete a one-time mandatory training course on the duty to report cases to the local health officer by January 1, 2020, or within two years of the start of his or her duty to report.(b) The department shall establish a list of communicable diseases and conditions for which clinical laboratories shall submit a culture or a specimen to the local public health laboratory. The list shall set forth the conditions under which the culture and specimen shall also be submitted to the State Public Health Laboratory. The list may be modified at any time by the department, in consultation with appropriate local public health stakeholders, including, but not limited to, local health officers and public health laboratory directors. Both establishment and modification of the list shall be exempt from the administrative regulation and rulemaking requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall be implemented without being adopted as a regulation, except that the initial list and any modifications shall be filed with the Secretary of State and printed in the California Code of Regulations as required pursuant to subdivision (e).(c) The department may from time to time adopt and enforce regulations requiring strict or modified isolation, or quarantine, for any of the contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases, if in the opinion of the department the action is necessary for the protection of the public health.(d) The local health officer may require strict or modified isolation, or quarantine, for any a case of contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, when this action is necessary for the protection of the public health.(e) The lists established pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) and any subsequent modifications shall be published in Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no a civil or criminal penalty, fine, sanction, or finding, or denial, suspension, or revocation of licensure for any a person or facility may shall not be imposed based upon a failure to provide the notification of a reportable disease or condition or to provide the submission of a culture or specimen that is required under this section, unless the name of the disease or condition that is required to be reported, or for which a culture or specimen is required to be submitted, was printed in the California Code of Regulations and the department notified the person or facility of the disease or condition at least six months prior to before the date of the claimed failure to report or submit.(g) Commencing July 1, 2009, or within one year of the establishment of a state electronic laboratory reporting system, whichever is later, a report generated pursuant to this section, or Section 121022, by a laboratory shall be submitted electronically in a manner specified by the department. The department shall allow laboratories that receive incomplete patient information to report the name of the provider who submitted the request to the local health officer.(h) The department may, through its Internet Web site and via electronic mail, advise out-of-state laboratories that are known to the department to test specimens from California residents of the new reporting requirements.
120130. (a) The department shall establish a list of reportable diseases and conditions. For each reportable disease and condition, the department shall specify the timeliness requirements related to the reporting of each disease and condition, and the mechanisms required for, and the content to be included in, reports made pursuant to this section. The
(1) The list of reportable diseases and conditions may include both communicable and noncommunicable diseases. The list may include those diseases that are either known to be, or suspected of being, transmitted by milk or milk-based products. The
(2) The list may be modified at any time by the department, after consultation with the California Conference of Local Health Officers. Modification of the list shall be exempt from the administrative regulation and rulemaking requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall be implemented without being adopted as a regulation, except that the revised list shall be filed with the Secretary of State and printed in the California Code of Regulations as required pursuant to subdivision (e). Those
(3) Those communicable and noncommunicable diseases listed as reportable shall be properly reported as required to the department by the local health officer.
(4) Those communicable and noncommunicable diseases listed as reportable shall be properly reported as required to the local health officer by a health care provider. A health care provider required to report a case or suspected case of a communicable or noncommunicable disease shall complete a one-time mandatory training course on the duty to report cases to the local health officer by January 1, 2020, or within two years of the start of his or her duty to report.
(b) The department shall establish a list of communicable diseases and conditions for which clinical laboratories shall submit a culture or a specimen to the local public health laboratory. The list shall set forth the conditions under which the culture and specimen shall also be submitted to the State Public Health Laboratory. The list may be modified at any time by the department, in consultation with appropriate local public health stakeholders, including, but not limited to, local health officers and public health laboratory directors. Both establishment and modification of the list shall be exempt from the administrative regulation and rulemaking requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and shall be implemented without being adopted as a regulation, except that the initial list and any modifications shall be filed with the Secretary of State and printed in the California Code of Regulations as required pursuant to subdivision (e).
(c) The department may from time to time adopt and enforce regulations requiring strict or modified isolation, or quarantine, for any of the contagious, infectious, or communicable diseases, if in the opinion of the department the action is necessary for the protection of the public health.
(d) The local health officer may require strict or modified isolation, or quarantine, for any a case of contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, when this action is necessary for the protection of the public health.
(e) The lists established pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) and any subsequent modifications shall be published in Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no a civil or criminal penalty, fine, sanction, or finding, or denial, suspension, or revocation of licensure for any a person or facility may shall not be imposed based upon a failure to provide the notification of a reportable disease or condition or to provide the submission of a culture or specimen that is required under this section, unless the name of the disease or condition that is required to be reported, or for which a culture or specimen is required to be submitted, was printed in the California Code of Regulations and the department notified the person or facility of the disease or condition at least six months prior to before the date of the claimed failure to report or submit.
(g) Commencing July 1, 2009, or within one year of the establishment of a state electronic laboratory reporting system, whichever is later, a report generated pursuant to this section, or Section 121022, by a laboratory shall be submitted electronically in a manner specified by the department. The department shall allow laboratories that receive incomplete patient information to report the name of the provider who submitted the request to the local health officer.
(h) The department may, through its Internet Web site and via electronic mail, advise out-of-state laboratories that are known to the department to test specimens from California residents of the new reporting requirements.
SEC. 2. Section 120132 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:120132. (a) If the department collects data on coccidioidomycosis cases from a local health officer and alters that data for any reason, including, but not limited to, to delete duplicate cases reported by multiple counties, the department shall timely report to a local health officer how and why it altered the data originally reported by that local health officer. (b) If the department publishes provisional data on coccidioidomycosis cases, the department shall include in its publication an explanation for likely data changes between initial and final publication, and an explanation for discrepancies between data reported by a local health officer and data reported by the department.
SEC. 2. Section 120132 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
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120132. (a) If the department collects data on coccidioidomycosis cases from a local health officer and alters that data for any reason, including, but not limited to, to delete duplicate cases reported by multiple counties, the department shall timely report to a local health officer how and why it altered the data originally reported by that local health officer. (b) If the department publishes provisional data on coccidioidomycosis cases, the department shall include in its publication an explanation for likely data changes between initial and final publication, and an explanation for discrepancies between data reported by a local health officer and data reported by the department.
120132. (a) If the department collects data on coccidioidomycosis cases from a local health officer and alters that data for any reason, including, but not limited to, to delete duplicate cases reported by multiple counties, the department shall timely report to a local health officer how and why it altered the data originally reported by that local health officer. (b) If the department publishes provisional data on coccidioidomycosis cases, the department shall include in its publication an explanation for likely data changes between initial and final publication, and an explanation for discrepancies between data reported by a local health officer and data reported by the department.
120132. (a) If the department collects data on coccidioidomycosis cases from a local health officer and alters that data for any reason, including, but not limited to, to delete duplicate cases reported by multiple counties, the department shall timely report to a local health officer how and why it altered the data originally reported by that local health officer. (b) If the department publishes provisional data on coccidioidomycosis cases, the department shall include in its publication an explanation for likely data changes between initial and final publication, and an explanation for discrepancies between data reported by a local health officer and data reported by the department.
120132. (a) If the department collects data on coccidioidomycosis cases from a local health officer and alters that data for any reason, including, but not limited to, to delete duplicate cases reported by multiple counties, the department shall timely report to a local health officer how and why it altered the data originally reported by that local health officer.
(b) If the department publishes provisional data on coccidioidomycosis cases, the department shall include in its publication an explanation for likely data changes between initial and final publication, and an explanation for discrepancies between data reported by a local health officer and data reported by the department.