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| 1 | + | Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2655Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioFebruary 18, 2022 An act to amend Section 152 of add Section 120131 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2655, as amended, Blanca Rubio. Multicultural health.Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law requires an organization that operates, conducts, owns, or maintains a health facility, each hospital, and each general acute care hospital and freestanding ambulatory surgery clinic to make and file with the office certain information regarding patients that is recorded on a Hospital Discharge Abstract Data Record, an Emergency Care Data Record, and an Ambulatory Surgery Data Record, respectively, as described. The information includes, among other things, the date of birth, race, date of services, and principal diagnosis of the patient. Existing law requires the department to disclose this information to certain entities, including, among others, any California hospital and tribal epidemiology centers, except as specified. Existing law prohibits those entities from disclosing that information except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by specified federal law.Existing law also 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 requires the State Department of Public Health to collect data on coccidioidomycosis cases from the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system and any other electronic data system used by a local health department.This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to provide the California Tribal Epidemiology Center (CTEC) with access to the CalREDIE system no later than January 1, 2023, and would prohibit the CTEC from disclosing the information, as described above.Existing law establishes the Office of Health Equity in the State Department of Public Health for the purposes of aligning state resources, decisionmaking, and programs to accomplish certain goals related to, among others, health equity and protecting vulnerable communities. Existing law requires the office to perform certain functions in connection to multicultural health. Existing law also requires the department to biennially prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on the status of these activities.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 120131 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:120131. (a) The department shall grant the California Tribal Epidemiology Center access to the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system no later than January 1, 2023.(b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations. In no case shall a hospital, contractor, or subcontractor reidentify or attempt to reidentify any information received pursuant to this section.(c) No disclosure shall be made pursuant to this section if the director of the department has determined that the disclosure would create an unreasonable risk to patient privacy. The director shall provide a written explanation of the determination to the requester within 60 days.SECTION 1.Section 152 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:152.(a)The Office of Health Equity within the State Department of Public Health shall do all of the following:(1)Perform strategic planning to develop departmentwide plans for implementation of goals and objectives to close the gaps in health status and access to care among the states diverse racial and ethnic communities, women, persons with disabilities, and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) communities.(2)Conduct departmental policy analysis on specific issues related to multicultural health.(3)Coordinate projects funded by the state that are related to improving the effectiveness of services to ethnic and racial communities, women, and the LGBTQQ communities.(4)Identify the unnecessary duplication of services and future service needs.(5)Communicate and disseminate information and perform a liaison function within the department and to providers of health, social, educational, and support services to racial and ethnic communities, women, persons with disabilities, and the LGBTQQ communities. The department shall consult regularly with representatives from diverse racial and ethnic communities, women, persons with disabilities, and the LGBTQQ communities, including health providers, advocates, and consumers.(6)Perform internal staff training, an internal assessment of cultural competency, and training of health care professionals to ensure more linguistically and culturally competent care.(7)Serve as a resource for ensuring that programs collect and keep data and information regarding ethnic and racial health statistics, including the statistics described in reports released by Healthy People 2020, and information based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression, strategies and programs that address multicultural health issues, including, but not limited to, infant and maternal mortality, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), child and adult immunization, osteoporosis, menopause, and full reproductive health, asthma, unintentional and intentional injury, and obesity, as well as issues that impact the health of racial and ethnic communities, women, and the LGBTQQ communities, including substance abuse, mental health, housing, teenage pregnancy, environmental disparities, immigrant and migrant health, and health insurance and delivery systems.(8)Encourage innovative responses by public and private entities that are attempting to address multicultural health issues.(9)Provide technical assistance to counties, other public entities, and private entities seeking to obtain funds for initiatives in multicultural health, including identification of funding sources and assistance with writing grants.(b)Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the State Department of Public Health shall biennially prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on the status of the activities required by this chapter. This report shall be included in the report required pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 131019.5. | |
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| 3 | + | Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2655Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioFebruary 18, 2022 An act to amend Section 152 of add Section 120131 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2655, as amended, Blanca Rubio. Multicultural health.Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law requires an organization that operates, conducts, owns, or maintains a health facility, each hospital, and each general acute care hospital and freestanding ambulatory surgery clinic to make and file with the office certain information regarding patients that is recorded on a Hospital Discharge Abstract Data Record, an Emergency Care Data Record, and an Ambulatory Surgery Data Record, respectively, as described. The information includes, among other things, the date of birth, race, date of services, and principal diagnosis of the patient. Existing law requires the department to disclose this information to certain entities, including, among others, any California hospital and tribal epidemiology centers, except as specified. Existing law prohibits those entities from disclosing that information except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by specified federal law.Existing law also 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 requires the State Department of Public Health to collect data on coccidioidomycosis cases from the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system and any other electronic data system used by a local health department.This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to provide the California Tribal Epidemiology Center (CTEC) with access to the CalREDIE system no later than January 1, 2023, and would prohibit the CTEC from disclosing the information, as described above.Existing law establishes the Office of Health Equity in the State Department of Public Health for the purposes of aligning state resources, decisionmaking, and programs to accomplish certain goals related to, among others, health equity and protecting vulnerable communities. Existing law requires the office to perform certain functions in connection to multicultural health. Existing law also requires the department to biennially prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on the status of these activities.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO | |
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| 8 | 7 | Amended IN Assembly March 24, 2022 | |
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| 10 | 9 | CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION | |
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| 12 | 11 | Assembly Bill | |
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| 14 | 13 | No. 2655 | |
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| 16 | - | Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca | |
| 15 | + | Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioFebruary 18, 2022 | |
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| 18 | - | Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio | |
| 17 | + | Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio | |
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| 21 | - | An act to add Section 120131 to | |
| 20 | + | An act to amend Section 152 of add Section 120131 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health. | |
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| 23 | 22 | LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 25 | 24 | ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST | |
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| 27 | 26 | AB 2655, as amended, Blanca Rubio. Multicultural health. | |
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| 29 | - | Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law requires an organization that operates, conducts, owns, or maintains a health facility, each hospital, and each general acute care hospital and freestanding ambulatory surgery clinic to make and file with the office certain information regarding patients that is recorded on a Hospital Discharge Abstract Data Record, an Emergency Care Data Record, and an Ambulatory Surgery Data Record, respectively, as described. The information includes, among other things, the date of birth, race, date of services, and principal diagnosis of the patient. Existing law requires the department to disclose this information to certain entities, including, among others, any California hospital and tribal epidemiology centers, except as specified. Existing law prohibits those entities from disclosing that information except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by specified federal law.Existing law also 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 requires the State Department of Public Health to collect data on coccidioidomycosis cases from the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system and any other electronic data system used by a local health department.This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to provide | |
| 28 | + | Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law requires an organization that operates, conducts, owns, or maintains a health facility, each hospital, and each general acute care hospital and freestanding ambulatory surgery clinic to make and file with the office certain information regarding patients that is recorded on a Hospital Discharge Abstract Data Record, an Emergency Care Data Record, and an Ambulatory Surgery Data Record, respectively, as described. The information includes, among other things, the date of birth, race, date of services, and principal diagnosis of the patient. Existing law requires the department to disclose this information to certain entities, including, among others, any California hospital and tribal epidemiology centers, except as specified. Existing law prohibits those entities from disclosing that information except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by specified federal law.Existing law also 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 requires the State Department of Public Health to collect data on coccidioidomycosis cases from the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system and any other electronic data system used by a local health department.This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to provide the California Tribal Epidemiology Center (CTEC) with access to the CalREDIE system no later than January 1, 2023, and would prohibit the CTEC from disclosing the information, as described above.Existing law establishes the Office of Health Equity in the State Department of Public Health for the purposes of aligning state resources, decisionmaking, and programs to accomplish certain goals related to, among others, health equity and protecting vulnerable communities. Existing law requires the office to perform certain functions in connection to multicultural health. Existing law also requires the department to biennially prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on the status of these activities.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. | |
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| 31 | 30 | Existing law establishes the Department of Health Care Access and Information in the California Health and Human Services Agency. Existing law requires an organization that operates, conducts, owns, or maintains a health facility, each hospital, and each general acute care hospital and freestanding ambulatory surgery clinic to make and file with the office certain information regarding patients that is recorded on a Hospital Discharge Abstract Data Record, an Emergency Care Data Record, and an Ambulatory Surgery Data Record, respectively, as described. The information includes, among other things, the date of birth, race, date of services, and principal diagnosis of the patient. Existing law requires the department to disclose this information to certain entities, including, among others, any California hospital and tribal epidemiology centers, except as specified. Existing law prohibits those entities from disclosing that information except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by specified federal law. | |
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| 33 | 32 | Existing law also 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 requires the State Department of Public Health to collect data on coccidioidomycosis cases from the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system and any other electronic data system used by a local health department. | |
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| 35 | - | This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to provide enter into a data sharing agreement with the California Tribal Epidemiology Center (CTEC) with access to the CalREDIE system and the California Immunization Registry systems no later than January 1, 2023, and would prohibit the CTEC from disclosing the information, as described above. | |
| 34 | + | This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to provide the California Tribal Epidemiology Center (CTEC) with access to the CalREDIE system no later than January 1, 2023, and would prohibit the CTEC from disclosing the information, as described above. | |
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| 36 | + | Existing law establishes the Office of Health Equity in the State Department of Public Health for the purposes of aligning state resources, decisionmaking, and programs to accomplish certain goals related to, among others, health equity and protecting vulnerable communities. Existing law requires the office to perform certain functions in connection to multicultural health. Existing law also requires the department to biennially prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on the status of these activities. | |
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| 40 | + | This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. | |
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| 37 | 44 | ## Digest Key | |
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| 39 | 46 | ## Bill Text | |
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| 41 | - | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. | |
| 48 | + | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 120131 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:120131. (a) The department shall grant the California Tribal Epidemiology Center access to the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system no later than January 1, 2023.(b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations. In no case shall a hospital, contractor, or subcontractor reidentify or attempt to reidentify any information received pursuant to this section.(c) No disclosure shall be made pursuant to this section if the director of the department has determined that the disclosure would create an unreasonable risk to patient privacy. The director shall provide a written explanation of the determination to the requester within 60 days.SECTION 1.Section 152 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:152.(a)The Office of Health Equity within the State Department of Public Health shall do all of the following:(1)Perform strategic planning to develop departmentwide plans for implementation of goals and objectives to close the gaps in health status and access to care among the states diverse racial and ethnic communities, women, persons with disabilities, and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) communities.(2)Conduct departmental policy analysis on specific issues related to multicultural health.(3)Coordinate projects funded by the state that are related to improving the effectiveness of services to ethnic and racial communities, women, and the LGBTQQ communities.(4)Identify the unnecessary duplication of services and future service needs.(5)Communicate and disseminate information and perform a liaison function within the department and to providers of health, social, educational, and support services to racial and ethnic communities, women, persons with disabilities, and the LGBTQQ communities. The department shall consult regularly with representatives from diverse racial and ethnic communities, women, persons with disabilities, and the LGBTQQ communities, including health providers, advocates, and consumers.(6)Perform internal staff training, an internal assessment of cultural competency, and training of health care professionals to ensure more linguistically and culturally competent care.(7)Serve as a resource for ensuring that programs collect and keep data and information regarding ethnic and racial health statistics, including the statistics described in reports released by Healthy People 2020, and information based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression, strategies and programs that address multicultural health issues, including, but not limited to, infant and maternal mortality, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), child and adult immunization, osteoporosis, menopause, and full reproductive health, asthma, unintentional and intentional injury, and obesity, as well as issues that impact the health of racial and ethnic communities, women, and the LGBTQQ communities, including substance abuse, mental health, housing, teenage pregnancy, environmental disparities, immigrant and migrant health, and health insurance and delivery systems.(8)Encourage innovative responses by public and private entities that are attempting to address multicultural health issues.(9)Provide technical assistance to counties, other public entities, and private entities seeking to obtain funds for initiatives in multicultural health, including identification of funding sources and assistance with writing grants.(b)Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the State Department of Public Health shall biennially prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on the status of the activities required by this chapter. This report shall be included in the report required pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 131019.5. | |
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| 43 | 50 | The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 45 | 52 | ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: | |
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| 47 | - | SECTION 1. | |
| 54 | + | SECTION 1. Section 120131 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:120131. (a) The department shall grant the California Tribal Epidemiology Center access to the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system no later than January 1, 2023.(b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations. In no case shall a hospital, contractor, or subcontractor reidentify or attempt to reidentify any information received pursuant to this section.(c) No disclosure shall be made pursuant to this section if the director of the department has determined that the disclosure would create an unreasonable risk to patient privacy. The director shall provide a written explanation of the determination to the requester within 60 days. | |
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| 49 | - | SECTION 1. | |
| 56 | + | SECTION 1. Section 120131 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: | |
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| 51 | 58 | ### SECTION 1. | |
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| 60 | + | 120131. (a) The department shall grant the California Tribal Epidemiology Center access to the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system no later than January 1, 2023.(b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations. In no case shall a hospital, contractor, or subcontractor reidentify or attempt to reidentify any information received pursuant to this section.(c) No disclosure shall be made pursuant to this section if the director of the department has determined that the disclosure would create an unreasonable risk to patient privacy. The director shall provide a written explanation of the determination to the requester within 60 days. | |
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| 62 | + | 120131. (a) The department shall grant the California Tribal Epidemiology Center access to the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system no later than January 1, 2023.(b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations. In no case shall a hospital, contractor, or subcontractor reidentify or attempt to reidentify any information received pursuant to this section.(c) No disclosure shall be made pursuant to this section if the director of the department has determined that the disclosure would create an unreasonable risk to patient privacy. The director shall provide a written explanation of the determination to the requester within 60 days. | |
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| 57 | - | PART 7.5. California Tribal Epidemiology Center | |
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| 59 | - | PART 7.5. California Tribal Epidemiology Center | |
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| 61 | - | 101999. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall enter into a data sharing agreement with the California Tribal Epidemiology Center for access to and use of the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) and the California Immunization Registry systems no later than January 1, 2023.(b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations. | |
| 64 | + | 120131. (a) The department shall grant the California Tribal Epidemiology Center access to the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system no later than January 1, 2023.(b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations. In no case shall a hospital, contractor, or subcontractor reidentify or attempt to reidentify any information received pursuant to this section.(c) No disclosure shall be made pursuant to this section if the director of the department has determined that the disclosure would create an unreasonable risk to patient privacy. The director shall provide a written explanation of the determination to the requester within 60 days. | |
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| 68 | + | 120131. (a) The department shall grant the California Tribal Epidemiology Center access to the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) system no later than January 1, 2023. | |
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| 67 | - | (b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations. | |
| 70 | + | (b) The California Tribal Epidemiology Center shall not disclose any information it receives pursuant to this section to any person or entity, except in response to a court order, search warrant, or subpoena, or as otherwise required or permitted by the federal medical privacy regulations contained in Parts 160 and 164 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations. In no case shall a hospital, contractor, or subcontractor reidentify or attempt to reidentify any information received pursuant to this section. | |
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| 72 | + | (c) No disclosure shall be made pursuant to this section if the director of the department has determined that the disclosure would create an unreasonable risk to patient privacy. The director shall provide a written explanation of the determination to the requester within 60 days. | |
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| 73 | - | (a)The department shall | |
| 78 | + | (a)The Office of Health Equity within the State Department of Public Health shall do all of the following: | |
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| 82 | + | (1)Perform strategic planning to develop departmentwide plans for implementation of goals and objectives to close the gaps in health status and access to care among the states diverse racial and ethnic communities, women, persons with disabilities, and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) communities. | |
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| 81 | - | (c)No disclosure shall be made pursuant to this section if the director of the department has determined that the disclosure would create an unreasonable risk to patient privacy. The director shall provide a written explanation of the determination to the requester within 60 days. | |
| 86 | + | (2)Conduct departmental policy analysis on specific issues related to multicultural health. | |
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| 90 | + | (3)Coordinate projects funded by the state that are related to improving the effectiveness of services to ethnic and racial communities, women, and the LGBTQQ communities. | |
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| 94 | + | (4)Identify the unnecessary duplication of services and future service needs. | |
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| 98 | + | (5)Communicate and disseminate information and perform a liaison function within the department and to providers of health, social, educational, and support services to racial and ethnic communities, women, persons with disabilities, and the LGBTQQ communities. The department shall consult regularly with representatives from diverse racial and ethnic communities, women, persons with disabilities, and the LGBTQQ communities, including health providers, advocates, and consumers. | |
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| 102 | + | (6)Perform internal staff training, an internal assessment of cultural competency, and training of health care professionals to ensure more linguistically and culturally competent care. | |
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| 106 | + | (7)Serve as a resource for ensuring that programs collect and keep data and information regarding ethnic and racial health statistics, including the statistics described in reports released by Healthy People 2020, and information based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression, strategies and programs that address multicultural health issues, including, but not limited to, infant and maternal mortality, cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), child and adult immunization, osteoporosis, menopause, and full reproductive health, asthma, unintentional and intentional injury, and obesity, as well as issues that impact the health of racial and ethnic communities, women, and the LGBTQQ communities, including substance abuse, mental health, housing, teenage pregnancy, environmental disparities, immigrant and migrant health, and health insurance and delivery systems. | |
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| 110 | + | (8)Encourage innovative responses by public and private entities that are attempting to address multicultural health issues. | |
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| 114 | + | (9)Provide technical assistance to counties, other public entities, and private entities seeking to obtain funds for initiatives in multicultural health, including identification of funding sources and assistance with writing grants. | |
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| 118 | + | (b)Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the State Department of Public Health shall biennially prepare and submit a report to the Legislature on the status of the activities required by this chapter. This report shall be included in the report required pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 131019.5. |