CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1701Introduced by Assembly Member WeberFebruary 17, 2023 An act to amend Section 123260 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1701, as introduced, Weber. Black infant health: California Perinatal Equity Initiative.Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, to establish the California Perinatal Equity Initiative to expand the scope of interventions provided under the Black Infant Health Program by fostering Community Centers of Excellence and promoting the use of interventions designed to fill gaps in current programming offered through the Black Infant Health Program. Existing law requires the department to develop a process to allocate funds to up to 15 county health departments, to work collaboratively with state and local Black Infant Health programs, for the purpose of improving Black infant birth outcomes and reducing infant mortality. This bill would expand the program to include city health departments, as specified.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 123260 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:123260. (a) Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the State Department of Public Health shall establish the California Perinatal Equity Initiative to expand the scope of interventions provided under the Black Infant Health Program. The initiative shall foster Community Centers of Excellence in perinatal health and promote the use of interventions designed to fill gaps in current programming offered through the Black Infant Health Program.(b) (1) As part of the initiative described in subdivision (a), the department shall develop a process to allocate funds to up to 15 county health departments, local health jurisdictions, to work collaboratively with state and local Black Infant Health programs, for the purpose of improving black Black infant birth outcomes and reducing infant mortality.(2) Participation in the initiative described in subdivision (a) is optional and counties local health jurisdictions that participate in the program shall agree to the terms of this article.(3) Allocations made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be used by county health departments local health jurisdictions for any of the following purposes:(A) Creating a local grant program to develop local Community Centers of Excellence in perinatal health. Recipients of local grants shall be hospitals, federally qualified health centers, health centers that are closely related to federally qualified health centers, womens health clinics, county clinics, clinics operated by a private nonprofit organization that qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or community-based organizations that have demonstrated capacity to work with public health and health care systems as well as within the black Black community. Recipients of local grants shall implement or expand at least two of the following:(i) An evidence-based or evidence-informed group prenatal care program that has shown promise in reducing the incidence of adverse birth outcomes and that includes, but is not limited to, improvement in health provider pre-term preterm birth screening and ongoing, risk-appropriate care for black Black women to better identify and prevent preterm births.(ii) Pregnancy intentionality, preconception, and interconception care programs.(iii) Fatherhood or partnership initiatives that support engagement of partners in pregnancy and childbearing.(iv) Evidence-based or evidence-informed home visitation programs inclusive of case management to increase advocacy and empowerment for black Black women and to ensure linkages to prenatal care, monitoring, life planning, birth spacing, infant development, and well-being.(v) A strategy that is not described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, that is justified based on local needs and resources, if a county local health jurisdiction determines that the strategy combines social interventions with medical interventions, including integration of mental health services in perinatal health care and other wraparound services, including, but not limited to, assessment, personalized case management, doulas, patient navigator services that increase patient empowerment, and access to and utilization of evidence-based interventions that reduce preterm birth and infant mortality, and that the strategy is evidence-based or evidence-informed in relation to reducing adverse birth outcomes.(B) Providing technical assistance to recipients of local grants, and coordinating with local partners, such as hospitals, federally qualified health centers, health centers that are closely related to federally qualified health centers, county clinics, and other community-based organizations.(C) Carrying out local public awareness efforts around birth outcome inequities and the importance of preconception health, group prenatal care, evidence-based interventions to prevent preterm births, and social support during pregnancy, and to promote the role of fathers and partners as supports for women during and after pregnancy.(D) Participating in collaborative statewide learning efforts and sharing best practices.(E) Collecting and reporting data and information on process and outcome measures regarding the programs and activities carried out with allocated funds.(c) The department shall, as part of implementing the initiative, consult with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, representatives of county health departments, current or former participants in the strategies described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), health providers, or organizations representing health providers that provide services to improve black Black infant health outcomes, advocates, and any appropriate state department or agency.(d) Funds provided to an eligible entity pursuant to this section shall supplement, and not supplant, funds from other sources for infant health equity programs or initiatives.(e) For purposes of this section, local health jurisdiction means a county, city, or city and county health department.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1701Introduced by Assembly Member WeberFebruary 17, 2023 An act to amend Section 123260 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1701, as introduced, Weber. Black infant health: California Perinatal Equity Initiative.Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, to establish the California Perinatal Equity Initiative to expand the scope of interventions provided under the Black Infant Health Program by fostering Community Centers of Excellence and promoting the use of interventions designed to fill gaps in current programming offered through the Black Infant Health Program. Existing law requires the department to develop a process to allocate funds to up to 15 county health departments, to work collaboratively with state and local Black Infant Health programs, for the purpose of improving Black infant birth outcomes and reducing infant mortality. This bill would expand the program to include city health departments, as specified.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1701
Introduced by Assembly Member WeberFebruary 17, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Weber
February 17, 2023
An act to amend Section 123260 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1701, as introduced, Weber. Black infant health: California Perinatal Equity Initiative.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, to establish the California Perinatal Equity Initiative to expand the scope of interventions provided under the Black Infant Health Program by fostering Community Centers of Excellence and promoting the use of interventions designed to fill gaps in current programming offered through the Black Infant Health Program. Existing law requires the department to develop a process to allocate funds to up to 15 county health departments, to work collaboratively with state and local Black Infant Health programs, for the purpose of improving Black infant birth outcomes and reducing infant mortality. This bill would expand the program to include city health departments, as specified.
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health, subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act, to establish the California Perinatal Equity Initiative to expand the scope of interventions provided under the Black Infant Health Program by fostering Community Centers of Excellence and promoting the use of interventions designed to fill gaps in current programming offered through the Black Infant Health Program. Existing law requires the department to develop a process to allocate funds to up to 15 county health departments, to work collaboratively with state and local Black Infant Health programs, for the purpose of improving Black infant birth outcomes and reducing infant mortality.
This bill would expand the program to include city health departments, as specified.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 123260 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:123260. (a) Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the State Department of Public Health shall establish the California Perinatal Equity Initiative to expand the scope of interventions provided under the Black Infant Health Program. The initiative shall foster Community Centers of Excellence in perinatal health and promote the use of interventions designed to fill gaps in current programming offered through the Black Infant Health Program.(b) (1) As part of the initiative described in subdivision (a), the department shall develop a process to allocate funds to up to 15 county health departments, local health jurisdictions, to work collaboratively with state and local Black Infant Health programs, for the purpose of improving black Black infant birth outcomes and reducing infant mortality.(2) Participation in the initiative described in subdivision (a) is optional and counties local health jurisdictions that participate in the program shall agree to the terms of this article.(3) Allocations made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be used by county health departments local health jurisdictions for any of the following purposes:(A) Creating a local grant program to develop local Community Centers of Excellence in perinatal health. Recipients of local grants shall be hospitals, federally qualified health centers, health centers that are closely related to federally qualified health centers, womens health clinics, county clinics, clinics operated by a private nonprofit organization that qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or community-based organizations that have demonstrated capacity to work with public health and health care systems as well as within the black Black community. Recipients of local grants shall implement or expand at least two of the following:(i) An evidence-based or evidence-informed group prenatal care program that has shown promise in reducing the incidence of adverse birth outcomes and that includes, but is not limited to, improvement in health provider pre-term preterm birth screening and ongoing, risk-appropriate care for black Black women to better identify and prevent preterm births.(ii) Pregnancy intentionality, preconception, and interconception care programs.(iii) Fatherhood or partnership initiatives that support engagement of partners in pregnancy and childbearing.(iv) Evidence-based or evidence-informed home visitation programs inclusive of case management to increase advocacy and empowerment for black Black women and to ensure linkages to prenatal care, monitoring, life planning, birth spacing, infant development, and well-being.(v) A strategy that is not described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, that is justified based on local needs and resources, if a county local health jurisdiction determines that the strategy combines social interventions with medical interventions, including integration of mental health services in perinatal health care and other wraparound services, including, but not limited to, assessment, personalized case management, doulas, patient navigator services that increase patient empowerment, and access to and utilization of evidence-based interventions that reduce preterm birth and infant mortality, and that the strategy is evidence-based or evidence-informed in relation to reducing adverse birth outcomes.(B) Providing technical assistance to recipients of local grants, and coordinating with local partners, such as hospitals, federally qualified health centers, health centers that are closely related to federally qualified health centers, county clinics, and other community-based organizations.(C) Carrying out local public awareness efforts around birth outcome inequities and the importance of preconception health, group prenatal care, evidence-based interventions to prevent preterm births, and social support during pregnancy, and to promote the role of fathers and partners as supports for women during and after pregnancy.(D) Participating in collaborative statewide learning efforts and sharing best practices.(E) Collecting and reporting data and information on process and outcome measures regarding the programs and activities carried out with allocated funds.(c) The department shall, as part of implementing the initiative, consult with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, representatives of county health departments, current or former participants in the strategies described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), health providers, or organizations representing health providers that provide services to improve black Black infant health outcomes, advocates, and any appropriate state department or agency.(d) Funds provided to an eligible entity pursuant to this section shall supplement, and not supplant, funds from other sources for infant health equity programs or initiatives.(e) For purposes of this section, local health jurisdiction means a county, city, or city and county health 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 123260 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:123260. (a) Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the State Department of Public Health shall establish the California Perinatal Equity Initiative to expand the scope of interventions provided under the Black Infant Health Program. The initiative shall foster Community Centers of Excellence in perinatal health and promote the use of interventions designed to fill gaps in current programming offered through the Black Infant Health Program.(b) (1) As part of the initiative described in subdivision (a), the department shall develop a process to allocate funds to up to 15 county health departments, local health jurisdictions, to work collaboratively with state and local Black Infant Health programs, for the purpose of improving black Black infant birth outcomes and reducing infant mortality.(2) Participation in the initiative described in subdivision (a) is optional and counties local health jurisdictions that participate in the program shall agree to the terms of this article.(3) Allocations made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be used by county health departments local health jurisdictions for any of the following purposes:(A) Creating a local grant program to develop local Community Centers of Excellence in perinatal health. Recipients of local grants shall be hospitals, federally qualified health centers, health centers that are closely related to federally qualified health centers, womens health clinics, county clinics, clinics operated by a private nonprofit organization that qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or community-based organizations that have demonstrated capacity to work with public health and health care systems as well as within the black Black community. Recipients of local grants shall implement or expand at least two of the following:(i) An evidence-based or evidence-informed group prenatal care program that has shown promise in reducing the incidence of adverse birth outcomes and that includes, but is not limited to, improvement in health provider pre-term preterm birth screening and ongoing, risk-appropriate care for black Black women to better identify and prevent preterm births.(ii) Pregnancy intentionality, preconception, and interconception care programs.(iii) Fatherhood or partnership initiatives that support engagement of partners in pregnancy and childbearing.(iv) Evidence-based or evidence-informed home visitation programs inclusive of case management to increase advocacy and empowerment for black Black women and to ensure linkages to prenatal care, monitoring, life planning, birth spacing, infant development, and well-being.(v) A strategy that is not described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, that is justified based on local needs and resources, if a county local health jurisdiction determines that the strategy combines social interventions with medical interventions, including integration of mental health services in perinatal health care and other wraparound services, including, but not limited to, assessment, personalized case management, doulas, patient navigator services that increase patient empowerment, and access to and utilization of evidence-based interventions that reduce preterm birth and infant mortality, and that the strategy is evidence-based or evidence-informed in relation to reducing adverse birth outcomes.(B) Providing technical assistance to recipients of local grants, and coordinating with local partners, such as hospitals, federally qualified health centers, health centers that are closely related to federally qualified health centers, county clinics, and other community-based organizations.(C) Carrying out local public awareness efforts around birth outcome inequities and the importance of preconception health, group prenatal care, evidence-based interventions to prevent preterm births, and social support during pregnancy, and to promote the role of fathers and partners as supports for women during and after pregnancy.(D) Participating in collaborative statewide learning efforts and sharing best practices.(E) Collecting and reporting data and information on process and outcome measures regarding the programs and activities carried out with allocated funds.(c) The department shall, as part of implementing the initiative, consult with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, representatives of county health departments, current or former participants in the strategies described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), health providers, or organizations representing health providers that provide services to improve black Black infant health outcomes, advocates, and any appropriate state department or agency.(d) Funds provided to an eligible entity pursuant to this section shall supplement, and not supplant, funds from other sources for infant health equity programs or initiatives.(e) For purposes of this section, local health jurisdiction means a county, city, or city and county health department.
SECTION 1. Section 123260 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
123260. (a) Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the State Department of Public Health shall establish the California Perinatal Equity Initiative to expand the scope of interventions provided under the Black Infant Health Program. The initiative shall foster Community Centers of Excellence in perinatal health and promote the use of interventions designed to fill gaps in current programming offered through the Black Infant Health Program.(b) (1) As part of the initiative described in subdivision (a), the department shall develop a process to allocate funds to up to 15 county health departments, local health jurisdictions, to work collaboratively with state and local Black Infant Health programs, for the purpose of improving black Black infant birth outcomes and reducing infant mortality.(2) Participation in the initiative described in subdivision (a) is optional and counties local health jurisdictions that participate in the program shall agree to the terms of this article.(3) Allocations made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be used by county health departments local health jurisdictions for any of the following purposes:(A) Creating a local grant program to develop local Community Centers of Excellence in perinatal health. Recipients of local grants shall be hospitals, federally qualified health centers, health centers that are closely related to federally qualified health centers, womens health clinics, county clinics, clinics operated by a private nonprofit organization that qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or community-based organizations that have demonstrated capacity to work with public health and health care systems as well as within the black Black community. Recipients of local grants shall implement or expand at least two of the following:(i) An evidence-based or evidence-informed group prenatal care program that has shown promise in reducing the incidence of adverse birth outcomes and that includes, but is not limited to, improvement in health provider pre-term preterm birth screening and ongoing, risk-appropriate care for black Black women to better identify and prevent preterm births.(ii) Pregnancy intentionality, preconception, and interconception care programs.(iii) Fatherhood or partnership initiatives that support engagement of partners in pregnancy and childbearing.(iv) Evidence-based or evidence-informed home visitation programs inclusive of case management to increase advocacy and empowerment for black Black women and to ensure linkages to prenatal care, monitoring, life planning, birth spacing, infant development, and well-being.(v) A strategy that is not described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, that is justified based on local needs and resources, if a county local health jurisdiction determines that the strategy combines social interventions with medical interventions, including integration of mental health services in perinatal health care and other wraparound services, including, but not limited to, assessment, personalized case management, doulas, patient navigator services that increase patient empowerment, and access to and utilization of evidence-based interventions that reduce preterm birth and infant mortality, and that the strategy is evidence-based or evidence-informed in relation to reducing adverse birth outcomes.(B) Providing technical assistance to recipients of local grants, and coordinating with local partners, such as hospitals, federally qualified health centers, health centers that are closely related to federally qualified health centers, county clinics, and other community-based organizations.(C) Carrying out local public awareness efforts around birth outcome inequities and the importance of preconception health, group prenatal care, evidence-based interventions to prevent preterm births, and social support during pregnancy, and to promote the role of fathers and partners as supports for women during and after pregnancy.(D) Participating in collaborative statewide learning efforts and sharing best practices.(E) Collecting and reporting data and information on process and outcome measures regarding the programs and activities carried out with allocated funds.(c) The department shall, as part of implementing the initiative, consult with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, representatives of county health departments, current or former participants in the strategies described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), health providers, or organizations representing health providers that provide services to improve black Black infant health outcomes, advocates, and any appropriate state department or agency.(d) Funds provided to an eligible entity pursuant to this section shall supplement, and not supplant, funds from other sources for infant health equity programs or initiatives.(e) For purposes of this section, local health jurisdiction means a county, city, or city and county health department.
123260. (a) Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the State Department of Public Health shall establish the California Perinatal Equity Initiative to expand the scope of interventions provided under the Black Infant Health Program. The initiative shall foster Community Centers of Excellence in perinatal health and promote the use of interventions designed to fill gaps in current programming offered through the Black Infant Health Program.(b) (1) As part of the initiative described in subdivision (a), the department shall develop a process to allocate funds to up to 15 county health departments, local health jurisdictions, to work collaboratively with state and local Black Infant Health programs, for the purpose of improving black Black infant birth outcomes and reducing infant mortality.(2) Participation in the initiative described in subdivision (a) is optional and counties local health jurisdictions that participate in the program shall agree to the terms of this article.(3) Allocations made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be used by county health departments local health jurisdictions for any of the following purposes:(A) Creating a local grant program to develop local Community Centers of Excellence in perinatal health. Recipients of local grants shall be hospitals, federally qualified health centers, health centers that are closely related to federally qualified health centers, womens health clinics, county clinics, clinics operated by a private nonprofit organization that qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or community-based organizations that have demonstrated capacity to work with public health and health care systems as well as within the black Black community. Recipients of local grants shall implement or expand at least two of the following:(i) An evidence-based or evidence-informed group prenatal care program that has shown promise in reducing the incidence of adverse birth outcomes and that includes, but is not limited to, improvement in health provider pre-term preterm birth screening and ongoing, risk-appropriate care for black Black women to better identify and prevent preterm births.(ii) Pregnancy intentionality, preconception, and interconception care programs.(iii) Fatherhood or partnership initiatives that support engagement of partners in pregnancy and childbearing.(iv) Evidence-based or evidence-informed home visitation programs inclusive of case management to increase advocacy and empowerment for black Black women and to ensure linkages to prenatal care, monitoring, life planning, birth spacing, infant development, and well-being.(v) A strategy that is not described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, that is justified based on local needs and resources, if a county local health jurisdiction determines that the strategy combines social interventions with medical interventions, including integration of mental health services in perinatal health care and other wraparound services, including, but not limited to, assessment, personalized case management, doulas, patient navigator services that increase patient empowerment, and access to and utilization of evidence-based interventions that reduce preterm birth and infant mortality, and that the strategy is evidence-based or evidence-informed in relation to reducing adverse birth outcomes.(B) Providing technical assistance to recipients of local grants, and coordinating with local partners, such as hospitals, federally qualified health centers, health centers that are closely related to federally qualified health centers, county clinics, and other community-based organizations.(C) Carrying out local public awareness efforts around birth outcome inequities and the importance of preconception health, group prenatal care, evidence-based interventions to prevent preterm births, and social support during pregnancy, and to promote the role of fathers and partners as supports for women during and after pregnancy.(D) Participating in collaborative statewide learning efforts and sharing best practices.(E) Collecting and reporting data and information on process and outcome measures regarding the programs and activities carried out with allocated funds.(c) The department shall, as part of implementing the initiative, consult with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, representatives of county health departments, current or former participants in the strategies described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), health providers, or organizations representing health providers that provide services to improve black Black infant health outcomes, advocates, and any appropriate state department or agency.(d) Funds provided to an eligible entity pursuant to this section shall supplement, and not supplant, funds from other sources for infant health equity programs or initiatives.(e) For purposes of this section, local health jurisdiction means a county, city, or city and county health department.
123260. (a) Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the State Department of Public Health shall establish the California Perinatal Equity Initiative to expand the scope of interventions provided under the Black Infant Health Program. The initiative shall foster Community Centers of Excellence in perinatal health and promote the use of interventions designed to fill gaps in current programming offered through the Black Infant Health Program.(b) (1) As part of the initiative described in subdivision (a), the department shall develop a process to allocate funds to up to 15 county health departments, local health jurisdictions, to work collaboratively with state and local Black Infant Health programs, for the purpose of improving black Black infant birth outcomes and reducing infant mortality.(2) Participation in the initiative described in subdivision (a) is optional and counties local health jurisdictions that participate in the program shall agree to the terms of this article.(3) Allocations made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be used by county health departments local health jurisdictions for any of the following purposes:(A) Creating a local grant program to develop local Community Centers of Excellence in perinatal health. Recipients of local grants shall be hospitals, federally qualified health centers, health centers that are closely related to federally qualified health centers, womens health clinics, county clinics, clinics operated by a private nonprofit organization that qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or community-based organizations that have demonstrated capacity to work with public health and health care systems as well as within the black Black community. Recipients of local grants shall implement or expand at least two of the following:(i) An evidence-based or evidence-informed group prenatal care program that has shown promise in reducing the incidence of adverse birth outcomes and that includes, but is not limited to, improvement in health provider pre-term preterm birth screening and ongoing, risk-appropriate care for black Black women to better identify and prevent preterm births.(ii) Pregnancy intentionality, preconception, and interconception care programs.(iii) Fatherhood or partnership initiatives that support engagement of partners in pregnancy and childbearing.(iv) Evidence-based or evidence-informed home visitation programs inclusive of case management to increase advocacy and empowerment for black Black women and to ensure linkages to prenatal care, monitoring, life planning, birth spacing, infant development, and well-being.(v) A strategy that is not described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, that is justified based on local needs and resources, if a county local health jurisdiction determines that the strategy combines social interventions with medical interventions, including integration of mental health services in perinatal health care and other wraparound services, including, but not limited to, assessment, personalized case management, doulas, patient navigator services that increase patient empowerment, and access to and utilization of evidence-based interventions that reduce preterm birth and infant mortality, and that the strategy is evidence-based or evidence-informed in relation to reducing adverse birth outcomes.(B) Providing technical assistance to recipients of local grants, and coordinating with local partners, such as hospitals, federally qualified health centers, health centers that are closely related to federally qualified health centers, county clinics, and other community-based organizations.(C) Carrying out local public awareness efforts around birth outcome inequities and the importance of preconception health, group prenatal care, evidence-based interventions to prevent preterm births, and social support during pregnancy, and to promote the role of fathers and partners as supports for women during and after pregnancy.(D) Participating in collaborative statewide learning efforts and sharing best practices.(E) Collecting and reporting data and information on process and outcome measures regarding the programs and activities carried out with allocated funds.(c) The department shall, as part of implementing the initiative, consult with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, representatives of county health departments, current or former participants in the strategies described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), health providers, or organizations representing health providers that provide services to improve black Black infant health outcomes, advocates, and any appropriate state department or agency.(d) Funds provided to an eligible entity pursuant to this section shall supplement, and not supplant, funds from other sources for infant health equity programs or initiatives.(e) For purposes of this section, local health jurisdiction means a county, city, or city and county health department.
123260. (a) Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for this purpose, the State Department of Public Health shall establish the California Perinatal Equity Initiative to expand the scope of interventions provided under the Black Infant Health Program. The initiative shall foster Community Centers of Excellence in perinatal health and promote the use of interventions designed to fill gaps in current programming offered through the Black Infant Health Program.
(b) (1) As part of the initiative described in subdivision (a), the department shall develop a process to allocate funds to up to 15 county health departments, local health jurisdictions, to work collaboratively with state and local Black Infant Health programs, for the purpose of improving black Black infant birth outcomes and reducing infant mortality.
(2) Participation in the initiative described in subdivision (a) is optional and counties local health jurisdictions that participate in the program shall agree to the terms of this article.
(3) Allocations made pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be used by county health departments local health jurisdictions for any of the following purposes:
(A) Creating a local grant program to develop local Community Centers of Excellence in perinatal health. Recipients of local grants shall be hospitals, federally qualified health centers, health centers that are closely related to federally qualified health centers, womens health clinics, county clinics, clinics operated by a private nonprofit organization that qualifies under Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, or community-based organizations that have demonstrated capacity to work with public health and health care systems as well as within the black Black community. Recipients of local grants shall implement or expand at least two of the following:
(i) An evidence-based or evidence-informed group prenatal care program that has shown promise in reducing the incidence of adverse birth outcomes and that includes, but is not limited to, improvement in health provider pre-term preterm birth screening and ongoing, risk-appropriate care for black Black women to better identify and prevent preterm births.
(ii) Pregnancy intentionality, preconception, and interconception care programs.
(iii) Fatherhood or partnership initiatives that support engagement of partners in pregnancy and childbearing.
(iv) Evidence-based or evidence-informed home visitation programs inclusive of case management to increase advocacy and empowerment for black Black women and to ensure linkages to prenatal care, monitoring, life planning, birth spacing, infant development, and well-being.
(v) A strategy that is not described in clauses (i) to (iv), inclusive, that is justified based on local needs and resources, if a county local health jurisdiction determines that the strategy combines social interventions with medical interventions, including integration of mental health services in perinatal health care and other wraparound services, including, but not limited to, assessment, personalized case management, doulas, patient navigator services that increase patient empowerment, and access to and utilization of evidence-based interventions that reduce preterm birth and infant mortality, and that the strategy is evidence-based or evidence-informed in relation to reducing adverse birth outcomes.
(B) Providing technical assistance to recipients of local grants, and coordinating with local partners, such as hospitals, federally qualified health centers, health centers that are closely related to federally qualified health centers, county clinics, and other community-based organizations.
(C) Carrying out local public awareness efforts around birth outcome inequities and the importance of preconception health, group prenatal care, evidence-based interventions to prevent preterm births, and social support during pregnancy, and to promote the role of fathers and partners as supports for women during and after pregnancy.
(D) Participating in collaborative statewide learning efforts and sharing best practices.
(E) Collecting and reporting data and information on process and outcome measures regarding the programs and activities carried out with allocated funds.
(c) The department shall, as part of implementing the initiative, consult with stakeholders, including, but not limited to, representatives of county health departments, current or former participants in the strategies described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b), health providers, or organizations representing health providers that provide services to improve black Black infant health outcomes, advocates, and any appropriate state department or agency.
(d) Funds provided to an eligible entity pursuant to this section shall supplement, and not supplant, funds from other sources for infant health equity programs or initiatives.
(e) For purposes of this section, local health jurisdiction means a county, city, or city and county health department.