CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1965Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioJanuary 29, 2024 An act to add Section 131022 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1965, as introduced, Blanca Rubio. Public health: Office of Tribal Affairs.Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health that is led by the State Public Health Officer, who is appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. The Governor is authorized to appoint, upon the recommendation of the State Public Health Officer, two chief deputies, subject to confirmation by the Senate.This bill would establish the Office of Tribal Affairs within the department to be led by a Tribal Health Liaison to assist in addressing the public health disparities impacting Tribal communities. The bill would provide that the Tribal Health Liaison be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the State Public Health Officer and would require the State Public Health Officer to regularly consult with and consider input and information provided by the Tribal Health Liaison. The bill would make related findings and declarations. 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. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) a. The health impacts of colonialism and state-sponsored historical trauma persist in Tribal communities in a deep-rooted and enduring way. Existing law requires, due to major health disparities, the state to conduct studies on the health of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities across the state. (b) Unfortunately, AIAN focused studies, recommendations, and policy solutions have not been produced by some state agencies, including the State Department of Public Health, for many years.(c) According to the State Department of Public Health, age-adjusted opioid overdose death rates in California were highest amongst AIANs in 2022. Further, in 2020 and 2021, diabetes prevalence and mortality were two times higher among AIANs in California as compared with non-Hispanic Whites. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2021 AIAN women had the highest rates of syphilis (21.3 per 100,000), which was a 57.5 percent increase from 2020, and AIAN babies were up to eight times more likely to have newborn syphilis than babies born to White mothers. Although AIANs contributed only 0.7 percent of all live births in the United States in 2021, they made up 3.6% of all congenital syphilis cases. Sudden Infant Death rates were highest among AIANs at 213.5 per 100,000 live births in 2020.SEC. 2. Section 131022 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:131022. (a) There is within the State Department of Public Health an Office of Tribal Affairs to assist in addressing the public health disparities impacting Tribal communities.(b) The Office of Tribal Affairs is led by the Tribal Health Liaison, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the State Public Health Officer.(c) The State Public Health Officer shall regularly consult with and consider input and information provided by the Tribal Health Liaison.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1965Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioJanuary 29, 2024 An act to add Section 131022 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1965, as introduced, Blanca Rubio. Public health: Office of Tribal Affairs.Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health that is led by the State Public Health Officer, who is appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. The Governor is authorized to appoint, upon the recommendation of the State Public Health Officer, two chief deputies, subject to confirmation by the Senate.This bill would establish the Office of Tribal Affairs within the department to be led by a Tribal Health Liaison to assist in addressing the public health disparities impacting Tribal communities. The bill would provide that the Tribal Health Liaison be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the State Public Health Officer and would require the State Public Health Officer to regularly consult with and consider input and information provided by the Tribal Health Liaison. The bill would make related findings and declarations. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1965
Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca RubioJanuary 29, 2024
Introduced by Assembly Member Blanca Rubio
January 29, 2024
An act to add Section 131022 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1965, as introduced, Blanca Rubio. Public health: Office of Tribal Affairs.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health that is led by the State Public Health Officer, who is appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. The Governor is authorized to appoint, upon the recommendation of the State Public Health Officer, two chief deputies, subject to confirmation by the Senate.This bill would establish the Office of Tribal Affairs within the department to be led by a Tribal Health Liaison to assist in addressing the public health disparities impacting Tribal communities. The bill would provide that the Tribal Health Liaison be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the State Public Health Officer and would require the State Public Health Officer to regularly consult with and consider input and information provided by the Tribal Health Liaison. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health that is led by the State Public Health Officer, who is appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. The Governor is authorized to appoint, upon the recommendation of the State Public Health Officer, two chief deputies, subject to confirmation by the Senate.
This bill would establish the Office of Tribal Affairs within the department to be led by a Tribal Health Liaison to assist in addressing the public health disparities impacting Tribal communities. The bill would provide that the Tribal Health Liaison be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the State Public Health Officer and would require the State Public Health Officer to regularly consult with and consider input and information provided by the Tribal Health Liaison. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) a. The health impacts of colonialism and state-sponsored historical trauma persist in Tribal communities in a deep-rooted and enduring way. Existing law requires, due to major health disparities, the state to conduct studies on the health of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities across the state. (b) Unfortunately, AIAN focused studies, recommendations, and policy solutions have not been produced by some state agencies, including the State Department of Public Health, for many years.(c) According to the State Department of Public Health, age-adjusted opioid overdose death rates in California were highest amongst AIANs in 2022. Further, in 2020 and 2021, diabetes prevalence and mortality were two times higher among AIANs in California as compared with non-Hispanic Whites. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2021 AIAN women had the highest rates of syphilis (21.3 per 100,000), which was a 57.5 percent increase from 2020, and AIAN babies were up to eight times more likely to have newborn syphilis than babies born to White mothers. Although AIANs contributed only 0.7 percent of all live births in the United States in 2021, they made up 3.6% of all congenital syphilis cases. Sudden Infant Death rates were highest among AIANs at 213.5 per 100,000 live births in 2020.SEC. 2. Section 131022 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:131022. (a) There is within the State Department of Public Health an Office of Tribal Affairs to assist in addressing the public health disparities impacting Tribal communities.(b) The Office of Tribal Affairs is led by the Tribal Health Liaison, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the State Public Health Officer.(c) The State Public Health Officer shall regularly consult with and consider input and information provided by the Tribal Health Liaison.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) a. The health impacts of colonialism and state-sponsored historical trauma persist in Tribal communities in a deep-rooted and enduring way. Existing law requires, due to major health disparities, the state to conduct studies on the health of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities across the state. (b) Unfortunately, AIAN focused studies, recommendations, and policy solutions have not been produced by some state agencies, including the State Department of Public Health, for many years.(c) According to the State Department of Public Health, age-adjusted opioid overdose death rates in California were highest amongst AIANs in 2022. Further, in 2020 and 2021, diabetes prevalence and mortality were two times higher among AIANs in California as compared with non-Hispanic Whites. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2021 AIAN women had the highest rates of syphilis (21.3 per 100,000), which was a 57.5 percent increase from 2020, and AIAN babies were up to eight times more likely to have newborn syphilis than babies born to White mothers. Although AIANs contributed only 0.7 percent of all live births in the United States in 2021, they made up 3.6% of all congenital syphilis cases. Sudden Infant Death rates were highest among AIANs at 213.5 per 100,000 live births in 2020.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) a. The health impacts of colonialism and state-sponsored historical trauma persist in Tribal communities in a deep-rooted and enduring way. Existing law requires, due to major health disparities, the state to conduct studies on the health of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities across the state. (b) Unfortunately, AIAN focused studies, recommendations, and policy solutions have not been produced by some state agencies, including the State Department of Public Health, for many years.(c) According to the State Department of Public Health, age-adjusted opioid overdose death rates in California were highest amongst AIANs in 2022. Further, in 2020 and 2021, diabetes prevalence and mortality were two times higher among AIANs in California as compared with non-Hispanic Whites. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2021 AIAN women had the highest rates of syphilis (21.3 per 100,000), which was a 57.5 percent increase from 2020, and AIAN babies were up to eight times more likely to have newborn syphilis than babies born to White mothers. Although AIANs contributed only 0.7 percent of all live births in the United States in 2021, they made up 3.6% of all congenital syphilis cases. Sudden Infant Death rates were highest among AIANs at 213.5 per 100,000 live births in 2020.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
### SECTION 1.
(a) a. The health impacts of colonialism and state-sponsored historical trauma persist in Tribal communities in a deep-rooted and enduring way. Existing law requires, due to major health disparities, the state to conduct studies on the health of American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) communities across the state.
(b) Unfortunately, AIAN focused studies, recommendations, and policy solutions have not been produced by some state agencies, including the State Department of Public Health, for many years.
(c) According to the State Department of Public Health, age-adjusted opioid overdose death rates in California were highest amongst AIANs in 2022. Further, in 2020 and 2021, diabetes prevalence and mortality were two times higher among AIANs in California as compared with non-Hispanic Whites. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2021 AIAN women had the highest rates of syphilis (21.3 per 100,000), which was a 57.5 percent increase from 2020, and AIAN babies were up to eight times more likely to have newborn syphilis than babies born to White mothers. Although AIANs contributed only 0.7 percent of all live births in the United States in 2021, they made up 3.6% of all congenital syphilis cases. Sudden Infant Death rates were highest among AIANs at 213.5 per 100,000 live births in 2020.
SEC. 2. Section 131022 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:131022. (a) There is within the State Department of Public Health an Office of Tribal Affairs to assist in addressing the public health disparities impacting Tribal communities.(b) The Office of Tribal Affairs is led by the Tribal Health Liaison, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the State Public Health Officer.(c) The State Public Health Officer shall regularly consult with and consider input and information provided by the Tribal Health Liaison.
SEC. 2. Section 131022 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
### SEC. 2.
131022. (a) There is within the State Department of Public Health an Office of Tribal Affairs to assist in addressing the public health disparities impacting Tribal communities.(b) The Office of Tribal Affairs is led by the Tribal Health Liaison, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the State Public Health Officer.(c) The State Public Health Officer shall regularly consult with and consider input and information provided by the Tribal Health Liaison.
131022. (a) There is within the State Department of Public Health an Office of Tribal Affairs to assist in addressing the public health disparities impacting Tribal communities.(b) The Office of Tribal Affairs is led by the Tribal Health Liaison, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the State Public Health Officer.(c) The State Public Health Officer shall regularly consult with and consider input and information provided by the Tribal Health Liaison.
131022. (a) There is within the State Department of Public Health an Office of Tribal Affairs to assist in addressing the public health disparities impacting Tribal communities.(b) The Office of Tribal Affairs is led by the Tribal Health Liaison, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the State Public Health Officer.(c) The State Public Health Officer shall regularly consult with and consider input and information provided by the Tribal Health Liaison.
131022. (a) There is within the State Department of Public Health an Office of Tribal Affairs to assist in addressing the public health disparities impacting Tribal communities.
(b) The Office of Tribal Affairs is led by the Tribal Health Liaison, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the State Public Health Officer.
(c) The State Public Health Officer shall regularly consult with and consider input and information provided by the Tribal Health Liaison.