California Health and Safety Code

§ 131021

HSC § 131021 Effective Sep 27, 2021Div. 112 · Part 1 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds that having access to a statewide stockpile of personal protective equipment in the event of a pandemic, wildfire smoke event, or other health emergency is vital to the health and safety of its health care and essential workers, as well as the general population, which both relies on this workforce and is susceptible to disease transmission should members of this workforce needlessly be infected with transmissible disease.

(b)The following definitions apply for purposes of this section:

(1)“Department” means the State Department of Public Health.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 322, Sec. 1. (AB 73) Effective September 27, 2021.