California Health and Safety Code

§ 131055.1

HSC § 131055.1 Effective Jun 27, 2012Div. 112 · Part 1 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Notwithstanding Section 131050, commencing on July 1, 2012, the State Department of Health Care Services shall succeed to and be vested with all the duties, powers, purposes, functions, responsibilities, and jurisdiction of the State Department of Public Health as they relate to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program pursuant to Article 1.3 (commencing with Section 104150) of Chapter 1, the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 104160) of Chapter 1, the Prostate Cancer Screening Program pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 104310), the IMPACT Prostate Cancer Treatment Program pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 104322) of Part 1 of Division 103, translation services pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 124300) of Division 106, the Office of Family Planning pursuant to Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 14500) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, excluding the Personal Responsibility Education Federal Grant Program, the Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment (Family PACT) Program pursuant to subdivision (aa) of Section 14132, and the State-Only Family Planning Program pursuant to Division 24 (commencing with Section 24000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code.

(b)Commencing July 1, 2012, any reference to the State Department of Public Health with regard to the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program pursuant to Article 1.3 (commencing with Section 104150) of Chapter 1, the Breast and Cervical Cancer Treatment Program pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 104160) of Chapter 1, the Prostate Cancer Screening Program pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 104310), the IMPACT Prostate Cancer Treatment Program pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 104322) of Part 1 of Division 103, translation services pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 124300) of Division 106, the Office of Family Planning pursuant to Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 14500) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, excluding the Personal Responsibility Education Federal Grant Program, the Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment (Family PACT) Program pursuant to subdivision (aa) of Section 14132, or the State-Only Family Planning Program pursuant to Division 24 (commencing with Section 24000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code, shall refer to the State Department of Health Care Services.

(c)All regulations and orders adopted by the State Department of Public Health and any of its predecessors in effect prior to July 1, 2012, shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable unless and until readopted, amended, or repealed, or until they expire by their own terms. Any action by or against the State Department of Public Health and any of its predecessors pertaining to matters vested in the State Department of Health Care Services by this act shall not abate but shall continue in the name of the State Department of Health Care Services, and the State Department of Health Care Services shall be substituted for the State Department of Public Health and any of its predecessors by the court wherein the action is pending. The substitution shall not in any way affect the rights of the parties to the action.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 23, Sec. 46. (AB 1467) Effective June 27, 2012.