California Health and Safety Code

§ 131250

HSC § 131250 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 112 · Part 1 · Ch. 2 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)On or after January 1, 2028, the State Department of Public Health, whenever collecting demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of California residents for a report that includes rates for major diseases, leading causes of death per demographic, subcategories for leading causes of death in California overall, pregnancy, housing, and mental health rates shall comply with all of the following:

(1)The department shall use separate collection categories in the provided forms that offer respondents the option of selecting one or more ethnic or racial designations and tabulations for Hispanic or Latino groups using standardized federal race and ethnicity categories from the federal Office of Management and Budget’s most recent revision to “Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity.”

(2)To the extent the standardized federal race and ethnicity categories from the federal Office of Management and Budget’s most recent revision to “Standards for Maintaining, Collecting, and Presenting Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity” does not include the group or nation, the department shall use separate collection categories in the provided forms that offer respondents the option of selecting one or more ethnic or racial designations and tabulations for both of the following:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2024, Ch. 873, Sec. 1. (SB 1016) Effective January 1, 2025.