California Health and Safety Code

§ 1399.870

HSC § 1399.870 Effective Jul 27, 2021Div. 2 · Ch. 2.2 · Art. 11.9

Statute text

(a)(1) On or before March 1, 2022, the department shall convene a Health Equity and Quality Committee to make recommendations to the department for standard health equity and quality measures, including annual benchmark standards for assessing equity and quality in health care delivery. The department may contract with consultants to assist the committee with the implementation and administration of its duties.

(2)The committee shall provide initial recommendations, as well as recommendations on updating and revising standard health equity and quality measures and annual benchmark standards, consistent with this article. These recommendations shall consider the interaction of multiple characteristics in determining where disparate outcomes exist, including, but not limited to, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, language, age, income, and disability.

(3)Meetings of the committee shall be subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 143, Sec. 14. (AB 133) Effective July 27, 2021.