CHAPTER 3. Child Health [123650. - 124174.6.]
Chapter 3 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 8.
§§ 123650–124174.6 · 123 sections
ARTICLE 1. Infant Mortality and Morbidity Prevention §§ 123650–123660 · 3 sections
- § 123650 (a) The department shall develop a plan to identify causes of infant mortality and morbidity in California and to study recommendations on the reduction of…
- § 123655 The study plan shall incorporate in its design the findings of MCH Title V Research Contract DHS 8689088, the “Maternal Neonatal and Fetal Mortality Study.”…
- § 123660 (a) The Legislature finds that the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review process is used to identify and take action to prevent a wide range of local social,…
ARTICLE 2.5. Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Program §§ 123700–123709 · 6 sections
- § 123700 (a) Infant botulism is an acute, life-threatening paralytic disease of babies caused by a potent bacterial neurotoxin. (b) Half of all cases of infant botulism…
- § 123702 (a) The State Department of Health Services shall establish an Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Unit. This unit shall have responsibility for ensuring…
- § 123704 The Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Unit shall provide all the following services: (a) Produce, or cause to have produced, and maintain, a supply of…
- § 123705 It is the intent of the Legislature that the program carried out pursuant to this article shall be fully supported from the fees collected for providing BIG to…
- § 123707 (a) The State Department of Health Services may manufacture, test, distribute, and maintain licensure of the product Botulism Immune Globulin Intravenous…
- § 123709 The Infant Botulism Treatment and Prevention Fund is hereby established as a special fund in the State Treasury. All moneys collected by the state department…
ARTICLE 3. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome §§ 123725–123745 · 5 sections
- § 123725 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “SIDS” means sudden infant death syndrome. (2) “SIDS Advisory Council” or…
- § 123730 The department shall keep each county health officer advised of the most current knowledge relating to the nature and causes of sudden infant death syndrome.
- § 123735 (a) As used in this section, “SIDS” means sudden infant death syndrome. (b) The department shall contract with a person to provide regular and ongoing SIDS…
- § 123740 (a) For purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Appropriately trained public health professional” means a public health nurse or a…
- § 123745 The department shall monitor, or contract with a person to monitor, whether the county health officer or his or her designated agent is performing the duties…
ARTICLE 4. Infant Medical Dispatch Centers §§ 123750–123775 · 7 sections
- § 123750 The Legislature finds that intensive care nurseries for at-risk infants are often at capacity. It further finds that serious delays can occur in placing…
- § 123753 The department shall establish two dispatch centers, each to be located at a hospital containing an intensive care nursery that has been approved by the…
- § 123755 One of the centers established pursuant to Section 123750 shall be located to serve the region of the state north of the Tehachapi Mountains, and one of the…
- § 123760 The centers shall locate bedspace for critically ill newborn infants nearest their homes, locate and dispatch transport for the infants and for appropriate…
- § 123765 Funds appropriated to carry out the purposes of this article shall be used for leasing or purchasing communication equipment or time; and for hiring, training,…
- § 123770 Public and private nonprofit health facilities, organizations, and educational institutions are eligible to receive center funds under this article.
- § 123775 Each infant medical dispatch center established pursuant to this article shall annually report on the progress of the project, the status of the data base…
ARTICLE 5. California Children’s Services §§ 123800–123995 · 45 sections
- § 123800 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Robert W. Crown California Children’s Services Act.
- § 123805 The department shall establish and administer a program of services for physically defective or handicapped persons under the age of 21 years, in cooperation…
- § 123810 The department succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the State Department of Benefit…
- § 123815 The department shall have possession and control of all records, papers, equipment, and supplies held for the benefit or use of the Director of Benefit…
- § 123820 All officers and employees of the Director of Benefit Payments who on July 1, 1978, are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees,…
- § 123822 All claims for services provided under this article shall be submitted to the state fiscal intermediary for payment no later than January 1, 1999. The State…
- § 123825 It is the intent of the Legislature through this article to provide, to the extent practicable, for the necessary medical services required by physically…
- § 123830 “Handicapped child,” as used in this article, means a physically defective or handicapped person under the age of 21 years who is in need of services. The…
- § 123835 (a) The department shall keep the California Children’s Services (CCS) program abreast of advances in medical science, leading to the inclusion of other…
- § 123840 “Services,” as used in this article, means any or all of the following: (a) Expert diagnosis. (b) Medical treatment. (c) Surgical treatment. (d) Hospital care.…
- § 123845 “California Children’s Services Program,” as used in this article, means the program of services established and operated pursuant to this article.
- § 123850 (a) (1) The board of supervisors of each county shall designate the county department of public health or the county department of social welfare as the…
- § 123853 (a) The department may enter into contracts with one or more manufacturers on a negotiated or bid basis as the purchaser, but not the dispenser or distributor,…
- § 123855 The department or designated county agency shall cooperate with, or arrange through, local public or private agencies and providers of medical care to seek out…
- § 123860 In accordance with applicable regulations of the United States Children’s Bureau, the department and designated county agencies shall provide a diagnosis for…
- § 123865 If the parents or estate of a handicapped child is wholly or partly unable to furnish for the child necessary services, the parents or guardian may apply to…
- § 123870 (a) The department shall establish standards of financial eligibility for treatment services under the California Children’s Services Program (CCS program).…
- § 123872 In addition to the other eligibility requirements set forth in this article, prior to being determined financially eligible for services under this article,…
- § 123875 If the California Children’s Service medical therapy unit conference team, based on a medical referral recommending medically necessary occupational or…
- § 123880 The department and designated agencies shall not deny eligibility or aid under the California Children’s Services Program because an otherwise eligible person…
- § 123885 Panel members as set forth in Section 123880 shall be board-certified and have expertise in the care of children.
- § 123890 (a) The state department shall not deny a hospital’s request to provide treatment to burn victims who are eligible under the California Children’s Services…
- § 123895 The designated agency shall determine the financial eligibility of the family according to standards established by the department. The agency will also…
- § 123900 (a) Beginning September 1, 1991, in addition to any other standards of eligibility pursuant to this article, each family with a child otherwise eligible to…
- § 123905 A county of under 200,000 population, administering its county program jointly with the department, shall forward to the department a statement certifying the…
- § 123910 The department may, without the possession of a county certification, pay the expenses for services required by any physically handicapped child out of any…
- § 123915 When the department provides, or arranges for the provision of, services to physically handicapped children directly, as in the case of nonresident physically…
- § 123920 Upon the request of another state or of a federal agency, the department may pay the expenses of services required by any physically handicapped child who is…
- § 123925 The department and designated agencies shall maintain surveillance and supervision over the services provided handicapped children under authorization by the…
- § 123929 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and Section 14133.05 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, California Children’s Services Program services…
- § 123930 This article does not authorize any treatment service without the written consent of a parent or guardian except as a person under 18 years of age is an…
- § 123935 A handicapped child shall not be denied services pursuant to this article because he or she has an intellectual disability.
- § 123940 (a) (1) Annually, the board of supervisors shall appropriate a sum of money for services for handicapped children of the county, including diagnosis,…
- § 123945 For those counties with a total appropriation of county funds not exceeding one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000), and upon the expenditure of…
- § 123950 The designated county agency shall administer the medical-therapy program in local public schools for physically handicapped children. As provided in Section…
- § 123955 (a) The state and the counties shall share in the cost of administration of the California Children’s Services program at the local level. (b) (1) The director…
- § 123960 The department shall require of participating local governments the provision of program data including, but not limited to, the number of children treated,…
- § 123965 A handicapped child placed for adoption, determined to be financially eligible for care at the time of placement, shall not be denied services pursuant to this…
- § 123970 The department and the placing adoption agency at the time of placement shall notify all prospective adopting parents in writing, that funds received under the…
- § 123975 (a) The department, in consultation with selected representatives of participating neonatal intensive care units, shall establish a system to screen all…
- § 123980 If the recipient of services provided by the California Children’s Services Program, his or her guardian, conservator, personal representative, estate, or…
- § 123982 Except as otherwise provided by law, the amount of any judgment, award, or settlement relating to a medical condition for which treatment services have been…
- § 123985 (a) A bone marrow transplant for the treatment of cancer shall be reimbursable under this article, when all of the following conditions are met: (1) The bone…
- § 123990 The department shall adopt regulations to implement the amendments of this article in 1991. The adoption of the regulations shall be deemed to be an emergency,…
- § 123995 (a) The department shall require all applicants to the program who may be eligible for cash grant assistance or for Medi-Cal benefits to apply for Medi-Cal.…
ARTICLE 5.5. Assistance To Children At Home Demonstration Project §§ 124010–124015 · 6 sections
- § 124010 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to establish demonstration projects to assist medically fragile infants, children, and adolescents. (b) It is further…
- § 124011 There is hereby established demonstration projects to provide a medical home and coordination of care model in order to reduce avoidable health problems of…
- § 124012 The department shall award funding appropriated for purposes of this article, on a competitive basis, to any nonprofit children’s hospitals, as defined in…
- § 124013 The demonstration projects shall provide care management services to children enrolled in the demonstration projects pursuant to proposals accepted by the…
- § 124014 In order to most effectively assist children enrolled in the demonstration project, the demonstration project may employ the use of clinic visits, home visits,…
- § 124015 (a) The hospital receiving funding under this article shall submit a report to the department that evaluates the demonstration project and includes measures of…
ARTICLE 6. Child Health And Disability Prevention Program §§ 124024–124110.5 · 21 sections
- § 124024 (a) Before July 1, 2024, the department shall take the following steps: (1) Conduct a stakeholder engagement process to inform the department in the…
- § 124025 The Legislature finds and declares that many physical and mental disabilities can be prevented, or their impact on an individual lessened, when they are…
- § 124030 As used in this article and Section 120475: (a) “State board” means the State Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Board. (b) “Department” means the…
- § 124033 (a) Commencing July 1, 2003, all applications for services under the Child Health and Disability Prevention program shall be filed electronically in accordance…
- § 124035 The department shall administer this article and Section 120475 and shall adopt minimum standards for the approval of community child health and disability…
- § 124040 (a) The governing body of each county or counties shall establish a community child health and disability prevention program for the purpose of providing early…
- § 124045 A city that operates an independent health agency may elect to provide the services described in this article with the approval of the department. In this…
- § 124050 Each community child health and disability program shall have a director meeting qualification standards by the department, appointed by the governing body,…
- § 124055 Any community child health and disability prevention program may contract to furnish services to any other county if the contract is approved by the director.
- § 124060 (a) On or before September 15 of each year, each county program director shall submit a budget update for the subsequent fiscal year that provides the…
- § 124065 Counties shall be reimbursed for the amount required by the county to carry out its community child health and disability prevention program in accordance with…
- § 124070 Counties shall be reimbursed for the amount required by the county to carry out its community child health and disability prevention program in accordance with…
- § 124075 (a) In order to ensure the maximum utilization of the California Medical Assistance Program and other potential reimbursement sources, the department shall…
- § 124080 The department may contract with a private entity for the performance of processing claims for state reimbursement, so long as the cost of the contract is no…
- § 124085 On and after July 1, 1976, each child eligible for services under this article shall, within 90 days after entrance into the first grade, provide a certificate…
- § 124090 Any child between birth and 90 days after entrance into the first grade and all persons under 21 years of age who are eligible for the California Medical…
- § 124095 Each community child health and disability prevention program shall provide the child or his or her parent or guardian with a copy of the results of the health…
- § 124100 (a) In cooperation with the county child health and disability prevention program, the governing body of every school district or private school that has…
- § 124105 (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Hughes Children’s Health Enforcement Act.” (b) The Legislature recognizes the importance of health to…
- § 124110 All information and results of the health screening and evaluation of each child shall be confidential and shall not be released without the informed consent…
- § 124110.5 This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2024, or on the date certified by the department pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 124024, whichever date…
ARTICLE 6.4. Newborn Eye Pathology Screening §§ 124111–124112 · 2 sections
- § 124111 (a) The Newborn Eye Pathology Screening Task Force is established and shall advise the State Department of Health Services on the newborn eye pathology…
- § 124112 (a) On or before June 30, 2002, the department shall adopt the protocol developed by the American Academy of Pediatrics to optimally detect the presence of…
ARTICLE 6.5. Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening, Tracking, and Intervention Program §§ 124115–124120.5 · 11 sections
- § 124115 This article shall be known, and may be cited as, the Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening, Tracking and Intervention Act.
- § 124115.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Hearing loss occurs in newborns more frequently than any other health condition for which…
- § 124116 As used in this article: (a) “Birth admission” means the time after birth that the newborn remains in the hospital nursery prior to discharge. (b) “CCS” means…
- § 124116.5 (a) (1) Every general acute care hospital with licensed perinatal services in this state shall administer to every newborn, upon birth admission, a hearing…
- § 124117 The department or its designee shall approve hospitals for participation as newborn hearing screening providers. These facilities shall then receive payment…
- § 124118 The department or its designee shall provide every general acute care hospital that has licensed perinatal services, or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), as…
- § 124118.5 (a) The department shall establish a system of early hearing detection and intervention centers that shall provide technical assistance and consultation to…
- § 124119 (a) The department shall develop and implement a reporting and tracking system for newborns and infants tested for hearing loss. (b) The system shall provide…
- § 124119.5 Parents of all newborns and infants diagnosed with a hearing loss shall be provided written information on the availability of community resources and services…
- § 124120 The department may conduct a community outreach and awareness campaign to inform medical providers, pregnant women, and the families of newborns and infants on…
- § 124120.5 A newborn hearing screening test shall not be performed without the written consent of the parent.
ARTICLE 6.6. Newborn Critical Congenital Heart Disease Screening Program §§ 124121–124122 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 7. Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act §§ 124125–124165 · 7 sections
- § 124125 (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that childhood lead exposure represents the most significant childhood environmental health problem in the state…
- § 124130 (a) A laboratory that performs a blood lead analysis on a specimen of human blood drawn in California shall report the information specified in this section to…
- § 124150 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the activities conducted by the department pursuant to Section 124130 have confirmed and supported the findings…
- § 124151 The department shall use an electronic database consistent with the goals outlined in Section 124125 to support electronic laboratory reporting of blood lead…
- § 124155 (a) The department shall design and implement a screening program for lead exposure of children not older than seven years old in migrant labor camps where…
- § 124160 The department shall continue to direct the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program to implement a program to identify and conduct medical followup of…
- § 124165 After January 1, 1993, the department, through the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, shall continue to take steps that it determines are necessary…
ARTICLE 8. Female Genital Mutilation Prevention § 124170 · 1 section
- § 124170 The State Department of Health Services, in consultation with the State Department of Social Services and the appropriate federal agency or department, shall…
ARTICLE 9. Mercury-containing Vaccines § 124172 · 1 section
- § 124172 (a) Except for an influenza vaccine described in subdivision (b), on and after July 1, 2006, a person who is knowingly pregnant or who is under three years of…
ARTICLE 10. Public School Health Center Support Program §§ 124174–124174.6 · 6 sections
- § 124174 The following definitions shall govern the construction of this article, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “Program” means a Public School Health…
- § 124174.2 (a) The department, in cooperation with the State Department of Education, shall establish a Public School Health Center Support Program. (b) The program, in…
- § 124174.3 (a) The department shall establish standardized data collection procedures and collect data specified in subdivisions (c) and (d) from school health centers on…
- § 124174.4 The State Department of Education, in collaboration with the department, shall perform the following functions: (a) Coordination of programs within the State…
- § 124174.5 The program, in collaboration with the State Department of Education, shall act as a liaison for school-based health centers.
- § 124174.6 The department shall establish a grant program within the Public School Health Center Support Program to provide technical assistance, and funding for the…