Bill Text: CA AB138 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: California Community Health Fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB138 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB138-Introduced.html
Bill Title: California Community Health Fund.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Failed) 2020-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB138 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB138-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill | No. 138 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Bloom |
December 07, 2018 |
An act to add Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 104895.50) to Part 3 of Division 103 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to the California Community Health Fund.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 138, as introduced, Bloom.
California Community Health Fund.
Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health, which administers, among other things, various programs that prevent disease and promote health.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to establish the California Community Health Fund in the State Treasury, and would require moneys in the fund to be used to diminish the human and economic costs of diabetes, obesity, and heart and dental disease in California.