CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 619

Introduced by Assembly Member Chiu

February 15, 2019

An act to amend Section 151001 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to sexual health education.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 619, as introduced, Chiu. Sexual health education programs.
Existing law, the Sexual Health Education Accountability Act, requires, with certain exceptions, every sexual health education program, as defined, that provides education to prevent adolescent or unintended pregnancy or to prevent sexually transmitted infections and that is conducted, operated, or administered by the state or any state agency, or is funded directly or indirectly by the state, or receives any financial assistance from state funds or funds administered by the state, to meet specified requirements. Existing law defines specified terms relating to the act.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 151001 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

151001.
 For purposes of this division, the The following definitions shall apply: apply for purposes of this division:
(a) “Age appropriate” means topics, messages, and teaching methods that are suitable to particular ages or age groups of children and adolescents, based on developing cognitive, emotional, and behavioral capacity typical for the age or age group.
(b) A “sexual “Sexual health education program” means a program that provides either instruction or information to prevent adolescent pregnancy, unintended pregnancy, or sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, that is conducted, operated, or administered by any a state agency, is funded directly or indirectly by the state, or receives any financial assistance from either state funds or funds administered by a state agency, but agency. “Sexual health education program” does not include any a program offered by a school district, a county superintendent of schools, or a community college district.
(c) (1) “Medically accurate” means verified or supported by research conducted in compliance with scientific methods and published in peer review journals, where when appropriate, and recognized as accurate and objective by professional organizations and agencies with expertise in the relevant field, including, but not field.
(2) “Professional organizations and agencies” means, but is not limited to, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the American Public Health Association, the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.