Section 100125 Of Chapter 1. Organization Of The Department From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 101. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.
100125
. Notwithstanding any other provision of state law, the
department shall develop a proposal for consolidation of various
programs affecting the health of mothers and children. The
department, in developing the proposal, shall consult with the State
Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Board, the California Conference
of Local Health Officers, the California State Association of
Counties, the Primary Care Clinic Advisory Committee, and other
organizations interested in health services for women and children,
as determined by the department, that shall assist it in identifying
waivers of state and federal requirements that would be necessary to
implement the proposal. The proposal shall consider administrative
cost savings that may result from this consolidation. The department
shall obtain waivers from state and federal requirements that the
department determines are necessary to make the proposal viable. Any
problem in obtaining the waivers shall be reported to the Legislature
with the proposals. The department shall submit its proposal to the
Legislature on or before January 1, 1984. Programs may include, but
need not be limited to, the following:
(a) California Children's Services.
(b) WIC--Special Supplemental Food.
(c) Child Health and Disability Prevention.
(d) California Immunization Assistance Program.
(e) Children and Youth Project.
(f) Dental Disease Prevention.
(g) Rural Health.
(h) Indian Health.
(i) Pediatric Renal Failure Centers.
(j) Prepaid Health Plans.
(k) Family Planning.
( l) Infant Medical Dispatch Centers Program.
(m) Childhood Lead Program.
(n) Tuberculosis Control Program.
(o) Venereal Disease.
(p) SSI Disabled Children's Program.
(q) Other maternal and child health programs, including, but not
limited to, the following:
(1) Sickle Cell.
(2) Prenatal Testing.
(3) Tay Sachs.
(4) Huntington's Disease.
(5) Prenatal Access.
(6) High Risk Followup.
(7) O.B. Access.
(8) Perinatal Health Clinics.
(9) Primary Care Clinics.
(10) Maternal and Child Health Grants.
Consolidation may include combining two or more specialized
programs or the development of a single planning, evaluation,
budgeting and reporting process for two or more programs that share a
common target population. The department may submit more than one
proposal for consolidation if two or more groupings of programs merit
consolidation.
Each proposal shall be developed after a review by the department
of consolidation efforts proposed or developed by the counties. In
the design of the proposal, the department shall consider how state
level plans may assist further development of these local efforts.
The department shall consult with the Department of Finance to
develop a simplified budget and reporting format for programs that
are recommended for consolidation.
The Department of Finance shall make modifications in the
California Fiscal Information System as it deems necessary to
accommodate the proposed program consolidation.
The office shall consult with the department with respect to the
implementation of this section. The office shall incorporate
recommendations for the consolidation of maternal, child, and
adolescent health services in applicable policy plans adopted after
January 1, 1983.