Section 101318 Of Article 6. Federal Funding For Bioterrorism Preparedness And Other Public Health Threats From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 101. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 6.
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. (a) Federal funding received pursuant to the 2009
Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 111-32) for pandemic
influenza for purposes of state and local public health and emergency
response infrastructure, including, but not limited to,
epidemiology, communicable disease response, workforce, laboratory
capacity, public communications, and community mitigation guidance
and planning, shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature in
the annual Budget Act or other statute for allocation by the
department in accordance with this article.
(b) This section shall govern federal funding provided by the
Public Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement and the
Public Health Emergency Response Cooperative Agreement for the state
and local health jurisdictions.
(c) The proportion of funds allocated to support local health
jurisdiction activities shall be at least the proportion stipulated
in the 2008-09 federally approved state applications for the Public
Health Emergency Preparedness Cooperative Agreement unless stipulated
otherwise by federal law or guidance, or unless the department, in
consultation with the California Conference of Local Health Officers
and the County Health Executives Association of California, submits
an application that specifies a different funding allocation.
(d) The department may establish a minimum allocation of less than
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to local health
jurisdictions, if the department consults with the California
Conference of Local Health Officers and the County Health Executives
Association of California.