Section 900 Of Part 3. Children's Environmental Health Center From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 1. >> Part 3.
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. There is hereby created the Children's Environmental Health
Center within the Environmental Protection Agency. The primary
purposes of the center shall include all of the following:
(a) To serve as the chief advisor to the Secretary for
Environmental Protection and to the Governor on matters within the
jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency relating to
environmental health and environmental protection as each of those
matters relates to children.
(b) To assist the boards, departments, and offices within the
Environmental Protection Agency to assess the effectiveness of
statutes, regulations, and programs designed to protect children from
environmental hazards.
(c) To coordinate within the Environmental Protection Agency and
with other state agencies, regulatory efforts, research and data
collection, and other programs and services that impact the
environmental health of children, and coordinate with appropriate
federal agencies conducting related regulatory efforts and research
and data collection.
(d) In consultation with the State Air Resources Board and the
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and notwithstanding
Section 7550.5 of the Government Code, to report to the Legislature
and the Governor no later than December 31, 2001, on the progress of
the state board and the office toward implementing the act that added
this part during the 1999-2000 Regular Session and to make
recommendations for any statutory or regulatory changes that may be
necessary to carry out the intent of that act to protect the public
health, including infants and children, from air pollutants and toxic
air contaminants.