Health and Safety Code
This section says the act is to be known as the Health and Safety Code.
- Jurisdiction
- United States — California
- Instrument
- Code
- Citation
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- Version
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- Language
- en
- Official source
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Statute overview
About this statute
The Legislature states findings supporting a unified, single-payer-style health care financing system for all Californians. The State Department of Health Services is renamed the State Department of Health Care Services, and its retained functions continue with the renamed department. The Director of Health Care Services is appointed by the Governor with Senate confirmation, the director receives a salary set by law, and the Governor may appoint up to two chief deputies on the director’s recommendation. The director has the powers of a department head under the cited Government Code chapter. The Department of Health Services has a Division of Rural Health, and that division must administer specified chapters and sections.
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