Professional statute overview
Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance
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Purpose and legislative effect
“This section says the act is to be known as the Health and Safety Code.”
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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How the instrument operates
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Enacted 1939. The date shown identifies this source expression and should not be treated as proof that no later change exists.
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If a confined person dies and money or property remains with the Director of Corrections, those funds may be used for burial expenses up to $300; if no funds are available, the department must reimburse the Director up to $300.
Section 121395.
Courts or judges must send half of fines collected for violations of this chapter to the rabies treatment and eradication fund of the county or city where the violation occurred.
Section 121660.
A sentry dog company must mail notice to the local law enforcement agency and fire department no later than 15 days before sending a dog on an assignment, and those agencies must keep a file of the assignments.
Section 121915.
Dog dealers and dog breeders who fail to make the required disclosures can owe the retail purchaser civil damages equal to three times the dog’s cost.
Section 122315.
The Legislature states findings about hepatitis C and expresses an intent to study the health care delivery system and urge the department to support education and outreach funding.
Section 122405.
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Source and current-law status
Source record view
Source record from leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · Enacted 1939
The source record does not state a definitive current-law status. Check the official publisher and later amendments before relying on this text.