121340

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 121340




121340.  (a) The State Department of Health Services, in
consultation with the California Conference of Local Health Officers,
the California Medical Association, HIV treatment providers, and
public health and other stakeholders, shall determine, no later than
December 31, 2005, whether California's HIV reporting system has
achieved compliance with standards and criteria necessary to ensure
continued federal funding for California under the federal Ryan White
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of 1990 (Public
Law 101-381), as amended October 20, 2000 (Public Law 106-345).
   (b) The department shall inform the appropriate committees of the
Legislature of its findings under subdivision (a) by December 31,
2005.
   (c) The department shall also report to the appropriate committees
of the Legislature all written communications from the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention to the state received before December
31, 2005, that indicate that California's HIV reporting system has
not or will not meet the federal standards and criteria for an HIV
reporting system pursuant to the Ryan White CARE Act.