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LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: 02/08/2021  
Subject:    AB 240 (Rodriguez): Local Health Department Workforce Assessment
Submitted For: LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
Department: County Administrator  
Referral No.: 2021-06  
Referral Name: AB 240
Presenter: Daniel Peddycord Contact: L. DeLaney, 925-655-2057

Information
Referral History:
AB 240 was referred to the Legislation Committee by the County's Public Health Director, Daniel Peddycord. AB 240 is sponsored by the County Health Executives Association of California (CHEAC) and the Health Officers Association of California (HOAC).
Referral Update:
AB 240
Author: Freddie Rodriguez (D-052)
Title: Local Health Department Workforce Assessment
Fiscal Committee: yes
Urgency Clause: no
Introduced: 01/12/2021
Disposition: Pending
Location: Assembly Health Committee
Summary: Requires the Department of Public Health to contract with an appropriate and qualified entity to conduct an evaluation of the adequacy of the local health department infrastructure and to make recommendations for future staffing, workforce needs, and resources, in order to accurately and adequately fund local public health.
Status:
01/28/2021 To ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH.

Local health departments such as ours play a critical role in protecting and promoting the health and well-being of the residents of our jurisdiction. The role and importance of local public health has been most evidently displayed amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other disasters and emergencies faced by our jurisdiction. In carrying out this important work, County public health departments rely on a workforce of highly trained and specialized public health professionals.

AB 240 would provide an opportunity for state and local governments in California to better understand the adequacy of local health department infrastructure, including needs related to local health department staffing, workforce, and resources. Findings and recommendations produced by this assessment will serve as a useful roadmap in better supporting the development and retention of a skilled and diverse public health workforce necessary to carrying out the vital services we provide to our residents.

The County's adopted 2021-22 State Legislative Platform includes the following related principles (p. 16):

• SUPPORT increased funding for the public health infrastructure, capacity and prevention services as outlined in the public health components of the Affordable Care Act and the National Prevention and Public Health Fund.

• SUPPORT enhanced funding and capacity for public health programs.

Attachment A: AB 240 Fact Sheet
 
Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):
CONSIDER finding AB 240 (Rodriguez) consistent with the Board's adopted 2021-22 State Legislative Platform, enabling the Chair of the Board to send a letter of support for the bill and advocacy by our state advocates and staff to proceed.
Attachments
Attachment A: AB 240 Author Fact Sheet

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