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FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator
DATE'. May 15 , 1986 CaJnty
SUBJECT: Legislation: Senate Bill 1885 (Hart)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position of support for SB 1885 by Senator Hart.
BACKGROUND:
Senator Hart has introduced SB 1885 which would require the State
Department of Health Services to enter into contracts with local
Health Officers for epidemiological studies on the health effects
of hazardous materials exposure, and to annually compile and
submit the study results to the Legislature. Local Health
Officers would be authorized to enter into a contract to produce
the studies. The Department would also be required to contract
with local health offices of any county in which a hazardous
waste disposal facility is located to establish a community
information program. The bill would appropriate $2,000,000 from
the hazardous waste control account to the Department to carry
out these contracts and reports.
The bill -would require any physician or surgeon who knows, or has
reasonable cause to believe, that a patient is suffering from
exposure to hazardous materials, or a disease or condition caused
by a hazardous material, to report this fact to the local Health
Officer within a specified time period, who would, in turn, be
required to immediately notify the Department. The bill would
impose a civil penalty of $250 upon a physician or surgeon who
does not comply with this reporting requirement.
Since SB 1885 adds to our knowledge of the health effects of
hazardous materials exposure, supports community information
programs, and tightens reporting requirements on physicians and
surgeons, the Health Services Director recommends that the Board
support SB 1885, and this office concurs in that recommendation.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
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ACTION OF BOARD ON May 20, 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED
Health Services Director
PHIL BATCH OR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Senattoror Gl ary Hart
Brunner, Health Svcs.Dr. ISUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382/7-83
BY_ DEPUTY