Public health impact assessments.

Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to regulate various consumer products, including food and drugs, for the protection of the people of the state. This bill, known as the Public Health Epidemic Prevention Act of 2014, would authorize the department to request in writing that the manufacturer or a group of manufacturers of a contributing product, as defined, submit a written response to the department's determination that the product is a contributing product. The bill would require the written response to contain specified information, including an analysis of adverse public health impacts and a mitigation plan for those impacts. The bill would authorize the department to charge the manufacturer of the contributing product an amount not exceeding $20,000 for the reasonable costs of reviewing the analysis and mitigation document.