Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits. Existing law authorizes the County of San Mateo, and other counties electing to do so, to, by ordinance, establish a commission to arrange for the provision of health care services provided pursuant to the Medi-Cal program, and to provide health care delivery systems to other specified persons. This bill would additionally authorize the County of San Mateo to arrange for the provision of dental care services provided pursuant to the Medi-Cal program. The bill would authorize the county to establish a 5-year pilot project to take any or all of certain activities relating to dental services, including, but not limited to, partnering with dental providers to deliver an integrated care approach to enrolled members, and establishing objectives for improving access to oral health care, including access to dental prevention services and pediatric dentistry. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of San Mateo.
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Existing law establishes an action for a public nuisance, which affects an entire community or neighborhood, or a considerable number of persons, although the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals may be unequal. Existing law authorizes a private party or a public body to bring an action to abate a public nuisance. This bill would provide that residential lead-based paint that affects the health of a considerable number of persons constitutes a public nuisance. Under the bill, a party may be subject to liability for public nuisance if that party promoted lead-based paint for a particular use with actual or constructive knowledge that such use would cause health hazards sufficiently serious to render that use unreasonable, as specified. The bill would provide that, in an action seeking solely abatement of residential lead-based paint, causation may be established without presenting evidence that a particular party caused a particular lead-based paint to be applied in a particular residence, as specified. The bill would provide legislative findings and declarations in support of these provisions.
This measure would urge the Congress and the President to pass legislation that would allow financial institutions to provide services to the cannabis industry.
This measure would declare the week of May 13 to May 19, 2018, inclusive, as Food Allergy Awareness Week, and encourage Californians to increase their understanding and awareness of food allergies and anaphylaxis.
This measure would designate the month of May 2018 as California Fairgrounds Appreciation Month and would extend the Legislature's warmest regards and appreciation to the thousands of volunteers, fair directors, staff, business supporters, and sponsors who keep the network of California state fairgrounds strong, vibrant, relevant, and successful.
This measure would declare the week of May 20, 2018, to May 26, 2018, inclusive, to be Emergency Medical Services Week in California.
This measure would proclaim the week of May 6 to 12, 2018, inclusive, as California Wildfire Awareness Week, and May 7, 2018, as California Master Mutual Aid Awareness Day. The measure would commemorate the contributions of first responders to a series of natural disasters in 2017 and recognize the contributions that California's mutual aid disaster response system made in reducing the loss of life and property from these disasters.
This measure would acknowledge the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and express the Legislature's respect to Muslims across California and throughout the world on this occasion.