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Racial Equity Commission.

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

CA SB 17 · Senate Bill · 2021–2022

Stage
Session ended
Started in
Senate
Sponsors
14
Latest action
Aug 31, 2022

What it does

Existing law establishes an Office of Health Equity in the State Department of Public Health for purposes of aligning state resources, decisionmaking, and programs to accomplish certain goals related to health equity and protecting vulnerable communities. Existing law requires the office to develop department-wide plans to close the gaps in health status and access to care among the state's diverse racial and ethnic communities, women, persons with disabilities, and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning communities, as specified. Existing law requires the office to work with the Health in All Policies Task Force to assist state agencies and departments in…

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Where it stands

This bill did not become law and its session has ended, so it can no longer move. It would have to be reintroduced.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Current step)

    Passed first chamber · Aug 31, 2022

  4. Law (Needs attention)

    The session ended first

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Where it goes next

While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money in California.

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