Public health: hepatitis C.

Existing law, the Hepatitis C Education, Screening, and Treatment Act, requires the Director of Public Health to develop and implement a public education and outreach program to raise awareness of the hepatitis C virus aimed at high-risk groups, physician's offices, health care workers, and health care facilities that, among other things, includes hepatitis C counseling, education, and testing, as appropriate, into local state-funded programs.