Legislation
Bills Supported by First 5 Association in 2024
Bill Number
Author
Description
Position
Corn masa flour: folic acid fortification. This bill would require a manufacturer of corn masa flour to add folic acid at a level not to exceed 0.7 milligrams of folic acid per pound of corn masa flour and to include a declaration of folic acid on the nutrition label in accordance with applicable federal law.
Maternity Ward Closures: This bill would require an acute care hospital that offers maternity services when those services are at risk of closure in the next 12 months to provide specified information to DHCS and DPH. DHCS and DPH would then be required to conduct a community impact assessment to determine the 3 closest hospitals offering maternity services in the geographic area and their distance from the at-risk facility. The bill would require the hospital to provide public notice of the potential closure, including the results of the community impact assessment, and other specified information on the hospital’s internet website 90 days in advance of the proposed closure. The bill would require the public to be permitted to comment on the potential closure for 60 days after the notice is given and would require at least one noticed public hearing be conducted by the hospital.
Pool Safety. The bill would require a child daycare facility licensed by the department with a swimming pool to have either the mesh fence or enclosure and a pool cover or safety alarm. The bill would require the child day care facility to perform a daily inspection of the safety features and maintain a log to be provided to the department during scheduled inspections. The bill would require the department to update its regulations accordingly. Because a willful or repeated violation of these provisions by a child day care facility would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Fentanyl: child deaths. Existing law establishes the State Department of Public Health to implement and administer various programs relating to public health. The department administers the California Overdose Surveillance Dashboard that provides data on state- and local-level drug-related overdose outcomes for California, including, among other data, the number of deaths related to fentanyl overdoses. Existing law requires the department to update the dashboard to reflect additional information, as specified.
CalWORKS: Home Visiting. This bill would extend the age range of the CalWORKS home visiting program to match program model duration.
