§ 101235 Local Health Department Funding

Health and Safety Code·California

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This law moves the job of handling, checking, and paying out state money for health programs to a new department.

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•The department now does the same work the old State Department of Benefit Payments used to do.
•It is in charge of processing, auditing, and paying the funds.
•The money is meant for qualifying local health departments.

Example

A city health department asks for state money to run a flu‑shot clinic.

The new department looks at the request, makes sure the money will be used right, and then sends the payment to the city health department.

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§ 101235 Local Health Department Funding

The department succeeds to and is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the State Department of Benefit Payments with respect to the processing, audit, and payment of funds appropriated for the purposes of this article to the administrative bodies of qualifying local health departments. (Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 415, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)

Last verified: January 11, 2026

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duties responsibilities jurisdiction processing audit payment of funds qualifying local health departments

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Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
California Legislature. Health and Safety Code. Section 101235.

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