CALIFORNIA CODES
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 124575-124595
 
 
 
 
124575. The department shall maintain a program for American
Indians and their families, consisting of all of the following:
 (a) Studies of the health and health services available to
American Indians and their families throughout the state.
 (b) Technical and financial assistance to local agencies concerned
with the health of American Indians and their families.
 (c) Coordination with similar programs of the federal government,
other states, and voluntary agencies.
 
 
 
124580. The department shall cooperate with local governmental
agencies and contract with voluntary nonprofit organizations in
connection with the development of local health programs for American
Indians and their families.
 
 
124585. (a) All moneys appropriated to the department for the
purposes of this chapter shall be used to provide financial,
training, and technical assistance to urban and rural American Indian
health programs and to assist these programs in planning,
implementing, and upgrading programs to attain a comprehensive health
services delivery system for American Indians in urban and rural
areas.
 (b) The department shall provide technical assistance and shall
promote the provision of services for preventive health care, health
education, and environmental health.
 (c) The department may expend funds, appropriated to it to carry
out the purposes of this chapter, by contract or grant, or any
combination thereof, to assist any urban or rural American Indian
health program.
 (d) The department shall adopt regulations establishing criteria
for reimbursement for direct services under this chapter, that shall
include, but not be limited to, a definition of direct services that
are reimbursable and a formula for allocation of funds appropriated
to the department.
 (e) The department shall provide assistance to American Indian
health services programs in maximizing utilization of third party
payment systems and in developing programs in health education,
nutrition, and family planning, if the assistance is not being
provided by agencies of the federal government.
 (f) Funds appropriated to carry out the purposes of this chapter
shall be supplemental to those available from the federal government
and shall not duplicate, and they shall not replace, any commitments
made by the federal government to provide health services to American
Indians and their families in this state who receive health services
pursuant to an urban or rural American Indian health program.
 (g) It is the intent of the Legislature that the program
established by this chapter shall, commencing with the 1984-85 fiscal
year, be funded according to customary budget procedures.
 
 
 
124590. The Legislature finds and declares that the health status
of many American Indians in California is not adequate.
 It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to insure that in
addition to funding provided pursuant to the American Indian Health
Service program, sufficient funding is provided to American Indians
from other programs in order to substantially improve their access to
health services. These programs include, but are not limited to,
the following:
 (a) Rural health services.
 (b) Mental health services.
 (c) Developmental disability programs.
 (d) Maternal and child health programs.
 (e) Alcoholism programs.
 (f) Programs for the aging.
 (g) Environmental health programs.
 The department shall report to the Legislature by July 1, 1984,
and every two years thereafter, with respect to the extent to that
funding for these programs is allocated to grantees receiving funding
from the department pursuant to Section 124585.
 
 
 
124595. (a) The Indian Health Policy Panel, established by the
director pursuant to Section 1520 of Title 17 of the California
Administrative Code, is continued in existence and shall be renamed
the American Indian Health Policy Panel. The policy panel shall
advise the department on the level of resources, priorities,
criteria, and guidelines necessary to implement this chapter. The
policy panel shall be composed of 10 members, appointed by the
director. Four members shall be appointed from a list of persons
submitted by the California Rural Indian Health Board, four members
shall be appointed from a list of persons submitted by the California
Urban Indian Health Council, and two members shall represent the
public. The persons appointed by the director to represent the
public may be consumers, consumer advocates, health service
providers, representatives of state or county health agencies, health
professionals, or private citizens. The terms of the members shall
be established pursuant to bylaws adopted by the policy panel.
 (b) The director may also seek advice from individuals and groups,
other than the policy panel, on program issues.
 (c) Those persons who are members of the policy panel on December
31, 1983, shall continue to be members for the remainder of their
terms and, upon expiration of their terms, shall be eligible for
reappointment by the director.