California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 3 - Community-Based Perinatal System

• Section 123475.
  The Legislature finds that a community-based system of comprehensive perinatal care, including prenatal care, delivery service, postpartum care, and neonatal and infant care are necessary...
• Section 123480.
  It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to maintain, to the extent resources are available, a permanent statewide community-based comprehensive perinatal...
• Section 123485.
  The following definitions shall govern the construction of this article:(a) “Community-based comprehensive perinatal care” means a range of prenatal, delivery, postpartum, infant, and pediatric care services...
• Section 123490.
  (a)  The department shall develop and maintain a statewide comprehensive community-based perinatal services program and enter into contracts, grants, or agreements with health care providers...
• Section 123491.
  (a)  There is hereby established a voluntary nurse home visiting grant program for expectant first-time mothers, their children, and their families, to be administered by...
• Section 123492.
  The department shall develop a grant application and award grants on a competitive basis to counties for the startup, continuation, and expansion of the program...
• Section 123493.
  (a) The department may accept voluntary contributions, in cash or in-kind, to pay for the costs in the implementation of the program under Section 123492. These...
• Section 123495.
  (a)  The department shall seek any federal waiver or waivers that may be necessary to maximize funds from the federal government including, but not limited...
• Section 123500.
  The department shall monitor the delivery of services under contracts, grants, and agreements provided for in this article through a uniform health data collection system...
• Section 123505.
  The goals of the community-based comprehensive perinatal health care system shall be:(a)  To decrease and maintain the decreased level of perinatal, maternal, and infant mortality...
• Section 123510.
  The program objectives of the community-based comprehensive perinatal health care system shall be the following:(a)  To ensure continuing availability and accessibility to early prenatal care...
• Section 123515.
  In processing and awarding contracts, grants, or agreements pursuant to this article, the department shall evaluate the ability of applicants to meet, to the maximum...
• Section 123516.
  (a) The department, in consultation with the program administrators, may contract with one or more qualified organizations to assist the department in ensuring that grantees implement...
• Section 123520.
  (a)  In developing a comprehensive system, health care providers funded under this article may perform the following activities to ensure that a full range of...
• Section 123525.
  The provisions contained in this article shall be subject to the normal Budget Act process and shall be operative to the extent funds are appropriated...

Last modified: October 22, 2018