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(a) The California Health and Human Services Agency shall, in collaboration with the departments under its purview, the Governor’s office, the State Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Community Development, the Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission, Covered California, and other relevant agencies and stakeholders, develop and implement a plan that establishes targets to reduce racial disparities in health outcomes by 50 percent by December 31, 2030.(b) The agency and other entities specified in subdivision (a) shall develop a plan to reach reduction targets in chronic conditions affecting children, including, but not
limited to, asthma, diabetes, dental caries, depression, and vaping-related diseases. The plan to address reduction targets shall include all of the following criterion:
(1) Quantify the desired outcomes by race or ethnicity ethnicity, including, to the extent data is available or if new data instruments are being created, race or ethnicity data disaggregated by major subgroups and languages spoken, that shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(A) Decrease in the number of youth of color who use electronic cigarette products.
(B) Increase in emotional
stability and well-being among youth of color, based upon the California Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS).
(C) Decrease in the number of missed schooldays due to being “very sad, hopeless, anxious, stressed ,or stressed, or angry” for youth of color, based on the CHKS.
(D) Reduction in diabetes and prediabetes diagnoses among youth of color.
(E) Reduction in diabetes hospitalizations for youth of color.
(F) Reduction in asthma emergency department visits and asthma hospitalizations for youth of
color.
(G) Reduction in emergency department visits for avoidable dental issues for youth of color.
(2) Establish baseline data for performance measures stratified by race or ethnicity. ethnicity, including, to the extent data is available or if new data instruments are being created, race or ethnicity data disaggregated by major subgroups and languages spoken. If data cannot be disaggregated by race or ethnicity, the agency shall provide an explanation for missing data points.
(3) Identify and address any
language access barriers to achieving desired outcomes.
(3)
(4) Identify and align existing state initiatives to achieve desired outcomes.
(4)
(5) Identify cross-sector agreements and interagency partnerships necessary for the purpose of developing and establishing
health equity reduction targets within the implementation plan.
(5)
(6) Set outcome-based milestones and establish accountability standards for meeting milestones related to reduction targets.
(c) (1) The agency shall submit the plan to the Legislature and post the plan on its internet website on or before January 1, 2023. The agency shall commence implementation of the plan no later than June 30, 2023, and the agency shall submit to the Legislature and post on its internet website progress reports every two years thereafter.
(2) A plan or report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.