California Government Code 65052.7 – (a) Commencing on July 1, 2022, each of the following shall …
(a) Commencing on July 1, 2022, each of the following shall occur:
(1) The Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications, an office within the Office of Planning and Research in the Office of the Governor, succeeds to, and is vested with, all the duties and responsibilities of the State Department of Public Health related to the administration or implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine-related public education and outreach campaigns.
Terms Used In California Government Code 65052.7
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Office: as used in this article means the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications. See California Government Code 65052.2
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
(2) Any reference to the State Department of Public Health with regard to the administration or implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine-related public education and outreach campaigns shall be considered a reference to the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications.
(3) All books, documents, and records, including, but not limited to, outreach campaign supplies and print materials, of the State Department of Public Health pertaining to functions transferred to the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications shall be transferred to the Office of Planning and Research.
(b) Any action by or against the State Department of Public Health and any of its predecessors pertaining to matters vested in the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications by this act shall not abate but shall continue in the name of the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications, and the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications shall be substituted for the State Department of Public Health and any of its predecessors by the court wherein the action is pending. The substitution shall in no way affect the rights of the parties to the action.
(c) No contract, license, or other agreement to which the State Department of Public Health is a party related to the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications shall be void or voidable by reason of this act, but shall continue in full force and effect under the terms of the contract, with the Office of Planning and Research assuming all of the rights, obligations, liabilities and duties of the State Department of Public Health under the contract, license, or other agreement as it relates to the duties and responsibilities of overseeing COVID-19 vaccine-related public education and outreach campaigns.
(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 48, Sec. 54. (SB 189) Effective June 30, 2022.)