{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-122420","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 122420","heading":"","body":"The Director of Health Services shall do all of the following:\n(a) Develop and implement a public education and outreach program to raise awareness of the hepatitis C virus aimed at high-risk groups, physician’s offices, health care workers, and health care facilities. The program shall do all of the following:\n(1) Attempt to coordinate with national public education efforts related to the identification and notification of recipients of blood from hepatitis C virus-positive donors.\n(2) Attempt to stimulate interest and coordinate with community-based organizations to sponsor community forums and undertake other appropriate community outreach activities.\n(3) Employ public communication strategies utilizing a variety of media that may include, but is not limited to, print, radio, television, and the Internet.\n(b) Include information on co-infection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hemophilia with the hepatitis C virus in the professional training and all appropriate care and treatment programs under the jurisdiction of the department.\n(c) Develop a program to work with the Department of Corrections to identify hepatitis C virus-positive inmates likely to be released within two years and provide counseling and treatment options to reduce the community risk.\n(d) Urge local public health officials to make hepatitis C virus screening available for uninsured individuals upon request.\n(e) Include hepatitis C counseling, education, and testing, as appropriate, into local state-funded programs including those addressing HIV, tuberculosis, sexually transmitted disease, and all other appropriate programs approved by the director.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 105. COMMUNICABLE DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL [120100. - 122476.]","PART 7. HEPATITIS C [122400. - 122445.]","CHAPTER 1. General Provisions [122400. - 122445.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"caacd96dd99084d7027ac3b7249cba4919cb8893ee70bbdf6444ae78a793f520","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-122415","next":"us-ca/hsc-122425"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}