SECTIONS 120780-120780.1 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 120780-120780.1

120780. For purposes of this chapter, "public entity" includes the
state, a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and
any other political subdivision or public corporation in the state.

120780.1. A public entity that receives General Fund money from the
State Department of Public Health for HIV prevention and education
may use that money to support clean needle and syringe exchange
programs authorized pursuant to existing law. The money may be used
for, but is not limited to, the purchase of sterile hypodermic
needles and syringes as part of a clean needle and syringe exchange
program only if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The General Fund money used for purchasing the sterile
hypodermic needles and syringes does not supplant any other public or
private funds or other resources for this purpose.
(b) The amount of the General Fund money used for purchasing the
sterile hypodermic needles and syringes does not exceed 7.5 percent
of the total amount of the General Fund money received by the public
entity for HIV prevention and education.
(c) Each dollar of General Fund money used for purchasing the
sterile hypodermic needles and syringes is matched by forty-three
cents ($0.43) of moneys from nonstate public funds or private funds.
(d) The allocation of General Fund money for the purchase of
sterile hypodermic needles and syringes is based upon epidemiological
data as reported by the health jurisdiction in its local HIV
prevention plan submitted to the Office of AIDS within the
department.