“State department” or “department” means State Department of Health Services. Commencing July 1, 2007, any reference to the former State Department of Health Services regarding a function vested by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 131050) of Part 1 of Division 112, in the State Department of Public Health is deemed to, instead, refer to the State Department of Public Health, and any reference to the former State Department of Health Services regarding a function not vested by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 131050) of Part 1 of Division 112, in the State Department of Public Health, is deemed to, instead, refer to the State Department of Health Care Services.
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 20
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Known as the Health and Safety Code
The act spans §§ 1–28 (28 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Guzman v. Shewry (2009)
Most recently applied in 217 Cal. App. 4th 1449 - Natalie D. v. State Department of Health Care Services (July 2013)
Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 241, Sec. 8
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.