(a) The department shall establish standardized data collection procedures and collect data specified in subdivisions (c) and (d) from school health centers on an ongoing basis.
(b) The data collected pursuant to this section shall be submitted in a format determined by the department in accordance with applicable state and federal requirements for confidentiality and protected health information.
(c) Data collected pursuant to this section shall include the following:
(1) The name of the primary contact person, telephone numbers, including facsimile physical address, and the e-mail address, if applicable, for each school health center.
(2) The annual number of schoolage children receiving health services or mental health services from the school health center.
(3) The type and volume of services provided by the school health centers.
(4) The funding mechanisms used by the school health centers.
(5) Information on other programs offered by school health centers with an emphasis on preventative health services that address health issues unique to schoolage children, including, but not limited to, childhood obesity, asthma, immunizations against communicable diseases, and child and adolescent mental health disorders.
(d) To the extent feasible, the department shall collect data on health services provided at a local educational agency outside a school health center.
(e) This section shall be implemented only to the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose in the Budget Act or pursuant to the enactment of legislation subsequent to the addition of this section.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 334, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.)