Health and Human Services
4265 Department of Public Health

The mission of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is dedicated to optimizing the health and well-being of all Californians. The CDPH achieves its mission through the following core activities:

  • Promoting healthy lifestyles for individuals and families in their communities and workplaces.
  • Preventing disease, disability, and premature death, and reducing or eliminating health disparities.
  • Protecting the public from unhealthy and unsafe environments.
  • Providing or ensuring access to quality, population-based health services. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • The department has begun the process of implementing zero-based budgeting for its contracting activities, the Baby BIG program, and the Women, Infants and Children program. Initial findings from these efforts will be provided in spring 2013. This represents the first phase of implementing zero-based budgeting throughout the department.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2013-14*
Positions
Dollars
10 Public Health Emergency Preparedness
45.8
$97,831
10.10     Emergency Preparedness
45.8
97,831
20 Public and Environmental Health
2,053.7
3,137,923
20.10     Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
280.9
309,629
20.20     Infectious Disease
310.6
613,286
20.30     Family Health
504.6
1,815,824
20.40     Health Information and Strategic Planning
215.9
27,196
20.50     County Health Services
11.8
17,390
20.60     Environmental Health
729.9
354,598
30 Licensing and Certification
1,206.1
200,704
30.10     Licensing and Certification
1,116.3
186,902
30.20     Laboratory Field Services
89.8
13,802
40.01 Administration
471.9
33,789
40.02 Distributed Administration
-
-33,789
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
3,777.5
$3,436,458
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
3,777.5
$3,436,458

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, and funding detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

Entire Department of Public Health Budget (pdf * - 721K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 64K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 36K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.
Local Assistance Appropriation Summary - Past Year (pdf * - 159K)
This table displays actual past year local assistance expenditure detail for the Department of Public Health.

 Local Assistance Appropriation Summary - Current Year (pdf * - 158K)
This table displays estimated current year local assistance expenditure detail for the Department of Public Health.

 Local Assistance Appropriation Summary - Budget Year (pdf * - 158K)
This table displays proposed budget year local assistance expenditure detail for the Department of Public Health.

 Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH): Federal Title V Fund Condition Statement (pdf * - 104K)
A chart that displays the Title V fund condition.