Health and Human Services
4265 Department of Public Health

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.
  • Preparing for and responding to public health emergencies. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • The Governor's Budget proposes to shift funding and positions for the Drinking Water Program from the Department of Public Health to the State Water Resources Control Board to align the state's drinking water, groundwater, and water quality programs in a single agency to meet both current and future demands on water resulting from climate change, increasing population, and economic growth.
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
2014-15*
Positions
Dollars
10 Public Health Emergency Preparedness
50.9
$97,598
10.10     Emergency Preparedness
50.9
97,598
20 Public and Environmental Health
1,697.4
2,707,523
20.10     Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
386.8
294,244
20.20     Infectious Diseases
294.6
592,727
20.30     Family Health
430.2
1,691,936
20.40     Health Statistics and Informatics
172.9
28,031
20.50     County Health Services
11.8
17,078
20.60     Environmental Health
401.1
83,507
30 Licensing and Certification
1,157.1
206,044
30.10     Licensing and Certification
1,069.3
192,773
30.20     Laboratory Field Services
87.8
13,271
40.01 Administration
636.0
33,798
40.02 Distributed Administration
-
-33,798
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
3,541.4
$3,011,165
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
3,541.4
$3,011,165

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 * - 783K) 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 * - 65K)
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 * - 32K)
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 * - 159K)
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 * - 170K)
A chart that displays the Title V fund condition.