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. 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 includes $21.8 million from the State Department of Public Health Licensing and Certification Program Fund and 237 positions to meet state and federal licensing and certification workload and implement quality improvement projects within the Licensing and Certification Program. In addition, the Budget includes $9.5 million to augment the Los Angeles County Contract to allow the County to complete high-priority federal and state workload; and, $378,000 and 3 state positions to provide onsite oversight, training, and quality improvement activities in Los Angeles County.
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
2015-16*
Positions
Dollars
4040010 Emergency Preparedness
122.6
$98,335
4045010 Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
494.9
344,851
4045023 Infectious Diseases
322.1
603,412
4045032 Family Health
514.4
1,674,457
4045041 Health Statistics and Informatics
164.3
27,666
4045050 County Health Services
8.9
15,112
4045059 Environmental Health
475.5
90,822
4050010 Health Facilities
1,398.8
241,449
4050019 Laboratory Field Services
81.9
13,452
9900100 Administration
254.7
35,979
9900200 Administration - Distributed
-
-35,980
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
3,838.1
$3,109,555
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
4,333
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
3,838.1
$3,113,888

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.

Refer to the Infrastructure Overview for infrastructure expenditure 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 * - 133K) 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 * - 57K)
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.