Health & Saf. Code, § 104898 · Part 3.5. TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FUND
Health & Saf. Code, § 104898
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Distribution of moneys from the fund shall be made by annual appropriation of the Legislature consistent with the requirements of this part.
(b) Moneys appropriated from the fund shall be used for health purposes, including all of the following:
(1) Health care expansions in the Medi-Cal program, Healthy Families Program, and other state programs.
(2) Health care education and outreach, including, but not limited to, efforts to help reduce the use of tobacco products.
(3) Smoking cessation services.
(4) Enforcement of tobacco-related statutes.
(5) Expansions to primary care and other state-funded clinics that serve low-income, uninsured, or underinsured Californians.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 171, Sec. 10. Effective August 10, 2001.
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