California Penal Code

§ 5024

PEN § 5024 Effective Jan 1, 2013Title 7 · Part 3 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares that:

(1)State costs for purchasing drugs and medical supplies for the health care of offenders in state custody have grown rapidly in recent years and will amount to almost seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) annually in the 1999–2000 fiscal year.

(2)The California State Auditor’s Office found in a January 2000 audit report that the state could save millions of dollars annually by improving its current processes for the procurement of drugs for inmate health care and by pursuing alternative procurement methods.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 281, Sec. 40. (SB 1395) Effective January 1, 2013.