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SB-547 Animals: emergency response: California Veterinary Emergency Team program. (2021-2022)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 The heading of Part 1 (commencing with Section 32000) is added to Division 14.8 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to read:

PART 1. Animal Facilities and Shelters

SEC. 2.

 Part 2 (commencing with Section 32100) is added to Division 14.8 of the Food and Agricultural Code, to read:

PART 2. California Veterinary Emergency Team Program

32100.
 This part shall apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make any of these provisions applicable to the university.
32101.
 (a) The University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine shall develop a program called the California Veterinary Emergency Team. The program shall assist in the support and training of a network of government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and individuals to assist in the veterinary care of household and domestic animals and livestock in emergencies, including disaster preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. The program shall also conduct or support research on best practices for the evacuation and care of the animals in disasters.
(b) The program shall ensure that the training and the care provided by or coordinated by the program are at levels that are consistent with those standards generally accepted within the veterinary profession.
(c) The University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, the secretary, and the Director of Emergency Services shall develop a memorandum of understanding for the university to consult with the secretary and the director regarding the coordination of the program’s activities with the state government’s disaster response practices and the deployment of the program’s participants during disasters.
(d) For purposes of this part, “program” means the California Veterinary Emergency Team.
32102.
 The California Veterinary Emergency Team Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund, upon an appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for this purpose, shall be used solely to support the program, including, but not limited to, funding the network of services and other program elements necessary to successfully establish and implement the program.
32103.
 Funds made available from the California Veterinary Emergency Team Fund pursuant to this part shall not be considered an offset to any other state funds appropriated to the University of California.