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Committee advances bill requiring annual analysis and list of high‑incidence regions for valley fever
Summary
SB 297 would require the California Department of Public Health to analyze and publish regions with high valley fever incidence and to improve clinical awareness and testing; the Assembly Health Committee voted to send the bill to the judiciary committee after debate on local mandates and laboratory capacity.
The Assembly Health Committee voted to refer SB 297 to the Judiciary Committee after testimony that the fungal disease valley fever (coccidioidomycosis) is expanding geographically and is frequently underdiagnosed.
Senator Hurtado, the bill’s author, said the Central Valley has long borne the brunt of valley fever but that cases are increasing in other areas including the Central Coast and farther north. She asked the committee to authorize an annual CDPH analysis to identify…
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