Section 131055.

(a) All regulations and orders adopted by the former State Department of Health Services and any of its predecessors in effect immediately preceding the operative date of this section shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable unless and until readopted, amended, or repealed, or until they expire by their own terms. Any action by or against the former State Department of Health Services or any of its predecessors pertaining to matters vested in the State Department of Public Health by this chapter shall not abate but shall continue in the name of the State Department of Public Health, and the State Department of Public Health shall be substituted for the former State Department of Health Services and any of its predecessors by the court wherein the action is pending. The substitution shall not in any way affect the rights of the parties to the action.

(b) On and after the operative date of this section, the unexpended balance of all funds available for use by the former State Department of Health Services or any of its predecessors in carrying out any functions transferred to the State Department of Public Health shall be available for use by the State Department of Public Health.

(c) All books, documents, records, and property of the former State Department of Health Services pertaining to functions transferred to the Department of Public Health shall be transferred to the State Department of Public Health.

(d) On and after the operative date of this section, positions other than that of the State Public Health Officer and the Chief Deputy filled by appointment by the Governor in the former State Department of Health Services whose principal assignment was to perform functions transferred to the State Department of Public Health shall be transferred to the State Department of Public Health. Individuals in positions transferred pursuant to this section shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. Salaries of positions transferred shall remain at the level established pursuant to law unless otherwise provided.

(e) Every officer and employee of the former State Department of Health Services who is performing a function transferred to the State Department of Public Health and who is serving in the state civil service, other than as a temporary employee, shall be transferred to the State Department of Public Health pursuant to the provisions of Section 19050.9 of the Government Code. The status, position, and rights of any officer or employee of the former State Department of Health Services shall not be affected by the transfer and shall be retained by the person as an officer or employee of the State Department of Public Health, as the case may be, pursuant to the State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code), except as to a position that is exempt from civil service.

(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 241, Sec. 34. Effective January 1, 2007. Operative July 1, 2007, by Sec. 37 of Ch. 241.)