(a) The office shall establish a statewide donations system for private businesses and nonprofit organizations that are interested in donating services, goods, labor, equipment, resources, or dispensaries or other facilities to further the purposes of Section 8588.1.

(b) The agency shall create and implement protocols and procedures for potential donors that do, but are not limited to, all of the following:

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(1) Establish eligibility requirements for a private business or nonprofit organization to be potential donors.

(2) Require the services, goods, labor, equipment, resources, or dispensaries or other facilities donated by a private business or nonprofit organization offered through the donations system, to be provided at no cost to state governmental entities or the victims of emergencies and disasters.

(3) Require the services, goods, labor, equipment, resources, or dispensaries or other facilities donated by a private business or nonprofit organization offered through the donations system, to be safely collected, maintained, and managed by the receiving entity.

(4) Require that federal, state, and local governmental entities and nonprofit organizations that are engaged in assisting communities prepare for, respond to, or recover from emergencies and disasters have access to the statewide resources offered through the donations system.

(c) A private business or nonprofit organization utilizing the donations system, shall reasonably determine all of the following:

(1) Donated services, goods, labor, equipment, resources, or dispensaries or other facilities comply with all applicable federal and state safety laws and licensing requirements.

(2) Donated services, goods, labor, equipment, resources, or dispensaries or other facilities have not been altered, misbranded, or stored under conditions contrary to the standards set forth under federal or state laws or by the product manufacturer.

(3) Donated medicine shall be unopened, in tamper-resistant packaging or modified unit dose containers that meet United States Pharmacopeia standards, and show lot numbers and expiration dates. Medicine that does not meet these standards shall not be donated.

(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 8, Sec. 1. (AB 1568) Effective March 9, 2022.)