California 2015-2016 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB2134 Latest Draft

Bill / Amended Version Filed 04/13/2016

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2134AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 13, 2016 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 16, 2016 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Waldron FEBRUARY 17, 2016 An act to add Section 123472.4 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2134, as amended, Waldron. Clinics: notice: abortion pill reversal. Existing law, the Reproductive FACT Act, requires a licensed covered facility, as defined, to disseminate a notice to clients stating, among other things, that California has public programs that provide immediate free or low-cost access to comprehensive family planning services, prenatal care, and abortion, for eligible women. Existing law authorizes the Attorney General, city attorney, or county counsel to bring an action to impose a specified civil penalty against covered facilities that fail to comply with these requirements. This bill would additionally require those licensed covered facilities, if the facility provides abortions, to post a public notice advising clients that it may be possible to reverse the effects of the abortion pill. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 123472.4 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: 123472.4. (a) A licensed covered facility that performs abortions shall post the following public notice in English and in the primary threshold languages for Medi-Cal beneficiaries, as determined by the State Department of Health Care Services for the county in which the facility is located: "It may be possible to reverse the effects of the abortion pill. If you change your mind after taking the abortion pill, time is of the essence. For more information, call the Abortion Pill Reversal Hotline at  (877) 558-0333."    insert the telephone number or web site   ]   for more information."  (b) The notice described in subdivision (a) shall be at least 8.5 inches by 11 inches, written in no less than 22-point type, and posted in a conspicuous place where individuals wait that may be easily read by those seeking services from the facility.