| 1 | | - | Senate Bill No. 24 CHAPTER 740 An act to add Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 99250) to Part 65 of Division 14 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to public health, and making an appropriation therefor. [ Approved by Governor October 11, 2019. Filed with Secretary of State October 11, 2019. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 24, Leyva. Public health: public university student health centers: abortion by medication techniques.Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state.This bill would express findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the availability of abortion by medication techniques at on-campus student health centers at public postsecondary educational institutions in the state.The bill would require, on and after January 1, 2023, each student health care services clinic on a California State University or University of California campus to offer abortion by medication techniques, as specified. The bill would require the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls to administer the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund, which the bill would establish. The bill would continuously appropriate the moneys in that fund to the commission for allocations to each public university student health care services clinic for specified activities in preparation for providing abortion by medication techniques, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would provide that its requirements would be implemented only if, and to the extent that, a total of at least $10,290,000 in private moneys is made available to the fund in a timely manner on or after January 1, 2020.The bill would require the commission to submit a report to the Legislature, on or before December 31, 2021, and on or before December 31 of every year thereafter until December 31, 2026, that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, specified information relating to abortion by medication techniques at these student health clinics.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Abortion care is a constitutional right and an integral part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care.(b) More than 400,000 students classified as female are educated at Californias public university campuses, and it is central to the mission of Californias public university student health centers to minimize the negative impact of health concerns on students studies and to facilitate retention and graduation.(c) The state has an interest in ensuring that every pregnant person in California who wants to have an abortion can obtain access to that care as easily and as early in pregnancy as possible. When pregnant young people decide that abortion is the best option for them, having early, accessible care can help them stay on track to achieve their educational and other aspirational life plans.(d) All California public university campuses have on-campus student health centers, but none of these health centers currently provide abortion by medication techniques. Abortion by medication techniques is extremely safe, highly effective, and cost effective. Abortion by medication techniques is an essential part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care, and should be accessible at on-campus student health centers.(e) Staff at on-campus student health centers include health professionals who are licensed to provide abortion by medication techniques. Under current California law, all residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology include training in abortion. Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives are legally authorized to perform abortions by medication techniques. Any clinician legally authorized to provide abortion, but not currently trained to provide abortion by medication techniques, can be trained inexpensively to do so, and such training falls within the requirements of continuing education for medical providers.(f) The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have found that prescribing abortion by medication techniques is no different from prescribing other medications, and have also found that the risks of providing abortion by medication techniques, including via telehealth, are low and similar to the risks of serious adverse effects of taking commonly used prescription and over-the-counter medications.(g) Students seeking early pregnancy termination, especially those enrolled at institutions outside of major urban centers, face prohibitively expensive travel, often without reliable means of transportation, to a clinic that may require hours of travel from their campus, out of their city, county, or even geographic region. These financial and time burdens negatively impact academic performance and mental health.(h) California law recognizes abortion as a basic health service that must be covered by Medi-Cal and by private, managed care insurance plans regulated by the state.(h) Because abortion by medication techniques is both a recognized treatment for the medical condition of pregnancy and a health service every pregnant person in the state has the legal right to choose, it is the intent of the Legislature that public university student health centers make abortion by medication techniques as accessible and cost effective for students as possible.SEC. 2. Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 99250) is added to Part 65 of Division 14 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: CHAPTER 5.5. Student Health Care Services99250. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) Commission means the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls established by Section 8241 of the Government Code.(b) Fund means the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund established by Section 99251.(c) Grantee means any qualifying student health center at a public college or university.(d) Medication abortion readiness includes, but is not limited to, assessment of each individual clinic to determine facility and training needs before beginning to provide abortion by medication techniques, purchasing equipment, making facility improvements, establishing clinical protocols, creating patient educational materials, and training staff. Medication abortion readiness does not include the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(e) Public university student health center means a clinic providing primary health care services to students that is located on the campus of a university within the University of California or California State University systems. (f) Public university system means the University of California or the California State University. 99251. (a) On and after January 1, 2023, each public university student health center shall offer abortion by medication techniques onsite. This service may be performed by providers on staff at the student health center, through telehealth services, or by providers associated with a contracted external agency.(b) (1) The commission shall administer the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund, which is established by this chapter for the purposes of providing private moneys in the form of direct allocations to the University of California and the California State University to support medication abortion readiness at each public university student health center. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission is authorized to receive moneys from nonstate entities, including, but not necessarily limited to, private sector entities and local and federal government agencies, specifically to support the fund, and deposit these moneys into the fund.(2) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the commission for allocation for purposes of this subdivision. (3) The commission shall use fund moneys to do all of the following: (A) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per campus to the University of California and the California State University. Of these funds, each university system shall provide two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to each public university student health center to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Purchase of equipment used in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(ii) Facility and security upgrades.(iii) Costs associated with enabling the campus health center to deliver telehealth services.(iv) Costs associated with training staff in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(v) Staff cost reimbursement and clinical revenue offset while staff are in trainings.(B) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to both the University of California and the California State University, to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness for each university system. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) Providing 24-hour, backup medical support by telephone to patients who have obtained abortion by medication techniques at a public university student health center.(ii) One-time fees associated with establishing a corporate account to provide telehealth services.(iii) Billing specialist consultation.(C) Maintain a system of financial reporting on all aspects of the fund. The financial reports shall include, but not be limited to, information from public university student health centers on their expenditures and activities associated with this chapter.(D) Support implementation of medication abortion readiness by public university student health centers by measures that may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Assisting student health centers with planning and budgeting.(ii) Coordinating with student health centers to identify training and other resources.(iii) Serving as a liaison between each public university system, public university student health centers, and the Legislature.(iv) Collecting, compiling, and analyzing information from public university student health centers to meet the commissions reporting requirements under subdivision (d).(E) Pay direct and indirect costs of the commission to administer this chapter, including costs of the hiring of staff.(4) The requirements of this chapter shall be implemented only if, and to the extent that, a total of at least ten million two hundred ninety thousand dollars ($10,290,000) in private funds is made available to the fund in a timely manner on or after January 1, 2020. It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following occur:(A) No General Fund moneys shall be appropriated, or otherwise provided, to support the fund or the commissions costs to administer this chapter.(B) The commission shall assist public university student health centers in identifying other resources to pay for the costs of medication abortion readiness, and for the costs of providing for abortion by medication techniques.(5) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as requiring either of the following: (A) A public university to use General Fund moneys or student fees for medication abortion readiness.(B) A public university student health center to bill public programs or health insurance providers to support the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques onsite.(c) Upon request from a public university student health center, the commission shall assist and advise on potential pathways for the student health center to bill public programs and health insurance providers to help pay for the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques.(d) (1) On or before December 31, 2021, and on or before December 31 of each year thereafter until December 31, 2026, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, all of the following information for each reporting period, separately for each public university system:(A) The number of student health centers that provide abortion by medication techniques.(B) The number of abortions by medication techniques performed at student health centers, disaggregated, to the extent possible, by student health center.(C) The total amount of funds received by each system and provided to the systems student health centers that is expended on medication abortion readiness, and, separately, the total amount of any other funds expended on medication abortion readiness and the source of those funds, disaggregated by function and, to the extent possible, disaggregated by student health center.(2) The report required in paragraph (1), and any associated data collection, shall be conducted in accordance with state and federal privacy law, including, but not necessarily limited to, the state Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of Division 1 of the Civil Code), the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).(3) The requirement for submitting reports under paragraph (1) shall become inoperative on January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code. |
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| 1 | + | Enrolled September 17, 2019 Passed IN Senate September 13, 2019 Passed IN Assembly September 13, 2019 Amended IN Assembly September 06, 2019 Amended IN Assembly June 13, 2019 Amended IN Senate April 08, 2019 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 24Introduced by Senator Leyva(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Carrillo)(Coauthors: Senators Atkins, Beall, Dodd, Galgiani, Hill, Jackson, Skinner, Stern, Umberg, and Wiener)(Coauthors: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Berman, Friedman, Kamlager-Dove, and Wicks)December 03, 2018 An act to add Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 99250) to Part 65 of Division 14 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to public health, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 24, Leyva. Public health: public university student health centers: abortion by medication techniques.Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state.This bill would express findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the availability of abortion by medication techniques at on-campus student health centers at public postsecondary educational institutions in the state.The bill would require, on and after January 1, 2023, each student health care services clinic on a California State University or University of California campus to offer abortion by medication techniques, as specified. The bill would require the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls to administer the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund, which the bill would establish. The bill would continuously appropriate the moneys in that fund to the commission for allocations to each public university student health care services clinic for specified activities in preparation for providing abortion by medication techniques, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would provide that its requirements would be implemented only if, and to the extent that, a total of at least $10,290,000 in private moneys is made available to the fund in a timely manner on or after January 1, 2020.The bill would require the commission to submit a report to the Legislature, on or before December 31, 2021, and on or before December 31 of every year thereafter until December 31, 2026, that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, specified information relating to abortion by medication techniques at these student health clinics.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: YES Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Abortion care is a constitutional right and an integral part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care.(b) More than 400,000 students classified as female are educated at Californias public university campuses, and it is central to the mission of Californias public university student health centers to minimize the negative impact of health concerns on students studies and to facilitate retention and graduation.(c) The state has an interest in ensuring that every pregnant person in California who wants to have an abortion can obtain access to that care as easily and as early in pregnancy as possible. When pregnant young people decide that abortion is the best option for them, having early, accessible care can help them stay on track to achieve their educational and other aspirational life plans.(d) All California public university campuses have on-campus student health centers, but none of these health centers currently provide abortion by medication techniques. Abortion by medication techniques is extremely safe, highly effective, and cost effective. Abortion by medication techniques is an essential part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care, and should be accessible at on-campus student health centers.(e) Staff at on-campus student health centers include health professionals who are licensed to provide abortion by medication techniques. Under current California law, all residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology include training in abortion. Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives are legally authorized to perform abortions by medication techniques. Any clinician legally authorized to provide abortion, but not currently trained to provide abortion by medication techniques, can be trained inexpensively to do so, and such training falls within the requirements of continuing education for medical providers.(f) The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have found that prescribing abortion by medication techniques is no different from prescribing other medications, and have also found that the risks of providing abortion by medication techniques, including via telehealth, are low and similar to the risks of serious adverse effects of taking commonly used prescription and over-the-counter medications.(g) Students seeking early pregnancy termination, especially those enrolled at institutions outside of major urban centers, face prohibitively expensive travel, often without reliable means of transportation, to a clinic that may require hours of travel from their campus, out of their city, county, or even geographic region. These financial and time burdens negatively impact academic performance and mental health.(h) California law recognizes abortion as a basic health service that must be covered by Medi-Cal and by private, managed care insurance plans regulated by the state.(h) Because abortion by medication techniques is both a recognized treatment for the medical condition of pregnancy and a health service every pregnant person in the state has the legal right to choose, it is the intent of the Legislature that public university student health centers make abortion by medication techniques as accessible and cost effective for students as possible.SEC. 2. Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 99250) is added to Part 65 of Division 14 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: CHAPTER 5.5. Student Health Care Services99250. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) Commission means the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls established by Section 8241 of the Government Code.(b) Fund means the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund established by Section 99251.(c) Grantee means any qualifying student health center at a public college or university.(d) Medication abortion readiness includes, but is not limited to, assessment of each individual clinic to determine facility and training needs before beginning to provide abortion by medication techniques, purchasing equipment, making facility improvements, establishing clinical protocols, creating patient educational materials, and training staff. Medication abortion readiness does not include the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(e) Public university student health center means a clinic providing primary health care services to students that is located on the campus of a university within the University of California or California State University systems. (f) Public university system means the University of California or the California State University. 99251. (a) On and after January 1, 2023, each public university student health center shall offer abortion by medication techniques onsite. This service may be performed by providers on staff at the student health center, through telehealth services, or by providers associated with a contracted external agency.(b) (1) The commission shall administer the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund, which is established by this chapter for the purposes of providing private moneys in the form of direct allocations to the University of California and the California State University to support medication abortion readiness at each public university student health center. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission is authorized to receive moneys from nonstate entities, including, but not necessarily limited to, private sector entities and local and federal government agencies, specifically to support the fund, and deposit these moneys into the fund.(2) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the commission for allocation for purposes of this subdivision. (3) The commission shall use fund moneys to do all of the following: (A) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per campus to the University of California and the California State University. Of these funds, each university system shall provide two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to each public university student health center to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Purchase of equipment used in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(ii) Facility and security upgrades.(iii) Costs associated with enabling the campus health center to deliver telehealth services.(iv) Costs associated with training staff in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(v) Staff cost reimbursement and clinical revenue offset while staff are in trainings.(B) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to both the University of California and the California State University, to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness for each university system. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) Providing 24-hour, backup medical support by telephone to patients who have obtained abortion by medication techniques at a public university student health center.(ii) One-time fees associated with establishing a corporate account to provide telehealth services.(iii) Billing specialist consultation.(C) Maintain a system of financial reporting on all aspects of the fund. The financial reports shall include, but not be limited to, information from public university student health centers on their expenditures and activities associated with this chapter.(D) Support implementation of medication abortion readiness by public university student health centers by measures that may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Assisting student health centers with planning and budgeting.(ii) Coordinating with student health centers to identify training and other resources.(iii) Serving as a liaison between each public university system, public university student health centers, and the Legislature.(iv) Collecting, compiling, and analyzing information from public university student health centers to meet the commissions reporting requirements under subdivision (d).(E) Pay direct and indirect costs of the commission to administer this chapter, including costs of the hiring of staff.(4) The requirements of this chapter shall be implemented only if, and to the extent that, a total of at least ten million two hundred ninety thousand dollars ($10,290,000) in private funds is made available to the fund in a timely manner on or after January 1, 2020. It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following occur:(A) No General Fund moneys shall be appropriated, or otherwise provided, to support the fund or the commissions costs to administer this chapter.(B) The commission shall assist public university student health centers in identifying other resources to pay for the costs of medication abortion readiness, and for the costs of providing for abortion by medication techniques.(5) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as requiring either of the following: (A) A public university to use General Fund moneys or student fees for medication abortion readiness.(B) A public university student health center to bill public programs or health insurance providers to support the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques onsite.(c) Upon request from a public university student health center, the commission shall assist and advise on potential pathways for the student health center to bill public programs and health insurance providers to help pay for the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques.(d) (1) On or before December 31, 2021, and on or before December 31 of each year thereafter until December 31, 2026, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, all of the following information for each reporting period, separately for each public university system:(A) The number of student health centers that provide abortion by medication techniques.(B) The number of abortions by medication techniques performed at student health centers, disaggregated, to the extent possible, by student health center.(C) The total amount of funds received by each system and provided to the systems student health centers that is expended on medication abortion readiness, and, separately, the total amount of any other funds expended on medication abortion readiness and the source of those funds, disaggregated by function and, to the extent possible, disaggregated by student health center.(2) The report required in paragraph (1), and any associated data collection, shall be conducted in accordance with state and federal privacy law, including, but not necessarily limited to, the state Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of Division 1 of the Civil Code), the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).(3) The requirement for submitting reports under paragraph (1) shall become inoperative on January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code. |
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| 21 | 33 | | Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state.This bill would express findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the availability of abortion by medication techniques at on-campus student health centers at public postsecondary educational institutions in the state.The bill would require, on and after January 1, 2023, each student health care services clinic on a California State University or University of California campus to offer abortion by medication techniques, as specified. The bill would require the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls to administer the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund, which the bill would establish. The bill would continuously appropriate the moneys in that fund to the commission for allocations to each public university student health care services clinic for specified activities in preparation for providing abortion by medication techniques, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would provide that its requirements would be implemented only if, and to the extent that, a total of at least $10,290,000 in private moneys is made available to the fund in a timely manner on or after January 1, 2020.The bill would require the commission to submit a report to the Legislature, on or before December 31, 2021, and on or before December 31 of every year thereafter until December 31, 2026, that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, specified information relating to abortion by medication techniques at these student health clinics. |
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| 25 | 37 | | This bill would express findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the availability of abortion by medication techniques at on-campus student health centers at public postsecondary educational institutions in the state. |
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| 27 | 39 | | The bill would require, on and after January 1, 2023, each student health care services clinic on a California State University or University of California campus to offer abortion by medication techniques, as specified. The bill would require the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls to administer the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund, which the bill would establish. The bill would continuously appropriate the moneys in that fund to the commission for allocations to each public university student health care services clinic for specified activities in preparation for providing abortion by medication techniques, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would provide that its requirements would be implemented only if, and to the extent that, a total of at least $10,290,000 in private moneys is made available to the fund in a timely manner on or after January 1, 2020. |
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| 35 | 47 | | The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Abortion care is a constitutional right and an integral part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care.(b) More than 400,000 students classified as female are educated at Californias public university campuses, and it is central to the mission of Californias public university student health centers to minimize the negative impact of health concerns on students studies and to facilitate retention and graduation.(c) The state has an interest in ensuring that every pregnant person in California who wants to have an abortion can obtain access to that care as easily and as early in pregnancy as possible. When pregnant young people decide that abortion is the best option for them, having early, accessible care can help them stay on track to achieve their educational and other aspirational life plans.(d) All California public university campuses have on-campus student health centers, but none of these health centers currently provide abortion by medication techniques. Abortion by medication techniques is extremely safe, highly effective, and cost effective. Abortion by medication techniques is an essential part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care, and should be accessible at on-campus student health centers.(e) Staff at on-campus student health centers include health professionals who are licensed to provide abortion by medication techniques. Under current California law, all residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology include training in abortion. Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives are legally authorized to perform abortions by medication techniques. Any clinician legally authorized to provide abortion, but not currently trained to provide abortion by medication techniques, can be trained inexpensively to do so, and such training falls within the requirements of continuing education for medical providers.(f) The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have found that prescribing abortion by medication techniques is no different from prescribing other medications, and have also found that the risks of providing abortion by medication techniques, including via telehealth, are low and similar to the risks of serious adverse effects of taking commonly used prescription and over-the-counter medications.(g) Students seeking early pregnancy termination, especially those enrolled at institutions outside of major urban centers, face prohibitively expensive travel, often without reliable means of transportation, to a clinic that may require hours of travel from their campus, out of their city, county, or even geographic region. These financial and time burdens negatively impact academic performance and mental health.(h) California law recognizes abortion as a basic health service that must be covered by Medi-Cal and by private, managed care insurance plans regulated by the state.(h) Because abortion by medication techniques is both a recognized treatment for the medical condition of pregnancy and a health service every pregnant person in the state has the legal right to choose, it is the intent of the Legislature that public university student health centers make abortion by medication techniques as accessible and cost effective for students as possible.SEC. 2. Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 99250) is added to Part 65 of Division 14 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: CHAPTER 5.5. Student Health Care Services99250. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) Commission means the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls established by Section 8241 of the Government Code.(b) Fund means the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund established by Section 99251.(c) Grantee means any qualifying student health center at a public college or university.(d) Medication abortion readiness includes, but is not limited to, assessment of each individual clinic to determine facility and training needs before beginning to provide abortion by medication techniques, purchasing equipment, making facility improvements, establishing clinical protocols, creating patient educational materials, and training staff. Medication abortion readiness does not include the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(e) Public university student health center means a clinic providing primary health care services to students that is located on the campus of a university within the University of California or California State University systems. (f) Public university system means the University of California or the California State University. 99251. (a) On and after January 1, 2023, each public university student health center shall offer abortion by medication techniques onsite. This service may be performed by providers on staff at the student health center, through telehealth services, or by providers associated with a contracted external agency.(b) (1) The commission shall administer the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund, which is established by this chapter for the purposes of providing private moneys in the form of direct allocations to the University of California and the California State University to support medication abortion readiness at each public university student health center. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission is authorized to receive moneys from nonstate entities, including, but not necessarily limited to, private sector entities and local and federal government agencies, specifically to support the fund, and deposit these moneys into the fund.(2) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the commission for allocation for purposes of this subdivision. (3) The commission shall use fund moneys to do all of the following: (A) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per campus to the University of California and the California State University. Of these funds, each university system shall provide two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to each public university student health center to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Purchase of equipment used in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(ii) Facility and security upgrades.(iii) Costs associated with enabling the campus health center to deliver telehealth services.(iv) Costs associated with training staff in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(v) Staff cost reimbursement and clinical revenue offset while staff are in trainings.(B) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to both the University of California and the California State University, to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness for each university system. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) Providing 24-hour, backup medical support by telephone to patients who have obtained abortion by medication techniques at a public university student health center.(ii) One-time fees associated with establishing a corporate account to provide telehealth services.(iii) Billing specialist consultation.(C) Maintain a system of financial reporting on all aspects of the fund. The financial reports shall include, but not be limited to, information from public university student health centers on their expenditures and activities associated with this chapter.(D) Support implementation of medication abortion readiness by public university student health centers by measures that may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Assisting student health centers with planning and budgeting.(ii) Coordinating with student health centers to identify training and other resources.(iii) Serving as a liaison between each public university system, public university student health centers, and the Legislature.(iv) Collecting, compiling, and analyzing information from public university student health centers to meet the commissions reporting requirements under subdivision (d).(E) Pay direct and indirect costs of the commission to administer this chapter, including costs of the hiring of staff.(4) The requirements of this chapter shall be implemented only if, and to the extent that, a total of at least ten million two hundred ninety thousand dollars ($10,290,000) in private funds is made available to the fund in a timely manner on or after January 1, 2020. It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following occur:(A) No General Fund moneys shall be appropriated, or otherwise provided, to support the fund or the commissions costs to administer this chapter.(B) The commission shall assist public university student health centers in identifying other resources to pay for the costs of medication abortion readiness, and for the costs of providing for abortion by medication techniques.(5) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as requiring either of the following: (A) A public university to use General Fund moneys or student fees for medication abortion readiness.(B) A public university student health center to bill public programs or health insurance providers to support the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques onsite.(c) Upon request from a public university student health center, the commission shall assist and advise on potential pathways for the student health center to bill public programs and health insurance providers to help pay for the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques.(d) (1) On or before December 31, 2021, and on or before December 31 of each year thereafter until December 31, 2026, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, all of the following information for each reporting period, separately for each public university system:(A) The number of student health centers that provide abortion by medication techniques.(B) The number of abortions by medication techniques performed at student health centers, disaggregated, to the extent possible, by student health center.(C) The total amount of funds received by each system and provided to the systems student health centers that is expended on medication abortion readiness, and, separately, the total amount of any other funds expended on medication abortion readiness and the source of those funds, disaggregated by function and, to the extent possible, disaggregated by student health center.(2) The report required in paragraph (1), and any associated data collection, shall be conducted in accordance with state and federal privacy law, including, but not necessarily limited to, the state Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of Division 1 of the Civil Code), the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).(3) The requirement for submitting reports under paragraph (1) shall become inoperative on January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code. |
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| 37 | 49 | | The people of the State of California do enact as follows: |
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| 41 | 53 | | SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Abortion care is a constitutional right and an integral part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care.(b) More than 400,000 students classified as female are educated at Californias public university campuses, and it is central to the mission of Californias public university student health centers to minimize the negative impact of health concerns on students studies and to facilitate retention and graduation.(c) The state has an interest in ensuring that every pregnant person in California who wants to have an abortion can obtain access to that care as easily and as early in pregnancy as possible. When pregnant young people decide that abortion is the best option for them, having early, accessible care can help them stay on track to achieve their educational and other aspirational life plans.(d) All California public university campuses have on-campus student health centers, but none of these health centers currently provide abortion by medication techniques. Abortion by medication techniques is extremely safe, highly effective, and cost effective. Abortion by medication techniques is an essential part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care, and should be accessible at on-campus student health centers.(e) Staff at on-campus student health centers include health professionals who are licensed to provide abortion by medication techniques. Under current California law, all residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology include training in abortion. Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives are legally authorized to perform abortions by medication techniques. Any clinician legally authorized to provide abortion, but not currently trained to provide abortion by medication techniques, can be trained inexpensively to do so, and such training falls within the requirements of continuing education for medical providers.(f) The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have found that prescribing abortion by medication techniques is no different from prescribing other medications, and have also found that the risks of providing abortion by medication techniques, including via telehealth, are low and similar to the risks of serious adverse effects of taking commonly used prescription and over-the-counter medications.(g) Students seeking early pregnancy termination, especially those enrolled at institutions outside of major urban centers, face prohibitively expensive travel, often without reliable means of transportation, to a clinic that may require hours of travel from their campus, out of their city, county, or even geographic region. These financial and time burdens negatively impact academic performance and mental health.(h) California law recognizes abortion as a basic health service that must be covered by Medi-Cal and by private, managed care insurance plans regulated by the state.(h) Because abortion by medication techniques is both a recognized treatment for the medical condition of pregnancy and a health service every pregnant person in the state has the legal right to choose, it is the intent of the Legislature that public university student health centers make abortion by medication techniques as accessible and cost effective for students as possible. |
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| 43 | 55 | | SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Abortion care is a constitutional right and an integral part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care.(b) More than 400,000 students classified as female are educated at Californias public university campuses, and it is central to the mission of Californias public university student health centers to minimize the negative impact of health concerns on students studies and to facilitate retention and graduation.(c) The state has an interest in ensuring that every pregnant person in California who wants to have an abortion can obtain access to that care as easily and as early in pregnancy as possible. When pregnant young people decide that abortion is the best option for them, having early, accessible care can help them stay on track to achieve their educational and other aspirational life plans.(d) All California public university campuses have on-campus student health centers, but none of these health centers currently provide abortion by medication techniques. Abortion by medication techniques is extremely safe, highly effective, and cost effective. Abortion by medication techniques is an essential part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care, and should be accessible at on-campus student health centers.(e) Staff at on-campus student health centers include health professionals who are licensed to provide abortion by medication techniques. Under current California law, all residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology include training in abortion. Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives are legally authorized to perform abortions by medication techniques. Any clinician legally authorized to provide abortion, but not currently trained to provide abortion by medication techniques, can be trained inexpensively to do so, and such training falls within the requirements of continuing education for medical providers.(f) The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have found that prescribing abortion by medication techniques is no different from prescribing other medications, and have also found that the risks of providing abortion by medication techniques, including via telehealth, are low and similar to the risks of serious adverse effects of taking commonly used prescription and over-the-counter medications.(g) Students seeking early pregnancy termination, especially those enrolled at institutions outside of major urban centers, face prohibitively expensive travel, often without reliable means of transportation, to a clinic that may require hours of travel from their campus, out of their city, county, or even geographic region. These financial and time burdens negatively impact academic performance and mental health.(h) California law recognizes abortion as a basic health service that must be covered by Medi-Cal and by private, managed care insurance plans regulated by the state.(h) Because abortion by medication techniques is both a recognized treatment for the medical condition of pregnancy and a health service every pregnant person in the state has the legal right to choose, it is the intent of the Legislature that public university student health centers make abortion by medication techniques as accessible and cost effective for students as possible. |
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| 45 | 57 | | SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: |
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| 49 | 61 | | (a) Abortion care is a constitutional right and an integral part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care. |
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| 51 | 63 | | (b) More than 400,000 students classified as female are educated at Californias public university campuses, and it is central to the mission of Californias public university student health centers to minimize the negative impact of health concerns on students studies and to facilitate retention and graduation. |
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| 53 | 65 | | (c) The state has an interest in ensuring that every pregnant person in California who wants to have an abortion can obtain access to that care as easily and as early in pregnancy as possible. When pregnant young people decide that abortion is the best option for them, having early, accessible care can help them stay on track to achieve their educational and other aspirational life plans. |
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| 55 | 67 | | (d) All California public university campuses have on-campus student health centers, but none of these health centers currently provide abortion by medication techniques. Abortion by medication techniques is extremely safe, highly effective, and cost effective. Abortion by medication techniques is an essential part of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care, and should be accessible at on-campus student health centers. |
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| 57 | 69 | | (e) Staff at on-campus student health centers include health professionals who are licensed to provide abortion by medication techniques. Under current California law, all residency programs in obstetrics and gynecology include training in abortion. Physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives are legally authorized to perform abortions by medication techniques. Any clinician legally authorized to provide abortion, but not currently trained to provide abortion by medication techniques, can be trained inexpensively to do so, and such training falls within the requirements of continuing education for medical providers. |
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| 59 | 71 | | (f) The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have found that prescribing abortion by medication techniques is no different from prescribing other medications, and have also found that the risks of providing abortion by medication techniques, including via telehealth, are low and similar to the risks of serious adverse effects of taking commonly used prescription and over-the-counter medications. |
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| 61 | 73 | | (g) Students seeking early pregnancy termination, especially those enrolled at institutions outside of major urban centers, face prohibitively expensive travel, often without reliable means of transportation, to a clinic that may require hours of travel from their campus, out of their city, county, or even geographic region. These financial and time burdens negatively impact academic performance and mental health. |
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| 63 | 75 | | (h) California law recognizes abortion as a basic health service that must be covered by Medi-Cal and by private, managed care insurance plans regulated by the state. |
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| 65 | 77 | | (h) Because abortion by medication techniques is both a recognized treatment for the medical condition of pregnancy and a health service every pregnant person in the state has the legal right to choose, it is the intent of the Legislature that public university student health centers make abortion by medication techniques as accessible and cost effective for students as possible. |
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| 67 | 79 | | SEC. 2. Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 99250) is added to Part 65 of Division 14 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: CHAPTER 5.5. Student Health Care Services99250. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) Commission means the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls established by Section 8241 of the Government Code.(b) Fund means the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund established by Section 99251.(c) Grantee means any qualifying student health center at a public college or university.(d) Medication abortion readiness includes, but is not limited to, assessment of each individual clinic to determine facility and training needs before beginning to provide abortion by medication techniques, purchasing equipment, making facility improvements, establishing clinical protocols, creating patient educational materials, and training staff. Medication abortion readiness does not include the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(e) Public university student health center means a clinic providing primary health care services to students that is located on the campus of a university within the University of California or California State University systems. (f) Public university system means the University of California or the California State University. 99251. (a) On and after January 1, 2023, each public university student health center shall offer abortion by medication techniques onsite. This service may be performed by providers on staff at the student health center, through telehealth services, or by providers associated with a contracted external agency.(b) (1) The commission shall administer the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund, which is established by this chapter for the purposes of providing private moneys in the form of direct allocations to the University of California and the California State University to support medication abortion readiness at each public university student health center. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission is authorized to receive moneys from nonstate entities, including, but not necessarily limited to, private sector entities and local and federal government agencies, specifically to support the fund, and deposit these moneys into the fund.(2) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the commission for allocation for purposes of this subdivision. (3) The commission shall use fund moneys to do all of the following: (A) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per campus to the University of California and the California State University. Of these funds, each university system shall provide two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to each public university student health center to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Purchase of equipment used in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(ii) Facility and security upgrades.(iii) Costs associated with enabling the campus health center to deliver telehealth services.(iv) Costs associated with training staff in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(v) Staff cost reimbursement and clinical revenue offset while staff are in trainings.(B) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to both the University of California and the California State University, to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness for each university system. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) Providing 24-hour, backup medical support by telephone to patients who have obtained abortion by medication techniques at a public university student health center.(ii) One-time fees associated with establishing a corporate account to provide telehealth services.(iii) Billing specialist consultation.(C) Maintain a system of financial reporting on all aspects of the fund. The financial reports shall include, but not be limited to, information from public university student health centers on their expenditures and activities associated with this chapter.(D) Support implementation of medication abortion readiness by public university student health centers by measures that may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Assisting student health centers with planning and budgeting.(ii) Coordinating with student health centers to identify training and other resources.(iii) Serving as a liaison between each public university system, public university student health centers, and the Legislature.(iv) Collecting, compiling, and analyzing information from public university student health centers to meet the commissions reporting requirements under subdivision (d).(E) Pay direct and indirect costs of the commission to administer this chapter, including costs of the hiring of staff.(4) The requirements of this chapter shall be implemented only if, and to the extent that, a total of at least ten million two hundred ninety thousand dollars ($10,290,000) in private funds is made available to the fund in a timely manner on or after January 1, 2020. It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following occur:(A) No General Fund moneys shall be appropriated, or otherwise provided, to support the fund or the commissions costs to administer this chapter.(B) The commission shall assist public university student health centers in identifying other resources to pay for the costs of medication abortion readiness, and for the costs of providing for abortion by medication techniques.(5) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as requiring either of the following: (A) A public university to use General Fund moneys or student fees for medication abortion readiness.(B) A public university student health center to bill public programs or health insurance providers to support the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques onsite.(c) Upon request from a public university student health center, the commission shall assist and advise on potential pathways for the student health center to bill public programs and health insurance providers to help pay for the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques.(d) (1) On or before December 31, 2021, and on or before December 31 of each year thereafter until December 31, 2026, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, all of the following information for each reporting period, separately for each public university system:(A) The number of student health centers that provide abortion by medication techniques.(B) The number of abortions by medication techniques performed at student health centers, disaggregated, to the extent possible, by student health center.(C) The total amount of funds received by each system and provided to the systems student health centers that is expended on medication abortion readiness, and, separately, the total amount of any other funds expended on medication abortion readiness and the source of those funds, disaggregated by function and, to the extent possible, disaggregated by student health center.(2) The report required in paragraph (1), and any associated data collection, shall be conducted in accordance with state and federal privacy law, including, but not necessarily limited to, the state Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of Division 1 of the Civil Code), the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).(3) The requirement for submitting reports under paragraph (1) shall become inoperative on January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code. |
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| 69 | 81 | | SEC. 2. Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 99250) is added to Part 65 of Division 14 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: |
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| 73 | 85 | | CHAPTER 5.5. Student Health Care Services99250. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) Commission means the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls established by Section 8241 of the Government Code.(b) Fund means the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund established by Section 99251.(c) Grantee means any qualifying student health center at a public college or university.(d) Medication abortion readiness includes, but is not limited to, assessment of each individual clinic to determine facility and training needs before beginning to provide abortion by medication techniques, purchasing equipment, making facility improvements, establishing clinical protocols, creating patient educational materials, and training staff. Medication abortion readiness does not include the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(e) Public university student health center means a clinic providing primary health care services to students that is located on the campus of a university within the University of California or California State University systems. (f) Public university system means the University of California or the California State University. 99251. (a) On and after January 1, 2023, each public university student health center shall offer abortion by medication techniques onsite. This service may be performed by providers on staff at the student health center, through telehealth services, or by providers associated with a contracted external agency.(b) (1) The commission shall administer the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund, which is established by this chapter for the purposes of providing private moneys in the form of direct allocations to the University of California and the California State University to support medication abortion readiness at each public university student health center. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission is authorized to receive moneys from nonstate entities, including, but not necessarily limited to, private sector entities and local and federal government agencies, specifically to support the fund, and deposit these moneys into the fund.(2) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the commission for allocation for purposes of this subdivision. (3) The commission shall use fund moneys to do all of the following: (A) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per campus to the University of California and the California State University. Of these funds, each university system shall provide two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to each public university student health center to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Purchase of equipment used in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(ii) Facility and security upgrades.(iii) Costs associated with enabling the campus health center to deliver telehealth services.(iv) Costs associated with training staff in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(v) Staff cost reimbursement and clinical revenue offset while staff are in trainings.(B) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to both the University of California and the California State University, to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness for each university system. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) Providing 24-hour, backup medical support by telephone to patients who have obtained abortion by medication techniques at a public university student health center.(ii) One-time fees associated with establishing a corporate account to provide telehealth services.(iii) Billing specialist consultation.(C) Maintain a system of financial reporting on all aspects of the fund. The financial reports shall include, but not be limited to, information from public university student health centers on their expenditures and activities associated with this chapter.(D) Support implementation of medication abortion readiness by public university student health centers by measures that may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Assisting student health centers with planning and budgeting.(ii) Coordinating with student health centers to identify training and other resources.(iii) Serving as a liaison between each public university system, public university student health centers, and the Legislature.(iv) Collecting, compiling, and analyzing information from public university student health centers to meet the commissions reporting requirements under subdivision (d).(E) Pay direct and indirect costs of the commission to administer this chapter, including costs of the hiring of staff.(4) The requirements of this chapter shall be implemented only if, and to the extent that, a total of at least ten million two hundred ninety thousand dollars ($10,290,000) in private funds is made available to the fund in a timely manner on or after January 1, 2020. It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following occur:(A) No General Fund moneys shall be appropriated, or otherwise provided, to support the fund or the commissions costs to administer this chapter.(B) The commission shall assist public university student health centers in identifying other resources to pay for the costs of medication abortion readiness, and for the costs of providing for abortion by medication techniques.(5) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as requiring either of the following: (A) A public university to use General Fund moneys or student fees for medication abortion readiness.(B) A public university student health center to bill public programs or health insurance providers to support the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques onsite.(c) Upon request from a public university student health center, the commission shall assist and advise on potential pathways for the student health center to bill public programs and health insurance providers to help pay for the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques.(d) (1) On or before December 31, 2021, and on or before December 31 of each year thereafter until December 31, 2026, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, all of the following information for each reporting period, separately for each public university system:(A) The number of student health centers that provide abortion by medication techniques.(B) The number of abortions by medication techniques performed at student health centers, disaggregated, to the extent possible, by student health center.(C) The total amount of funds received by each system and provided to the systems student health centers that is expended on medication abortion readiness, and, separately, the total amount of any other funds expended on medication abortion readiness and the source of those funds, disaggregated by function and, to the extent possible, disaggregated by student health center.(2) The report required in paragraph (1), and any associated data collection, shall be conducted in accordance with state and federal privacy law, including, but not necessarily limited to, the state Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of Division 1 of the Civil Code), the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).(3) The requirement for submitting reports under paragraph (1) shall become inoperative on January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code. |
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| 75 | 87 | | CHAPTER 5.5. Student Health Care Services99250. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) Commission means the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls established by Section 8241 of the Government Code.(b) Fund means the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund established by Section 99251.(c) Grantee means any qualifying student health center at a public college or university.(d) Medication abortion readiness includes, but is not limited to, assessment of each individual clinic to determine facility and training needs before beginning to provide abortion by medication techniques, purchasing equipment, making facility improvements, establishing clinical protocols, creating patient educational materials, and training staff. Medication abortion readiness does not include the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(e) Public university student health center means a clinic providing primary health care services to students that is located on the campus of a university within the University of California or California State University systems. (f) Public university system means the University of California or the California State University. 99251. (a) On and after January 1, 2023, each public university student health center shall offer abortion by medication techniques onsite. This service may be performed by providers on staff at the student health center, through telehealth services, or by providers associated with a contracted external agency.(b) (1) The commission shall administer the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund, which is established by this chapter for the purposes of providing private moneys in the form of direct allocations to the University of California and the California State University to support medication abortion readiness at each public university student health center. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission is authorized to receive moneys from nonstate entities, including, but not necessarily limited to, private sector entities and local and federal government agencies, specifically to support the fund, and deposit these moneys into the fund.(2) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the commission for allocation for purposes of this subdivision. (3) The commission shall use fund moneys to do all of the following: (A) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per campus to the University of California and the California State University. Of these funds, each university system shall provide two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to each public university student health center to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Purchase of equipment used in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(ii) Facility and security upgrades.(iii) Costs associated with enabling the campus health center to deliver telehealth services.(iv) Costs associated with training staff in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(v) Staff cost reimbursement and clinical revenue offset while staff are in trainings.(B) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to both the University of California and the California State University, to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness for each university system. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) Providing 24-hour, backup medical support by telephone to patients who have obtained abortion by medication techniques at a public university student health center.(ii) One-time fees associated with establishing a corporate account to provide telehealth services.(iii) Billing specialist consultation.(C) Maintain a system of financial reporting on all aspects of the fund. The financial reports shall include, but not be limited to, information from public university student health centers on their expenditures and activities associated with this chapter.(D) Support implementation of medication abortion readiness by public university student health centers by measures that may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Assisting student health centers with planning and budgeting.(ii) Coordinating with student health centers to identify training and other resources.(iii) Serving as a liaison between each public university system, public university student health centers, and the Legislature.(iv) Collecting, compiling, and analyzing information from public university student health centers to meet the commissions reporting requirements under subdivision (d).(E) Pay direct and indirect costs of the commission to administer this chapter, including costs of the hiring of staff.(4) The requirements of this chapter shall be implemented only if, and to the extent that, a total of at least ten million two hundred ninety thousand dollars ($10,290,000) in private funds is made available to the fund in a timely manner on or after January 1, 2020. It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following occur:(A) No General Fund moneys shall be appropriated, or otherwise provided, to support the fund or the commissions costs to administer this chapter.(B) The commission shall assist public university student health centers in identifying other resources to pay for the costs of medication abortion readiness, and for the costs of providing for abortion by medication techniques.(5) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as requiring either of the following: (A) A public university to use General Fund moneys or student fees for medication abortion readiness.(B) A public university student health center to bill public programs or health insurance providers to support the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques onsite.(c) Upon request from a public university student health center, the commission shall assist and advise on potential pathways for the student health center to bill public programs and health insurance providers to help pay for the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques.(d) (1) On or before December 31, 2021, and on or before December 31 of each year thereafter until December 31, 2026, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, all of the following information for each reporting period, separately for each public university system:(A) The number of student health centers that provide abortion by medication techniques.(B) The number of abortions by medication techniques performed at student health centers, disaggregated, to the extent possible, by student health center.(C) The total amount of funds received by each system and provided to the systems student health centers that is expended on medication abortion readiness, and, separately, the total amount of any other funds expended on medication abortion readiness and the source of those funds, disaggregated by function and, to the extent possible, disaggregated by student health center.(2) The report required in paragraph (1), and any associated data collection, shall be conducted in accordance with state and federal privacy law, including, but not necessarily limited to, the state Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of Division 1 of the Civil Code), the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).(3) The requirement for submitting reports under paragraph (1) shall become inoperative on January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code. |
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| 81 | 93 | | 99250. For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) Commission means the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls established by Section 8241 of the Government Code.(b) Fund means the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund established by Section 99251.(c) Grantee means any qualifying student health center at a public college or university.(d) Medication abortion readiness includes, but is not limited to, assessment of each individual clinic to determine facility and training needs before beginning to provide abortion by medication techniques, purchasing equipment, making facility improvements, establishing clinical protocols, creating patient educational materials, and training staff. Medication abortion readiness does not include the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(e) Public university student health center means a clinic providing primary health care services to students that is located on the campus of a university within the University of California or California State University systems. (f) Public university system means the University of California or the California State University. |
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| 87 | 99 | | (a) Commission means the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls established by Section 8241 of the Government Code. |
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| 89 | 101 | | (b) Fund means the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund established by Section 99251. |
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| 91 | 103 | | (c) Grantee means any qualifying student health center at a public college or university. |
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| 93 | 105 | | (d) Medication abortion readiness includes, but is not limited to, assessment of each individual clinic to determine facility and training needs before beginning to provide abortion by medication techniques, purchasing equipment, making facility improvements, establishing clinical protocols, creating patient educational materials, and training staff. Medication abortion readiness does not include the provision of abortion by medication techniques. |
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| 95 | 107 | | (e) Public university student health center means a clinic providing primary health care services to students that is located on the campus of a university within the University of California or California State University systems. |
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| 97 | 109 | | (f) Public university system means the University of California or the California State University. |
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| 99 | 111 | | 99251. (a) On and after January 1, 2023, each public university student health center shall offer abortion by medication techniques onsite. This service may be performed by providers on staff at the student health center, through telehealth services, or by providers associated with a contracted external agency.(b) (1) The commission shall administer the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund, which is established by this chapter for the purposes of providing private moneys in the form of direct allocations to the University of California and the California State University to support medication abortion readiness at each public university student health center. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission is authorized to receive moneys from nonstate entities, including, but not necessarily limited to, private sector entities and local and federal government agencies, specifically to support the fund, and deposit these moneys into the fund.(2) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the commission for allocation for purposes of this subdivision. (3) The commission shall use fund moneys to do all of the following: (A) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per campus to the University of California and the California State University. Of these funds, each university system shall provide two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to each public university student health center to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Purchase of equipment used in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(ii) Facility and security upgrades.(iii) Costs associated with enabling the campus health center to deliver telehealth services.(iv) Costs associated with training staff in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.(v) Staff cost reimbursement and clinical revenue offset while staff are in trainings.(B) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to both the University of California and the California State University, to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness for each university system. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:(i) Providing 24-hour, backup medical support by telephone to patients who have obtained abortion by medication techniques at a public university student health center.(ii) One-time fees associated with establishing a corporate account to provide telehealth services.(iii) Billing specialist consultation.(C) Maintain a system of financial reporting on all aspects of the fund. The financial reports shall include, but not be limited to, information from public university student health centers on their expenditures and activities associated with this chapter.(D) Support implementation of medication abortion readiness by public university student health centers by measures that may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Assisting student health centers with planning and budgeting.(ii) Coordinating with student health centers to identify training and other resources.(iii) Serving as a liaison between each public university system, public university student health centers, and the Legislature.(iv) Collecting, compiling, and analyzing information from public university student health centers to meet the commissions reporting requirements under subdivision (d).(E) Pay direct and indirect costs of the commission to administer this chapter, including costs of the hiring of staff.(4) The requirements of this chapter shall be implemented only if, and to the extent that, a total of at least ten million two hundred ninety thousand dollars ($10,290,000) in private funds is made available to the fund in a timely manner on or after January 1, 2020. It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following occur:(A) No General Fund moneys shall be appropriated, or otherwise provided, to support the fund or the commissions costs to administer this chapter.(B) The commission shall assist public university student health centers in identifying other resources to pay for the costs of medication abortion readiness, and for the costs of providing for abortion by medication techniques.(5) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as requiring either of the following: (A) A public university to use General Fund moneys or student fees for medication abortion readiness.(B) A public university student health center to bill public programs or health insurance providers to support the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques onsite.(c) Upon request from a public university student health center, the commission shall assist and advise on potential pathways for the student health center to bill public programs and health insurance providers to help pay for the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques.(d) (1) On or before December 31, 2021, and on or before December 31 of each year thereafter until December 31, 2026, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, all of the following information for each reporting period, separately for each public university system:(A) The number of student health centers that provide abortion by medication techniques.(B) The number of abortions by medication techniques performed at student health centers, disaggregated, to the extent possible, by student health center.(C) The total amount of funds received by each system and provided to the systems student health centers that is expended on medication abortion readiness, and, separately, the total amount of any other funds expended on medication abortion readiness and the source of those funds, disaggregated by function and, to the extent possible, disaggregated by student health center.(2) The report required in paragraph (1), and any associated data collection, shall be conducted in accordance with state and federal privacy law, including, but not necessarily limited to, the state Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of Division 1 of the Civil Code), the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).(3) The requirement for submitting reports under paragraph (1) shall become inoperative on January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code. |
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| 103 | 115 | | 99251. (a) On and after January 1, 2023, each public university student health center shall offer abortion by medication techniques onsite. This service may be performed by providers on staff at the student health center, through telehealth services, or by providers associated with a contracted external agency. |
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| 105 | 117 | | (b) (1) The commission shall administer the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund, which is established by this chapter for the purposes of providing private moneys in the form of direct allocations to the University of California and the California State University to support medication abortion readiness at each public university student health center. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission is authorized to receive moneys from nonstate entities, including, but not necessarily limited to, private sector entities and local and federal government agencies, specifically to support the fund, and deposit these moneys into the fund. |
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| 106 | 118 | | |
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| 107 | 119 | | (2) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the commission for allocation for purposes of this subdivision. |
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| 108 | 120 | | |
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| 109 | 121 | | (3) The commission shall use fund moneys to do all of the following: |
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| 111 | 123 | | (A) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per campus to the University of California and the California State University. Of these funds, each university system shall provide two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to each public university student health center to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: |
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| 112 | 124 | | |
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| 113 | 125 | | (i) Purchase of equipment used in the provision of abortion by medication techniques. |
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| 114 | 126 | | |
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| 115 | 127 | | (ii) Facility and security upgrades. |
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| 116 | 128 | | |
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| 117 | 129 | | (iii) Costs associated with enabling the campus health center to deliver telehealth services. |
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| 118 | 130 | | |
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| 119 | 131 | | (iv) Costs associated with training staff in the provision of abortion by medication techniques. |
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| 120 | 132 | | |
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| 121 | 133 | | (v) Staff cost reimbursement and clinical revenue offset while staff are in trainings. |
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| 123 | 135 | | (B) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to both the University of California and the California State University, to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness for each university system. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: |
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| 124 | 136 | | |
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| 125 | 137 | | (i) Providing 24-hour, backup medical support by telephone to patients who have obtained abortion by medication techniques at a public university student health center. |
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| 127 | 139 | | (ii) One-time fees associated with establishing a corporate account to provide telehealth services. |
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| 128 | 140 | | |
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| 129 | 141 | | (iii) Billing specialist consultation. |
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| 130 | 142 | | |
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| 131 | 143 | | (C) Maintain a system of financial reporting on all aspects of the fund. The financial reports shall include, but not be limited to, information from public university student health centers on their expenditures and activities associated with this chapter. |
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| 132 | 144 | | |
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| 133 | 145 | | (D) Support implementation of medication abortion readiness by public university student health centers by measures that may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: |
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| 134 | 146 | | |
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| 135 | 147 | | (i) Assisting student health centers with planning and budgeting. |
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| 136 | 148 | | |
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| 137 | 149 | | (ii) Coordinating with student health centers to identify training and other resources. |
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| 138 | 150 | | |
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| 139 | 151 | | (iii) Serving as a liaison between each public university system, public university student health centers, and the Legislature. |
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| 140 | 152 | | |
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| 141 | 153 | | (iv) Collecting, compiling, and analyzing information from public university student health centers to meet the commissions reporting requirements under subdivision (d). |
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| 142 | 154 | | |
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| 143 | 155 | | (E) Pay direct and indirect costs of the commission to administer this chapter, including costs of the hiring of staff. |
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| 145 | 157 | | (4) The requirements of this chapter shall be implemented only if, and to the extent that, a total of at least ten million two hundred ninety thousand dollars ($10,290,000) in private funds is made available to the fund in a timely manner on or after January 1, 2020. It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following occur: |
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| 147 | 159 | | (A) No General Fund moneys shall be appropriated, or otherwise provided, to support the fund or the commissions costs to administer this chapter. |
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| 148 | 160 | | |
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| 149 | 161 | | (B) The commission shall assist public university student health centers in identifying other resources to pay for the costs of medication abortion readiness, and for the costs of providing for abortion by medication techniques. |
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| 150 | 162 | | |
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| 151 | 163 | | (5) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as requiring either of the following: |
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| 152 | 164 | | |
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| 153 | 165 | | (A) A public university to use General Fund moneys or student fees for medication abortion readiness. |
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| 154 | 166 | | |
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| 155 | 167 | | (B) A public university student health center to bill public programs or health insurance providers to support the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques onsite. |
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| 156 | 168 | | |
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| 157 | 169 | | (c) Upon request from a public university student health center, the commission shall assist and advise on potential pathways for the student health center to bill public programs and health insurance providers to help pay for the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques. |
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| 159 | 171 | | (d) (1) On or before December 31, 2021, and on or before December 31 of each year thereafter until December 31, 2026, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, all of the following information for each reporting period, separately for each public university system: |
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| 160 | 172 | | |
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| 161 | 173 | | (A) The number of student health centers that provide abortion by medication techniques. |
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| 162 | 174 | | |
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| 163 | 175 | | (B) The number of abortions by medication techniques performed at student health centers, disaggregated, to the extent possible, by student health center. |
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| 164 | 176 | | |
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| 165 | 177 | | (C) The total amount of funds received by each system and provided to the systems student health centers that is expended on medication abortion readiness, and, separately, the total amount of any other funds expended on medication abortion readiness and the source of those funds, disaggregated by function and, to the extent possible, disaggregated by student health center. |
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| 166 | 178 | | |
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| 167 | 179 | | (2) The report required in paragraph (1), and any associated data collection, shall be conducted in accordance with state and federal privacy law, including, but not necessarily limited to, the state Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of Division 1 of the Civil Code), the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191). |
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| 169 | 181 | | (3) The requirement for submitting reports under paragraph (1) shall become inoperative on January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code. |
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