CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1457Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 19, 2021 An act relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1457, as introduced, Cervantes. Maternal and pediatric health.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes the department to approve, as prescribed, a general acute care hospital to offer specified special services, including an intensive care newborn nursery, in addition to the basic services offered under the facilitys license. A violation of these provisions is a crime.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the shortage of facilities to care for premature newborns, including intensive care nurseries, and to ensure prenatal care and treatment options for high-risk pregnancies, such as multiples, that lead to higher risk of complications.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the shortage of facilities to care for premature newborns, including intensive care nurseries, and to ensure prenatal care and treatment options for high-risk pregnancies, such as multiples, that lead to higher risk of complications.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1457Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 19, 2021 An act relating to public health. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1457, as introduced, Cervantes. Maternal and pediatric health.Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes the department to approve, as prescribed, a general acute care hospital to offer specified special services, including an intensive care newborn nursery, in addition to the basic services offered under the facilitys license. A violation of these provisions is a crime.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the shortage of facilities to care for premature newborns, including intensive care nurseries, and to ensure prenatal care and treatment options for high-risk pregnancies, such as multiples, that lead to higher risk of complications.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1457
Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 19, 2021
Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes
February 19, 2021
An act relating to public health.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1457, as introduced, Cervantes. Maternal and pediatric health.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes the department to approve, as prescribed, a general acute care hospital to offer specified special services, including an intensive care newborn nursery, in addition to the basic services offered under the facilitys license. A violation of these provisions is a crime.This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the shortage of facilities to care for premature newborns, including intensive care nurseries, and to ensure prenatal care and treatment options for high-risk pregnancies, such as multiples, that lead to higher risk of complications.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes the department to approve, as prescribed, a general acute care hospital to offer specified special services, including an intensive care newborn nursery, in addition to the basic services offered under the facilitys license. A violation of these provisions is a crime.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the shortage of facilities to care for premature newborns, including intensive care nurseries, and to ensure prenatal care and treatment options for high-risk pregnancies, such as multiples, that lead to higher risk of complications.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the shortage of facilities to care for premature newborns, including intensive care nurseries, and to ensure prenatal care and treatment options for high-risk pregnancies, such as multiples, that lead to higher risk of complications.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the shortage of facilities to care for premature newborns, including intensive care nurseries, and to ensure prenatal care and treatment options for high-risk pregnancies, such as multiples, that lead to higher risk of complications.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the shortage of facilities to care for premature newborns, including intensive care nurseries, and to ensure prenatal care and treatment options for high-risk pregnancies, such as multiples, that lead to higher risk of complications.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to address the shortage of facilities to care for premature newborns, including intensive care nurseries, and to ensure prenatal care and treatment options for high-risk pregnancies, such as multiples, that lead to higher risk of complications.
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