Bill Text: CA AB154 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Abortion.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-10-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 662, Statutes of 2013. [AB154 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB154-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 154	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Atkins

                        JANUARY 22, 2013

   An act relating to reproductive health care.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 154, as introduced, Atkins. Healing arts: reproductive health
care.

   Existing law makes it a public offense, punishable by a fine not
exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment, or both, for a person to perform
or assist in performing a surgical abortion if the person does not
have a valid license to practice as a physician and surgeon, or to
assist in performing a surgical abortion without a valid license or
certificate obtained in accordance with some other law that
authorizes him or her to perform the functions necessary to assist in
performing a surgical abortion. Existing law also makes it a public
offense, punishable by a fine not exceeding $10,000 or imprisonment,
or both, for a person to perform or assist in performing a
nonsurgical abortion if the person does not have a valid license to
practice as a physician and surgeon or does not have a valid license
or certificate obtained in accordance with some other law authorizing
him or her to perform or assist in performing the functions
necessary for a nonsurgical abortion. Under existing law, nonsurgical
abortion includes termination of pregnancy through the use of
pharmacological agents.
   Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, provides for the licensure
and regulation of registered nurses, including nurse practitioners
and certified nurse-midwives, by the Board of Registered Nursing.
Existing law, the Physician Assistant Practice Act, provides for the
licensure and regulation of physician assistants by the Physician
Assistant Committee of the Medical Board of California.
   Existing law authorizes the Office of Statewide Health Planning
and Development to designate experimental health workforce projects
as approved projects that, among other things, teach new skills to
existing categories of health care personnel. The office has
designated a pilot project, known as the Access through Primary Care
Project, relating to the provision of health care services involving
pregnancy.
   This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation that would expand access to reproductive health
care in California by allowing qualified health care professionals to
perform early abortions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would expand access to reproductive health care in
California by allowing qualified health care professionals to perform
early abortions, provided that the functions are within the scope of
their licenses.