Legislation to Watch
Choice-related legislation for the 2006-2007 legislative session. Last updated: 10/15/07 |
| Pro-Choice Legislation: |
| Breast-feeding |
| Bill Number: |
SB 22 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Signed by Governor |
| Sponsor(s): |
Migden |
This bill would require the Department of Public Health not later than July 1,
2008, to the extent that specified federal funds and private grants
or donations are made available for this purpose, to begin expansion
of the breast-feeding peer counseling program at local agency Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) sites, as provided.
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| Medi-Cal: Family Planning Services |
| Bill Number: |
AB 1541 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Held in Appropriations |
| Sponsor(s): |
Nava |
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations regarding family planning services in California. This bill would also require that all Medi-Cal programs that provide family planning services shall provide comprehensive clinical family planning services, as defined. This bill would prohibit a Medi-Cal managed cared plan from restricting the choice of an enrollee regarding the provider from whom the enrollee may receive family planning services, so long as the provider is a Medi-Cal provider.
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| Pupil Immunizations |
| Bill Number: |
AB 16 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Re-referred to Health Committee |
| Sponsor(s): |
Hernandez |
This bill would, commencing July 1, 2009, prohibit the governing authority of a school from admitting a pupil unless prior to his or her first admission, the pupil has been fully immunized in accordance with the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
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| Sex Education Programs: Requirements |
| Bill Number: |
AB 629 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Signed by Governor |
| Sponsor(s): |
Brownley |
This bill would enact the Sexual Health Education Accountability Act, which would require, with certain exceptions, any program that provides education to prevent adolescent or unintended pregnancy or to prevent sexually transmitted infections and that is conducted, operated, or administered by the state or any state agency, or is funded directly or indirectly by the state, or receives any financial assistance from state funds or funds administered by the state to meet specified requirements. This bill contains other existing laws.
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| Sexual Health: Stronger Families for California Act |
| Bill Number: |
AB 1511 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Held in Senate Appropriations |
| Sponsor(s): |
Leno |
This bill would establish the Stronger Families for California program, a continuing information and public education program to equip parenting adults with the communications skills to talk with their children about sex, sexual health, and making well-informed decisions to protect their health and safety. The primary goal of the program would be to decrease teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.
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| Anti-Choice Legislation: |
| Fetal Pain Prevention |
| Bill Number: |
AB 1009 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Hearing canceled at request of author; two-year bill |
| Sponsor(s): |
Benoit |
This bill would enact the Unborn Child Pain Awareness Act of 2008, which would require, with an exemption for medical emergency, that a physician performing an abortion offer the pregnant woman information and counseling on fetal pain. This bill contains other related provisions.
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| Pupils: Confidential Medical Services: Parental Notification |
| Bill Number: |
SB 621 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Held in Appropriations |
| Sponsor(s): |
Harman |
Existing law authorizes a minor to obtain various medical, dental, mental health, and counseling services without the consent of his or her parent or guardian and requires the governing board of a school district to notify pupils and the parents or guardians of those pupils that school authorities may excuse a pupil from school to obtain confidential medical services without that consent. This bill would require a school district to print that notice on a piece of paper separate from any other notice or information, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program.
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| Reproductive Health: Abstinence Education |
| Bill Number: |
AB 708 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Failed Passage in Committee; 2 year bill |
| Sponsor(s): |
Huff |
Existing federal law provides for grants to states to enable the states to provide abstinence education. This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to develop and implement an abstinence education program to maximize federal financial participation, and would specify the purpose of the program and the subjects to be included in the abstinence education program.
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| Schools |
| Bill Number: |
AB 1249 [ view bill ] |
| Status: |
Hearing canceled at request of author; two-year bill |
| Sponsor(s): |
Silva |
This bill would require a school district to adopt a policy regarding teacher-led discussions in kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive, about human sexuality and sexual orientation in curricular areas other than those in which comprehensive sexual health education is provided and would encourage school districts to adopt a policy that those discussions occur at home. A school district would be required to provide notice containing specified information to parents and guardians 14 days before a teacher-led discussion in kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive, about human sexuality and sexual orientation may take place in curricular areas other than those in which comprehensive sexual health education is provided. These new
requirements would impose a state-mandated local program on school districts.
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