authored by Senator Nancy Skinner

Requires free period products in state owned or leased buildings, or buildings where a state funded safety net program is administered. (2-year bill)

authored by Senator Nancy Skinner

Allows Arizona abortion providers to temporarily provide abortion care to patients from Arizona who travel to California for care.

authored by Senator Caroline Menjivar

Adds menstrual products to the schedule of covered benefits under Medi-Cal by requiring that the Department of Health Care Services seek any and all federal waivers to implement coverage.

authored by Senator Caroline Menjivar

Makes free condoms available in public high schools, ensures condoms can be distributed as part of on-campus sex education programs, and prohibits retailers from asking for IDs for condom purchases.

authored by Senator Maria Elena Durazo

Allows California workers to apply for Paid Family Leave and State Disability Insurance benefits up to 30 days before they are on leave, allowing workers to get confirmation of their eligibility and benefit amount before starting their leave and receive benefits sooner.

authored by Senator Lena Gonzalez

Addresses impediments to the Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment (Family PACT) program to improve and streamline the ability for health care providers to become Family PACT providers and deliver family planning services to Californians.

authored by Assemblymember Gail Pellerin

Establishes a reproductive health and behavioral health integration pilot program for Family PACT and Medi-Cal managed care providers. (2-year bill)

authored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks

Updates California’s Paid Family Leave program so that California workers could receive Paid Family Leave when caring for a member of their chosen or extended family. (2-year bill)

authored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks

Requires the State Department of Education to ensure the California Healthy Kids Survey includes questions about sexual and reproductive health care as a core survey module for pupils in grades 7, 9, and 11. (2-year bill)

authored by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan

Allows incarcerated people to access menstrual supplies without needing to request the items.

authored by Assemblymember Eloise Reyes

Prohibits the use of Methylene Chloride in the manufacturing process of decaffeinated coffee. It is common for pregnant people to switch from caffeinated to decaffeinated drinks, assuming it is safe to consume. However, coffee decaffeinated using Methylene Chloride may pose a risk to the health and well-being of both pregnant person and fetus.

authored by Assemblymembers Rebecca Bauer-Kahan and Kevin McCarty

Protects reproductive health clinics, patients, and providers by updating the penalties for violating the FACE Act.

authored by Assemblymember Diane Papan

Allows workers to access paid family leave without having to use accrued vacation time first.

authored by Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris

Requires commercial health plans to cover the cost of immediate postpartum contraception provided in hospital and accredited birth center settings as a separate payment from the standard global OB code payment.

authored by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor

Seeks to address adverse health outcomes for systems involved pregnant people by delaying or diverting confinement from pregnancy through the postpartum period.

authored by Assemblymember Lori Wilson

Adds the definition of “Menstrual Health” and updates the current sexual health curriculum by adding information regarding “menstrual cycle, premenstrual syndrome and pain management, menstrual disorders, menstrual irregularities, menopause, menstrual stigma, and any other relevant topics related to the menstrual cycle.”

authored by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry

Expands Medi-Cal provisions to allow for Medi-Cal beneficiaries to access sexual and reproductive health care services that can appropriately be provided using an asynchronous telehealth modality, including via mobile apps.

authored by Assemblymember Diane Papan

Expands CA PFAS prohibition laws to menstrual products, recognizing the adverse health impacts of these chemicals, and requires the Department of Toxic Substances Control to assess the hazards of chemicals that can have similar functions as PFAS and impact vulnerable populations.

authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan

Improves the conditions for incarcerated pregnant people by requiring a minimum of 120 ounces of clean water, access to high quality meals, and preventing pregnant people’s placement in solitary confinement during pregnancy and for 12 weeks postpartum.

authored by Assemblymember Tasha Boerner

Authorizes the County of San Diego to establish a pilot program for pelvic floor and core conditioning group classes that would be provided twice a week between the 6 to 12 week postpartum window to help people rebuild their pelvic floor after pregnancy.

authored by Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry

Grants school employees up to 14 weeks of leave with full pay, paid for by the employer, when an employee is experiencing or has experienced pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, or recovery from those conditions.

authored by Assemblymember Jim Wood

Authorizes the CA Attorney General to grant, deny or impose conditions to a change of control or acquisition between a private equity group or hedge fund and a health care facility, provider group or both if those changes would have anticompetitive effects or negatively impact access or availability of health care services to the community.