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2024 Legislative Priorities in California
The California constitution and state law protect abortion, contraception, and more, but there is much more work to do to protect and expand access to reproductive health care.
Reproductive Freedom for All California Co-Sponsored Bills
Authored by Senator Caroline Menjivar
Senate Bill 729
Requires health plans to provide coverage for fertility care, including treatment for infertility and in vitro fertilization (IVF), and ensure that LGBTQ+ couples are not unfairly excluded from coverage. (2-year bill)
authored by Assemblymember Akilah Weber
Assembly Bill 1895
Stems the tide of hospitals closing their labor and delivery wards by requiring community impact assessments and the opportunity for public input prior to any closure.
authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
Assembly Bill 2085
Expands access to reproductive health care by streamlining the process for reproductive health clinics to open in California.
Authored by Assemblymember Lori Wilson
Assembly Bill 2319
Aims to reduce the maternal mortality rate among Black women and pregnant people by ensuring the successful implementation of the California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act of 2019 (which Repro for All CA sponsored) and strengthening implicit bias training.
Authored by Assemblymember Cottie Petrie-Norris
Assembly Bill 2490
Establishes the Reproductive Health Emergency Preparedness Program (RHEPP) to expand access to treatment for pregnancy loss, miscarriage, and abortion care at Emergency Departments across California.
Additional Supported & Scored Bills
Senate Bill 59
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)
Senate Bill 233
authored by Senator Nancy Skinner
Allows Arizona abortion providers to temporarily provide abortion care to patients from Arizona who travel to California for care.
Senate Bill 953
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.
Senate Bill 954
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.
Senate Bill 1090
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.
Senate Bill 1131
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.
Assembly Bill 492
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)
Assembly Bill 518
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)
Assembly Bill 598
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)
Assembly Bill 1810
authored by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan
Allows incarcerated people to access menstrual supplies without needing to request the items.
Assembly Bill 2066
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.
Assembly Bill 2099
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.
Assembly Bill 2123
authored by Assemblymember Diane Papan
Allows workers to access paid family leave without having to use accrued vacation time first.
Assembly Bill 2129
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.
Assembly Bill 2160
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.
Assembly Bill 2229
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.”
Assembly Bill 2339
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.
Assembly Bill 2515
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.
Assembly Bill 2527
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.
Assembly Bill 2756
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.
Assembly Bill 2901
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.
Assembly Bill 3129
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.
SUPPORTED BILLS IN INTERSECTIONAL ISSUE AREAS (not included in legislative scorecard)
Assembly Bill 2442
AUTHORED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER RICK ZBUR
Requires the expedited processing of licensure applications for health care providers committed to providing gender-affirming health care or gender-affirming mental health care services within their licensed scope of practice.
Assembly Bill 2258
AUTHORED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER RICK ZBUR
Codifies federal guidance requiring health plans and health insurers to cover services that are integral to the delivery of recommended preventive services without out-of-pocket cost.
Assembly Bill 3161
AUTHORED BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER MIA BONTA
Seeks to address racial bias in health care by requiring the Department of Public Health to include a section on the Complaint Against a Health Care Facility/Provider form on their website, as well as provide means for complaints submitted via mail, fax, or telephone for complaints involving specified health facilities.
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