Bill Text: CA AB2775 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Abortion services facilities: pregnancy center notice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-06-01 - From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a). [AB2775 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2775-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2775	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gallagher
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Brough,   Chang,   Chávez,   Mathis,
  and Patterson   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Senators   Bates
  and Nielsen   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 123472.5 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2775, as amended, Gallagher. Abortion services facilities:
pregnancy center notice.
   Existing law requires a licensed covered facility, as defined, to
disseminate to clients a notice, as specified, stating that
California has public programs that provide immediate free or
low-cost access to comprehensive family planning services, prenatal
care, and abortion for eligible women. Existing law requires an
unlicensed covered facility, as defined, to disseminate to clients a
notice, as specified, stating that the facility is not licensed as a
medical facility by the State of California and has no licensed
medical provider. Existing law authorizes the Attorney General, city
attorney, or county counsel to bring an action to impose a specified
civil penalty against covered facilities that fail to comply with
these requirements.
   This bill would require a facility that offers abortion services
to disseminate a notice to clients, as specified, providing the
 contact information   telephone number 
for a specified organization and stating that pregnancy centers can
provide women with services  at no cost  that include
 counseling,   consultation,  pregnancy
tests, sexually transmitted disease or sexually transmitted infection
(STD/STI) testing, ultrasound services, support groups, parenting
programs, and material assistance.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 123472.5 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:
   123472.5.  (a) A facility that offers abortion services shall
disseminate to clients onsite the following notice in English and in
the primary threshold languages for Medi-Cal beneficiaries as
determined by the State Department of Health Care Services for the
county in which the facility is located.
   (b) (1) The notice shall state: "If you  intend to keep
your baby,   are considering continuing your pregnancy,
nonprofit  pregnancy centers can provide  you with
 services  at no cost to you,  that  may 
include  counseling,  consultation, 
pregnancy  tests, sexually transmitted disease or sexually
transmitted infection (STD/STI)  testing, ultrasound
services, support groups, parenting programs,  and 
material  assistance.   assistance, and sexually
transmitted disease or sexually transmitted infection (STD/STI)
testing.  To find a center near you,  visit
www.care-net.org."   call 1-800-712-HELP." 
   (2) The onsite notice shall be a sign at least 8.5 inches by 11
 inches and   inches,  written in no less
than  48-point   36-point  type, and shall
be posted conspicuously in the entrance of the facility and at least
one additional area where clients wait to receive services.