Bill Text: CA AB659 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Cancer Prevention Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 809, Statutes of 2023. [AB659 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB659-Amended.html
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September 08, 2023 |
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July 03, 2023 |
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May 22, 2023 |
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April 12, 2023 |
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March 21, 2023 |
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February 17, 2023 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry (Coauthors: Assembly Members Wendy Carrillo, Friedman, Kalra, Ortega, Papan, and Blanca Rubio) (Coauthor: Senator Wiener) |
February 09, 2023 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which health care services are provided to low-income individuals pursuant to a schedule of benefits. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law also establishes the Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment (Family PACT) Waiver
Program, administered by the Office of Family Planning within the department, under which comprehensive clinical family planning services are provided to a person who has a family income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, and who is eligible to receive these services.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the Cancer Prevention Act.SEC. 2.
Section 48980.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:48980.4.
(a) The notification required pursuant to Section 48980 for pupils admitted to, or advancing to, the sixth grade shall include a notification to the pupil’s parent or guardian containing a statement about the state’s public policy described in subdivision (a) of Section 120336 of the Health and Safety Code, advising that the pupilSEC. 3.
Section 1367.66 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1367.66.
(a)SEC. 4.
Section 120336 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:120336.
(a)(c)
SEC. 5.
Section 120390 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:120390.
The department, in consultation with the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as applicable, shall adopt and enforce all regulations necessary to carry out this chapter.SEC. 6.
Section 120390.6 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:120390.6.
It is the public policy of the state that students who are 26 years of age or younger areSEC. 7.
Section 10123.18 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:10123.18.
(a) A disability insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2024, and that provides coverage for hospital, medical, or surgical benefits shall provide coverage, upon the referral of a patient’s physician and surgeon, a nurse practitioner, or a certified nurse-midwife, providing care to the patient and operating within the scope of practice otherwise permitted for the licensee, for an annual cervical cancer screening test.For purposes of subdivision (aa) of Section 14132, “comprehensive clinical family planning services” includes the human papillomavirus vaccine for persons for whom it is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration.