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
Amended
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April 12, 2023 |
Amended
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March 21, 2023 |
Amended
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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
This bill would require the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California subject to a resolution, and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to require the first-time enrollees at those institutions who are 26 years of age or younger to provide proof of full immunization against HPV prior to enrollment. The bill would authorize an extension with conditional enrollment, and would set forth a medical exemption from the immunization requirement, as specified. The bill would make a conforming change to a consultation-related provision. By creating new duties for community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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 1367.66 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1367.66.
(a) A health care service plan contract, except for a specialized health care service plan, issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2002, shall provide coverage for an annual cervical cancer screening test upon the referral of the 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.SEC. 3.
Section 120336 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:120336.
(a) It is the public policy of the state that pupils are expected to be fully immunized against human papillomavirus (HPV) before admission or advancement to the 8th grade level of any private or public elementary or secondary school.SEC. 4.
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.(a)Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (c), the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall require the first-time enrollees at those institutions who are 26 years of age or younger to provide proof of full immunization against the human papillomavirus (HPV) prior to enrollment.
(b)A person who has not been fully immunized against HPV, as required by subdivision (a), may be admitted by the governing body of any of the institutions of higher education to which subdivision (a) is applicable on condition that, within a designated time
period, the person will provide proof of full immunization against HPV.
(c)Immunization of a person shall not be required for admission to an institution of higher education to which subdivision (a) is applicable if any of the following persons files with the governing body of the educational institution a medical exemption:
(1)The parent, guardian, or adult who has assumed responsibility for the care and custody of the person seeking admission, if that applicant is a minor who is not emancipated.
(2)The person seeking admission, if that applicant is an emancipated minor or is 18 years of age or older.