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CA SB771
Bill
AI Summary
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Prohibits the State Department of Public Health from preventing laboratories with both a CLIA certificate of accreditation and a current state clinical or public health laboratory license from offering noninvasive prenatal tests to pregnant persons with a prenatal care provider's order.
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Allows laboratories to offer noninvasive prenatal tests to persons who have opted out of the California Prenatal Screening Program or who choose additional testing beyond what the state program offers.
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Prohibits the department from limiting the number of noninvasive prenatal tests that a qualifying laboratory may provide.
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Defines "prenatal care provider" as a health care provider licensed under California law who provides prenatal medical care within their scope of practice.
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Requires inclusion of environmental health information and peer-reviewed materials on reproductive toxins in California Prenatal Screening Program patient educational materials.
Legislative Description
Prenatal screening program.
Last Action
August 11 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
8/11/2022