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CA SB233

Bill

Status

Passed

5/23/2024

Primary Sponsor

Cecilia Aguiar-Curry

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Origin

Senate

2023-2024 Session

AI Summary

  • Authorizes Arizona-licensed physicians to register and practice medicine in California through November 30, 2024, solely to provide abortions and abortion-related care to Arizona residents traveling to California for such care.

  • Requires registering physicians to hold an active Arizona medical license authorizing abortion care, have performed abortion-related care in Arizona within the past two years, and submit verification of good standing license status to California's Medical Board or Osteopathic Medical Board.

  • Prohibits registered physicians from providing care unrelated to abortions or abortion-related care, and from treating patients who are not Arizona residents, except in emergency situations or as otherwise provided by law.

  • Makes it a misdemeanor punishable by up to $10,000 fine and/or up to one year imprisonment for providing false information on the registration affidavit.

  • Limits public disclosure of registered physicians' information to name, registration status, and Arizona license number only; exempts all other records from California Public Records Act disclosure; registration becomes inoperative December 1, 2024, and repeals January 1, 2025.

Legislative Description

Practice of medicine: Arizona physicians: abortions and abortion-related care for Arizona patients.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 11, Statutes of 2024.

5/23/2024

Committee Referrals

Business, Professions and Economic Development5/13/2024
Rules5/13/2024
Business and Professions4/25/2024
Appropriations7/13/2023
Utilities and Energy7/6/2023
Transportation6/15/2023
Appropriations5/1/2023
Transportation4/18/2023
Energy, Utilities and Communications3/29/2023
Rules1/24/2023

Full Bill Text

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