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CA SB233
Bill
Status
5/23/2024
Primary Sponsor
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry
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AI Summary
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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