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CA AB144

Bill

Status

Passed

9/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Budget

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Exempts health care practitioners and emergency medical services providers licensed in other states, territories, or countries from California licensure requirements when providing services at 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games sites from May 15 to September 15, 2028

  • Establishes that immunization recommendations from federal agencies (USPSTF, ACIP, HRSA) as of January 1, 2025 serve as a baseline, with the State Department of Public Health authorized to modify or supplement these recommendations going forward

  • Creates the Abortion Access Fund, continuously appropriated to the Department of Health Care Access and Information, funded through transfers from qualified health plan segregated accounts between fiscal years 2025-26 and 2028-29

  • Requires Medi-Cal beneficiaries aged 19-59 who lack satisfactory immigration status to pay $30 monthly premiums beginning no sooner than July 1, 2027, with exemptions for pregnant individuals, those under 19 or over 59, and foster youth

  • Increases genetic counselor license fees from $200 to $300 for original licenses, renewals, and temporary licenses, with authority for the State Department of Public Health to raise fees up to $500

Legislative Description

Health.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 105, Statutes of 2025.

9/17/2025

Committee Referrals

Budget and Fiscal Review4/2/2025
Rules3/20/2025
Budget2/3/2025

Full Bill Text

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