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CA AB1696
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/3/2026
Primary Sponsor
Catherine Stefani
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AI Summary
- Allows nurse-midwives licensed in California to provide emergency services and care without physician supervision when working within their authorized scope of licensure
- Amends Health and Safety Code Sections 1317.1 and 1317.10 relating to emergency services definitions and requirements at health facilities
- Applies to emergency medical screening, examination, evaluation, and treatment including situations involving active labor
- Includes specific provisions for Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital patient transfer arrangements involving labor and delivery
- Creates a state-mandated local program by changing the scope of existing health facility crime provisions; requires no state reimbursement to local agencies
Legislative Description
Emergency services and care: nurse-midwives.
Last Action
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
4/30/2026
Committee Referrals
Appropriations4/15/2026
Health3/16/2026
Full Bill Text
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