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California Governor Signs Flurry of Health-Related Bills On Topics Ranging From Abortion Medication to School Start Times

 

California Governor Signs Flurry Of Health-Related Bills On Topics Ranging From Abortion Medication To School Start Times: Gov. Gavin Newsom capped the end of the legislative session with a bill signing marathon over the past few days. And some of the most notable measures from the year were health-related. Here’s a look at some of them:

― Students at California’s 34 California State University and University of California campuses will have access to medication-induced abortion — commonly known as the abortion pill — at on-campus student health centers by Jan. 1, 2023.

California will require health insurance companies to cover the cost of fertility procedures for patients undergoing treatment that can make it difficult to have children, such as chemotherapy.

Among other new restrictions, Californians will be prohibited from buying more than one semiautomatic rifle per month, the sale of gun parts to ex-felons or people with a history of mental illness and the sale of semiautomatic centerfire rifles to people younger than 21 will be banned.

― The state attorney general will be given more power to go after pharmaceutical companies that engage in “pay for delay."

― Young adults in the country illegally will be eligible for Medi-Cal if their incomes qualify.

Private, for-profit prisons and immigrant detention centers in the state will be banned.

― Hospitals will be required to report annually on efforts to purchase services, equipment and supplies from businesses with diverse ownership.

― Investment advisers and broker-dealers will be required to report suspected financial abuse of elder or dependent adults.

― School children will be guaranteed a state-funded meal of their choice, even if their parent or guardian has unpaid meal fees to combat “lunch shaming.”

Read a roundup of the health care related legislation from California Healthline here.

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