SB 1099 Newborn screening: genetic diseases: blood samples collected. (Nguyen)
PROBLEM: The genetic material of mothers and children is being stored in the California Biobank and used for research for public health purposes, but there is no transparency into what research is being conducted, what entities are utilizing the residual blood samples, or what specific public health benefits have been achieved.
SOLUTION: This bill will ensure that the public has access to information about the activities of the California Biobank by requiring CDPH to annually prepare a report, deliver a copy of the report to the Legislature, and post the report on their website. The report would be required to contain information such as:
AB-1975 Medi-Cal: medically supportive food and nutrition interventions.
Status: Vetoed by Governor
This bill would make medically supportive food and nutrition services a permanent covered benefit for all eligible beneficiaries under the Medi-Cal program.
AB-1977 Health care coverage: behavioral diagnoses
Status: Vetoed by Governor.
This bill would prohibit a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy from requiring an enrollee or insured previously diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) or autism to be re-evaluated or receive a new behavioral diagnosis to maintain coverage for behavioral health treatment for their condition.
AB 2300 Medical devices: Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP).
Status: Signed into law.
This bill would ban the manufacture, sale and use of Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) in IV bags and tubing in California. DEHP has been linked to breast, liver, lung, and testicular cancer; it is an endocrine disrupting compound linked to early puberty, decreased sperm count and infertility.
Status: Signed into law.
This bill would require that state developed IEP templates be translated into the top 10 most commonly spoken languages in the state other than English.
Status: Signed into law.
This bill would require a pupil in kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to be granted an accommodation in connection with engaging in any physical activity components of a physical education course during a period of religious fasting upon the submission to the school principal of written notification from the pupil’s parent or guardian.
Status: Signed into law.
This bill would prohibit any person from manufacturing, distributing, selling, or offering for sale in the state any menstrual products that contain regulated PFAS.
SB-1266 Product safety: bisphenol.
Status: Signed into law.
This bill would prohibit the manufacture, sale, or distribution of any feeding, sucking, or teething product that contains bisphenols and would additionally prohibit manufacturers from replacing any form of bisphenol with any chemical identified by the department as a Candidate Chemical, as specified..
Status: Signed into law.
AB-2105 Coverage for PANDAS and PANS.
Status: Signed into law.
This bill would require a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy to provide coverage for the prophylaxis, diagnosis, and treatment of Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcal Infections (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) that is prescribed or ordered by the treating physician and surgeon and is medically necessary, as defined. The bill would prohibit coverage for PANDAS and PANS from being subject to a copayment, coinsurance, deductible, or other cost sharing that is greater than that applied to other benefits.
Status: Signed into law.
This bill would prohibit a school district, county superintendent of schools, or charter school maintaining K-12 from offering a nutritionally adequate breakfast or lunch containing specified substances, including, among others, red 40 and yellow 5 and would prohibit a school operated and maintained by a school district or county office of education from selling food or beverages, except for food items sold as part of a school fundraising event, containing those specified substances.
