Josh Becker
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 13
Author
Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to administer a statewide program for prenatal testing for genetic disorders and birth defects, including, but not limited to, ultrasound, amniocentesis, chorionic villus sampling, and blood testing. Existing law requires the department to expand prenatal screening to include all tests that meet or exceed the current standard of care as recommended by nationally recognized medical or genetic organizations. Existing law requires a clinical laboratory performing laboratory tests or examinations classified as moderate or high complexity under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) to obtain a clinical laboratory license from the department. Existing law generally exempts specified clinical laboratories from rules and regulations of the department, including clinical laboratories owned and operated by the United States and certified under CLIA. Under existing regulations, a certificate of accreditation issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services is considered a state license or registration issued by the department, as specified. Existing law requires a city or county public health laboratory, as specified, to be approved by the department and to comply with the requirements of CLIA. This bill would prohibit the department, by way of rule, regulation, contract, or any other manner, from preventing a laboratory with both a CLIA certificate of accreditation and a current state clinical or public health laboratory license from offering noninvasive prenatal tests to pregnant persons who have an order from a prenatal care provider, as defined, and have opted out of the California Prenatal Screening Program or have chosen to have testing done in addition to the genetic tests offered as part of the California Prenatal Screening Program. The bill would also prohibit the department from limiting the number of noninvasive prenatal tests that the laboratory may provide.
August 11 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 1260.) Ordered to the Assembly.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1203.) (May 20).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Set for hearing May 20.
May 17 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 17.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 1046.) (May 6).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.
Set for hearing May 6.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
(Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
Read first time.
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB771 | HTML |
| 02/19/21 - Introduced | |
| 05/03/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/11/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/28/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/08/22 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 05/03/21- Senate Governance and Finance | |
| 05/14/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/22/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/25/22- Assembly Health | |
| 08/01/22- Assembly Appropriations |
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