Marc Berman
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 23
Author
Existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, authorizes the Governor to declare a state of emergency during conditions of disaster or extreme peril to persons or property, including epidemics. Pursuant to this authority, on March 4, 2020, the Governor declared a state of emergency relating to the novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and ordered, among other things, that the certification and licensure requirements as specified in statute and regulation be suspended to all persons who meet the requirements under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) for high complexity testing and who are performing analysis of samples to test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in any certified public health laboratory or licensed clinical laboratory, and that the California Health and Human Services Agency is required to identify and make available medical facilities and other facilities that are suitable for use as medical facilities as necessary for treating individuals who test positive for COVID-19. This bill would authorize a person to perform an analysis of samples to test for SARS-CoV-2 in a clinical laboratory or a city, county, or city and county public health laboratory if they meet the requirements under CLIA for high complexity testing. The bill would, until January 1, 2024, authorize an entity contracted with and approved by the State Department of Public Health to operate a designated COVID-19 testing and dispensing site to acquire, dispense, and store COVID-19 oral therapeutics, as defined, at or from a designated site. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1, Statutes of 2023.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 281.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (February 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 402.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (February 15).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (February 14). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.
Art. IV, Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 282.)
(pending re-refer to Com. on HEALTH)
Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 283.)
Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 283.)
From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB269 | HTML |
| 01/23/23 - Introduced | |
| 02/08/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 03/02/23 - Enrolled | |
| 03/02/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 02/10/23- Assembly Business and Professions | |
| 02/13/23- Assembly Health | |
| 02/16/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 02/24/23- Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development | |
| 03/01/23- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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