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 and to establish any rules, regulations, and standards for prenatal diagnostic testing and the allocation of subsidies, as specified. 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 all noninvasive prenatal tests to pregnant persons who have an order from a prenatal care provider, as defined. The bill would also prohibit the department from limiting the number of noninvasive prenatal tests that the laboratory may provide.
September 1 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
August 16 hearing postponed by committee.
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 13. Noes 0.) (July 11).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1302.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1175.) (May 18).
Set for hearing May 18.
April 17 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing April 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 12. Noes 0. Page 575.) (March 29).
Set for hearing March 29.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB570 | HTML |
| 02/15/23 - Introduced | |
| 04/10/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/13/23 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/27/23- Senate Health | |
| 04/16/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 07/09/23- Assembly Health | |
| 08/21/23- Assembly Appropriations |
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