Catherine Stefani
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 19
Author
Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information, formerly known as the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, to establish a program to contract with programs that train certified nurse-midwives and programs that train licensed midwives in accordance with the global standards for midwifery education and the international definition of "midwife" as established by the International Confederation of Midwives in order to increase the number of students receiving quality education and training as a certified nurse-midwife or as a licensed midwife. Existing law requires these provisions to be implemented only upon an appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes in the annual Budget Act or another act. This bill would require the Department of Health Care Access and Information, upon appropriation from the Legislature for this purpose, to administer funding for a statewide study on midwifery education. The bill would require the study to be conducted by an outside consultant familiar with the health care and midwifery landscapes and workforce in California that would, among other things, identify viable education programs that can serve both rural and urban geographic areas. The bill would require the department to submit a report from the study's findings to the Legislature, to post the report on the department's internet website, and to notify all persons in the department's reproductive health and maternity care electronic mailing list, as specified. The bill would define "reproductive health care professionals" as, among others, medical doctors and licensed midwives.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 597, Statutes of 2025.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 3112.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2602.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From special consent calendar.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 1856.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB836 | HTML |
| 02/19/25 - Introduced | |
| 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/23/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/03/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/11/25 - Enrolled | |
| 10/11/25 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/10/25- Assembly Health | |
| 04/21/25- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/28/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 07/14/25- Senate Health | |
| 08/15/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/29/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/06/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/09/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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