Davis Signs More Health-Related Legislation into Law
Facing the Oct. 14 deadline to sign bills passed in the most recent legislative session, Gov. Gray Davis (D) has signed the following health-related legislation:
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AB 196: Sponsored by Assembly member Lou Correa (D-Anaheim), the measure expands the type of injuries covered by workers' compensation benefits for emergency workers (Office of the Governor release, 10/14).
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AB 215: Sponsored by Assembly member Rebecca Cohn (D-Saratoga), the measure requires the state to cover all of the CalPERS premiums for uninsured surviving spouses of firefighters or peace officers killed in the line of duty (Office of the Governor release, 10/13).
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AB 938: Sponsored by Cohn, the measure requires health plans to provide information on any restrictions on patients' choice of provider to include "non-physician" providers such as psychologists, optometrists and podiatrists.
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AB 1025: Sponsored by Assembly member Dario Frommer (D-Los Feliz), the measure requires employers to provide women a "reasonable" amount of break time and a location to breast feed (Office of the Governor release, 10/14).
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AB 1205: Sponsored by Assembly member Roy Ashburn (R-Bakersfield), the measure appropriates $500,000 to the Department of Human Services to expand research for a Valley Fever vaccine (Office of the Governor release, 10/12).
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AB 1263: Sponsored by Assembly member Carole Migden (D-San Francisco), the measure authorizes the Department of Health Services to work with the CDC on a "rapid" HIV test research program (Office of the Governor release, 10/11).
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AB 1337: Sponsored by Cohn, the measure allows the health benefits trusts of three plans offered through CalPERS to place liens on settlements for medical expenses of injured beneficiaries against a third party (Office of the Governor release, 10/14).
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SB 613: Sponsored by Sen. Richard Alarcon (D-Sun Valley), the measure allows Medi-Cal managed care plans to help patients with disabilities complete and submit re-enrollment paperwork to ensure that they do not experience any gaps in health care coverage (Office of the Governor release, 10/11).
- SB 680: Sponsored by Sen. Liz Figueroa (D-Fremont), the measure requires the Office of Statewide Planning and Development to provide an annual report on hospitals' coronary artery bypass graft outcomes. In addition, the measure makes hospital participation in the CABG reporting program mandatory (Office of the Governor release, 10/15).
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