ANACA The Nursing Voice Fall 2019

anacalifornia.org  .  9 specialties, including specific regulation. This bill is proposed by the California Professional Firefighters and is opposed by the California Nurses Association. STATUS —The bill passed out of the Senate Health Committee with a vote of 6–0, Senate Judiciary with a vote of 7–1 and will next be heard in Senate Appropriations Committee. SB 24 (Leyva) —This bill requires that on or before January 1, 2023, all student health centers (SHC’s) at every campus of the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU), to offer abortion by medication services onsite; and, authorizes those services to be performed by providers on staff at the SHC, or by providers associat- ed with a contracted external agency. STATUS —Passed out of the Assembly Higher Education Committee with a vote of 9–3 and will be heard next in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. We sincerely thank ANA\C members for participating in the legislative process, attending RN Day at the Capitol, getting to know their Assembly and Senate Members and their Staff as well as, of course, partici- pating in the Legislative Receptions that Californians Allied for Patient Protection (CAPP) generously allows ANA\C members to attend at no cost. You, our member, are the force behind our efforts in the state Capitol and every Legislator and Staff member have a great story about their experience with nurses. Keep it up! Disclaimer: This article was submitted in mid-August 2019 in order to make the publisher’s deadline for the Fall 2019 edition. We will have full legislative update from the 2019 Legislative Session in the Winter 2020 edition. Contact Roxanne— roxanne@gouldgr.com (916) 715-0900 Legislative Report Fall 2019 The CA Legislature took a month off mid-July to mid-August to attend to district matters, attend conferences etc. They returned in mid-August to face more than 1,100 bills to be acted upon during the final weeks of this session. Issues including matters such as PG&E liability relating to the catastrophic wildfires, “fixes” to the broad privacy protection legislation that was swiftly moved through the Legislature last year in less than a week time, uptick in lobbying by Juul (vaping) as well as obviously single-payer health care, transparency in drug pricing and protection from “surprise” hospital bills. Of the many measures that ANA\C has been working on behalf of its members, here is the most recent status update: AB 329 (Rodriguez) —This bill would address inconsistencies in penalties for assaults versus battery committed against all healthcare workers on hospital property. STATUS —This bill passed out of the Assembly with a vote of 72–0 and is pending a hearing in the Senate Public Safety Committee. AB 890 (Wood) —This two-year bill creates a new Advanced Practice Registered Nursing (APRN) Board to regulate advanced practice nurses either in solo practice or when working for a health facility or clinic without supervision. It specifically: Allows an NP who meets certain criteria to practice without supervision in a health care setting in which the NP practices with one or more physicians. Allows the NP who meets certain criteria solo practice authority after the NP completes a “transition in practice” program and receives certification. Establishes the functions an NP may perform without physician supervision. STATUS —Currently on the Assembly Appropriations Committee Suspense file. August 30th is the last day for fiscal committees (Appropriations Committees) to meet and report bills. Final Stretch of the First Year of a Two-Year Session for the California Legislature. AB 1346 (Medina) —This bill expands the definition of “economic loss” as it pertains to the Student Tuition Recovery Fund (STRF) to include amounts paid by a student to the institution, any amounts paid in connection with attending the institution, and all principal, interest, and charges of any loan incurred by the student to pay these amounts. The need for the bill is stated to be that surrounding the many recent high-profile private for-profit school closures in California, (like Corinthian Colleges) investigations and other legal actions have shown that there is a pattern of abuse at profit-driven institutions. STATUS —This bill has not received a single “no” vote today and is pending in the Senate Appropriations Committee on what is referred to as the “consent file” which means there is no opposition and as a result there is no need for debate. AB 1364 (Rubio) —This bill will exempt “qualifying” institutions from some redun- dant state programmatic regulations that delay approval process for new locations and enrollment. Nursing students are required to have concurrent clinical and academic education. Clinical placements in California are a concern to the BRN, who opposes this bill. Supporters contend that delays and rejections are making it difficult for qualified students to find a nursing school slot, resulting in many seeking nursing education outside of California. STATUS —The bill is currently being held “under submission” in the Assembly Appropriations Committee which means that it has work to do prior to being authorized to move forward in the Legisla- tive process. AB 1544 (Gipson) —This bill enacts the Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination Act of 2019. The bill authorizes local emergency medical services (EMS) agencies to develop programs to provide community paramedic or triage to alternate destination services in various Roxanne Gould ANA\C Contracted Lobbyist Reports