State Bill Watch | April 2024

Bill Number

Description

Position

Location

AB 2185

(Jackson D)  

Employment Agencies: Domestic Workers: Would enact important consumer protections that would prohibit Domestic Referral Agencies from collecting fees directly from home care clients to pay home care workers. 

Support

Pending hearing in Assembly Labor and Employment Committee  

AB 2340

(Bonta D)  

Medi-Cal EPSDT Services: Would establish much needed definitions for “EPSDT services” and “medically necessary” which would specify that EPSDT services also include all age-specific assessments and services listed under the most current periodicity schedule by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Bright Futures, and any other medically necessary assessments and services that exceed those listed by AAP and Bright Futures. The Department of Health Care Services and its contractors would be required to accurately reflect these provisions in any model evidence-of-coverage documents, beneficiary handbooks, and related material. 

Support

Pending hearing in the Assembly Health Committee.  

AB 3232

(Dahle, Megan R)  

Licensed Registered Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses: Nurse Licensure Compact: Would enact the Nurse Licensure Compact, under which the Board of Registered Nursing and the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians would be authorized to issue a multistate license that would authorize the holder to practice as a registered nurse or a licensed vocational nurse in all party states under a multistate licensure privilege. 

Support

Pending hearing in the Assembly Business and Professions Committee  

SB 895

(Roth D)  

Community colleges: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Pilot Program: Would require the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to develop a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Pilot Program that authorizes up to 15 community college districts to offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.  

Support

Set for hearing April 10 in the Senate Education Committee.  

 AB 2104

(Soria)

Community colleges: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Pilot Program: Would require the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to develop a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Pilot Program that authorizes up to 15 community college districts to offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.  

Support

Pending hearing in the Assembly Committee on Higher Education

SB 1492

(Menjivar D)  

Medi-Cal Reimbursement Rates: Private Duty Nursing. Would provide that private duty nursing services provided to a child under 21 years of age by a home health agency are considered eligible for funding from MCO tax revenues. 

Support

Pending hearing in the Senate Health Committee.