State Bill Watch | May 2024
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Bill Number |
Description |
Position |
Location |
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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 |
Failed deadline to be heard in the first policy committee; the bill is dead for this year.
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AB 2340 (Bonta D) |
Medi-Cal EPSDT Services: Would require the Department of Health Care Services to prepare written informational materials that effectively explain and clarify the scope and nature of EPSDT services that are available under the Medi-Cal program. |
Support |
Pending action on the Assembly Appropriation’s Consent Calendar. |
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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 |
Failed deadline to be heard in the first policy committee; the bill is dead for this year.
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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 |
Pending hearing in the Senate Appropriations Committee |
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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 Assembly Appropriations Committee |
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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 |
Hearing is set for May 6 in the Senate Appropriations Committee |