BILL NUMBER: AB 2134	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 16, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Waldron

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act to add Section 123472.4 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2134, as amended, Waldron. Clinics: notice: abortion pill
reversal.
   Existing law, the Reproductive FACT Act, requires a licensed
covered facility, as defined, to disseminate a notice to clients
stating, among other things, that California has public programs that
provide immediate free or low-cost access to comprehensive family
planning services, prenatal care, and abortion, for eligible women.
Existing law authorizes the Attorney General, city attorney, or
county counsel to bring an action to impose a specified civil penalty
against covered facilities that fail to comply with these
requirements.
   This bill would additionally require those licensed covered
facilities, if the facility provides abortions, to post a public
notice advising clients that it may be possible to reverse the
effects of the abortion pill.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 123472.4 is added to the Health and Safety
Code, to read:
   123472.4.  (a) A licensed covered facility that performs abortions
shall post the following public notice in English and in the primary
threshold languages for Medi-Cal beneficiaries, as determined by the
State Department of Health Care Services for the county in which the
facility is located:

   "It may be possible to reverse the effects of the abortion pill.
If you change your mind after taking the abortion pill, time is of
the essence. For more information, call the Abortion Pill Reversal
Hotline at  (877) 558-0333."    insert the
telephone number or web site   ]   for more
information." 

   (b) The notice described in subdivision (a) shall be at least 8.5
inches by 11 inches, written in no less than 22-point type, and
posted in a conspicuous place where individuals wait that may be
easily read by those seeking services from the facility.