BILL ANALYSIS �
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ACR 148 (Butler)
As Amended May 22, 2012
Majority vote
HEALTH 13-6 APPROPRIATIONS 12-5
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|Ayes:|Monning, Ammiano, Atkins, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Blumenfield, |
| |Bonilla, Eng, Gordon, | |Bradford, Charles |
| |Hayashi, | |Calderon, Campos, Davis, |
| |Roger Hern�ndez, Bonnie | |Gatto, Ammiano, Hill, |
| |Lowenthal, Mitchell, Pan, | |Lara, Mitchell, Solorio |
| |V. Manuel P�rez, Williams | | |
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|Nays:|Logue, Garrick, Mansoor, |Nays:|Harkey, Donnelly, |
| |Nestande, Silva, Smyth | |Nielsen, Norby, Wagner |
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SUMMARY : Resolves that the state should provide a family
planning guarantee that would ensure the backfill of any budget
shortfalls experienced by family planning services in California
as a result of cuts in federal funding. Specifically, this
resolution :
1)Makes the following declarations:
a) Family planning services are essential to providing
basic health care and family planning to millions of women,
including well-woman examinations, lifesaving cancer
screenings, and contraceptive services;
b) Due to the threat of cuts in federal funding, access to
preventative health care for millions of women could be at
risk;
c) The volatility of federal funding for family planning
services is a matter of statewide concern; and,
d) Financial support for the basic health care for women
should not be contingent on funding from the federal
government.
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2)Resolves that the State of California should provide for a
family planning guarantee which would ensure that California
will stand with women and backfill any budget shortfalls
experienced by family planning services in California as a
result of cuts in federal funding.
EXISTING LAW establishes the Family Planning Access, Care, and
Treatment (Family PACT) Waiver Program, to provide comprehensive
clinical family planning services to any person whose family
income is not in excess of 200% of the federal poverty level
(FPL), if the waiver is obtained by the federal government.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, this resolution will result in negligible state
costs.
COMMENTS : According to the author, this resolution is needed to
bring awareness to the vulnerability of California's family
planning service providers to the threat of cuts in federal
funding.
Family PACT is California's major publicly funded family
planning program designed to provide "comprehensive family
planning services" to low-income men and women in California
with no other source of family planning and reproductive health
care insurance coverage. According to the California Department
of Public Health (DPH), since it started in 1997, Family PACT
has helped thousands of women get reproductive health care at
community clinics and private doctors' offices throughout the
state. Family PACT does not cover abortion or prenatal care,
however, it does cover the following services:
1)Pregnancy tests;
2)All forms of birth control approved by the United States Food
and Drug Administration (FDA);
3)Male and female sterilization;
4)Emergency Contraception (the morning-after pill);
5)Gynecological care such as pap smears and breast examinations;
6)Dysplasia services (treatment of abnormal or precancerous
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cells on the cervix);
7)Test and treatment for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and
other sexually transmitted infections;
8)Screening and treatment for urinary tract infections and
hepatitis B;
9)Basic infertility screening and treatment; and,
10)Referrals for services not covered by the program.
Family PACT is administered by DPH, Office of Family Planning.
According to DPH, women and men are eligible if they reside in
California, are at risk of pregnancy or causing pregnancy, have
a gross family income at or below 200% of FPL, and have no other
source of health care coverage for family planning services.
Analysis Prepared by : Tanya Robinson-Taylor / HEALTH / (916)
319-2097
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