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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 460
Author: Pavley (D)
Amended: 9/3/13
Vote: 21
SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE : 8-1, 5/1/13
AYES: Hernandez, Anderson, Beall, De Le�n, DeSaulnier, Monning,
Pavley, Wolk
NOES: Nielsen
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 5-0, 5/23/13
AYES: De Le�n, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Padilla
NO VOTE RECORDED: Lara, Steinberg
SENATE FLOOR : 39-0, 5/29/13
AYES: Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Calderon, Cannella,
Corbett, Correa, De Le�n, DeSaulnier, Emmerson, Evans, Fuller,
Gaines, Galgiani, Hancock, Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff,
Jackson, Knight, Lara, Leno, Lieu, Liu, Monning, Nielsen,
Padilla, Pavley, Price, Roth, Steinberg, Torres, Walters,
Wolk, Wright, Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 9/9/13 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Prenatal testing program: education
SOURCE : Breast Cancer Fund
DIGEST : This bill requires the Department of Public Health
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(DPH) to include prescribed information regarding environmental
health in the California Prenatal Screening patient educational
information (PEI), and to post that environmental health
information on DPH's Internet Web site. This bill requires DPH
to send a notice to all distributors of the PEI that informs
them of the change to that information, and encourages
obstetrician-gynecologists and midwives to discuss environmental
health with their patients.
Assembly Amendments make technical and clarifying changes, and
replace all references in this bill to the "Prenatal Patient
Booklet" with "patient educational information."
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
1. Establishes a prenatal testing program and requires DPH to
establish eligibility criteria for the program.
2. Requires DPH to develop an education program designed to
educate physicians and surgeons and the public concerning the
uses of prenatal testing and the availability of the program.
This bill:
1. Requires DPH to include information regarding environmental
health in the PEI including, but not limited to, the
following statement:
We encounter chemicals and other substances in everyday
life that may affect your developing fetus. Fortunately,
there are steps you can take to reduce your exposure to
these potentially harmful substances at home, in the
workplace, and in the environment. Many Californians are
unaware that a number of everyday consumer products may
pose potential harm. Prospective parents should talk to
their doctor and are encouraged to read more about this
topic to learn about simple actions to promote a healthy
pregnancy.
2. Requires DPH to include in the PEI links to educational
materials derived from peer-reviewed and science-based
materials relating to environmental health and reproductive
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toxins.
3. Requires DPH to send a notice to all distributors of the PEI,
informing them of the change to that information. Requires
DPH, in the notice, to encourage obstetrician-gynecologists
and midwives to discuss environmental health with their
patients and to direct their patients to the appropriate page
or pages in the PEI for additional information.
4. Requires the new information to be included in the PEI when
it is otherwise revised and reprinted, in order to minimize
costs.
5. Allows DPH to modify the language in the PEI after
consultation with medical and scientific experts in the field
of environmental health and reproductive toxins.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, ongoing
costs, not likely to exceed $50,000, to review information
related to environmental health and develop a new page in the
booklet with a specified statement and links to information.
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/29/13) (Unable to reverify at time of
writing)
Breast Cancer Fund (source)
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, District
IX (California)
Clean Water Action
California WIC Association
California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative
Junior Leagues of California
March of Dimes California Chapter
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
The Arc and United Cerebral Palsy California Collaboration
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : The Breast Cancer Fund writes that
including information about the risks associated with certain
chemicals and strategies to avoid them will provide women with
helpful links to learn more information should they so choose.
The California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative states that
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pregnant women are exposed to hundreds, if not thousands, of
chemicals, and some of these chemicals are known to cause
cancer, birth defects, developmental delays and endocrine
disruption, and that many are in nail salon products and common
household products as well. The American Congress of
Obstetricians and Gynecologist, District IX (California) writes
that a startling amount of new scientific evidence shows the
impact of environmental exposures on reproductive health
including fetal and childhood development, and that exposures
from toxicants can not only cause cancer and neurologic
problems, but many are particularly damaging to reproductive
health. Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California states that
the Centers for Disease Control's nationwide testing program
found 100 chemicals in monitored pregnant women, including
chemicals known to be harmful to reproductive health.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 9/9/13
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,
Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell,
Gray, Grove, Hagman, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin,
Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea,
V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner,
Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Hall, Vacancy, Vacancy
JL:k 9/9/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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