This year, Gov. Gavin Newsom affirmed abortion access, calling California 'a proud reproductive freedom state' and criticizing Republicans across the country for trying to take away families' rights.
KFF Health NewsOct 18 2024 This year, Gov. Gavin Newsom affirmed abortion access, calling California "a proud reproductive freedom state" and criticizing Republicans across the country for trying to take away families' rights.
Most of the laws Newsom approved take effect Jan. 1, 2025, while some have longer phase-in times. Here are the governor's actions on key health bills: Newsom also vetoed SB 966, which would have regulated the middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers and banned some business practices that critics say increase costs and limit consumers' choices. He also rejected AB 2467, which would have mandated health care coverage for menopause, and AB 3129, which would have required the state attorney general's approval for transactions involving health care providers and private equity firms.
Mental health Newsom signed more than a dozen bills aimed at boosting behavioral health care, including through California's new court-ordered treatment program. Aging Newsom approved a dozen bills related to aging, including measures requiring increased training for law enforcement and health care professionals in helping people with dementia. AB 1902 requires better access to prescription labels for those who have trouble seeing or who need translated instructions. And he signed another package of bills aimed more broadly at helping people with disabilities.
Substance use AB 1976 will require workplace first-aid kits to include naloxone or other drugs that can reverse opioid overdoses, while protecting those who administer the naloxone from civil liability. AB 2319 was passed in an effort to improve enforcement of a 2019 law aimed at reducing the disproportionate rate of maternal mortality among Black women and other pregnant women of color.
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