California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 407 — Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program: licensed midwives.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 313, Statutes of 2015.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services, including comprehensive perinatal services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law, to the extent that federal financial participation is available, requires that midwifery services provided by a licensed midwife be covered under the Medi-Cal program. Existing law, the Licensed Midwifery Practice Act of 1993, provides for the licensure of midwives by the Medical Board of California. Existing law authorizes a licensed midwife to assist a woman only in normal pregnancy and childbirth, which is defined as meeting specified conditions, including, among others, a pregnancy in which there is an absence of any preexisting maternal disease or condition likely to affect the pregnancy and of significant disease arising from the pregnancy. Existing law requires the board to adopt regulations further specifying those conditions. Existing law establishes the Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program, administered by the State Department of Public Health, to maintain, to the extent resources are available, a permanent statewide community-based comprehensive perinatal system to provide care and services to low-income pregnant women and their infants who are considered underserved in terms of comprehensive perinatal care. Existing law generally authorizes a health care provider to employ or contract specified practitioners, including physicians and certified nurse midwives, for the purpose of providing comprehensive perinatal services. This bill would additionally authorize a health care provider to employ or contract licensed midwives for the purpose of providing comprehensive perinatal services. The bill would provide that, on the effective date of the regulations adopted by the board pursuant to the provisions described above, a licensed midwife shall be eligible to serve as a "comprehensive perinatal provider," as defined. The bill would declare that its provisions shall not be construed to revise or expand the scope of practice, as defined, of licensed midwives. The bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services to commence, no later than March 1, 2016, the revision of existing regulations as it determines are necessary for the implementation of this bill.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 313, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2376.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  6. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2637.) Ordered to the Senate.

  8. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  9. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19).

  10. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 30).

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

  13. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  14. Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and B. & P.

  15. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  16. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1030.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  17. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 960.) (May 11).

  20. Set for hearing May 11.

  21. May 4 hearing postponed by committee.

  22. Set for hearing May 4.

  23. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 651.) (April 15).

  25. Set for hearing April 15.

  26. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  27. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28.

  28. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Mitchell · Cosponsor
  • Morrell · Primary
  • Wolk · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Morrell

Co-sponsors (2)

  • Mitchell
  • Wolk

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Special Consent #9

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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SB 407 Morrell Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 69002
Republican 5000
Democratic 4000
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Baker — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Kim — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Chang — Yea
Salas — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Chau — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chu — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Daly — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Medina — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Frazier — Not Voting
Lopez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Williams — Not Voting
Wood — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Holden — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Weber — Yea
Chang — Yea
Daly — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions]

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14002
Democratic 1000
Republican 2000
Total 17002
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Maienschein — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Burke — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Bonilla — Not Voting
Wood — Yea
Gonzalez — Not Voting
Roger Hernández — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Special Consent #1

Passed 36 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33003
Democratic 3000
Total 36003
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Cannella — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leno — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hall — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Liu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Beall — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Bates — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 407 do?
Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services, including comprehensive perinatal services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law, to the extent that federal financial participation is available, requires that midwifery services provided by a licensed midwife be covered under the Medi-Cal program. Existing law, the Licensed Midwifery Practice Act of 1993, provides for the licensure of midwives by the Medical Board of California. Existing law authorizes a licensed midwife to assist a woman only in normal pregnancy and childbirth, which is defined as meeting specified conditions, including, among others, a pregnancy in which there is an absence of any preexisting maternal disease or condition likely to affect the pregnancy and of significant disease arising from the pregnancy. Existing law requires the board to adopt regulations further specifying those conditions. Existing law establishes the Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program, administered by the State Department of Public Health, to maintain, to the extent resources are available, a permanent statewide community-based comprehensive perinatal system to provide care and services to low-income pregnant women and their infants who are considered underserved in terms of comprehensive perinatal care. Existing law generally authorizes a health care provider to employ or contract specified practitioners, including physicians and certified nurse midwives, for the purpose of providing comprehensive perinatal services. This bill would additionally authorize a health care provider to employ or contract licensed midwives for the purpose of providing comprehensive perinatal services. The bill would provide that, on the effective date of the regulations adopted by the board pursuant to the provisions described above, a licensed midwife shall be eligible to serve as a "comprehensive perinatal provider," as defined. The bill would declare that its provisions shall not be construed to revise or expand the scope of practice, as defined, of licensed midwives. The bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services to commence, no later than March 1, 2016, the revision of existing regulations as it determines are necessary for the implementation of this bill.
Who sponsors SB 407?
SB 407 is sponsored by Mitchell, Morrell, and Wolk.
What is the current status of SB 407?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 407?
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