AB 40 (Bonta, D-Oakland)

AB 40 would have added “reproductive health services, including abortion,” to the definition of the “emergency services and care” that health facilities must provide to determine if an emergency medical condition or active labor exists. The author has accepted CHA’s amendments removing “reproductive health services, including abortion,” from the definition of “emergency services and care” (i.e., what must be done to determine whether an emergency medical condition exists), instead placing it in the list of care that may need to be provided to relieve or eliminate an emergency medical condition.