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Board takes positions on several bills — supports AB260, AB836, AB876 and AB1400; opposes AB985
Summary
The Board of Registered Nursing voted May 29 to support a package of bills on reproductive‑health protections, midwifery workforce study, nurse‑anesthetist statutory clarification and community college BSN pilots, and to oppose a bill creating an anesthesiologist‑assistant licensure pathway.
The California Board of Registered Nursing reviewed a slate of health‑sector bills May 29 and took formal positions after committee discussion and public comment.
Votes and actions recorded at the meeting (roll‑call votes): - AB260 (reproductive health protections, sponsor: Assemblymember Aguiar‑Curry): Board voted to support. The bill would repeal certain criminal provisions and add Business and Professions Code sections (discussed at the meeting as sections 687 and 850.3) shielding healing‑arts providers from civil/criminal discipline solely for prescribing or furnishing FDA‑approved abortion medication except in narrow public‑safety circumstances. The bill would also delete a clause from Business & Professions Code section 2761 that had allowed discipline for aiding or abetting an unlawful abortion; board made a motion to support AB260 and approved it by roll call. - AB836 (Midwifery Workforce Training Act): Board voted to support. The bill would direct the state health…
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