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Board hears staff report on bills affecting nursing and signals support for several measures; opposes one
Summary
The Board of Registered Nursing reviewed several state bills May 29 and voted to support measures on reproductive‑health protections, midwifery workforce study, CRNA practice clarity and a community‑college BSN pilot; it opposed a bill to create an anesthesiologist‑assistant licensure category.
The Board of Registered Nursing reviewed a package of state legislation May 29 and took positions on multiple bills that affect nursing practice, education and allied workforce policy.
Major actions
- AB 260 (Agiir‑Curry): The board voted to support a bill that would protect healing‑arts practitioners from civil, criminal or administrative actions solely for prescribing or furnishing medication abortion drugs such as mifepristone, and would repeal certain criminal provisions related to abortion. The measure would also delete a provision in the nurse practice act that currently allows discipline for aiding a criminal abortion. Staff reported no significant budget impact to the board and the motion to support passed unanimously.
- AB 836 (Midwifery Workforce Training Act): The board supported a legislatively‑directed statewide workforce landscape study to identify gaps and viable midwifery education programs. The…
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