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Committee hears AB 82 to protect health data for reproductive and gender-affirming care
Summary
AB 82 would block reporting of certain prescriptions to the state's PDMP, expand safe-at-home eligibility for providers, and broaden protections against doxxing; sponsors said the bill protects patients and providers amid coordinated out-of-state hostility, while opponents argued the measure would hide information and risk public health.
Assemblymember Ward presented AB 82, a bill designed to protect privacy and safety for patients receiving reproductive and gender-affirming health care. The measure would, among other changes, prohibit reporting of mifepristone and testosterone prescriptions to California's Controlled Substances Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES/PDMP), expand safe-at-home eligibility to include health professionals who provide gender-affirming…
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