California Code
PART 2 - MATERNAL, CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH
CHAPTER 2 - Maternal Health

ARTICLE 1 - Determination of Pregnancy

Section 123375. - 123375. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), no...

Section 123380. - 123380. Local public health agencies shall make pregnancy testing services...

Section 123385. - 123385. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 123418. - 123418. Subject to all other provisions of this article, all...

ARTICLE 2 - Abortion

Section 123420. - 123420. (a) No employer or other person shall require a...

Section 123425. - 123425. The refusal of any person to submit to an...

Section 123430. - 123430. (a) (1) To ensure people have accurate and comprehensive...

Section 123435. - 123435. The rights to medical treatment of an infant prematurely...

Section 123440. - 123440. (a) It is unlawful for any person to use...

Section 123445. - 123445. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), at the...

Section 123450. - 123450. (a) Except in a medical emergency requiring immediate medical...

ARTICLE 2.3 - Abortion Practical Support Fund

Section 123451. - 123451. (a) As used in this article, the following definitions...

Section 123452. - 123452. (a) The department, or its contracted vendor, shall use...

Section 123452.5. - 123452.5. The department shall conduct an evaluation of the grant...

Section 123453. - 123453. This article shall be construed to effectuate its legislative...

ARTICLE 2.5 - Reproductive Privacy Act

Section 123460. - 123460. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 123462. - 123462. The Legislature finds and declares that every individual possesses...

Section 123464. - 123464. The following definitions shall apply for purposes of this...

Section 123466. - 123466. (a) The state shall not deny or interfere with...

Section 123467. - 123467. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a person shall not...

Section 123467.5. - 123467.5. (a) A law of another state that authorizes a...

Section 123468. - 123468. The performance of an abortion is unauthorized if performed...

Section 123469. - 123469. (a) A party whose reproductive rights are protected by...

ARTICLE 2.7 - Reproductive FACT Act

Section 123470. - 123470. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 123471. - 123471. (a) For purposes of this article, and except as...

Section 123472. - 123472. (a) A licensed covered facility shall disseminate to clients...

Section 123473. - 123473. (a) Covered facilities that fail to comply with the...

ARTICLE 3 - Community-Based Perinatal System

Section 123475. - 123475. The Legislature finds that a community-based system of comprehensive...

Section 123480. - 123480. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 123485. - 123485. The following definitions shall govern the construction of this...

Section 123490. - 123490. (a) The department shall develop and maintain a statewide...

Section 123491. - 123491. (a) There is hereby established a voluntary nurse home...

Section 123492. - 123492. The department shall develop a grant application and award...

Section 123493. - 123493. (a) The department may accept voluntary contributions, in cash...

Section 123495. - 123495. (a) The department shall seek any federal waiver or...

Section 123500. - 123500. The department shall monitor the delivery of services under...

Section 123505. - 123505. The goals of the community-based comprehensive perinatal health care...

Section 123510. - 123510. The program objectives of the community-based comprehensive perinatal health...

Section 123515. - 123515. In processing and awarding contracts, grants, or agreements pursuant...

Section 123516. - 123516. (a) The department, in consultation with the program administrators,...

Section 123520. - 123520. (a) In developing a comprehensive system, health care providers...

Section 123525. - 123525. The provisions contained in this article shall be subject...

ARTICLE 4 - Perinatal Health Care

Section 123550. - 123550. The Legislature finds and declares that prenatal care, delivery...

Section 123555. - 123555. The department shall develop and implement a uniform sliding...

Section 123560. - 123560. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this...

Section 123565. - 123565. The department shall maintain a program that addresses the...

Section 123570. - 123570. (a) In assisting in the development of the regionalized...

Section 123575. - 123575. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 123576. - 123576. (a) Subject to an appropriation of funds by the...

Section 123600. - 123600. By July 1, 1991, the Health and Welfare Agency...

Section 123605. - 123605. (a) Each county shall establish protocols between county health...

Section 123610. - 123610. It is the intent of the Legislature that funding...

ARTICLE 4.2 - Maternal Mental Health

Section 123615. - 123615. This article shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 123615.5. - 123615.5. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 123616. - 123616. For the purposes of this article, the following terms...

Section 123616.5. - 123616.5. A general acute care hospital or special hospital, as...

Section 123617. - 123617. The program developed pursuant to this article shall include...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Fetal Ultrasound

Section 123620. - 123620. A person or facility that offers fetal ultrasound, or...

ARTICLE 4.6 - California Dignity in Pregnancy and Childbirth Act

Section 123630. - 123630. This article shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 123630.1. - 123630.1. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...

Section 123630.2. - 123630.2. For the purposes of this article, the following terms...

Section 123630.3. - 123630.3. (a) A hospital as defined in subdivision (a) or...

Section 123630.4. - 123630.4. (a) The State Department of Public Health shall track...

Section 123630.5. - 123630.5. (a) A hospital, as defined in subdivision (a) of...

ARTICLE 4.7 - California Pregnancy-Associated Review Committee

Section 123635. - 123635. For the purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 123636. - 123636. (a) The California Pregnancy-Associated Review Committee is hereby established...

Section 123637. - 123637. This article is operative on August 1, 2022. (Added...

ARTICLE 6 - Maternal Mental Health

Section 123640. - 123640. (a) A licensed health care practitioner who provides prenatal,...

ARTICLE 7 - Los Angeles County Abortion Access Safe Haven Pilot Program

Section 123641. - 123641. (a) (1) Of the amounts appropriated in Schedule (3)...