§ 99251. — 99251. (Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 740, Sec. 2.)

(a)
On and after January 1, 2023, each public university student health center shall offer abortion by medication techniques onsite. This service may be performed by providers on staff at the student health center, through telehealth services, or by providers associated with a contracted external agency.
(b)
(1)
The commission shall administer the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund, which is established by this chapter for the
purposes of providing private moneys in the form of
direct allocations to the University of California and the California State University to support medication abortion readiness at each public university student health center. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission is authorized to receive moneys from nonstate entities, including, but not necessarily limited to,
private sector entities and local and federal government agencies, specifically to support the fund, and deposit these moneys into the fund.
(2)
Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the commission for allocation for purposes of this subdivision.
(3)
The commission shall use fund moneys to do all of the following:
(A)
Allocate
two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per campus to the University of California and the California State University. Of these funds, each university system shall provide two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to each public university student health center to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness. Allowable expenses
payable from these allocations may
include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
(i)
Purchase of equipment used in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.
(ii)
Facility and security upgrades.
(iii)
Costs associated with enabling the campus health center to deliver telehealth services.
(iv)
Costs associated with training staff in the provision of abortion by medication techniques.
(v)
Staff cost reimbursement and clinical
revenue offset while staff are in trainings.
(B)
Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to both the University of California and the California State University, to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness for each university system.
Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
(i)
Providing 24-hour, backup medical support by telephone to patients who have obtained abortion by medication techniques at a public university student health center.
(ii)
One-time fees associated with establishing a corporate account to provide telehealth services.
(iii)
Billing specialist consultation.
(C)
Maintain a system of financial reporting on all aspects of the fund. The financial reports shall include, but not be limited to, information from public university
student health centers on their expenditures and activities associated with this chapter.
(D)
Support implementation of medication abortion readiness by public university student health centers by measures that may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
(i)
Assisting student health centers with planning and budgeting.
(ii)
Coordinating with student health centers to identify training and other resources.
(iii)
Serving as a liaison between each public university system, public university student health centers, and the
Legislature.
(iv)
Collecting, compiling, and analyzing information from public university student health centers to meet the commission’s reporting requirements under subdivision (d).
(E)
Pay direct and indirect costs of the commission to administer this chapter, including costs of the hiring of staff.
(4)
The requirements of this chapter shall be implemented only if, and to the extent that, a total of at least ten million two hundred ninety thousand dollars ($10,290,000) in private funds is made available to the fund in a timely manner on or after January 1, 2020. It is the intent of the Legislature that both of the following occur:
(A)
No General Fund moneys shall be appropriated, or otherwise provided, to support the fund or the commission’s costs to administer this chapter.
(B)
The commission shall assist public university student health centers in identifying other resources to pay for the costs of medication abortion readiness, and for the costs of providing for abortion by medication techniques.
(5)
Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted as requiring
either of the following:
(A)
A public university to use General Fund moneys or student fees for medication abortion
readiness.
(B)
A public university student health center to bill public programs or health insurance providers to support the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques onsite.
(c)
Upon request from a public university student health center, the commission shall assist and advise on potential pathways for
the student health center to bill public programs and health insurance providers to help pay for the costs of providing abortion by medication techniques.
(d)
(1)
On or before December 31, 2021, and on or before December 31 of each year thereafter until December 31, 2026, the commission shall submit a report to the Legislature that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, all of the following information for each reporting period, separately for
each public university system:
(A)
The number of student health centers that provide abortion by medication techniques.
(B)
The number of abortions by medication techniques performed at student health centers, disaggregated, to the extent possible, by student health center.
(C)
The total amount of funds received by each system and provided to the system’s student health centers that is expended on medication abortion readiness, and, separately, the total
amount of any other funds expended on medication abortion readiness and the source of those funds, disaggregated by function and, to the extent possible, disaggregated by student health center.
(2)
The report required in paragraph (1), and any associated data collection, shall be conducted in accordance with state and federal privacy law, including, but not necessarily limited to, the state Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section 56) of Division 1 of the Civil Code), the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), and the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191).
(3)
The requirement for submitting reports under paragraph (1) shall become inoperative on January 1,
2027, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 740, Sec. 2. (SB 24) Effective January 1, 2020.