§ 128570. — 128570. (Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 601, Sec. 2.)

(a)
The California Nurse-Midwifery Education Fund is hereby created within the Department of Health Care Access and Information for the purpose of establishing California-based, master’s level, nurse-midwifery education programs within the California State University, the University of California, or both.
(b)
The department shall administer the fund. The fund shall receive moneys from the General Fund for the purposes of this article upon appropriation by the Legislature.
(c)
It is the intent of the Legislature for the 2025–26 state fiscal year, for two million dollars ($2,000,000) to be appropriated from the General Fund to the department for use in the California
Nurse-Midwifery Education Fund.
(d)
The fund may receive donations and contributions from public and private entities, partnerships between public and private entities, fees, cash advances, and transfers from the General Fund.

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 601, Sec. 2. (SB 520) Effective January 1, 2026.