CA AB 1196
deadHealth facilities: cardiac surgery.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1196 pass?
No. CA AB 1196 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-02-02): From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
What is CA AB 1196 about?
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes a general acute care hospital to be approved to offer special services, including, among others, cardiac surgery. Existing regulation requires, when a general acute care hospital is providing cardiovascular operative service, that a minimum of 3 surgeons constitute a surgical team if the procedure requires extracorporeal bypass. This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2029, to update that regulation to reflect current professional standards of care relating to extracorporeal bypass surgery.
Who sponsors CA AB 1196?
Gallagher is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1196.
Description
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes a general acute care hospital to be approved to offer special services, including, among others, cardiac surgery. Existing regulation requires, when a general acute care hospital is providing cardiovascular operative service, that a minimum of 3 surgeons constitute a surgical team if the procedure requires extracorporeal bypass. This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2029, to update that regulation to reflect current professional standards of care relating to extracorporeal bypass surgery.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2026-02-02 — From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Gallagherauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-02-02
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
committee-passage,failure
2026-01-31
Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
failure
2025-05-23
In committee: Held under submission.
2025-05-14
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-05
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-05-01
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-04-30
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 29).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-03-18
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2025-03-17
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-17
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2025-02-24
Read first time.
reading-1
2025-02-22
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21
Introduced. To print.
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 16-0
Member-level votes (16)
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Patel: yes
- Addis: yes
Related bills
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