CaliforniaMedical Board will track midwives available to supervise students
By April 1, 2027, the Medical Board must ask licensed midwives whether they can supervise students, then share the information quarterly with state health planners.
What it does
The Medical Board must ask licensed midwives whether they qualify and are available to supervise students in approved midwifery programs. Midwives may decline without penalty.
The Medical Board must share the information with the state health data department each quarter for workforce planning and public reporting. Individual midwives must remain confidential.
The state health data department must tell the Legislature what it finds from the midwife information.
The midwife information requirements stop operating on June 30, 2029, and are repealed on January 1, 2030.
Argument forStatewide information about available supervisors and practice settings could help planners spot gaps in clinical training placements for student midwives.
Argument againstMidwives may have to share sensitive work and availability details, which could raise privacy concerns even though agencies must publish only group totals.
More detail
The Medical Board of California must ask licensed midwives for information about whether they qualify and are available to supervise student midwives. The request covers clinical supervision of students enrolled in midwifery education programs approved by the Medical Board of California. A midwife does not have to provide the information to renew a license and cannot be disciplined for declining. The board must begin requesting the information by April 1, 2027.
The Medical Board must send the collected midwife information to the Department of Health Care Access and Information each quarter. The information is used for statewide midwifery workforce planning, analysis, and public reporting. The board and department must keep individual information confidential and may release only totals that cannot identify a midwife.
The Department of Health Care Access and Information must report its findings to the Legislature. The report must cover the department’s findings based on the midwife information it receives. The report is due on or before June 30, 2029.
The new midwife information requirements become inactive and are later repealed. This end date applies to the midwife information provisions in this bill. They become inoperative on June 30, 2029, and are repealed as of January 1, 2030.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 27Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 492, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 27Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 4Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 28Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Special Consent SB1271 Reyes et al. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 27Ordered to special consent calendar.
- Aug 25In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 1271 Reyes Senate Third Reading By Stefani. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 25Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6496.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 21Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 21Read third time and amended.Major
- Aug 21Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 6296.)
- Aug 17Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 13Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 13).Major
- Aug 13Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- Aug 5August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- Jul 1From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jul 1Coauthors revised.
- Jun 30
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 16From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 9From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.Major
- May 26Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH.Minor
- May 20In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- May 19Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4352.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading SB1271 Reyes et al. Result: pass.Upper
- May 18Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 14Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Upper
- May 14From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4271.) (May 14).Major
- May 8Set for hearing May 14.
- May 4May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 24Set for hearing May 4.
- Apr 23From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 4011.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 22
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 15Set for hearing April 22.
- Apr 13From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3841.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 9Set for hearing April 13.
- Apr 8Re-referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and HEALTH.Minor
- Mar 25From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.Major
- Mar 4Referred to Com. on RLS.Minor
- Feb 23Read first time.Minor
- Feb 23From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- Feb 20Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced
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