Health facilities: epidural and enteral feeding connectors.
Existing law, as of January 1, 2016, prohibits a health facility, as defined, from using an epidural connector or an enteral feeding connector, that would fit into a connector other than the type it was intended for, unless an emergency or urgent situation exists and the prohibition would impair the ability to provide health care. Existing law also requires a health facility to develop a patient safety plan and, until January 1, 2016, requires that plan to include measures to prevent adverse events associated with misconnecting enteral feeding and epidural lines. Violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor.
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AB 444
California AB 444 (20152016)
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Health facilities: epidural and enteral feeding connectors.
California AB 444 (20152016) — Health facilities: epidural and enteral feeding connectors.
Existing law, as of January 1, 2016, prohibits a health facility, as defined, from using an epidural connector or an enteral feeding connector, that would fit into a connector other than the type it was intended for, unless an emergency or urgent situation exists and the prohibition would impair the ability to provide health care. Existing law also requires a health facility to develop a patient safety plan and, until January 1, 2016, requires that plan to include measures to prevent adverse events associated with misconnecting enteral feeding and epidural lines. Violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 444 GIPSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
AB 444 GIPSON Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gipson — primary (person)
Pan — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1109.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-04-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-06-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-06-29 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2015-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-07-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1755.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-07-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2015-07-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2311.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-08-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2015-08-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-08-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 198, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/47cf6239-801e-4504-88d6-f22b8044dc99. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).