Existing law requires a physician and surgeon, as defined, to give a patient diagnosed with breast cancer a standardized written summary, made available to physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California, containing recommendations of the Cancer Advisory Council, to inform the patient of the advantages, disadvantages, risks, and descriptions of the procedures with regard to medically viable and efficacious alternative methods of breast cancer treatment. The summary is required to be revised every 3 years and include any new or revised information, as specified.
California AB 1386 (20172018) — Genomic cancer testing information.
Existing law requires a physician and surgeon, as defined, to give a patient diagnosed with breast cancer a standardized written summary, made available to physicians and surgeons by the Medical Board of California, containing recommendations of the Cancer Advisory Council, to inform the patient of the advantages, disadvantages, risks, and descriptions of the procedures with regard to medically viable and efficacious alternative methods of breast cancer treatment. The summary is required to be revised every 3 years and include any new or revised information, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1386 WALDRON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1386 WALDRON Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1386 Waldron et al. By Leyva — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Waldron — primary (person)
Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
Caballero — principal coauthor (person)
Cristina Garcia — principal coauthor (person)
Leyva — principal coauthor (person)
Skinner — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-30 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2017-03-30 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2017-04-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2017-05-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-05-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-31 Measure version as amended on May 26 corrected. amendment-passage
2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1945.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-06-14 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2017-07-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 12). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-07-17 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2017-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2577.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3145.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2017-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 693, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2817cee8-c198-4adb-81dd-d2c01ff6f853. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).