(1) Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of the practice of nursing. A violation of the act is a crime. Existing law requires the board to issue a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery to a person who meets specified qualifications. Existing law authorizes a certified nurse-midwife to attend cases of low-risk pregnancy and childbirth and to provide prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care, including interconception care, family planning care, and immediate care for the newborn, as specified. Existing law authorizes a certified nurse-midwife to practice with a physician and surgeon under mutually agreed-upon policies and protocols, as specified, to provide a patient with care outside of that scope of services or to provide intrapartum care to a patient who has had a prior cesarean section or surgery that interrupts the myometrium.
California SB 667 (20232024) — Healing arts: pregnancy and childbirth.
(1) Existing law, the Nursing Practice Act, establishes the Board of Registered Nursing within the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of the practice of nursing. A violation of the act is a crime. Existing law requires the board to issue a certificate to practice nurse-midwifery to a person who meets specified qualifications. Existing law authorizes a certified nurse-midwife to attend cases of low-risk pregnancy and childbirth and to provide prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care, including interconception care, family planning care, and immediate care for the newborn, as specified. Existing law authorizes a certified nurse-midwife to practice with a physician and surgeon under mutually agreed-upon policies and protocols, as specified, to provide a patient with care outside of that scope of services or to provide intrapartum care to a patient who has had a prior cesarean section or surgery that interrupts the myometrium.
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] — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB667 Dodd et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
SB 667 Dodd Senate Third Reading By Schiavo — 79–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Dodd — primary (person)
Grayson — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
2023-03-01 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
2023-03-06 Set for hearing April 17.
2023-04-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-04-18 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 747.) (April 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-19 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
2023-05-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-24 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-24 Ordered to second reading.
2023-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1403.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-06-15 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2023-06-27 Coauthors revised.
2023-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-07-13 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-07-13 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bryan.