Postsecondary education: student health care services: HIV preexposure and postexposure prophylaxis.

Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Many institutions in these segments offer health care services to their students. This bill would require the student health centers of all campuses of the University of California and the California State University to have HIV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) , as defined, on hand and readily available to dispense to students in need, upon required consultation and exams, at low or no cost to a student, as specified. The bill would also require those student health centers to provide preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) , as defined, to students in need as soon as possible or within 15 calendar days of a request. The bill would also provide, as an alternative to directly providing PrEP or PEP to a student in need, authorize a campus to help the student navigate the process of obtaining PrEP or PEP through the student's insurance or through other resources, while offering to coordinate the student's transportation, at no cost to the student, to any necessary consultations, to pick up the medication, and to engage in followup care with the student's provider if it is located off campus.