Public health: public postsecondary education: student health centers: abortion by medication techniques.

A standalone subsection label '(d)' that appeared as a drafting artifact between subsection (d)(2)(B) and subsection (e) was removed, cleaning up the bill's structure.

Page number references changed from 94 to 93 throughout the document, reflecting a one-page reduction in the bill's length after the cleanup.

The amendment date header was updated to 'AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 20, 2026' with the prior July 2 date retained as a secondary line.

Community colleges can now satisfy the medication abortion access requirement by providing information, facilitating referrals or warm handoffs, assisting students in identifying support resources, or maintaining current referral information for participating providers, rather than only by directly offering the service.

A community college is deemed to provide access through a partnership if its student health center has established a written referral relationship, memorandum of understanding, or contract with one or more licensed providers capable of providing abortion by medication techniques.

The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges may enter into a statewide agreement with a health provider to supply community college student health centers with services and resources needed to meet the bill's requirements.

Appropriated funds for community college implementation may now be used for a specified list of costs including telehealth infrastructure, contracts with external providers, clinical staffing and medical oversight, staff training, administrative and legal support, insurance billing consultation, student outreach materials, data collection and reporting, and other reasonably necessary direct and indirect costs.

The 2030 legislative report on community college medication abortion access is now submitted by the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls rather than the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges commission.

The commission, in consultation with the Chancellor's office, must develop a standardized reporting framework that minimizes administrative burden and protects student privacy. Community colleges are only required to report information reasonably available through existing operations, and are not required to collect protected health information from external providers, track services beyond what is voluntarily provided, or establish new clinical data systems solely for reporting.

The deadline for community college student health centers to offer access to abortion by medication techniques was delayed one year, from January 1, 2028 to January 1, 2029. The corresponding legislative report deadline was also pushed from January 1, 2029 to January 1, 2030.

The requirement that community college student health centers offer abortion by medication techniques 'onsite' was removed. The new language simply requires them to 'offer access to' the service, which could be fulfilled through telehealth, contracted external agencies, or partnerships with other community health providers without requiring on-campus delivery.

A reporting requirement (subsection C) that would have required each community college to report the total amount of funds expended on medication abortion readiness, including sources and disaggregation by function and student health center, was removed entirely from the bill.

Language throughout the community college section was changed from centers 'providing' or 'offering' abortion by medication techniques to 'offering access to' those services, shifting the obligation from direct service delivery to facilitating access through various means.

The entire final section stating the Legislature's intent to affirm and protect the fundamental right of individuals to make personal decisions regarding reproductive health care was deleted from the bill.

The bill title changed from 'relating to reproductive public health' to 'relating to public health,' removing the explicit reference to reproductive health in the act's stated purpose.

The phrase 'but not necessarily limited to' was replaced with 'including, but not limited to' in multiple locations throughout the bill, a standard drafting clarification that does not change meaning.

The fiscal committee designation in the digest changed from 'no' to 'yes,' indicating the bill now requires fiscal committee review before passage.

Coauthors were added: Assembly Members Aguiar-Curry, Ahrens, Bonta, Caloza, Nguyen, Papan, and Schiavo, plus Senators Wahab and Weber Pierson.

In Section 99251(b)(1), the language changed from 'the commission is authorized to receive moneys from nonstate entities' to 'the commission may receive moneys from nonstate entities,' shifting from an authorization framing to a permissive one.

The bill's scope shifted from a general statement of legislative intent about reproductive privacy rights to specific Education Code provisions governing medication abortion at public postsecondary student health centers across all three segments (UC, CSU, and community colleges).

Extends medication abortion requirements from UC and CSU campuses to community college student health centers, contingent upon a future legislative appropriation in the Budget Act or another statute. The Commission on the Status of Women and Girls must first assess whether remaining fund moneys are sufficient to cover community college readiness costs.

Establishes the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund with $200,000 per campus allocations to UC and CSU for medication abortion readiness, plus $200,000 per university system for system-level costs such as 24-hour backup medical support and telehealth infrastructure. Implementation requires at least $10,290,000 in private funds and explicitly prohibits use of General Fund moneys or student fees.

On or before January 1, 2028, public university student health centers must promote awareness of medication abortion services, provide information to students, and post availability on their internet websites. On and after January 1, 2028, community colleges with student health centers must offer medication abortion onsite and meet the same awareness requirements.

Sets multiple deadlines: January 1, 2023 for public university student health centers to begin offering medication abortion; December 31, 2026 as the final annual reporting date for public universities; January 1, 2028 for awareness requirements and community college implementation; January 1, 2029 for the commission's report on community college implementation (inoperative January 1, 2032).

Adds Section 99250 defining key terms including 'medication abortion readiness' (assessment of facility and training needs, purchasing equipment, facility improvements, clinical protocols, patient education materials, and staff training - but not the provision of abortion itself), 'public university student health center,' and 'community college.'

Requires the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls to submit annual reports to the Legislature (through 2026) on the number of centers providing medication abortion, number of procedures performed, and fund expenditures, with privacy protections under state and federal law. A separate report on community college implementation is due by January 1, 2029.

Community college requirement changed from 'offer abortion by medication techniques onsite' to 'offer access to abortion by medication techniques,' removing the onsite-only constraint and allowing broader delivery models.

Assembly Member Sharp-Collins added as a coauthor of the bill.

New provision allows community college student health centers to provide services 'through partnerships with other community health providers, as appropriate,' in addition to on-staff providers, telehealth, or contracted external agencies.

Community college reporting requirements expanded to include data on centers that 'provide access to medication abortion techniques through other providers, or both,' reflecting the broader access model.

Community college compliance deadline pushed from January 1, 2028 to January 1, 2029. The associated legislative report deadline was also pushed from January 1, 2029 to January 1, 2030.

Responsibility for community college reporting and advisory assistance shifted from the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls to the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.

Removed the requirement that the commission assess whether remaining funds in the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund are sufficient to allocate funding to community colleges for direct and indirect costs of medication abortion readiness.