AB-1386 • 2026

Health facilities: perinatal services.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Bains
Last action: 2026-02-02
Official status: From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text and summary do not provide specific dates for when changes take effect or the exact details of compliance plans.

Health Facilities Must Provide Perinatal Services

The bill requires general acute care hospitals to offer perinatal services as part of their basic services and sets up a process for approving compliance plans.

What This Bill Does

Makes perinatal services a required basic service for general acute care hospitals starting on an unspecified date.
Requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a process to approve or deny 'perinatal service compliance plans'.
Necessitates that hospitals not providing perinatal services submit a plan to meet this requirement by an unspecified deadline.

Who It Names or Affects

General acute care hospitals in California.
The State Department of Public Health.

Terms To Know

Perinatal services: Healthcare provided during pregnancy, childbirth, and the immediate postpartum period.
Compliance plan: A detailed plan submitted by hospitals to show how they will meet new requirements for perinatal services.

Limits and Unknowns

The specific dates when these changes take effect are not provided.
It does not specify the exact details of what information must be included in a compliance plan.

Bill History

2026-02-02 California Legislative Information
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
2026-01-31 California Legislative Information
Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
In committee: Held under submission.
2025-05-14 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-30 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-13 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-02-24 California Legislative Information
Read first time.
2025-02-22 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1386, as introduced, Bains.
Health facilities: perinatal services.
Existing law establishes the licensure and regulation of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health, including, among others, general acute care hospitals. A violation of these provisions is a crime. Under existing law, a general acute care hospital is required to provide certain basic services, including medical, nursing, surgical, anesthesia, laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, and dietary services. Existing law authorizes a general acute care hospital to provide various special or supplemental services if certain conditions are met. Existing regulations define a supplemental service as an organized inpatient or outpatient service that is not required to be provided by law or regulation.
This bill would, beginning ____, include perinatal services as a basic service. The bill would require, on or before ____, the department to
establish a process to approve or deny a “perinatal service compliance plan” to meet the requirement to provide perinatal services. The bill would require, on or before ____, any general acute care hospital that does not provide perinatal services to submit a “perinatal service compliance plan to the department, with specified information. By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

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