Source plasma donation.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the regulations that will be created by the health department or the exact procedures local health officers must follow regarding HIV-positive test results.

California Source Plasma Donation Centers Act

This act allows individuals to operate source plasma donation centers where they can pay donors for their plasma, requires these centers to get a license from the State Department of Public Health, and mandates health department regulation including inspections and penalties for violations.

What This Bill Does

• Allows individuals to start source plasma donation centers where they can collect plasma from donors who are paid for their donations.
• Requires operators of these centers to obtain a license from the State Department of Public Health.
• Gives the state health department authority to inspect and regulate these centers, including suspending or revoking licenses if rules are broken.
• Establishes penalties for breaking the new regulations, making violations punishable as misdemeanors.
• Requires local health officers to remove records of plasma donors who tested positive for HIV after notifying them.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who want to start source plasma donation centers
• Plasma donors who will be paid for their donations
• Local and state health officials responsible for regulation

Terms To Know

Source Plasma Donation Center

A place where people donate plasma, which is then used to make medicines or other products.

Misdemeanor

A type of crime that is less serious than a felony but more serious than an infraction.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much money donors can be paid for their plasma.
• It's unclear what specific regulations the health department will create to implement this act.
• Local health officers must follow new procedures regarding HIV-positive test results, but details are not provided.

Official Summary Text

AB 725, as amended, Solache.
Source plasma donation.
Existing law requires a person engaged in the production of human whole blood or human whole blood derivatives to be licensed by the state, and requires licensed blood banks and blood transfusion services to meet specified standards. Existing law authorizes the State Department of Public Health to establish and require compliance with additional requirements, as specified.
This bill, the California Source Plasma Donation Centers Act, would authorize a person to operate a source plasma donation center for the purpose of collecting source plasma, as defined. The bill would, among other things, authorize a source plasma donation center to offer payment to a donor of money or other valuable consideration. The bill would require the operator of a source plasma donation center to obtain a license from the State Department of Public Health, as
specified. The bill would authorize the department to regulate source plasma donation centers, including to inspect the property or records of the center and to suspend or revoke a license for violation of specified law or regulation. The bill would authorize the department to promulgate any regulations it deems necessary to implement the bill’s provisions. The bill would make a violation of the bill’s provisions a misdemeanor, and would authorize a district or city attorney to prosecute a violation of the bill’s provisions. By creating a new crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
This bill would require a local health officer, if they obtained records from a source plasma donation center of a plasma donor who had a reactive result to HIV antibody testing, upon completion of the officer’s efforts to locate and notify the plasma donor, to expunge all of the individual’s records. By imposing additional duties on local health officials, this bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
Existing law establishes the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Fund and requires specified fees collected from the licensing and regulation of blood banks and blood transfusion services to be deposited in the fund, available upon appropriation, for the purpose of regulating blood banks and blood transfusion services.
This bill would additionally require fees collected from the licensing and regulation of source plasma donation centers to be deposited in the fund for the purpose of regulating source plasma donation centers, upon appropriation by the Legislature.
Existing law requires specified establishments that receive specified human whole blood and derivatives to be considered blood bank depositories and require specified procedures on blood for transfusion to be the sole responsibility of the blood bank depository.
This bill would exempt source plasma donation centers from these provisions.
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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Current Bill Text

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