SB-1226 • 2026

Pupil health: individuals with exceptional needs: respiratory services.

Education

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Ochoa Bogh
Last action: 2026-03-04
Official status: Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and ED.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Pupil health: individuals with exceptional needs: respiratory services.

SB 1226, as introduced, Ochoa Bogh.

What This Bill Does

SB 1226, as introduced, Ochoa Bogh.
Pupil health: individuals with exceptional needs: respiratory services.
Existing law, the Respiratory Care Practice Act, prohibits a person from engaging in the practice of respiratory care unless the person is a licensed respiratory care practitioner, except for specified respiratory care functions, including, among others, the performance of suctioning and other basic respiratory tasks and services by a licensed vocational nurse under the supervision of a credentialed school nurse, as provided.
Existing law authorizes individuals with specified qualifications and meeting certain requirements to assist an individual with exceptional needs who requires specialized physical health care services, as defined, during the regular schoolday.

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Bill History

2026-03-04 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on B. P. & E.D. and ED.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2026-02-19 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 1226, as introduced, Ochoa Bogh.
Pupil health: individuals with exceptional needs: respiratory services.
Existing law, the Respiratory Care Practice Act, prohibits a person from engaging in the practice of respiratory care unless the person is a licensed respiratory care practitioner, except for specified respiratory care functions, including, among others, the performance of suctioning and other basic respiratory tasks and services by a licensed vocational nurse under the supervision of a credentialed school nurse, as provided.
Existing law authorizes individuals with specified qualifications and meeting certain requirements to assist an individual with exceptional needs who requires specialized physical health care services, as defined, during the regular schoolday. Existing law also authorizes a licensed vocational nurse, under the supervision of a credentialed school nurse, to assist an individual with exceptional needs who requires specialized
physical health care with the basic respiratory services authorized by the Respiratory Care Practice Act.
This bill would repeal the authorization for a licensed vocational nurse, under the supervision of a credentialed school nurse, to assist an individual with exceptional needs with the above-described basic respiratory services authorized by the Respiratory Care Practice Act. The bill would instead authorize individuals, if they have the qualifications and meet the requirements referenced above for providing specialized physical health care services to an individual with exceptional needs, to provide a defined set of basic respiratory services to those individuals.

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