Policy update
Erin Schultz, JD, Law and Policy Analyst

Over the last few months, the Health Workforce Pilot Project mechanism under which the Project operates has received some attention from the California legislature. Senator Sam Aanestad (R–Grass Valley) introduced a bill (SB 761) that would have severely limited the HWPP mechanism and stripped the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development's (OSHPD) authority to offer approval to pilot projects similar to HWPP #171. We are happy to report that on July 7th, SB 761 was heard in the Assembly Committee on Health and it did not receive enough votes to move beyond that committee.

The introduction of SB 761 provided Project staff with the opportunity to update members of the State Legislature on the incredible work underway at partner organizations throughout the state to increase the number of clinicians currently providing aspiration abortions in California. These updates were met with interest, and we received many encouraging responses. If you are a trainee participating in the APC Project and you are interested in becoming more involved in related policy activities, please contact Erin Schultz.

 

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