SB 5244: Providing an exemption for women, infants, and children program staff to perform hematological screening tests.
Signed into law: Chapter 8, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Riccelli
- Introduced
- January 14, 2025
- Status
- C 8 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 4, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Establishes an exemption from requirements regarding medical assistants for a person administering certain hematological tests at a clinic for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 27, 202593 yea · 0 nay · 5 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 25, 202549 yea · 0 nay
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