(a) On and after January 1, 2023, each public university student health center shall offer abortion by medication techniques onsite. This service may be performed by providers on staff at the student health center, through telehealth services, or by providers associated with a contracted external agency. (b) (1) The commission shall administer the College Student Health Center Sexual and Reproductive Health Preparation Fund, which is established by this chapter for the purposes of providing private moneys in the form of direct allocations to the University of California and the California State University to support medication abortion readiness at each public university student health center. Notwithstanding any other law, the commission is authorized to receive moneys from nonstate entities, including, but not necessarily limited to, private sector entities and local and federal government agencies, specifically to support the fund, and deposit these moneys into the fund. (2) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the commission for allocation for purposes of this subdivision. (3) The commission shall use fund moneys to do all of the following: (A) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per campus to the University of California and the California State University. Of these funds, each university system shall provide two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to each public university student health center to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Purchase of equipment used in the provision of abortion by medication techniques. (ii) Facility and security upgrades. (iii) Costs associated with enabling the campus health center to deliver telehealth services. (iv) Costs associated with training staff in the provision of abortion by medication techniques. (v) Staff cost reimbursement and clinical revenue offset while staff are in trainings. (B) Allocate two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to both the University of California and the California State University, to pay for the cost, both direct and indirect, of medication abortion readiness for each university system. Allowable expenses payable from these allocations may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Providing 24-hour, backup medical support by telephone to patients who have obtained abortion by medication techniques at a public university student health center. (ii) One-time fees associated with establishing a corporate account to provide telehealth services. (iii) Billing specialist consultation. (C) Maintain a system of financial reporting on all aspects of the fund. The financial reports shall include, but not be limited to, information from public university student health centers on their expenditures and activities associated with this chapter. (D) Support implementation of medication abortion readiness by public university student health centers by measures that may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) Assisting student health centers with planning and budgeting. (ii) Coordinating with student health centers to identify training and other resources. (iii) Serving as a liaison between each public university system, public university student health centers, and the Legislature. (iv) Collecting, compiling, and analyzing information from public university student health centers to meet the commissionâs reporting requirements under subdivision (d). (E) Pay direct and indirect costs of the commission to administer this chapter, including costs of the hiring of staff. (4) The requirements of this chapter shall be implemented only if, and to the extent that, a total of at least ten million two hundred ninety thousand dollars ($10,290,000) in private funds is made available to the fund in a timely m
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