California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2009: Blood banks and plasma centers.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 1246.7 of the Business and Professions Code, and to amend Sections 1603.2, 1605, and 1615 of, and to add Sections 1606.7 and 1613.1 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. public health Blood banks and plasma centers. (1) 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…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to amend Section 1246.7 of the Business and Professions Code, and to amend Sections 1603.2, 1605, and 1615 of, and to add Sections 1606.7 and 1613.1 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to public health. public health Blood banks and plasma centers. (1) 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. A violation of these licensing provisions is a misdemeanor. Existing law requires a license to be automatically revoked when there is a change of address, ownership, or person in charge of biologics production. Existing law authorizes a new license to be secured for the new location, owner, or person in charge prior to the actual change, as specified. This bill would prohibit the department from automatically revoking the plasma collection center’s license when there is a change of the person in charge of biologics production if the owner or the owner’s representative provides written notification of the change to the department within 5 days of the change, as specified, and the licensee submits, within 30 days of the …
Sponsors
- Phillip Chen (R, AD59) · primary sponsor