California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1868: Health facilities: cardiac surgery.
Status: In committee, August 13, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add Section 1255.4 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health facilities. health facilities Health facilities: cardiac surgery. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes a general acute care hospital to be approved to offer special services, including, among others, cardiac surgery…
From the committee substitute text, June 8, 2026:
An act to add Section 1255.4 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health facilities. health facilities Health facilities: cardiac surgery. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes a general acute care hospital to be approved to offer special services, including, among others, cardiac surgery. Existing regulation requires, when a general acute care hospital is providing cardiovascular operative service, that a minimum of 3 surgeons constitute a surgical team if the procedure requires extracorporeal bypass. This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2030, to update that regulation to reflect current professional standards of care relating to extracorporeal bypass surgery. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 1255.4 is added to the Health and Safety Code , to read: 1255.4. On or before January 1, 2030, the department shall update paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 70435 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations to reflect current professional standards of care relating to extracorporeal bypass surgery.
Sponsors
- James Gallagher (R) · primary sponsor
- Heather Hadwick (R, AD01) · primary sponsor
- Jeff Gonzalez (R, AD36)
- Natasha Johnson (R, AD63)
- Alexandra Macedo (R, AD33)
- Stan Ellis (R, AD32)
- Greg Wallis (R, AD47)
Latest actions
- : In committee: Held under submission.
- : In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
- : From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
- : From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
- : Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
- : In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5301.)
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.)
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
Votes
- Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (June 24, 2026): 11 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 1868 Gallagher Assembly Third Reading (May 26, 2026): 75 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass. (May 14, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (March 17, 2026): 16 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB1868?
- AB1868 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Health facilities: cardiac surgery.
- What does AB1868 do?
- In its own words: An act to add Section 1255.4 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to health facilities. health facilities Health facilities: cardiac surgery. Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health facilities, including general acute care hospitals, by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law authorizes a general acute care hospital to be approved to offer special services, including, among others, cardiac surgery…
- What is the status of AB1868?
- In committee as of August 13, 2026. Latest action: In committee: Held under submission. (August 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB1868?
- James Gallagher (R), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for AB1868?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1868
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