California Health and Safety Code

§ 124991

HSC § 124991 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 106 · Part 5 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)(1) The Birth Defects Monitoring Program, within the State Department of Public Health, shall collect and store any umbilical cord blood samples it receives from hospitals for storage and research. For purposes of ensuring financial stability, the Birth Defects Monitoring Program shall ensure that the following conditions, alone or in combination, are met:

(A)The fees paid by researchers pursuant to subdivision (c) shall be used for, and be sufficient to cover the cost of, collecting and storing blood samples, including umbilical cord blood samples.

(B)The department receives confirmation that a researcher has requested umbilical cord blood samples from the Birth Defects Monitoring Program for research or has requested umbilical cord blood samples to be included within a request for pregnancy or newborn blood samples through the program and has provided satisfactory evidence that adequate funding will be provided to the department from the fees paid by the researcher for the request.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 598, Sec. 2. (SB 1099) Effective January 1, 2025.