California Health and Safety Code

§ 1627

HSC § 1627 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 2 · Ch. 4 · Art. 8

Statute text

(a)(1) The University of California is requested to develop a plan to establish and administer the Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Program for the purpose of collecting units of umbilical cord blood for public use in transplantation and providing nonclinical units for research pertaining to biology and new clinical utilization of stem cells derived from the blood and tissue of the placenta and umbilical cord. The program shall conclude no later than January 1, 2027.

(2)For purposes of this article, “public use” means both of the following:

(A)The collection of umbilical cord blood units from genetically diverse donors that will be owned by the University of California. This inventory shall be accessible by the National Registry and by qualified California-based and other United States and international registries and transplant centers to increase the likelihood of providing suitably matched donor cord blood units to patients or research participants who are in need of a transplant.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 604, Sec. 1. (SB 883) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 1630.