California Environmental Quality Act: environmental impact reports: coal handling, storage, and export.
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Overview
This bill amends California’s Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to require environmental impact reports (EIRs) for coal handling, storage, and export facilities. Specifically, it expands the definition of ‘emergency services and care’ under CEQA to include reproductive health services, such as abortion. Additionally, the bill modifies congressional district boundaries, making them operative only if California voters approve Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8 and another state adopts a new congressional district map that wasn’t mandated by a court order. It declares the bill an urgency statute to address immediate concerns about reproductive healthcare access and congressional redistricting.
Key provisions
- Expands the definition of ‘emergency services and care’ to include reproductive health services, including abortion.
- Requires environmental impact reports (EIRs) for coal handling, storage, and export facilities.
- Makes congressional district boundaries operative only if Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8 is approved and another state adopts a new congressional district map (not mandated by court order).
- Declares the bill an urgency statute, allowing it to take effect immediately.
- Provides that no reimbursement is required for costs incurred by local agencies or school districts due to the bill's provisions.
- Modifies Section 21454 of the Elections Code to specify conditions under which new congressional district boundaries become operative.
- Defines ‘psychiatric emergency medical condition’ and related provisions.
- Clarifies the scope of licensure and clinical privileges for medical personnel.
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