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Gov. Schwarzenegger Signs SB962 to Create a System to Collect and Store Umbilical Cord Blood
October 15, 2007
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thursday signed a package of bills intended to improve care for California's 77,000 foster children by extending benefits to kids with disabilities when they reach age 18 and improving access to health care and mental health services.
"These are bills that are going to help a lot of kids," said Assemblywoman Noreen Evans, D-Santa Rosa, whose bill, AB1331, was among those signed by the governor.
Evans' legislation will require counties to sign up eligible foster care children before they turn 18 for federal aid, with the idea that some of them might be able to continue receiving support after they become adults.
In other action Thursday, the governor signed Migden's legislation, SB962, which calls on the state to create a system to collect and store umbilical cord blood. Research shows that umbilical cord blood shows promise to treating as many as 70 blood diseases, including leukemia and sickle cell anemia.
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