Out-of-state patients will have a navigator that will help with abortion scheduling. They will be able to screen for financial or travel needs, provide counseling regarding the parameters of care, assist with complex scheduling needs, and connect patients with partner organizations that can support travel needs. 

Funds are needed to ensure clinicians are protected and services, like TeleMab, can be implemented safely.

Funds to ensure medications are on hand and ready for increased numbers of patients.

The current number of clinicians available to perform surgical abortions will not meet the potential increased demand. We will train more clinicians in advanced practice to serve more patients while ensuring those in our territory don’t experience increased wait times or delays.

We will expand the hours of service to include mornings, evenings, and additional weekend days to serve patients with more flexible hours.

To meet demand, we will need to expand hours, introduce new work shifts, and hire more health center staff. 

Surgical abortion procedures require those with advanced training and licenses. We will hire additional licensed staff to address the increasing numbers. 

Tele-MAB (telehealth medication abortion) services will be in our Telehealth Department, so when our Tele-MAB option goes live, it will be available to all patients throughout California. At this time, this option will only be available for in-state California patients. We are obtaining a legal opinion required for Tele-MABs, which involves determining workflow and processes and a legal evaluation of our clinical protocols, practice agreements, and third-party contracts. Depending on the timing of that legal opinion, we anticipate going live with Tele-MAB in early 2023.