Asm Jim Wood "Proud to co-author bill to provide compassionate access to medical cannabis in healthcare facilities for Californians who are terminally ill"

Statement from Assemblymember Jim Wood on co-authoring SB 311

“I’m proud to be a co-author on Senator Ben Hueso’s bill to provide compassionate access to medical cannabis in healthcare facilities for Californians who are terminally ill,” said Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa). SB 311, known as “Ryan’s Law,” would require that hospitals and certain types of health care facilities in California allow a terminally ill patient to use medical cannabis for treatment and/or pain relief.

Governor Signs AB 890 by Assemblymember Jim Wood Providing Full Practice Authority to Nurse Practitioners through a Transition to Practice Process

SACRAMENTO–Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 890 by Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa), a law that will allow nurse practitioners full practice authority through a transition-to-practice process, joining more than two dozen other states, Washington, DC, and the Veterans Administration that provide pathways to allow nurse practitioners to practice independently.