California flag The bills being considered include a ban the sale of flavored tobacco products; allowing California to develop its own brand of generic drugs; enhancing the state AG's power to reject hospital mergers; and allowing nurse practitioners to practice independently. (Photo: Shutterstock)

California lawmakers are barreling toward an end-of-month deadline to pass or kill bills amid the biggest public health crisis the state has faced in a century.

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