Bill > AB609

This bill, known as the California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act, requires that any researcher receiving a research grant from the State Department of Public Health (the "Department") must make their published work publicly accessible online. Specifically, for peer-reviewed manuscripts, an electronic version must be available on a department-approved public database, such as PubMed Central, no later than 12 months after publication, or provided directly to the Department if public access cannot be arranged. For other publications like meeting abstracts, the manuscript must be given to the Department within the same 12-month timeframe. Grantees are responsible for ensuring their publishing agreements comply with these requirements and can use grant funds for publication costs. This chapter does not apply to grants with existing publication requirements that meet or exceed these standards or to grants issued before January 1, 2015, and it will be repealed on January 1, 2020, unless extended by future legislation.