STAFF REPORT
City of Lancaster
CC 15
6/10/2025
TN
Date: June 10, 2025
To: Mayor Parris and City Council Members
From: Andrea Alexander, City Clerk
Subject: Adopt Ordinance Adding Chapter 8.80 to the Lancaster Municipal Code Establishing the Right to Try Investigational Therapies for All Persons Aged 70 or Older, Restricted to Licensed Medical Facilities Within the City Recommendation:
Adopt Ordinance No. 1132 adding Chapter 8.80 to the Lancaster Municipal Code establishing the right to try investigational therapies for all persons aged 70 or older, restricted to licensed medical facilities within the city.
G.C. Section 84308: No
Fiscal Impact:
None
Background:
California Health & Safety Code § 111548 et seq. provides for “qualified patients” to access investigational therapies after completion of Phase I trials. Individuals aged 70 or older facing conditions without satisfactory FDA-approved treatments should also have access to investigational therapies, subject to strict oversight. The proposed Ordinance would add Chapter
8.80 to the Lancaster Municipal Code establishing the right to try investigational therapies for all persons aged 70 or older, restricted to licensed medical facilities within the city.
At the Lancaster City Coucil meeting held on May 27, 2025, the City Council approved the introduction of Ordinance No. 1132 adding Chapter 8.80 to the Lancaster Municipal Code establishing the right to try investigational therapies for all persons aged 70 or older, restricted to licensed medical facilities within the city, by the following vote: 5-0-0-0; AYES: Hughes-Leslie, Malhi, Mann, Crist, Parris; NOES: None; ABSTAIN: None; ABSENT; None.
Attachment:
Ordinance No. 1132