Governor Gavin Newsom on Sunday met the deadline for the governor to sign or veto bills passed by the Legislature on or before September 13, officially concluding the 2019 legislative year. In total, over 2,600 measures were introduced by the Senate and Assembly. Of those introduced, 870 bills were signed into law and 172 bills…
Read More »On Wednesday, the Assembly Health, Governmental Organization, Business and Professions Committees convened a joint informational hearing titled, “Vaping Tobacco and Cannabis Products: Health Effects and Deficiencies in Regulation and Current Law.” The nearly four-hour hearing was convened amid increasing youth and young adult use of vaping products, ongoing reports of vaping-related illnesses and injuries nationwide,…
Read More »Yesterday, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Alzheimer’s Disease Program released the new California Healthy Brain Initiative Funding Opportunity Request for Applications (RFA). The RFA process opened October 17 and will close on January 6, 2020. $4.5 million is available to six local health jurisdictions, including up to two rural counties and at least…
Read More »The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) today issued guidance related to the 2019-20 Governor’s Budget investment of $20 million from the Mental Health Services Fund to encourage additional counties to initiate Whole Person Care-like pilot capacity at the local level. California has successfully established 25 Whole Person Care (WPC) Pilot programs throughout the…
Read More »Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Health Policy Research recently completed an evaluation of the state’s Whole Person Care (WPC) Pilot program, finding that the collaboration among medical, behavioral, and social service providers improves the lives of patients with complex needs. Recall, WPC Pilots are part of the Department of…
Read More »The Alzheimer’s Association will host a national webinar on Thursday, October 31 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm titled, “Addressing Healthy Aging Across the Whole Public Health Agency: A Washington State Case Study.” Webinar participants will learn how the Washington State Department of Health is engaging the agency to create a unified response to healthy…
Read More »As a friendly reminder, the 2019 CHEAC Annual Meeting will be held next Wednesday, October 9 through Friday, October 11 at the Westin Pasadena. Annual meeting attendees are encouraged to reference the email with key reminders as they prepare to travel to Pasadena. Due to the Annual Meeting, the CHEAC Office will be closed for…
Read More »Governor Gavin Newsom continues to take action on measures passed by the Legislature and faces a deadline on Sunday, October 13 to sign or veto all measures advanced to his desk. As a reminder, CHEAC will issue a final bill chart in mid-October indicating all actions on tracked measures. Below, we highlight a number of…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released new data on California’s adolescent birth rate, finding a record low of 13.9 births per 1,000 females between the ages of 15-19. The record low reflects an 11.5 percent decline between 2016 and 2017. CDPH indicated the decline can be attributed to a number of factors including…
Read More »The Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) this week opened registration for its 2020 Annual Conference which will be held February 24 and 25 in Sacramento. The 24th Annual Conference theme is Taking Bold Steps in Uncertain Times and will explore the steps California is taking to improve health care and coverage in the state against…
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