The Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) invites CHEAC Members to participate in its 2019 Regional Workgroup Convenings. ITUP regional workgroups bring together local leaders and community members to engage in constructive dialogue, problem-solving, and identification of creative policy solutions that expand access and improve the health of Californians. The workgroup findings are used to inform…
Read More »Governor Gavin Newsom this week embarked on a statewide “California for All” Health Care Tour to highlight his Administration’s “major, first-in-the nation” proposals to improve health care affordability, lower prescription drug costs, and move California closer to the goal of health care for all. Governor Newsom’s proposals include expanding full-scope Medi-Cal coverage to all undocumented…
Read More »With the release of Governor Newsom’s May Revision, budget subcommittees have been working in earnest throughout the week to hear all May Revision proposals. While the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittees completed their work by voting on all remaining open items this week, the Assembly Budget Subcommittees are set to do so early next…
Read More »Yesterday, both the Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees held Suspense File hearings ahead of today’s deadline for fiscal committees to hear and report bills in their house of origin. In hearings each lasting just over one hour, Appropriations Committees advanced or shelved over 1,000 bills. As a result of the hearings, over 700 bills remain…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Office of Oral Health (OOH) will host a webinar on Wednesday, May 22 from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm, featuring the work of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) in developing a community health improvement plan. Representatives from the San Francisco Local Oral Health Program, CavityFree…
Read More »Yesterday, Governor Gavin Newsom released the 2019-20 May Revision, which includes updated figures and proposed investments to the Governor’s January budget proposal. Notably, Governor Newsom’s May Revision includes a proposed investment of $40 million one-time General Fund (available over four years) for local health departments (LHDs) and tribal communities for infectious disease prevention, testing, and…
Read More »On Monday, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services held a marathon hearing of all health-related member and stakeholder proposals. In previous years, the subcommittee considered member and stakeholder proposals during hearings throughout the spring as related department items were addressed. However, this year, the subcommittee implemented a new process in…
Read More »On Thursday, the Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services held a hearing that included an informational update on the California Children’s Services (CCS) Whole Child Model (WCM) implementation. Recall, SB 586 (Chapter 625, Statutes of 2016) established the WCM in designated County Organized Health System (COHS) jurisdictions through…
Read More »This week, the California Legislature maintained a steady pace of committee and floor activities as it approaches a series of upcoming deadlines. Today marks the last day for policy committees to meet prior to June 3, and next Friday marks the last day for fiscal committees to hear and report to the floor bills introduced…
Read More »This month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vital Signs publication examined pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. According to the CDC, about 700 women die each year from complications of pregnancy, finding that about a third of deaths occurred during pregnancy, a third occurred at delivery or in the week after, and…
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