Registration for the 2018 CHEAC Annual Meeting is now open! This year’s annual meeting will be held from October 17 – October 19 at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento and will provide local health department professionals representing a wide variety of disciplines throughout California with networking and learning opportunities. Early bird registration will be offered through…
Read More »The Legislature maintained a very busy hearing scheduling this week as policy committees face a deadline next Friday, June 29 to hear and report all fiscal bills. Non-fiscal bills must be heard and reported by policy committees the following Friday, July 6, prior to the Legislature breaking for their summer recess. With the upcoming deadlines,…
Read More »On Monday, the Legislature passed nine additional budget trailer bills, most notably the health and human services omnibus bills. Recall last Friday, the Legislature passed the main 2018-19 budget bill and a handful of related trailer bills, meeting the June 15 constitutional deadline for passing a budget. As highlighted in last week’s CHEAC budget memo,…
Read More »On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed an $867 billion Farm Bill Reauthorization (H.R. 2) on a 213-211 vote. The measure, which encompasses wide-ranging topics such as nutrition assistance, agricultural research, crop subsidies, and rural development, faced a tumultuous journey in making it through the House. Recall last month, the Farm Bill failed passage…
Read More »The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has launched the “Bigger Choices” campaign, which focuses on how teens are talking about cannabis and how it impacts their lives. “Bigger Choices” addresses cannabis use among Los Angeles County teens by educating them on the health effects and other impacts using peer-to-peer dialogue. A “Bigger Choices”…
Read More »The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) recently released a new communications toolkit for local health departments and other community-based organizations to educate and inform their communities about the benefits of water fluoridation. NACCHO’s website also features comprehensive resources, including fluoridation fact…
Read More »The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a funding opportunity available to local health departments for a five-year Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) initiative to improve health, prevent chronic diseases, and reduce health disparities for local communities. Applicants must focus on evidenced-based strategies associated with tobacco, nutrition, physical…
Read More »Registration for the 2018 CHEAC Annual Meeting is now open! This year’s annual meeting will be held from October 17 – October 19 at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento and will provide local health department professionals representing a wide variety of disciplines throughout California with networking and learning opportunities. Early bird registration will be offered through…
Read More »On Thursday, the California Legislature adopted the 2018-19 budget package, meeting the June 15 constitutional deadline for passing a budget. A handful of budget trailer bills, including those related to health and human services, have not yet been acted upon due to the requirement that bills must be in print for 72 hours before being…
Read More »The California Legislature continued with a busy schedule of committee hearings this week, facing two upcoming deadlines on June 29 and July 6 for bills to be advanced out of their committees. The next several weeks will feature a flurry of actions on bills prior to the Legislature’s July summer recess. Below, we highlight significant…
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