This week, Assembly Members Phil Ting (Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee), Arambula (Chair of Assembly Budget Sub 1) and Wood (Chair of Assembly Health Committee) announced a $1.044 billion package to fund significant improvements to California’s Health Care System. The measure was debated in Assembly Subcommittee No. 1 on Monday, where it was eventually…
Read More »At Thursday’s hearing in Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3, a panel of experts including representatives of the California Department of Public Health and Dr. Arnold Leff, Santa Cruz County Health Officer, discussed recent infectious disease outbreaks. Discussions ranged from the detailed plans and practices employed during an outbreak to the capacity at the state and…
Read More »This week, the Trump Administration announced its plans to utilize a rare budgetary exercise to request a “rescission” – or claw-back – of $15 billion in federal funds, including those set aside for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Ebola response, and other health-related items. The Trump Administration rescission request targets federal funds appropriated but…
Read More »The U.S. House of Representatives this week continued its discussion and markup of the Farm Bill Reauthorization (H.R. 2) with the measure set for a vote in the House next week. Included in the measure are significant modifications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and SNAP-Education (SNAP-Ed). The measure would propose to consolidate SNAP-Ed…
Read More »On Monday, a federal rule requiring calorie and nutrition information to be posted on menus of certain establishments throughout the United States took effect. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation applies to chain restaurants and similar retail food establishments with 20 or more locations that sell prepared food items, including grocery stores and movie…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) will hold a Cannabis Initiative Local Partners Webinar next Thursday, May 17 from 9:30 am to 10:30 am. The webinar will feature a presentation from the City of Pasadena Public Health Department, as well as a local campaign update from the Los Angeles County Public Health Department. The…
Read More »The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will be holding an overview webinar on the California Children’s Services (CCS) Whole Child Model (WCM) on Friday, May 18 from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. The webinar is intended for youth, parents, caregivers, and interested stakeholders and will detail the new approach to care for children and…
Read More »The California Legislature continued this week with a number of policy committee hearings, moving bills along through the legislative process. A number of bills have met their fate by either missing last week’s fiscal bill deadline or failing passage in policy committees. Senate and Assembly policy committees face another deadline on next Friday, May 11…
Read More »Next week, the Governor is expected to reveal his May Revision to his January budget proposal, though by statute, the Administration has until May 14 to do so. The Governor’s January Budget Proposal alluded to areas where updated estimates would be provided in the May Revision, such as the impact related to the passage of…
Read More »CHEAC, in partnership with CAPH/SNI, CSAC, and CBHDA, will be hosting a Whole Person Care (WPC) Data Sharing Convening on Tuesday, May 22 from 9:30 am – 4:00 pm at the Hilton Hotel – Oakland Airport. The convening will bring together WPC leads, behavioral health leads, county counsel, and other team members to share legal,…
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