Today is the deadline for the Senate and Assembly policy committees to hear and report all measures with a fiscal impact in their house of origin. While many bills were advanced onto fiscal committees, several other measures met their fate by either failing passage or not receiving a hearing in their policy committees. The Legislature…
Read More »The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services convened a marathon hearing, beginning sometime in the 10 o’clock hour and carrying on through the evening. Members heard budget items under the Department of State Hospitals (DSH), the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the Department of Public Health (CDPH). Discussion on…
Read More »This week, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), the California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative (CMQCC), and the Public Health Institute (PHI) released a comprehensive statewide review of maternal deaths from 2002-2007, offering key insights to improving care and strategies to further reduce preventable maternal mortality. The report determined that California has experienced a significant…
Read More »The Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) will be holding three regional workshops in northern rural counties in May. Recall, the ITUP workshops will be held to provide updates on state and federal health reform and share local challenges and best practices. The upcoming workshops locations include: North Rural – Mendocino: Tuesday, May 15, 11:30 am…
Read More »The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) is accepting submissions for several local health department and public health practitioner awards. Submissions are due next Friday, May 4 at 11:59 PST for the following awards: 2018 National Advocate of the Year Award: This award seeks to recognize outstanding accomplishments of LHD staff related…
Read More »The California Legislature experienced another whirlwind of a week, holding a series of policy committee hearings and amending measures ahead of significant upcoming deadlines. Recall, policy committees must hear and report fiscal bills introduced in their house of origin by next Friday, April 27. The Legislature will face a similar deadline in early May for…
Read More »On Monday, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services heard budget issues related to substance use disorder treatment and prevention both under the oversight of the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). CDPH was asked to provide the Legislature with an update on…
Read More »This week, Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tennessee) and Patty Murray (D-Washington), Chair and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), respectively, introduced the “Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018.” The measure, S. 2680, is the result of 40 various proposals from Republican and Democratic Senators, seven bipartisan hearings over…
Read More »Last week, President Donald Trump quietly issued an executive order directing a wide swath of federal agencies, including the Departments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, and Education, to review and develop rules for “any program that provides means-tested assistance or other assistance that provides benefits to people, households, or families…
Read More »Recently, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) held a webinar regarding the California Children’s Services (CCS) CMSNet Cleanup Initiative. The webinar was used to address concerns among counties, provide an update on proper contact information with DHCS, detail the progress of the CCS service authorization request (SAR) backlog cleanup effort, and clarify instructions…
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