This week, fiscal committees in both houses acted on a number of two year bills hoping to continue through the legislative process. Today is the deadline for bills introduced in 2017 to be heard and reported to the floor. Two year bills that were advanced to the floor of their house of origin must be…
Read More »Yesterday, the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee convened a hearing to provide an overview of the Governor’s proposed 2018-19 Budget. Senator Holly Mitchell, chair of the Committee, remarked on how she was encouraged to see continued investments in critical public services, such as early childhood education, K-12 and higher education, Medi-Cal (via provider rates)…
Read More »The California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) recently published its overview of Governor Brown’s proposed FY 2018-19 State Budget. The overview details major proposals of the budget, including funding the rainy day reserve fund, boosting spending on schools and community colleges, and supporting new infrastructure projects. The LAO projects that based on their current assessments, revenues…
Read More »On Wednesday, the Assembly Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage convened an informational hearing on achieving better access and greater value in California. The hearing featured a range of speakers exploring Medi-Cal enrollees’ access to care and physicians, stark differences in provider payments, costs of healthcare, and coverage in California. One…
Read More »This week, CHEAC signed onto a Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) letter to Congressional leaders expressing disappointment in and opposition to the recent $750 million cut to the federal Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF). Recall, the cut was made as part of the December short-term government funding measure and was used to offset temporary…
Read More »On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the formation of the new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR). The new division was created to protect doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals who refuse to take part in certain medical procedures, such as…
Read More »The Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) released this week Racial Healing and Achieving Health Equity in the United States, a report that highlights health inequities, the factors that influence them, and policy recommendations to achieve health equity. The report was produced in conjunction with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) initiative….
Read More »The CHEAC Office will be closed on Monday, January 15 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. We will return to normal operations on Tuesday, January 16.
Read More »On Wednesday, Governor Jerry Brown released his proposed FY 2018-19 State Budget, marking his final budget proposal of his eight year term. The $190.3 billion ($131.7 billion General Fund) budget includes a $6.1 billion surplus in revenues and would dedicate $3.5 billion of the surplus to the state’s rainy day fund, achieving the constitutional target…
Read More »This week, the Legislature convened an informational hearing focused on justice for victims of sexual harassment. The hearing, convened jointly by the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Select Committee on Women, Work, and Families and co-sponsored by the Legislative Women’s Caucus, explored current sexual harassment laws in our state and included compelling testimony from a victim…
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