This week, House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-New Jersey) introduced a continuing resolution to extend government funding through January 19, 2018. Recall, last week Congress passed a two-week government funding measure that expires next Friday, December 22. In addition to extending overall government funding, H.J. Res. 124, which is currently in the House…
Read More »Today, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a letter to states announcing that CMS will no longer accept state proposals to finance Medicaid 1115 Demonstrations by drawing down federal funds for programs that have historically been paid for by states outside of Medicaid. These time-limited arrangements, known as Designated State Health…
Read More »The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) announced today the awardees of the 2017-2018 Accreditation Support Initiative (ASI). These awards will support local health departments in addressing needs in preparing and applying for accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB). The ASI awards are made possible by funding and support of…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) will hold a webinar to preview the Let’s Talk Cannabis Community Toolkit on Tuesday, December 19 from 9:00 am to 10:00 am. The webinar is designed to assist local health agencies, public health practitioners, and other local partners start a conversation on the potential health effects of using…
Read More »The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, along with a handful of other partner organizations, released this week Broken Promises to Our Children: A State-by-State Look at the 1998 Tobacco Settlement 19 Years Later. The report examines the expenditure of tobacco settlement funds and taxes and finds that many states are significantly underfunding tobacco prevention and…
Read More »The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to launch a new tobacco cessation campaign in January 2018 titled Every Try Counts. The campaign will target adults with cessation education aimed at encouraging cigarette smokers to quit tobacco use through messages of support that highlight health benefits of quitting tobacco use. These messages will be displayed…
Read More »On Wednesday, CHEAC hosted a one-day Health Realignment Training for county health executives and senior staff. Over 100 individuals from over 50 jurisdictions were in attendance for the training which featured several presentations from technical experts on 1991 Realignment and its impact on local health departments. The following topics were covered in the training: Realignment…
Read More »On Thursday—one day before the deadline to avoid a government shutdown—the House and Senate passed a two-week stopgap funding measure. President Donald Trump signed the measure today, extending current federal government funding levels through December 22. Extensive negotiations are expected to occur between now and the December 22 deadline, particularly as the short-term spending measure…
Read More »Today, President Donald Trump declared a federal emergency declaration for the recent wildfires in Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties. The emergency declaration authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to coordinate disaster relief efforts and direct necessary resources to alleviate impacts of the emergency. More information on the president’s emergency…
Read More »According to researchers from the University of Kentucky, investments in public health programs appear to reduce spending in the Medicare program, suggesting new directions for containing costs by aligning medical and public health programs. The study is published in the December issue of the journal Health Services Research and tracks hundreds of U.S. communities between…
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