The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Climate Change and Health Equity Section (CCHES) this week issued its monthly update summary for March 2022. In its update, CCHES highlights funding opportunities through the CDPH Office of Health Equity (OHE), state government updates, public comment opportunities on climate programming, and toolkit resources to support local work….
Read More »CHEAC is proud to issue our February #WeArePublicHealth Newsletter, featuring the critical work of California local health departments. The latest edition of the newsletter features the health departments’ work in health equity activities, workforce innovations, and proposed public health workforce investments. The February edition can be accessed here.
Read More »Today, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) unveiled “COVID-19 Community Levels,” a new tool to help communities determine what COVID-19 prevention strategies to take based on the latest available data. Levels can be “low,” “medium,” or “high” based on a combination of three metrics. The metrics utilized by the CDC include new…
Read More »This week, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) updated three State Public Health Officer Orders allowing receipt of a COVID-19 booster to be deferred for up to 90 days for infections that occurred after the primary vaccine series. The updated orders apply to covered workers detailed in the three State Public Health Officer Orders…
Read More »CHEAC recently welcomed Damitra “Dimi” Hawkins to the CHEAC Staff as a Fiscal Analyst. Dimi joins CHEAC from the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) where she most recently served as Chief of the County and Tribal-Based Medi-Cal Administrative Activities Unit in the Local Governmental Financing Division. Dimi served in various capacities at DHCS…
Read More »The CHEAC Legislative Committee today convened its first daylong bill review meeting to assess the first batch of new legislative bills introduced in the second year of the 2021-22 Legislative Session. The Legislative Committee reviewed nearly 30 measures of potential interest to California local health departments and public health services in the state. The CHEAC…
Read More »Budget Subcommittees of both the California State Senate and Assembly this week maintained busy schedules, considering a series of investment proposals from the Newsom Administration in areas of health care, health care workforce, food insecurity, and other notable areas. Below, we highlight relevant hearings. Senate Sub. 3 Considers Investments for DHCS On Thursday, the Senate…
Read More »The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) this week published a brief assessing various January Budget proposals from the Newsom Administration related to improving health care access and affordability in California. The LAO details opportunities for the Legislature to improve affordability of health plans purchased through Covered California, as well as key access and affordability challenges that…
Read More »Late last week, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. extended the national emergency declaration related to the COVID-19 pandemic beyond March 1, 2022. The national emergency was initially declared on March 13, 2020, and was set to expire on March 1 without an extension. The extension issued by the Biden Administration allows for the continuation of…
Read More »Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the continued phased rollback of executive orders issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the Governor took action to “lift all but 5 percent of COVID-19 related executive order provisions” while maintaining critical measures to support the state’s ongoing response and recovery efforts. According to the Newsom Administration, the…
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