This week, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) released the results of the annual immunization assessment of children entering kindergarten in California in the 2016-17 school year and found that vaccination rates among kindergarteners are at their highest rate since 2001. According to the report, 96 percent of students attending kindergarten in 2016-17 had…
Read More »The Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) issued a report entitled A Funding Crisis for Public Health and Safety this week which found that inflation-adjusted funding for disease prevention and health promotion programs has declined by approximately $580 million at the federal level and has remained flat in states since 2010. Notable findings of the report…
Read More »Transportation has consumed the Legislature and Governor’s focus this week as the Legislature passed SB 1 (Beall) and ACA 5 (Frazier) yesterday evening. The bills are headed to the Governor for signature and would increase transportation funding by $5.2 billion per year for the next decade. Meanwhile, a few bills of interest were heard in policy…
Read More »House Republicans continue to strategize on ways to revive the American Health Care Act (AHCA) which came to a sudden halt two weeks ago due to a lack of votes. This week, Republicans participated in two all-day sessions with Administration officials in hopes of finding a pathway forward. One amendment did emerge this week to…
Read More »On Tuesday evening, the Brown Administration released proposed cannabis trailer bill language (TBL). The proposed language seeks to address differences between the Adult Use Marijuana Act (AUMA) and the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA), specifically on differences in the respective licensing structures. Of particular interest to local health departments is the language the…
Read More »Recently, the Trump Administration released more detail on the proposed cuts offered in their recent Skinny Budget release. The above linked chart presents a variety of Federal Fiscal Year 2017 “reduction options.” Included in these recommendations, is a proposed current year cut to the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) grants of $49 million (page 10)…
Read More »The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) recently released a report detailing Medi-Cal financing and its impact on the state budget. According to the report, state spending on Medi-Cal has outpaced growth in state revenues, and Medi-Cal currently accounts for 15 percent of total General Fund expenditures. The PPIC report explores additional revenue-generating options including…
Read More »The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) invites you to register for the Advancing Prevention in the 21st Century: Commitment to Action (P21) 2.0 Conference which will be held on May 16-17, 2017 in Sacramento. The conference will convene statewide partners from public and private sectors to advance strategies to improve equity in health and…
Read More »The CHEAC office will be closed on Friday, March 31 in observance of Cesar Chavez Day. We will return on Monday, April 3.
Read More »Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services conducted a vote on the Assembly’s proposal seeking to mitigate the adverse county impacts resulting from the Governor’s action to discontinue the Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI) and eliminate the county maintenance of effort (MOE) on In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) costs. The proposal put forth by…
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