This week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a provisional report of life expectancy in the U.S., finding overall life expectancy dropped by more than a year and one half from 78.8 years of age in 2019 to 77.3 years of age in 2020. The decline in life expectancy is the…
Read More »Between January 1, 2020, and September 30, 2020, the state’s ACEs Aware initiative reported new data details on the number of adverse childhood experience (ACE) screenings conducted by health care providers statewide. According to the released data, more than 17,100 providers have completed the training and are ACEs Aware-certified, including about 9,700 Medi-Cal Providers in…
Read More »This week, the California State Senate and Assembly continued a steady pace of legislative and budget actions before adjourning for their month-long summer recess. The deadline for policy committees to meet and report bills passed on Wednesday, leaving a relatively narrow window for legislators to get their bills across the finish line during the remainder…
Read More »On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law the state’s FY 2021-22 budget agreement between the Newsom Administration and the Legislature. Recall, last month the Legislature passed its own version of the budget (AB 128) to meet the June 15 constitutional budget deadline while negotiations between legislative leaders and the Newsom Administration. Then, at the…
Read More »Today, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an emergency proclamation for Siskiyou County due to the Lava Fire, as well as Lassen and Plumas counties due to the Beckwourth Complex Fire. A copy of the Governor’s proclamation is available here.
Read More »Following last week’s issuance of updated K-12 schools guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on Monday released the state’s schools guidance for the 2021-22 school year. The CDPH guidance aligns California school policy with the CDC’s guidance, and CDPH has acknowledged the priority…
Read More »This week, the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) confirmed receipt and completion of California’s Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver, referred to as California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM). CMS today opened a 30-day federal public comment period, allowing individuals to provide input on California’s request for a five-year Medicaid demonstration extension. The federal…
Read More »One of the deals struck in this year’s FY 2021-22 State Budget was the consolidation of the state’s three legalized cannabis governing departments (Bureau of Cannabis Control, California Department of Public Health, and Department of Food and Agriculture) into one centralized department now known as the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC). The intent of this…
Read More »This week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released preliminary data of drug overdose death counts for 2020, finding a nearly 30 percent increase in overdose deaths compared to the year prior. Approximately 93,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in 2020, compared to 72,000 in 2019. Notably, California, along with nine…
Read More »This week, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued the Biden-Harris Administration’s first health advisory, warning the American public about the urgent threat of health misinformation. As indicated by the U.S. Health and Human Services, health misinformation and disinformation have threated the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to prevent Americans from receiving a…
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