ACEs Aware, the state’s collaboration between the Office of the California Surgeon General and the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), will be hosting a webinar entitled, “The Trauma-Informed Network of Care Roadmap: A Guide for Strengthening Community Relationships,” on Monday, June 28 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. This webinar will discuss the purpose…
Read More »On Tuesday, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released a draft request for proposal (RFP) to solicit feedback from interested parties regarding the Medi-Cal Managed Care Plan contract and upcoming plan procurement process. Interested parties may include, but are not limited to, health plans, counties, providers, advocates, and other stakeholders. DHCS is conducting…
Read More »On Tuesday, Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Committee Chair Nancy Skinner and Assembly Budget Committee Chair Phil Ting announced early agreement between both houses on a joint $267.1 billion budget package, which includes significant investments in public health, individual financial supports, education, and aging. According to both budget committee chairs, the Legislature’s framework builds on…
Read More »Today marks the deadline for the California Legislature to pass bills introduced in their house of origin. The State Senate and Assembly both conducted lengthy floor sessions only this week as they worked to advance hundreds of measures from their house of origin to the next house. Beginning next week, the Senate and Assembly will…
Read More »Today, Governor Gavin Newsom conducted the state’s first “$50,000 Fridays” drawing as part of the “Vax for the Win” incentive program to encourage Californians to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. 15 winners were randomly selected today out of 21 million eligible residents, each winning $50,000, for a total of $750,000 in cash prizes. Winners from today’s…
Read More »On Thursday, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (OSHSB) narrowly adopted, after initially rejecting, a new COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) for California workplaces. Recall, Cal/OSHA previously proposed a revised ETS but then delayed action on the standard after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
Read More »On Thursday, Governor Gavin Newsom visited a restaurant in San Francisco to announce a series of actions to provide restaurants, bars, breweries, and wineries with regulatory relief as the state prepares to reopen its economy with the retirement of the Blueprint for a Safer Economy on June 15. Specifically, the Newsom Administration extended relief measures…
Read More »On Thursday, leaders from the California Health and Human Services (CHHS) Agency, including CHHS Secretary Dr. Mark Ghaly, unveiled a $5.2 billion spending plan to expand home and community-based services (HCBS) for California’s most vulnerable and at-risk residents through the state’s Medicaid program. Recall, in March, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed into law the…
Read More »This week, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. announced a National Month of Action to mobilize the country in reaching its goal of ensuring 70 percent of U.S. adults receive at least one COVID-19 vaccine by July 4. The National Month of Action will engage national organizations, local government leaders, community-based and faith-based organizations, businesses, employers,…
Read More »This week, the Biden-Harris Administration announced a series of strategies to address the COVID-19 pandemic in countries throughout the world, including by donating U.S. vaccine supply, working with U.S. manufacturers to increase vaccine production for the rest of the world, and assisting more countries expand capacity to produce vaccines. Specifically, the Biden-Harris Administration announced its…
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