The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research this week issued a new health policy brief exploring the rollout of each Whole Person Care (WPC) program pilot, including implementation strategies and enrollee experiences. The report analyses interim data from the statewide evaluation of WPC to present a snapshot of the 25 participating pilots’ enrollee characteristics and…
Read More »The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, co-sponsored with the Mobilizing Action Toward Community Health (MATCH) Program, will be hosting their webinar series on, “Advancing Racial Equity,” on Tuesday, May 18 at 3:00pm. The webinar will feature representatives from the Michigan Institute of Public Health and the research and program manager from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, government…
Read More »The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Performance Improvement Team will host a webinar on Thursday, May 27, from 8:00 am – 9:30 am PT to discuss information on developing workforce strategies to meet immediate needs and long-term strategies. The webinar will feature former Commissioner of Health for the Commonwealth of Virginia…
Read More »Today marks the deadline for non-fiscal bills to be heard and advanced to the floor by policy committees of the California State Senate and Assembly. Recall, last week, a similar deadline was passed for all legislative measures with fiscal implications to be heard and advanced by policy committees. Bills that did not meet the deadlines…
Read More »This week, Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Subcommittees resumed hearings in preparation of the Governor’s May Revise Budget that will be released next week. On Tuesday, the Senate Budget & Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services (HHS) convened a hearing to review proposals under the purview of the Office of Statewide…
Read More »Earlier this week, the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management, chaired by Assembly Member Freddie Rodriguez, convened a hearing entitled “The Role of Cal OES and Emergency Management in Providing an Equitable Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The hearing featured two panels – one with local representatives and one with state officials. Up first, the local…
Read More »This week, California Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek issued a post setting forth a framework for the Legislature to allocate the anticipated $26 billion to be received by California from the recently enacted federal American Rescue Plan (ARP). Notably, the Legislature will face important decisions on to allocate California’s share of fiscal recovery funds. States have…
Read More »The California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) this week issued an analysis of the estimated costs of expanding full-scope Medi-Cal coverage to all otherwise-eligible residents regardless of immigration status. The LAO notes their analysis is not of a specific legislative measure – such as AB 4 (Arambula) – but instead a cost estimate of a coverage…
Read More »The Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom this week identified a series of actions to build upon the state’s work to vaccinate California’s hard-to-reach communities against COVID-19. As part of the effort to promote COVID-19 vaccines, California Governors Newsom, Brown, Schwarzenegger, and Wilson created and published a new PSA, available here. The Governor’s announcement includes…
Read More »This week, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released results of a statewide survey that sought to gauge public sentiment toward receiving the COVID-19 vaccine. Overall, PPIC found that four in 10 Californians (39 percent) report that they have already received the COVID-19 vaccine. One in four (26 percent) say they will get the…
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