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Announcements, COVID-19 | January 30, 2021

Newsom Administration Announces TPA for Vaccine Distribution, Transition to Age-Based Framework

This week, the Newsom Administration announced several sweeping changes related to COVID-19 vaccine allocation, distribution, and administration. The Administration framed the forthcoming changes as lessons learned from the state’s 10-day one-million vaccine doses challenge from earlier this month. Led by the Government Operations Agency (GovOps) and the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHS), the…

Announcements, COVID-19 | January 30, 2021

Newsom Signs Executive Order on Vaccination Efforts

This week, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-02-21 to support state efforts in vaccinating as many Californians as possible against COVID-19. The order confirms existing law related to provider liability protections applies to health care professionals and providers participating in the state’s vaccine administration program. The order additionally extends liability protections to others, including…

Announcements, COVID-19 | January 30, 2021

State Ends Regional Stay-at-Home Orders, Returns Counties to Blueprint Tiers

On Monday, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced the end of the state’s Regional Stay-at-Home Order, effectively lifting the order for all regions statewide, including the three regions that had still been under the order (Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley, and Southern California). Four-week ICU capacity projections for the three regions still under…

COVID-19, Federal | January 30, 2021

Biden-Harris Administration Rolls Out Additional COVID-19 Actions

Following a series of COVID-19-related announcements in their first week in office, including the issuance of the Administration’s 200-page National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness, the Biden-Harris Administration rolled out additional actions to support the federal government’s response to the ongoing public health emergency. The Biden-Harris Administration this week announced the following…

Announcements, Federal | January 30, 2021

Biden Acts on Health Coverage, Racial Equity, Climate Change, and More

This week, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. issued a series of executive actions related to a wide array of subject areas, including racial equity, health coverage, climate change, manufacturing, and more. Below, we highlight the executive actions of most interest to CHEAC Members: Health Access and Coverage The Biden-Harris Administration issued two actions related to…

Announcements, COVID-19 | January 30, 2021

CHCF Poll Finds Wide Support for State, Local Health Departments in COVID-19 Fight

The California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) yesterday released results of its 2021 CHCF California Health Policy Survey, an annual representative statewide survey of California residents that was conducted between November 2020 and January 2021. The poll includes Californians’ experiences of the health care system in the last year and the health policy agenda they want…

Announcements, Tobacco | January 30, 2021

Referendum Seeking to Overturn Flavored Tobacco Ban Qualifies for 2022 Election

Late last week, the California Secretary of State’s Office announced a referendum seeking to overturn SB 793 (Hill) that would ban the sale of flavored tobacco products statewide. The law, which was signed into statute in late August 2020, was set to take effect at the beginning of this month. However, given that the referendum…

ACEs, Announcements | January 30, 2021

State Awards $30.8 Million for ACEs Aware Trauma-Informed Networks of Care

This week, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the Office of the California Surgeon General (CA-OSG) awarded $30.8 million in ACEs Aware grant funds to 35 organizations across California. As part of its ACEs Aware Initiative, DHCS and CA-OSG provided funding to help build and strengthen robust networks of care to effectively…

Announcements, Reports | January 30, 2021

Children Now Issues 2020-21 Children’s County Scorecard

This week, Children Now issued its 2020-21 California County Scorecard of Children’s Well-being, an interactive tool detailing data on how children are doing in each of California’s 58 counties. The tool tracks 39 key indicators of children’s well-being over time, by race/ethnicity, and relative to other counties from prenatal stages to the transition to adulthood….

Webinars | January 30, 2021

CDA to Hold Equity in Aging Webinar

The California Department of Aging (CDA) will hold a webinar as part of its “Ensuring Equity in Aging” series, entitled “Culturally Informed Policy and Programs for Black Elders.” The webinar will be held on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. The webinar will cover a range of topics, including how historic…