The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will host a webinar next Friday, January 27, from 9:30 – 11:00 am, for new entities interested in participating in the second round of the Whole Person Care pilots (WPC). The webinar will cover the application, budget, and program requirements. To sign up for the webinar, click here….
Read More »On Monday, the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee convened their first hearing on the Governor’s 2017-18 budget proposal. Members serving on the Committee include Senator Holly Mitchell (Chair)(D) – who previously served as chair of Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services –, Jim Nielsen (Vice Chair) (R), Joel Anderson (R),…
Read More »Earlier this week, the California Association of Environmental Health Administrators hosted a two-day cannabis summit, which featured presentations representing the patient perspective, industry, experiences from other states, California’s regulatory agencies, and local environmental health departments. Presentations from the summit can be found here.
Read More »Yesterday, the California Senate Health Committee convened a hearing in Kern County – home to United States House of Representatives Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy – discussing the risks to California should the Federal Government repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Assembly Member Joaquin Arambula, a Central Valley native and former emergency room physician, joined the…
Read More »The California Endowment (TCE) is soliciting applications from local health departments for their second round of Health Equity Awards. Advancing Health Equity Awards 2017: Highlighting Health Equity Practice in California Public Health Departments is intended to recognize and support the innovative work that local public health departments do to achieve health equity. Applications are due…
Read More »Yesterday, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine released their report on the health impacts of cannabis and cannabinoids. Please recall that the California Department of Public Health was one of the sponsors of the study that assessed over 10,000 studies exploring the various impacts cannabis has on a variety of issues including human…
Read More »Early Thursday morning, Senate Republicans began the process of repealing the ACA by opening up the debate on a budget resolution (which provides direction to key committees for the budget reconciliation process, including drafting specific legislative language). During the debate, Senators proposed non-binding amendments to the resolution to be voted upon, which social media tagged…
Read More »Governor Brown’s Budget Release The Governor released his 2017-18 budget proposal this past Tuesday. Unlike in recent years, the Governor projects a $1.6 billion deficit in the forthcoming fiscal year. While the Governor remarked on the looming federal changes ahead, his proposal continues to assume current federal policies and funding levels. CHEAC prepared a summary…
Read More »Los Angeles County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer was recently appointed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors as the Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, effective February 7, 2017. Dr. Ferrer worked as the Chief Strategy Officer of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. She served as the Executive Director…
Read More »The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released their second-round applications for Whole Person Care pilots (WPC). The department posted both an application for new pilots and instructions for first-round “legacy” pilots seeking to expand, on the WPC website The department also posted revised budget instructions. DHCS will also host a webinar on Friday, January…
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