CHEAC Office Closed on Monday, September 3
The CHEAC Office will be closed on Monday, September 3 in observance of Labor Day. We will resume normal operations on Tuesday, September 4.
Read More »Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Adopts Budget
This week, the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, chaired by Senator Holly Mitchell met to close out final items not addressed by the Subcommittees and to adopt the Senate’s budget package. Senator Mitchell commended the work of the subcommittees which convened a total of 61 hearing. She emphasized that the Senate budget reflects a…
Read More »2018-19 Budget Conference Committee Members Announced
The 2018-19 Budget Conference Committee will be co-chaired by respective budget committee chairs Senator Holly Mitchell and Assembly Member Philip Ting. Conference Committee members include Senators Nancy Skinner, Richard Roth, Jim Nielsen, and John Moorlach and Assembly Members Joaquin Arambula, Richard Bloom, Rocky Chávez, and Jay Obernolte. The Assembly is expected to adopt their full…
Read More »CHEAC Office Closed on Monday, May 28
The CHEAC Office will be closed on Monday, May 28 in observance of the Memorial Day holiday. We will resume normal operations on Tuesday, May 29.
Read More »Fiscal Committees Hold Suspense File Hearings
Fiscal Committees Hold Suspense File Hearings Today marks the deadline for fiscal committees to hear and report bills in their house of origin. Both the Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees reviewed a number of bills in Suspense File hearings this week. Below, we highlight actions of interest to CHEAC Members. An updated version of the…
Read More »Assembly Sub. 1 Votes on Remaining Issues
This week, Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services concluded their work with a final vote-only hearing to close-out all remaining open issues. Key actions of interest to CHEAC members are provided below. Proposition 56 – Local Tobacco Program and Oral Health Program Rollover. The Administration’s May Revision proposed converting specific accounts…
Read More »Policy Committees hear Single-Payer bill and Remaining Bills with Fiscal Implications
This week, hearing agendas were packed with the most complex bills to meet the legislative deadline for bills with fiscal implications to be heard in policy committees. Several key bills were heard, including SB 562 – the Healthy California Act – by Senators Lara and Atkins, which was heard during a Special Order of the…
Read More »Denti-Cal and Oral Health Programs heard in Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1
On Monday, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services heard items related to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the California Department of Public Health(CDPH). As asked, DHCS provided an update on the newborn hearing screening program and the progress with restoring the automated system. DHCS also provided an…
Read More »Medi-Cal 2020 Waiver, CCI, CCS and CHDP heard in Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3
Yesterday, the Senate Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services convened a day-long hearing on issues related to both the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development and the Department of Health Care Services. DHCS representatives provided members with an update on the implementation of the various components of the Medi-Cal 2020 Waiver, including…
Read More »State Releases Proposed Medical Cannabis Regulations
Earlier today, the State released their proposed regulations for medical cannabis. There are three state agencies involved in the regulatory process – the Bureau of Medical Cannabis Regulation, California Department of Public Health and the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Each agency is responsible for various components of the regulations have posted their drafts…
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