Today, Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled a series of new actions to increase outreach and education among employers and workers throughout the state to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 at work, home, and in the community. These new supports include: Isolation and Quarantine Supports – The state will allocate existing federal funds to local health departments…
Read More »On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a series of actions related to personal protective equipment (PPE) to further strengthen the state’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Newsom has directed the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and the Office of Emergency Services (OES) to increase the state’s strategic stockpile to 100 million N-95…
Read More »In light of a significant number of COVID-19 cases, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Judge Jon Tigar on Wednesday issued an order to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) requiring the state to develop a plan to vacate at least 100 beds in each prison throughout the state for…
Read More »On Wednesday, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) released its proposed Medi-Cal 2020 12-month extension request. Recall, California’s Section 1115(a) Medicaid waiver, entitled Medi-Cal 2020, was approved by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on December 30, 2015 and is effective through December 31, 2020. DHCS intended to launch California Advancing…
Read More »This week, the Newsom Administration announced additional sector restrictions to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 throughout the state. The actions include: Expanded Closures of Indoor Operations for Certain Sectors, Counties On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced expanding indoor closures of certain businesses both statewide and in counties…
Read More »This week, the Newsom Administration announced a handful of COVID-19 testing-related activities, including updated COVID-19 testing guidance, new requirements for health plans to cover testing, and new California COVID-19 Testing Task Force leaders. Below, each of the actions is detailed: Testing Guidance The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued updated testing guidance that focuses…
Read More »This week, the Newsom Administration announced the availability of $600 million in funding for Homekey, the next phase of Project Roomkey to provide shelter for Californians experiencing homelessness who are at high risk from serious illness from COVID-19. Homekey grant funds are available to counties, cities, and other governmental entities to purchase and rehabilitate hotels,…
Read More »On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced actions required of 19 counties on the County Monitoring List for three consecutive days or more, including closing indoor operations for specified sectors which promote the mixing of populations beyond households and make adherence to physical distancing and wearing face coverings…
Read More »On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a series of appointments to leadership roles within the California Department of Public Health and the California Department of Social Services, among other agencies. The following officials were appointed: Erica Pan, Deputy Director for the Center for Infectious Disease and California State Epidemiologist, CDPH – Erica Pan has been…
Read More »The Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC), the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced earlier this week that businesses with state commercial cannabis licenses expiring between July 1, 2020, and August 31, 2020, may request 60-day deferrals of their license fee payments as a means of…
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