On Monday, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services heard budget issues related to substance use disorder treatment and prevention both under the oversight of the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). CDPH was asked to provide the Legislature with an update on…
Read More »On Tuesday, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services and the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education Finance convened a joint hearing exploring Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). The hearing, co-chaired by Assembly Members Arambula and McCarty, began with a panel of experts illustrating the impact of adverse childhood experiences and…
Read More »Yesterday, the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services convened hearing items related to four state agencies, the California Emergency Medical Services Authority, Department of Managed Health Care, Department of Health Care Services and the Department of Public Health. Two key items of interest to CHEAC, our request for Oral Health Rollover…
Read More »This week, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services continued to hear budget issues related to public health. Highlights from the discussion are provided below: Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH). Connie Mitchell, Deputy Director of the California Department of Public Health, the Center for Family Health (the Center) provided members…
Read More »As budget hearings continue to ramp up, this week the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services convened two hearings. Monday’s hearing focused on issues related to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the Department of Managed Health Care, while Thursday’s hearing focused on the Department of Rehabilitation and the…
Read More »On Thursday, the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services briefly revisited the IHSS MOE deal reached during the 2017-18 budget negotiations. Will Lightbourne, Director of the California Department of Social Services, provided a concise recap of events surrounding the new MOE provisions, including the Administration’s elimination of the Coordinated Care Initiative…
Read More »On Monday, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services convened a hearing predominantly focused on issues related to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). Susan Fanelli, CDPH Assistant Director, provided subcommittee members with a general overview of the department’s budget, highlighting their General Fund budget of $138 million. The budget…
Read More »The Assembly Budget Committee held a hearing on Tuesday to provide an overview of Governor Brown’s proposed 2018-19 State Budget. In like fashion of last week’s Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee overview hearing, Amy Costa from the Department of Finance walked members through major components of the Governor’s proposal and Mac Taylor from the…
Read More »Yesterday, the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee convened a hearing to provide an overview of the Governor’s proposed 2018-19 Budget. Senator Holly Mitchell, chair of the Committee, remarked on how she was encouraged to see continued investments in critical public services, such as early childhood education, K-12 and higher education, Medi-Cal (via provider rates)…
Read More »The California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) recently published its overview of Governor Brown’s proposed FY 2018-19 State Budget. The overview details major proposals of the budget, including funding the rainy day reserve fund, boosting spending on schools and community colleges, and supporting new infrastructure projects. The LAO projects that based on their current assessments, revenues…
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