California Legislative Updates

SB 29 (Liard) Civil actions: decedent’s cause of action A coalition of health care advocates, including CSAP, is advocating for SB 29 (Laird) to be amended to exclude medical malpractice cases. You may view their letter and other helpful documents below: Oppose Unless Amended letter Myth / Fact handout Health Care / Cost [...]

Last Saturday in Los Angeles during the American Psychiatric Association’s Annual Meeting, the Southern California Psychiatric Society (SCPS) and CSAP provided the content for a session on advocacy in California. The session was well attended and featured commentary by Drs. Laura Halpin and Emily Wood of SCPS, CSAP’s state advocates based in Sacramento, [...]

CSAP and its members continue to do everything possible to restore SAMSHA and other cuts and proposed cuts at the federal level. California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing a lawsuit against the Trump Administration challenging the unlawful mass firing of roughly 10,000 [...]

Letter to Attorney General Bonta  Last week, we previewed for you a draft letter to California Attorney General Rob Bonta regarding the dismantling of SAMHSA. The letter was finalized and sent to the Attorney General. You may view the letter here. Almost immediately upon receipt, the Attorney General's staff reached out to [...]

On Wednesday, three of CSAP’s sponsored bills were heard in a marathon hearing of the Senate Health Committee. Between the three bills heard, former Government Affairs Chairwoman Dr. Emily Wood and CSAP advocate Dylan Elliott of SYASL spent over an hour and 30 minutes before the committee engaged in debate with opposition [...]

The APA and AACAP have sent a letter to Secretary Kennedy. The goal is to engage with the Make America Healthy Again Commission in a dialogue to educate them about effective life-saving treatment for children with MH SUD. APA remains committed to protecting and supporting our policies. You may view [...]