California Legislative Updates

Now that Proposition 1 has passed, the Department of Health Care Services has shared that planning and implementation guidance on Prop 1 will be released in phases. As DHCS works to align behavioral health funding as required by the provisions in Prop 1, there will be opportunities for stakeholder engagement [...]

The Yes on Prop 1 Coalition has released a press statement as follows: Voters Approve Proposition 1, Landmark Measure to Fund Mental Health and Homelessness Programs The major overhaul to California’s mental health funding system and $6.4 billion bond will expand access for hundreds of thousands of Californians, fund substance [...]

CSAP Sponsored Bill Passes Committee CSAP-sponsored SB 1184 (Eggman) regarding Riese hearings cleared its first policy committee this week. Dr. Erick Cheung came to Sacramento to provide expert testimony. The bill passed out of the Senate Health Committee 11-0. The bill will now go to the Senate Judiciary Committee chaired [...]

SB 43 / Conservatorship Reform The dust has settled and only two counties will implement SB 43 (Eggman) on 1/1/24: San Francisco and San Luis Obispo. However, several boards of supervisors (e.g., Santa Clara, Stanislaus) told staff that they didn't necessarily want to wait until 1/1/26 to implement and that [...]

CSAP has heard from a lot of you all around the state regarding new regulations being promulgated by the Medical Board of California. Rest assured, CSAP is tracking this, and coordinating with the California Medical Association to submit comments by the Board's deadline of November 14. As stated in the [...]

The campaign to overhaul California’s mental health system launched this week. The ballot measure committee is starting off with $6 million in the bank and is being led by Governor Newsom’s former deputy chief of staff, Lindsey Cobia, who will manage the campaign, and his former chief of staff, Jim [...]