California Legislative Updates
New West Coast Health Alliance
California Governor Gavin Newsom, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek, and Washington Governor Bob Ferguson have announced they will launch a new West Coast Health Alliance to ensure residents remain protected by science, not politics. The alliance represents a unified regional response to the Trump Administration’s destruction of the U.S. CDC’s credibility [...]
Suspense Hearings – Legislature Enters Final Stretch
The Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees held their respective suspense file* hearings today. Several of CSAP’s priorities were considered and acted upon. The outcomes are summarized below. SB 27 (Umberg) would amend the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act to expand program eligibility and provide for referral of defendants deemed incompetent [...]
H.R. 1 Impacts on California’s Budget
The Senate and Assembly Health Committees recently held a joint informational hearing relative to Federal Action Impacts on Community Health, with the first panel focusing on the effects of H.R. 1 on Medicare. Hearing materials and SYASL staff notes are available at the link below. Agenda Background DHCS Presentation SYASL Staff [...]
Legislative Update
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 [...]
APA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles – SCPS Session
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, [...]
Fighting to Save Federal Programs and Agencies
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 [...]