California Legislative Updates
2023-24 Legislative Session Ends?
The Legislature adjourned at midnight last Saturday, August 31. The final hours were tense and intense. There was division between the Senate and the Assembly that ultimately led to some bills dying unceremoniously as ultimately the Assembly ran out of time to process everything on their file due to decorum and procedural [...]
Legislative Adjournment
We are in the final week of the two-year 2024-25 Legislative Session. CSAP-sponsored SB 1184 (Eggman) and co-sponsored SB 1238 (Eggman) have passed both houses of the legislature and are headed to the Governor's desk for his consideration! For a complete list of CSAP-tracked bills that have been sent to the Governor as of [...]
Medical Board of California (MBC) Reaches Decision
The MBC Board directed its staff to change the introduction statement and questions on mental and physical health on its licensing application. This came after a July 30th, 2024 task force hearing in which interested parties were able to share their perspectives. CSAP's state advocates at SYASL attended both hearings along with the [...]
Suspense Files – CSAP Bills Advance!
The Senate and Assembly held their respective fiscal committee suspense file hearings this week. Due to the State's ongoing fiscal challenges, more bills than usual were held in these committees and are now dead for the year. However, CSAP sponsored SB 1184 (Eggman) - pertaining to Riese hearings - and CSAP co-sponsored SB 1238 [...]
SB 1184, Will It Move Through the Assembly Fiscal Committee?
CSAP's sponsored legislation, SB 1184 (Eggman), has been sent to the Appropriations Suspense file. In the committee's bill analysis, the committee consultant wrote about the bill's estimated cost and the State’s continued deficit situation stating, "Costs of an unknown amount, potentially more than $150,000 annually, to DHCS to collect data from facilities [...]
Medical Board of California – Update
On Tuesday, the Medical Board of California held an Interested Parties hearing regarding mental and physical health questions on licensing applications in the state. As many of you know, there is concern that the existing questions are an overreach into the personal lives of applying doctors and could either dissuade [...]