California Legislative Updates

SB 929, SB 1035, and SB 1227 have been signed by the Governor. Unfortunately, SB 1238 (Behavioral health services: existing and projected needs) was vetoed. You can view the veto message here. SB 929 (Eggman) Community mental health services: data collection Requires the State Department of Health Care Services to collect additional data [...]

The race to the finish continues as the Governor has been busy trying to clear his desk in order to meet the September 30 deadline for action on legislation sent to him in August. As of last week, the Governor had acted on just over 400 bills with around a 4% veto rate, which [...]

CSAP and the California Department of Managed Health Care held a webinar on the Provider Helpline for those experiencing pervasive problems with insurers. You may view the presentation materials at the links below. Additionally, DHCS was kind enough to share the contact information of the presenters for those who have [...]

CSAP is interested in your thoughts about possible changes to California law that can help you, your patients, and your practice of medicine. The GAC and SYASL have been collecting ideas throughout 2022 but - if you haven't already - now is your chance to make a suggestion for 2023. [...]

Eggman Package Update The following bills from Senator Eggman's Behavioral Health Package are heading to the Governor's desk. Unfortunately, SB 970 ran into some last night, inter-house issues. So, for those of you keeping track, this leaves four CSAP co-sponsored bills out of what began as an eight bill package. [...]

Thursday morning around 1:30 a.m. both houses of the Legislature concluded their work in the 2021-22 session. This being California, the Senate and Assembly wrestled with a large number of weighty issues up until literally the last minute they had. Those of you who are really into California politics may want to [...]