California Legislative Updates

On Thursday, the California Medical Association (CMA) hosted a brief discussion with other interested parties - including CSAP - regarding the upcoming California Medical Board hearing on the Licensing Application Questionnaire. CSAP has been closely monitoring this issue in anticipation of the July 30th hearing. CMA staff suggested that the [...]

Some of you may have received, or otherwise become aware of, this message recently from the California's Attorney General's Office regarding RAP-C and the expectation that Governor will soon sign AB 2841 (Waldron), "Good afternoon! I wanted to flag for you that since AB 2841 (Waldron) recently passed, RAP-C is [...]

This past week witnessed some fascinating twists and turns in Sacramento, specifically with respect to a measure that the Governor first asked the Legislature to consider, but then essentially walked away from. The Governor initially asked legislative leaders to place a competing public safety measure on the ballot to challenge a stronger [...]

Next week is the final push for legislators to get their bills through policy committees before the legislative summer recess. This year, recess begins upon adjournment of session on July 3, and they will resume on Monday, August 5. Below is a snapshot of where some of CSAP's priority bills [...]

CSAP's sponsored bill regarding Riese hearings, SB 1184, will be heard in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, July 26. Dr. Erick Cheung of UCLA will be in Sacramento to testify in committee. Dr. Cheung and Paul Yoder of SYASL have probably been on twenty Zooms over the last two [...]

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 [...]