PPAC California Legislative Updates

Akilah Weber, MD has apparently won the contest for the 79th Assembly District seat on April 6th! You may remember Dr. Weber is an OB-GYN with a strong interest in children and youth mental health from the San Diego area. Pat on the back for PPAC’s political action committee which gave [...]

Xavier Becerra, California’s Attorney General, confirmed and will lead national health efforts as Secretary of the US Health and Human Service Agency. The Secretary will recommend an Assistant Secretary for behavioral health - PPAC is rooting for a psychiatrist. Mr. Becerra, a co-author of the Affordable Care Act, worked hard [...]

PPAC’s Friday Blast - 10.30.2020 Grave disability. "Grave disability: A condition in which a person, as a result of a mental health disorder, is unable to provide for his or her basic personal needs for food, clothing, or shelter." Forgotten. This week a cataclysmic election bears down, potentially changing the character of [...]

Developments related to AB 890:  Awaiting a vote on the floor of the Senate. That vote may move AB 890 to the Assembly for a vote of concurrence in Senate amendments! We must use a backup strategy right now!! AB 890. Fellow advocates. Constituents should target the following Assemblymembers. It [...]

AB 890. Assemblymember Wood’s Nurse Practitioner bill moved off the suspense file to the Senate floor. I am busy lining up appointments with key senators to convince them to help prevent its passage. Chalk up one who has pledged not to vote yes on it. Political calculus on votes tells us we need to keep up [...]

AB 890. The clock is ticking as AB 890 sits in the Senate Appropriations Committee after passing out of the Senate Business and Professions Committee, 7-1. Lobbyists will meet this afternoon after publication time (August 14), after having met last Monday (August 10) to conduct a postmortem. The consensus was the opposition [...]