Department of Public Health
CDCAN Report #106-2010: Budget Conference Committee Hearing on Health Issues - Autism and Private Health Insurance Plans Focus of Senate Autism Select Committee Hearing Today at 10:30 AM - Senate Human Services Committee Meets at 10:00 AM
Thu, 2010-06-10 10:06 — chris- Autism Senate Select Committee Info Hearing Today
- Budget Conference Committee Also Meets Today
- Agenda Will Cover Health Budget Items
- Senate Human Services Committee Meets Also Today at 10:00 AM – Budget Conference Committee Agenda Includes Major Medi-Cal Issues; Also Regional Center 1.25% Additional Reduction, Mental Health Budget Items Including AB 3632 Special Ed Mental Health Services Mandate
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 06/10/2010 07:15 AM (Pacific Time)] - At least three hearings dealing with bills, policy issues and the state budget having potential impact on children and adults with disabilities, mental health needs, the blind, seniors, their families and community organizations and workers that provides supports and services, are scheduled Thursday morning (June 10th), including the Senate Select Committee on Autism and Related Disorders informational hearing at 10:30 AM and the Budget Conference Committee, focusing on health budget items, scheduled possibly for 11:00 AM (the exact time depends on when the Assembly floor session adjourns).
ACCOUNTABILITY WITH ACTION TRAINING JUNE 14, 2010 MONDAY 1 to 3:15 PM IN SACRAMENTO AREA (RANCHO CORDOVA CITY HALL) IN MEMORY OF BILL YOUNG, JOAN LEE AND CHRISTINA KEIFER
Tue, 2010-06-08 17:29 — chrisCDCAN: ACCOUNTABILITY WITH ACTION
CDCAN Report #099-2010: June 2nd 4 to 5 PM Stakeholder Discussion (Public Conference Call) on Proposed Renewal of AB 1629 Quality Assurance Fee Program for Nursing Facilities by Department of Health Care Services and Deptartment of Public Health
Wed, 2010-06-02 15:34 — chrisAB 1629 Nursing Facilities Quality Assurance Provider Fee Focus of Stakeholder Call By Department of Health Care Services Today at 4 PM
CDCAN Report #091-2010: Governor's Medi-Cal, Mental Health Budget Proposals Focus of Wed (May 26) Senate Budget Committee Hearing - Assembly Budget Subcommittee Meets at Same Time on Human Services for "Vote Only" Issues
Wed, 2010-05-26 01:06 — chrisGovernor’s Medi-Cal, Mental Health Budget Proposals Focus of Senate Budget Committee Wednesday – Controversial Proposal to Renew and Expand Medi-Cal Quality Assurance Nursing Home Provider Fee Also on Agenda
Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health & Human Services Also Scheduled to Meet At Same Time Though Mostly “For Vote Only” Items – Controversial Proposal to Extend and Expand Medi-Cal Quality Assurance Nursing Home Provider Fee Will Likely Be Heard In Assembly on Thursday
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 05/25/2010 11:10 PM (Pacific Time)] - Several controversial budget proposals by the Governor will be the focus of the full Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee and the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services when they hold separate hearings Wednesday morning (May 26th) at nearly the same time. Both houses are moving quickly this week to close out this phase of the state budget process. This is the final week of budget subcommittee hearings – though the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee is meeting and taking final action instead of its 5 subcommittees this week.
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee: Governor's "May Revise" and "Open" Issues
Mon, 2010-05-24 15:28 — chrisWHAT WILL BE HEARD
Governor’s May Revised Budget proposals and “open” issues:
Health Budget Items
CDCAN Report #087-2010: Senate Budget Subcommittee Hearing Today at 9:30AM - Updated Subcommittee Hearing Schedule - Final Round of Hearings Before Budget Process Moves to Next Phase
Fri, 2010-05-21 08:28 — chrisSenate Budget Subcommittee Health & Human Services Hearing Today – Updated Schedule of Final Round of Subcommittee Hearings As Budget Process Moves to Next Phase
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 05/21/2010 06:10 AM (Pacific Time)] - The Senate Budget Subcommittee #3 on Health and Human Services will meet this morning (May 21) at 09:30 AM in the State Capitol in Room 4203, and focus on the Governor’s budget revisions released May 14th that impact developmental services, certain issues under the Department of Public Health including those dealing with AIDS programs, two issues under the Department of Health Care Services including family health and 3 “for vote only” issues dealing with mental health (but not the proposed suspension of the AB 3632 special education mandate or the proposed reduction of 60% of the funding for county mental health services).
CDCAN Report #085-2010: Major Proposed Mental Health Services Cuts to Counties & AB 3632 Mandate, $750 Million Cut to Medi-Cal and Some of the Regional Center Proposed Cuts on Today's Assembly Budget Subcommittee Hearing Agenda
Thu, 2010-05-20 10:22 — chrisMay 20th Assembly Budget Subcommittee Agenda:
- Mental Health Services Cuts to Counties & AB 3632
- $750 Million Reduction to Medi-Cal Program
- Regional Center Reductions
- Healthy Families Program Premium Increase
Medi-Cal Cuts Include Proposal for Yearly Caps on Hearing Aids, Durable Medical Equipment Including Wheelchairs - Proposed Closure of Lanterman Developmental Center Not On Agenda - Final Actions By Subcommittee On Most Issues Will Happen May 26th
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 05/20/2010 06:15 AM (Pacific Time)] - Several of the Governor’s major proposed reductions to mental health services, Medi-Cal, regional centers, Healthy Families and some other health services is the focus of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services this morning (Thursday, May 20) at the State Capitol in Room 4202. The Senate Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services is holding a hearing tomorrow (Friday, May 21) at 09:30 AM covering developmental services (regional centers), and some other health issues (see below).
CDCAN Report #075-2010: 2 Regional Center Budget Issues On May 12th Agenda of Assembly Budget Subcommittee On Health & Human Services - Critical May 13th Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver Stakeholder Advisory Committee Public Meeting
Mon, 2010-05-10 17:33 — chris- Assembly Budget Subcommittee Hearing May 12th
- Focus on 4 Items Including Regional Centers
- May 13th Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver Stakeholder Meeting
Capitol and Advocates Wait Anxiously for Governor’s May 14th Budget Revisions – Important Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver Stakeholder Meeting Open To Public – Includes Public Call In Line – Major Impact to 1999 US Supreme Court “Olmstead Decision”
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 05/10/2010 04:00 PM (Pacific Time)] – With just days away from the release of the Governor’s changes and revisions to his proposed 2010-2011 State Budget that many observers believe will contain new proposed spending cuts to close a budget gap that could still be over $18 billion, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services will hold a hearing on May 12th, Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 PM, at the State Capitol, in Room 4202 that will cover 3 “open” issues not previously acted on or heard dealing with developmental services and 1 issue dealing with federal funding under the Department of Social Services.
CDCAN Report #051-2010: Assembly & State Senate Budget Subcommittee Schedule - Hearings on Governor's Proposed 2010-2011 Budget Gets Under Way Beginning Next Week - Olmstead Advisory Committee Meeting March 18th
Wed, 2010-03-10 13:06 — chrisAssembly and State Senate Budget Subcommittee Schedule on Governor’s 2010-2011 Budget
IHSS Teleconference by Dept of Social Services on Integrity and Fraud Program March 17th – CDCAN Townhall Telemeeting on Proposed Lanterman DC Closure March 17th - Olmstead Advisory Committee Meeting March 18th – Special Assembly Budget Subcommittee Hearing on Impact of Health and Human Services Proposed & Enacted Cuts March 24th
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 03/10/2010 07:40 AM (Pacific Time)] - The next phase of the long seemingly unending State budget process goes back into full swing next week, with Assembly and State Senate budget subcommittee hearings scheduled through early May to hear the Governor’s non-special session items contained in his proposed 2010-2011 State Budget. The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services released late yesterday a schedule of subcommittee hearings (specific Assembly Budget Subcommittee hearing on Medi-Cal and other budget issues proposed by the Governor under the Department of Health Care Services have not yet been scheduled publicly)
Hearings and certain related legislative and state agency meeting – including an important stakeholder teleconference on In-Home Supportive Services by the Department of Social Services (scheduled for March 17th) and the California Health and Human Services Agency Olmstead Advisory Committee public meeting set for March 18th (that can also be accessed by toll free line), and a March 17th CDCAN Townhall Telemeeting on the proposed closure of Lanterman Developmental Center featuring the director and other senior officials from the Department of Developmental Services.
CDCAN Report #242-2009: Governor Makes Line Item Veto to Senior Programs, Public Health, IHSS, Regional Centers, Child Welfare Services, Mental Health Caregiver Resource Centers
Tue, 2009-07-28 14:42 — chrisGOVERNOR SIGNS BUDGET PLAN - MAKES ADDITIONAL BIG CUTS IMPACTING SENIOR PROGRAMS, PUBLIC HEALTH AIDS PROGRAMS, IHSS
Makes Additional $50 Million Cut to Regional Centers That Governor Says Can Be Made Up By Prop 10 Commission Funding
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 07/28/09 12:55 PM (Pacific Time)] -Calling the budget solution to close a $26 billion deficit "the good, the bad and the ugly," Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed this morning (July 28) the revised budget bill approved by the Legislature last week that includes over $15 billion in new spending cuts on top of what was in the 2009-2010 State Budget passed in February. The spending plan makes deep cuts to education, health and human services, local government, state employees, the state's prison system and also includes no new tax increases beyond the temporary tax increases that were included last February.
The Governor, using his line item veto power, made additional major cuts in spending including reductions that eliminate all State general funding for several programs, including those under the Office of AIDs, under the Department of Public Health and major cuts in spending to two senior programs under the Department of Aging (Linkages and Senior Community Based Programs) and also to In-Home Supportive Services and Child Welfare Services. The additional cut to IHSS essentially eliminated the exemption of persons under protective supervision, persons under paramedical care and persons who receive over 120 hours of IHSS per month from having their domestic and related services eliminated if their functional index ranking (different from "functional index score") is lower than "4" in that specific service.
