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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 12:06 — 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 #050-2010: Governor Signs Several Special Session Budget Bills Including Continuing 3% Regional Center Reductions Into 2010-2011 - 4 Other Bills Including Two Critical Transit Bills Set to Governor - Governor Vetoes 1 Bill
Tue, 2010-03-09 19:46 — chrisGovernor Vetoes $2.2 Billion Special Session Budget Solutions Bill – But Signs Several Others Including Continuing Regional Center 3% Cuts
Advocates Worry About Fate of Two Transportation Funding Special Session Budget Bills Now On Governor’s Desk
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 03/09/2010 05:50 PM (Pacific Time)] - In what is likely to be a forerunner in what is to come in the battle to close the projected nearly $20 billion budget deficit, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed on Monday ABx8 2 [the “x8” stands for the 8th special or extraordinary session of the Legislature it has held since the start of the 2009-2010 Legislative session] that legislative Democrats contend would have reduced State general fund spending in the proposed 2010-2011 State Budget by $2.2 billion.
The bill largely would have delayed spending on certain projects and programs, including delaying the implementation of the Conservatorship and Guardianship Reform Act of 2006 and implementing an anti-fraud initiative in the Department of Health Care Services focused on pharmacy, transportation, medical equipment and physician services that was projected to save $28.3 million in State general funds. No other health and human service related programs were impacted in that or any other special session budget bill – though cuts to regional centers were made in a separate bill that the Governor did sign.
CDCAN Report #046-2010: Senate Budget Subcommittee Hearings to Begin Next Week - IHSS Teleconference by DSS on Program Integrity and Fraud Set for March 17 - Medicaid 1115 Waiver Discussion on Medical Homes March 4
Tue, 2010-03-02 13:10 — chrisCalifornia Legislative Update:
Senate Budget Subcommittee Schedule – Hearings To Begin This Month on Governor’s 2010-2011 Budget
- Medicaid Section 1115 Waiver Discussion on Medical Homes March 4th
- IHSS Teleconference by Dept of Social Services on Integrity and Fraud Program March 17th
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 03/02/2010 05:40 AM (Pacific Time)] - With nearly all of the special session budget bills passed by the Legislature and sent to the Governor last week and on Monday, the next phase of the state budget process will begin with budget subcommittee hearing late next week and continue through mid-May.
CDCAN Report #035-2010: Disability and Senior Advocate Maggie Dee Dowling Recovering After Complications from Cancer Surgery - March 18th Event To Honor Senior Advocate Bill Powers
Tue, 2010-02-09 12:35 — chrisREMEMBERING THAT EVERY LIFE MATTERS: PLEASE REMEMBER & HELP THE PEOPLE OF HAITI
American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669) www.redcross.org
UNICEF: 1-800-4UNICEF (1-800-486-4233) www.unicefusa.org
Remembering Lives That Matter:
DISABILITY & SENIOR ADVOCATE MAGGIE “DEE” DOWLING SLOWLY RECOVERING FROM MAJOR CANCER SURGERY
MARCH 18th EVENT IN SACRAMENTO HONORING LONG TIME SENIOR ADVOCATE BILL POWERS
Maggie "Dee" Dowling and Lynn Carman: November (2009) after her surgery, with close friend Lynn Carman while at hospital in Walnut Creek recovering from major cancer surgery. Photo by Marty Omoto.SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 02/09/2010 02:35 AM (Pacific Time)] - Longtime respected disability and senior rights advocate Maggie “Dee” Dowling is slowly recovering at home, after major surgery last November to remove a life threatening cancerous tumor. After returning home in December, her condition was again critical due to serious complications that required last month a 10 day return to the hospital.
CDCAN Report #034-2010: Important Health & Human Services Budget & Legislative Hearings and Meetings This Week Dealing with IHSS, SSI/SSP, Medi-Cal, Adult Day Health, Mental Health, Regional Centers, Prop 10, CalWORKS, CAPI
Tue, 2010-02-09 01:31 — chris- Feb 10 – Assembly Budget Hearing: Governor’s Special Session Budget Reduction Proposals Impacting IHSS, SSI/SSP, CAPI, CalWORKS, Proposition 10 (Children and Families Commission)
- Feb 11 – Assembly Budget Hearing: Governor’s Special Session Budget Reduction Proposals Impacting Medi-Cal, Developmental Services, Healthy Families, Mental Health (Proposition 63), Public Health (AIDS Programs)
- Feb 11 – Dept of Social Services IHSS Stakeholder Meeting on IHSS Recipient Fingerprinting Implementation
CDCAN Report #033-2010: Important Assembly Budget Subcommittee Hearings on Governor's Special Session Proposed Cuts - 2/10 on IHSS, SSI/SSP, CAPI, CalWORKS, Adult Day Health, Regional Centers, Healthy Families, Mental Health
Fri, 2010-02-05 00:51 — chrisIMPORTANT ASSEMBLY BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE HEARINGS ON GOVERNOR’S SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSED CUTS NEXT WEEK
- Feb 10 – Governor’s Special Session Budget Reduction Proposals Impacting IHSS, SSI/SSP, CAPI, CalWORKS, Proposition 10 (Children and Families Commission)
- Feb 11 – Governor’s Special Session Budget Reduction Proposals Impacting Medi-Cal, Developmental Services, Healthy Families, Mental Health (Proposition 63), Public Health (AIDS Programs)
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 02/04/2010 09:35 PM (Pacific Time)] - The focus of the Governor’s proposed special session major budget cuts that call for major cuts to Medi-Cal, including the elimination of Adult Day Health Care Centers, In-Home Supportive Services, SSI/SSP individual grants, regional centers, cuts to the mental health services act (Proposition 63) and Proposition 10 (children and families first commission) shifts next week to the Assembly Budget Subcommittees after hearings the last two weeks by the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee.
Assembly Budget Subcommittee #5 on Transportation: Governor's Proposals on CalTrans
Mon, 2010-02-01 20:52 — chrisSubject: Governor’s special session budget proposal transportation (CalTrans) budget proposals.
CDCAN Report #027-2010: IHSS, SSI/SSP Senate Budget Hearing 2/2 - Chesbro's Assembly Select Committee On Disabilities Hearing on Developmental Disabilities 2/2 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee Hearing on DDS Set for 2/11
Sat, 2010-01-30 22:11 — chrisREMEMBERING THAT EVERY LIFE MATTERS: PLEASE REMEMBER & HELP THE PEOPLE OF HAITI
American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669) www.redcross.org
UNICEF: 1-800-4UNICEF (1-800-486-4233) www.unicefusa.org
UP-COMING BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS – CRITICAL HEARING ON IHSS, SSI/SSP PROPOSED CUTS
- Feb 02 – Senate Budget Committee Hearing: IHSS, SSI, CalWORKS
- Feb 02 – Assembly Select Committee on Disabilities
- Feb 11 – Assembly Budget Subcommittee: Regional Centers
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 01/30/10 06:55 PM (Pacific Time)] - The Governor’s special session budget proposals will continue to be the focus of the Legislature in the coming weeks, with the next Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee hearing set for February 2, Tuesday afternoon from 1 to 4 PM at the State Capitol in Room 4203, that will review the Governor’s special session human services budget proposals, including controversial proposals calling for major reductions to In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) that serves over 460,000 children and adults with disabilities, the blind, and seniors and proposed cuts for the CalWORKS program, the state’s “welfare to work” program that includes many children and adults with special needs and disabilities. No agenda is yet available.
CDCAN Report #021-2010: Key Budget Hearing Tuesday 1/26 on Medi-Cal, Adult Day Health Cuts, Other Hearings This Week & Next
Wed, 2010-01-27 00:27 — chrisREMEMBERING THAT EVERY LIFE MATTERS: PLEASE REMEMBER & HELP THE PEOPLE OF HAITI
American Red Cross: 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669) www.redcross.org
UNICEF: 1-800-4UNICEF (1-800-486-4233) www.unicefusa.org
IMPORTANT SENATE BUDGET HEARING TUESDAY ON MEDI-CAL, ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE, MENTAL HEALTH, DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES, HEALTHY FAMILIES ON GOVERNOR’S PROPOSED SPECIAL SESSION CUTS – OTHER HEARINGS SCHEDULED
- Jan 26 – “Future of Long Term Care”
- Jan 27 – IHSS Reforms Oversight Hearing
- Feb 02 - IHSS, SSI/SSP, CAPI, CalWORKS
- Feb 02 – Assembly Disabilities Select Committee Hearing
Focus of Hearings on Tuesday Include Governor’s Proposed Elimination of All Medi-Cal Funding for Adult Day Health Care and Major Cuts to Medi-Cal and Mental Health – Assembly Budget Committee 3rd IHSS Oversight Hearing on January 27th on Implementation November 2009 of IHSS Worker Requirements
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 01/25/10 10:30 PM (Pacific Time)] - With a budget shortfall of nearly $20 billion that is likely to swell even larger if additional federal money hoped for by the Schwarzenegger Administration does not come through, important budget hearings are scheduled this week and next to consider the Governor’s special session proposed reductions – many that need action before March 1 in order to be fully implemented by June 1, 2010.
Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee Hearing on Transportation and Resources
Sat, 2010-01-16 04:23 — chrisSubject: Overview of the Governor’s Proposals for Transportation and Resources
