Health
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 #048-2010: More Legal Setbacks for Schwarzenegger Administration - US 9th Circuit Court Upholds Injunction Blocking 2009 Medi-Cal 5% Provider Cut to Pharmacies
Wed, 2010-03-03 18:55 — chrisUS 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Against State on 2009 Medi-Cal 5% Provider Rate Cut to Pharmacies
Upholds Lower Federal Court Injunction that Stopped Medi-Cal 5% Provider Cuts in 2008 – Three Straight Legal Setbacks for Schwarzenegger Administration by Federal Court – Rulings Send Strong Signal to Legislature About Medicaid Funded Cuts
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 03/03/2010 05:50 PM (Pacific Time)] - A 3 judge panel of the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals handed the Schwarzenegger Administration two more legal setbacks this afternoon, by upholding lower federal court orders that blocked 5% provider cuts to pharmacies and reportedly, in a separate federal lawsuit, also to adult day health centers. Those cuts were originally passed as part of the 2008-2009 State Budget in September 2008 and were scheduled to go into effect March 1, 2009. [a copy of the 6 page opinion contained in a memorandum in the Medi-Cal pharmacy case can be downloaded from the CDCAN website at www.cdcan.us]
CDCAN Report #047-2010: Governor Wins Legal Victory - State Appeals Court Says Line Item Vetoes Last July are "Constitutional"
Tue, 2010-03-02 23:21 — chrisGovernor Wins Clear Legal Victory – State Appeals Court Says Line Item Vetoes “Constitutional”
Lawsuit Is One of Three Filed Seeking To Overturn Governor’s Line Item Vetoes Made to 2009-2010 Revised State Budget Last July
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 03/02/2010 07:40 PM (Pacific Time)] - The Schwarzenegger Administration won a clear legal victory today with the State Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruling 3 to 0 that his line item vetoes made to the revised 2009-2010 State Budget last July were constitutional. The case, St. John’s Well Child and Family Center et al v. Schwarzenegger et al, is one of three different lawsuits seeking to overturn some or all of the Governor’s line item vetoes made last July.
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.
Final Day for Public Comment on Proposal of Closure of Lanterman Developmental Center
Wed, 2010-02-24 20:37 — chrisFor More Information About Feb 24th Public Hearing or To Make Written Comments About Proposed Closure
For further information about this specific public hearing, persons can contact or to make written comments about the proposed closure (deadline for written comments is March 5, 2010 (Friday) by close of business for persons interested in submitting written comments to the Department of Developmental Services) contact or send comments to:
Cindy Coppage at the Department of Developmental Services
Developmental Centers Division
1600 9th Street Room 340 – MS 3-17
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-654-1963 email: Cindy.Coppage@dds.ca.gov
Hearing on Proposal of Closure of Lanterman Developmental Center in Pomona
Wed, 2010-02-24 20:28 — chrisSACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 02/24/2010 12:00 PM (Pacific Time)] - In what is officially the first step in a two year or longer process required under State law, a public hearing on the proposed closure of the Frank D. Lanterman Developmental Center is underway today, February 24, 2010, Wednesday, which started at 12 noon and will continue until 7:00 PM, at the Lanterman Developmental Center Auditorium, 3530 West Pomona Boulevard, Pomona, CA 91769-0100.
CDCAN Report #042-2010: Public Hearing in Pomona on Lanterman Developmental Center Proposed Closure Today (Feb 24) - Public Comments Taken and Also Submitted Directly to Department of Developmental Services
Wed, 2010-02-24 13:42 — chrisPublic Hearing Today from 12 to 7 PM In Pomona On Proposed Closure of Lanterman Developmental Center – Written Comments Can Be Also Submitted by March 5th – More Hearings By Legislature Likely In April
Public Hearing First Step Under State Law That Requires State to Present Detailed Transition and Closure Proposed Plan to the Legislature by April 1 for Approval – Budget Hearings on Proposed Transition and Closure Plan Likely To Be Scheduled In Mid to Late April at the State Capitol for Additional Public Comments
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 02/24/2010 12:00 PM (Pacific Time)] - In what is officially the first step in a two year or longer process required under State law, a public hearing on the proposed closure of the Frank D. Lanterman Developmental Center is underway today, February 24, 2010, Wednesday, which started at 12 noon and will continue until 7:00 PM, at the Lanterman Developmental Center Auditorium, 3530 West Pomona Boulevard, Pomona, CA 91769-0100.
Senate Human Services Committee & Senate Health Subcommittee on Aging & Long-Term Care: Long-Term Care - Planning, Assessment, Case Management and Data Collection
Fri, 2010-02-19 02:27 — chris- 1:30 PM - Welcome and Opening Statements
- Senator Carol Liu, chair, Senate Human Services Committee
- Senator Elaine K. Alquist, chair of Senate Health Committee and Senate Health Subcommittee on Aging and Long Term Care
- Other committee members
- 1:45 PM - Uniform Assessment/Single Point of Entry: Overview
- Public Comment
- 2:15 PM - Case Management: Overview
- Public Comment
- 2:45 PM - Data Collection: Overview
- Public Comment
- 3:15 PM - Other Issues:
- Public Comment
- 3:30 PM - Adjournment
SB 998 (2010): Long Term Care: Assessment and Planning
Fri, 2010-02-19 02:20 — chrisCDCAN SUMMARY (as introduced 02/09/2010):
- Would require the Department of Health Care Services to start a process to develop, by no later than July 1, 2012, a tool for the uniform long-term care services assessment of individuals in order to assist people in finding long-term care services of their choice.
CDCAN Report #041-2010: Long Term Care Info Hearing on Feb 23 1:30 to 3:30PM by Senate Human Services and Senate Health Subcommittee on Aging & Long Term Care - Focus on Long Term Care Issues Addressed in New Bill, SB 998
Thu, 2010-02-18 23:11 — chrisLong Term Care Critical Issues Focus of Feb 23rd Informational Hearing By Senate Human Services & Senate Health Subcommittee on Aging and Long Term Care
Issues Addressed In Newly Introduced Bill (SB 998) by Liu; Informational Hearing is 3rd In A Series Focusing on Long Term Care Issues
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 02/018/2010 08:40 PM (Pacific Time)] - Under the cloud of an ongoing budget crisis and enormous deficits and proposed and enacted budget cuts, a joint informational hearing on long term care for seniors and also persons with disabilities, including critical issues impacting planning, assessment, case management and data collection, is scheduled for February 23, Tuesday afternoon from 1:30 to 3:30 PM at the State Capitol in Room 3191, by the Senate Human Services Committee and the Senate Health Subcommittee on Aging and Long Term Care (see agenda for hearing below). The agenda has time for public comment after each agenda item.
