Health and Human Services (HHS)
CDCAN Report #105-2010: Budget Conference Committee Meets 11 AM Thursday on Health Budget Items Including Medi-Cal, Regional Centers, Mental Health - Discussed IHSS Stakeholder Group to Identify Possible 10% Targeted Program Savings
Wed, 2010-06-09 17:33 — chris- Budget Conference Committee Will Meet At 11 AM Thursday –Focus on Health Items Including Medi-Cal & Mental Health
- Reviews Human Service Budget Issues – Keeps Most Items Open Including IHSS – But Directs Department of Social Services to Convene Stakeholder Group To Look At Ways To Achieve Targeted Savings of Possibly 10%
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 06/09/2010 04:25 PM (Pacific Time)] - The budget conference committee adjourned Wednesday afternoon (June 9th) just before 4:30 PM after completing a first pass through on human services budget issues including CalWORKS and In-Home Supportive Services, keeping most of the items “open” to revisit probably next week. The Budget Conference Committee, chaired by Sen. Denise Ducheny (Democrat – San Diego), will reconvene Thursday morning (June 10), at 11:00 AM, at the State Capitol in Room 4203, covering health budget items (including Medi-Cal, mental health, regional centers). That time could change depending on when the Assembly floor session adjourns.
CDCAN Report #104-2010: Budget Conference Committee Will Finish Public Safety Items and then Human Services Issues Wednesday June 9th at 1:30 PM - Possibly Health
Tue, 2010-06-08 14:09 — chris- Budget Conference Committee Adjourns for the Day
- Will Convene Again Wednesday at 1:30 PM
- Focus on Human Service Budget Issues
- Will First Finish up About 6 Public Safety Items – Health Budget Issues Could Be Heard Also on Wednesday If Time Allows Though Not Likely
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 06/08/2010 01:34 PM (Pacific Time)] - The budget conference committee adjourned for the day just before 1:30 PM after working on general government and public safety budget items and will reconvene Wednesday (June 9) at 1:30 PM to finish up about 6 items from that agenda and then focus on human service budget issues, including In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS). All budget conference committee hearings are held at the State Capitol in Room 4203 and are televised on CalChannel.
CDCAN Report #102-2010: Budget Conference Committee Will Meet Friday at 09:30 AM for Overview on Budget - Health and Human Services Budget Issues Will Come Next Week
Thu, 2010-06-03 17:05 — chris- No Budget Conference Committee Hearing Today
- Will Meet Friday at 09:30 AM For Overview on Budget
- Health & Human Services Issues Next Week
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 06/03/2010 04:20 PM (Pacific Time)] - The budget conference committee will not meet today (June 3) due to the late adjournment of the Senate floor session and instead will convene its first hearing for an overview on the State budget including the latest on the state’s economy, revenues and expenditures, at 09:30 AM, at the State Capitol in Room 4203. If there is time on Friday, the budget conference committee will begin on transportation and resource budget items – but otherwise will hear those items beginning on Monday, June 7th. Health and human service budget items, including Medi-Cal and In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS), won’t be heard until next week, and could be taken up possibly as early as Monday, but more likely Tuesday or Wednesday. All budget conference committee hearings are open to the public and televised – though public testimony is not taken at these hearings.
CDCAN Report #088-2010: Updated Schedule of Final Round of Budget Subcommittee Hearings - Full Senate Budget Committee Will Take Final Action This Week Before Budget Process Heads Into Next Phase
Mon, 2010-05-24 14:43 — chrisUpdated Schedule of Final Round of Subcommittee Hearings As Budget Process Moves to Next Phase
Full Senate Budget Panel Will Meet Instead of Subcommittees on May 25th on Human Services, Mental Health and Child Care; May 26th on Health Including Developmental Services and May 27 on Education
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 05/24/2010 01:10 PM (Pacific Time)] - Both houses of the Legislature will hold their final budget subcommittee hearings Tuesday and Wednesday (and if needed, Thursday) this week, taking final action on several of the Governor’s major proposals impacting people with disabilities, mental health needs, the blind, seniors and their families, before the budget process heads to the next phase of “budget conference committee” hearings in early June.
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 #079-2010: Governor Proposes No Additional Cuts to Regional Centers At This Point Beyond January Proposal
Fri, 2010-05-14 13:24 — chris- GOVERNOR’S BUDGET REVISION: NO ADDITIONAL CUTS TO REGIONAL CENTERS – BUT ADDITIONAL 1.25% CUT TO PROVIDERS AND REGIONAL CENTER OPERATIONS REMAINS
- PROPOSED CLOSURE OF LANTERMAN DC REMAINS IN BUDGET
- Budget Revision Still Includes Proposed Closure of Lanterman Developmental Center
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 05/14/2010 01:04 PM (Pacific Time)] – Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed as part of his overall package of proposed spending cuts, shifting of funds and other accounting measures to close an over $20 billion budget deficit, major new reductions to many health and human service programs, but no additional major cuts – at least at this point – to developmental services under the Department of Developmental Services, beyond what he proposed in January.
CDCAN Report #078-2010: State Braces For "Absolutely Terrible" Spending Cuts To Close $20 Billion Deficit - Governor Will Unveil Budget Revisions at 1 PM Press Conference - Long Budget Stand-off Expected With Legislature Divided
Fri, 2010-05-14 02:38 — chris- CALIFORNIANS BRACE FOR “ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE” SPENDING CUTS TO CLOSE $20 BILLION BUDGET DEFICIT
- Governor Will Unveil Proposed Budget Revisions In Televised Press Conference At 1 PM – Proposals Will Go To Legislature for Hearings and Approval – Long Budget Stand-off Expected
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 05/14/2010 12:30 AM (Pacific Time)] – With a projected state budget deficit likely to be over $20 billion, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will unveil Friday afternoon (May 14) at 1:00 PM in a televised press conference, his revised State budget that is certain to contain new proposed massive spending reductions in order to close the budget gap without raising taxes. [Note: the time, though scheduled, could change or be slightly delayed]
The Governor’s press secretary, Aaron McLear gave a grim outlook on what the budget revisions will mean, telling the Sacramento Bee on Wednesday
What you can expect generally is no taxes and terrible cuts, absolutely terrible cuts. We're not going to get through the deficit we have without some really tough decisions and some really terrible cuts.
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 #060-2010: Updated Budget Subcommittee Hearings & Other Meeting Schedule - 3/24 Assembly Budget Subcommittee Hearing on Impact of Health & Human Services Budget Cuts on Californians
Mon, 2010-03-22 20:47 — chrisUpdated Budget Subcommittee Hearing Schedule
March 24th Oversight Hearing by Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health & Human Services Will Focus on Budget Cuts Impact On Californians – Selected Medi-Cal Issues to Be Heard by Senate Budget Subcommittee on March 25th
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 03/22/2010 05:40 PM (Pacific Time)] - With just four days to go before the Legislature takes a one week “spring recess”, several budget related hearings are scheduled this week including a March 24th oversight hearing by the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services on the impact of the health and human services budget reductions enacted and proposed on Californians. It will be Assemblymember Dave Jones’ (Democrat – Sacramento, 6th Assembly District) first hearing as the new subcommittee chair.
The budget subcommittee hearings that are scheduled during mid-March through early May cover the Governor’s proposed budget that he submitted to the Legislature on January 8th (hearings on special session budget proposals were held in late January and February). The state still faces a budget hole that could be $20 billion by the end of the 2010-2011 State budget year that ends June 30, 2011.
CDCAN Report #058-2010: Senate Budget Subcommittee Rejects IHSS, CalWORKs "Trigger Proposals" to Eliminate Programs if Not Enough Federal Funds Come to CA - Action Not Taken Yet on Other Proposed IHSS and CalWORKs Cuts
Fri, 2010-03-19 11:53 — chrisSENATE BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE REJECTS GOVERNOR’S “TRIGGER PROPOSALS” ON IHSS, CALWORKS LINKED TO NEW FEDERAL FUNDING
Proposal Would Have Eliminated – If Trigger Was Pulled – Entire IHSS, CalWORKS and Former Foster Youth Transitional Housing Programs If $6.9 Billion in New Federal Funds Did Not Come To California by July 15, 2010 – Action Not Taken Yet on Any of the Governor’s Other Major Proposed Cuts To IHSS, CalWORKS & Other Health and Human Services
SACRAMENTO, CALIF (CDCAN) [Updated 03/18/2010 08:00 PM (Pacific Time)] - The Senate Budget Subcommittee #3 on Health and Human Services, in a long hearing held today on some of the Governor’s proposed human services budget issues, rejected by a vote of 2 to 0, the Governor’s “trigger proposals” that would have eliminated the entire In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS), CalWORKS and Transitional Housing Program Plus for former foster youth if it was determined that at least $6.9 billion in new federal funds did not come to California on or before July 15, 2010. [Note: see separate CDCAN Report later for a more detailed report on the hearing including testimony given]
