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SB 297 would have required that, starting Jan. 1, 2028, adults receiving primary care in regions with a high incidence of valley fever be screened for valley fever, unless specific exceptions apply — such as prior testing, inability to consent, or emergency department treatment. This bill would have also tasked the California Department of Public...
AB 539 would require that a health care service plan’s or health insurer’s prior authorization for a health care service remain valid for a period of at least one year from the date of approval, or throughout the course of prescribed treatment if less than one year.
Senate Health Committee Support Letter
AB 340 would have prohibited a public agency employer from asking any employee or their union representative about communications concerning workplace matters that are made in confidence between the employee and their representative.
AB 356 was amended to remove the provisions related to facility fees. As amended, it would have required the Department of Health Care Access and Information to convene a working group to make recommendations on the provision of health care services in northern San Diego County.
AB 280 would require health care service plans and insurers to use a designated central utility selected by the Department of Managed Health Care to collect, manage, verify, and analyze the consistency of their provider directories. Under the bill, plans and insurers would have to provide coverage for benefits when an enrollee or insured reasonably...
AB 220 would prohibit Medi-Cal managed care plans from denying or imposing additional criteria for the authorization of subacute services so long as the provider substantiates that a patient has met the medical necessity criteria specified in state law for the Medi-Cal fee-for-service delivery system.
Senate Health Committee Support Letter
Senate Appropriations Committee Support Letter
SB 29 would extend to Jan. 1, 2027, the ability for a decedent's estate to recover for non-economic damages (pain and suffering).
Oppose Coalition Assembly Floor Alert
SB 32 would have required the Department of Health Care Services, Department of Managed Health Care, and Department of Insurance to develop and adopt, by July 1, 2027, time or distance accessibility standards for hospitals with perinatal units, which health plans would have been required to meet. The bill would have required that the perinatal unit...
ACA 1 would allow for increasing state budget reserves into the Budget Stabilization Account and exempting those funds from the state appropriations limits. Increased budget reserves would potentially protect Medi-Cal from cuts during difficult fiscal years.
When patients arrive at hospitals via ambulance, the goal is to transfer them to hospital care as quickly as possible. But that process can be slowed by several factors: the physical layout of a hospital, current unprecedented patient volume, increased acuity of patients’ illness or injury, and more.
