What’s happening: In a letter sent Tuesday to Gov. Newsom, CHA pressed for expedited submission of the final payment policies for the next iteration of the Hospital Fee Program. As a reminder, the revised tax model was submitted in mid-March.
What’s happening: The Emergency Medical Services Authority has opened a new comment period for additional modifications to the Chapter 1.2 Ambulance Patient Offload Time regulations, which implement provisions of Assembly Bill 40 (2023).
What’s happening: A recording of CHA's April 23 webinar on the Office of Health Care Affordability’s (OHCA) planned reassessment of the “high-cost” hospital list is now available for members who many have missed it.
What’s happening: On Tuesday, CHA held a briefing for legislative staff on the financial realities of rural health care survival.
What’s happening: The governor is expected to release his May budget revise next week, which will kick off budget negotiations with the Legislature ahead of the June 30 deadline.
AB 108 provides $25 million to the Department of Health Care Access and Information to support grants to hospitals in immediate and significant financial distress to help prevent the closure of those hospitals.
SR 110 designates the week of May 10-16, 2026, as National Hospital Week in California.
SB 989 would enable first responders to refer an individual with a severe mental illness experiencing psychosis and severe impairment to a county’s Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act process.
AB 2003 would direct the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission to develop a free online suicide prevention training program for schools and require local educational agencies to submit data to the state on suicide-risk screenings.
What’s happening: CalMatters has published a CHA counter op-ed on 340B that reinforces the program’s importance for patients and safety-net providers.