Action needed: Follow up with your state senators and assembly members to urge them to support a proposal through this year’s state budget process that would refocus 2030 hospital seismic requirements on emergency services and provide additional time for hospitals to comply. The bill’s opponents are voicing several concerns, so it is critical that we ensure […]
Action needed: Call or email your U.S. representative and urge them to sign on to a California delegation letter to U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Becerra calling for the urgent distribution of the remaining Provider Relief Funds. To find your representative’s contact information: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative Ask your member of Congress to contact the sponsor of […]
Action needed: Call your state senators and assembly members and urge them to adopt a proposal through this year’s state budget process that would refocus 2030 hospital seismic requirements on emergency services and provide additional time for hospitals to comply as they begin the long recovery from the impact of the pandemic. CHA has created a […]
Action needed: Call your state senators and assembly members and urge them to adopt a proposal through this year’s state budget process that will refocus 2030 hospital seismic requirements on post-event emergency services. The proposal will also provide an additional seven years for hospitals to comply as they begin to recover from the financial toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional details on the proposal are in this one-page outline. To assist […]
Action Needed: Urge your U.S. senators and representatives to support bipartisan legislation that preserves program eligibility for certain 340B hospitals during the COVID-19 public health emergency. To find your senators’ contact information: www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm To find your representatives’ contact information: www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative Timing: Call or email your representatives and senators by July 2. Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a reduction in inpatient hospital […]
Action needed: Call your assembly member to oppose Assembly Bill (AB) 650 (Muratsuchi, D-Torrance). Call your state senator and ask them to oppose Senate Bill (SB) 213 (Cortese, D-San Jose). CHA has developed key messages about both bills for members’ use. Find contact information for both your assembly member and senator on the state Legislature’s site. […]
Action needed: Write and call your assembly member to oppose Assembly Bill (AB) 650 (Muratsuchi, D-Torrance). Write and call your state senator, asking them to oppose Senate Bill (SB) 213 (Cortese, D-San Jose). CHA has developed a template letter and key messages about both bills for members’ use. Find contact information for both your assembly […]
Action Needed: Contact your congressional representative and ask them to cosponsor The Resetting the IMPACT Act (TRIA) of 2021, H.R. 2455. To find your representative’s contact information, visit www.house.gov/representatives/find. To cosponsor the bill your representative should contact the sponsors’ offices. In Rep. Terri Sewell’s (D-AL) office, they should email Earl Flood ([email protected]); in Rep. Vern […]
Background: Staffing shortages may jeopardize access to careAB 650 would mandate unfair and inequitable extra pay for only some health care workers while excluding millions of other essential and health care workers throughout the state. The bill mandates extra pay to workers at private hospitals, clinics, physicians’ offices, surgery centers, and other providers but excludes […]
Action needed: WRITE to Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Santa Rosa), chair of the the Assembly Health Committee, asking that the committee oppose, unless amended, Assembly Bill (AB) 1130, related to the Office of Health Care Affordability; and oppose AB 1132, related to health care integration. CHA has developed template letters about both bills for your use (see below). […]