The newsroom includes access to CHA News, which provides timely information to members every Thursday and is at the core of CHA benefits. In addition, it is also home to resources such as toolkits and talking points designed to help member hospitals and health systems communicate with internal and external audiences on a range of current health care-related issues. Links to CHA media statements and press releases can also be found here.
Newsroom
CHA Formally Opposes Billionaire Tax Act
What’s happening: Earlier today, CHA issued a news release aligning with a broad coalition of health care organizations, unions, and everyday Californians in opposition to a ballot measure that would impose a tax on the state’s wealthiest residents.
Applications Open for HCAI Behavioral Health Workforce Funding
What’s happening: Hospitals should consider applying for a new, multi-year $196 million behavioral health workforce recruitment and retention program recently launched by the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI).
HCAI to Host Webinar on Planning for Disasters
What’s happening: The Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) will host a webinar on July 7 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. (PT) that is focused on hospitals’ planning and preparing for disasters.
In High-Stakes Primaries, 100% of CHPAC-Endorsed Candidates Advance
What’s happening: Tuesday marked California’s primary election, setting the stage for critical runoffs in November — perhaps the most important of which will be the showdown between Xavier Becerra (D) and Steve Hilton (R) to be California’s next governor.
California is Killing Its Golden Goose
The Wall Street Journal’s recent piece examining job growth nationally and in California (“Forget Tech and Hollywood. California Is Powered by Healthcare Jobs.” – May 11, 2026) noted that, “without [the health and human services sector], the state hosting the nation’s high-tech and entertainment hubs would have lost jobs … This gap between health-related and other parts of the economy proved greater in California than in any other U.S. state.”
CHA Alert: Tell OHCA Board ‘No’ On Exorbitant Penalties That Endanger Health Care
What’s happening: On Wednesday, CHA issued an alert asking members to press the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) to set a reasonable enforcement structure that gives hospitals a chance to improve before imposing penalties so severe that hospitals would have no choice but to cut services, reduce staff, or close outright.
DHCS’ Revised Prop. 35 Spending Plan Fails to Align with Voter Intent
What’s happening: At the May 28 “Protect Access to Health Care Act” Stakeholder Advisory Committee meeting, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) put forth a revised spending plan that fails to align funding with the intent of the voter-approved Proposition 35.
CHA Submits Comments to Cal/OSHA on Second Draft of Plume Regulations
What’s happening: CHA has submitted comments to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) in response to the April 24 second draft of regulatory language regarding Assembly Bill 1007 (2023-2024: Occupational safety and health standards: plume).
CHA Urges OHCA Board to Reject Draconian Penalties
What's happening: The Office of Health Care Affordability’s (OHCA) board met on Wednesday and continued deliberations over the monetary penalties for violating the spending targets. The office also introduced draft regulations to implement Assembly Bill (AB) 1415 (Statutes of 2025), which expands OHCA’s authority to review certain types of health care market transactions.
Commercial Insurers Double Down on Hospital Attacks
It’s been a little more than four months since commercial insurance company executives were summoned to Capitol Hill for a congressional hearing in which they were probed on care denials, profit-taking, consumer affordability, and more.
