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What’s happening: Today, CHA submitted a letter to the Office of Health Care Affordability board urging it to account for all health care workers — not just those covered by collective bargaining agreements — in setting and adjusting the spending targets, or risk undermining broader workforce stability.
A recent commentary from an academic whose primary source of funding is a national profit-focused insurance company takes unjust aim at hospitals and the vital care they provide to Californians throughout the state.
Tuesday, May 5, 202611:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., PT
The Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) is preparing to make decisions with far-reaching implications for hospitals and CHA needs you. OHCA plans to reassess the list of “high-cost” hospitals that will be subject to dramatically reduced spending targets. OHCA’s use of revised data could result in hospitals falling off or being added to the high-cost list. This webinar will discuss what’s going on and help you prepare. Expert speakers will discuss: How OHCA’s methodology for measuring...
AB 1970 would have prohibited health plans and insurers from requiring step therapy protocols for medications used to treat a serious mental illness or substance use disorder.
Senate Health Committee Support Letter
SB 995 would have created a new regulatory framework for involuntary residential facilities with 50 or more beds in California, including immigration detention facilities. As requested by CHA, the bill includes a provision that would prevent the California Department of Public Health from unnecessarily duplicating its existing health and safety inspections and oversight of health and psychiatric...
SB 942, the Civil Detainees’ Bill of Rights Act of 2026, would establish rights for individuals held in public and private locked detention facilities for civil immigration proceedings, including the right to dignity, privacy, and prompt mental health, medical, and dental care.
The Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) is preparing to make decisions with far-reaching implications for hospitals and CHA needs you.
AB 1811 would preserve Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA) designations that were in place as of Jan. 1, 2025, until Jan. 1, 2035. This would ensure that the current HPSAs, and the 285 that are proposed for withdrawal, continue to qualify for state prioritization and benefits in California.
AB 1582 would have established a new unfair practice charge under the Higher Education Employer Employee Relations Act and limited the ability of University of California hospitals to rely on contract staffing.
Senate Labor Committee Oppose Letter
Senate Judiciary Committee Oppose Letter
