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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.
May 14, 2026 | Burbank & Livestream9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., PT Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel2500 North Hollywood WayBurbank, CA 91505-1019
SACRAMENTO (May 4, 2026) — The California Hospital Association (CHA) has filed a lawsuit against Anthem Blue Cross to prevent the insurance giant from penalizing hospitals when Anthem enrollees choose a doctor that is out of network, a choice explicitly allowed by their health insurance plan.
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.
Assembly Health Committee Support Letter
AB 2003 directs 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.
Senate Education Committee Support Letter
Dylan’s journey began with a life-threatening diagnosis: four congenital heart defects that required expert care. His family found that care at CHLA’s Heart Institute, where Dylan received the treatment he needed to grow and thrive. Now 19, he’s channeling that resilience into life as an athlete on Pepperdine University’s men’s volleyball team.
A critical deadline passed last week in the state Legislature and there’s good news: both of CHA’s sponsored bills — one that would expand and reinvest in the Distressed Hospital Loan Program and another that would cost out proposed laws — have passed out of their committees.
