What’s happening: The Future of Medi-Cal Commission meeting on Jan. 22 brought commissioners together for the first time, giving the group an opportunity to introduce themselves and start tackling the challenges facing Medi-Cal.
What’s happening: Cal HQ — a statewide, cross-industry collaborative working to improve hospital quality through aligned action — will host an in-person kickoff meeting for hospital quality leaders on April 14 in Long Beach and April 30 in Sacramento (from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on both dates).
What’s happening: CHA's new infographic illustrates how the 340B program works, highlights its benefits to patients and communities in reducing drug costs and expanding access to care, details who is eligible to participate, and sets the record straight on program oversight and compliance.
AB 2301 would establish a pilot program, through Jan. 1, 2036, allowing 10 California community college districts to offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. The bill would require that the California community colleges chancellor prioritize developing these programs at community college districts in underserved or high-poverty areas. The Legislative Analyst’s Office would be required...
AB 2311 would allow a health care district that owns or controls a general acute care hospital to employ licensed physicians and charge for their services, and it would prohibit the district from interfering with the doctors’ professional judgment.
SB 951 would require a 90-day notice to employees laid off due to changes in the workforce related to the use of artificial intelligence.
SB 947 would require an employer that uses automated decision systems (ADS) for purposes of making employment-related decisions to provide written notice to its employees about how the ADS was used in the decision making It would also require an independent investigation to corroborate the basis of an employment-related decision made with the assistance of an...
AB 2575 would require the notification to workers that artificial intelligence (AI) was being used in the provision of patient care. The bill would also allow the worker to override the output AI tool, if in the judgment of the worker acting in their scope of practice, an override is appropriate for the patient, or as necessary to comply with applicable law, including civil rights...
AB 1961 would authorize an employer to seek a workplace violence restraining order on behalf of a group or class of employees if a credible threat of violence is generally directed at the employer’s workplace or at the employer’s employees.