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Specialized Stomach Procedure and Care Team Aid Teen’s Weight Loss Journey

Jasmine struggled with severe pediatric obesity for years. Luckily, the Bariatric Surgery Program at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles saved the day. Their team performed a specialized stomach procedure and developed a care team of doctors, surgeons, dietitians, and psychologists that aided Jasmine in losing more than 170 pounds. A year and a half post-surgery, Jasmine is focused on the future: “Now, I can walk for miles without pain or getting tired.”    

Hospital 101: Operational Realities and Future Challenges

Tuesday, January 13, 202610:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., PT Please join CHA for a special “Hospital 101: Operational Realities and Future Challenges” webinar briefing. Legislative staff are invited to a 90-minute briefing that will provide an overview of the role and characteristics of California’s hospitals, their place within the broader health care landscape, and the key […]

SB 503 (Weber Pierson, D-San Diego)

SB 503 would require health care providers to make reasonable efforts to identify and monitor clinical decision support systems that are known to have, or have a reasonably foreseeable risk for, biased impacts. The bill would also require providers to take reasonable steps to mitigate biased impacts. In addition, developers would be required to provide...

AB 1337 (Ward, D-San Diego)

AB 1337 would require all local agencies, including district hospitals and public hospitals, to implement additional privacy protection practices regarding medical and other information. CHA has joined a coalition opposing the bill.

Senate Privacy Committee Coalition Oppose Letter

SB 238 (Smallwood-Cuevas, D-Los Angeles)  

SB 238 would have required an employer to annually provide a detailed notice to the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR), employees, and union representatives of all workplace surveillance tools in use. The bill would have also required DIR to make the notice public on its website and subject employers to stiff penalties for noncompliance.