What’s happening: With the governor’s Oct. 13 deadline to sign or veto legislation that made it to his desk, the first year of the 2025-26 legislative session has now concluded. CHA has issued a summary of key wins and losses for the year.
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An update on the H1N1 influenza virus will be presented at CHA’s Disaster Planning for California Hospitals conference Sept. 14-16 in Sacramento. An expanded panel presentation led by Gilberto Chavez, M.D., state epidemiologist and chief of the Center for Infectious Disease, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), will be held Sept. 15.
Active shooter events in a health care setting present unique challenges: a potentially large vulnerable patient population, hazardous materials (including infectious disease), locked units, special challenges (such as weapons and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines (these machines contain large magnets which can cause issues with firearms, or remove it from the hands of law enforcement), as well as caregivers who can respond to treat victims.
Hospitals are already committed to protecting and supporting injured or sick employees.
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What’s happening: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized a regulation of laboratory-developed tests (LDTs), effective July 5.
What else to know: The final rule amends FDA regulations to make explicit that in vitro diagnostic (IVD) products, which include LDTs, are devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
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California’s 2025 legislative session ends tomorrow, and while much of the recent focus has been at the federal level — working to fend off record health care cuts enacted by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — at the state level, the past nine months have been dominated by a series of important bills with a California footprint.
Presumptions would reduce access at a time when hospitals are focused on patient care and affordability