As part of Governor Gavin Newsom’s $4.7 billion Master Plan for Kids’ Mental Health, California has awarded $30.5 million to 63 groups to support youth mental health through community and evidence-based practices, supporting parents, grandparents, and other family caregivers. Read more here.
The new Speaker of the Assembly Robert Rivas didn’t waste any time announcing his leadership team and also making some moves. Of note for the house of medicine: Assemblyman Dr. Joaquin Arambula has been removed as the Chairman of Assembly
After exercising and temporarily extending enforcement discretion allowing the use of non-HIPAA-compliant communications technology for telehealth throughout the COVID-19 public health emergency, HHS will resume enforcement on August 9, 2023. The April 11, 2023, HHS announcement stated: “The HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR)] is providing a
Tuition Relief for Psychiatrists $14,000,000 shall be available to support a loan repayment program of up to $300,000 of relief for psychiatrists, as follows: $7,000,000 shall be available for psychiatrists that agree to a five-year service commitment at the State Department
Several organizations signed on to a letter to the Department of Health Care Services in response to DHCS’s ruling in April prohibiting students from accessing Current Procedural Terminology codes. You may view the letter here. SYASL is engaged on this issue with the Newsom
County Budget Concerns Several Counties that are in the process of implementing the CARE Act have raised concerns to the Governor and Budget Chairs regarding the failure to include funding for counsel for county behavioral health agencies who are responsible
This past year has been a truly inspiring one. I learned tremendously from the other Board Members, the Government Affairs Committee members, and the intense and thought-provoking discussions had at the respective meetings. It has been eye-opening to learn about
The work continues. CSAP is working in tandem with the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to address prescribing issues on the federal level. Congress put out a request for information on the national drug shortage and APA wants to better understand how far reaching
