CSAP News

SF / UCSF Mentorships

The City and County of San Francisco and the University of California, San Francisco will provide paid work-based learning opportunities in mental and behavioral health and psychiatry.

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Governor Signs Latest Parity Bill – SB 221 (Wiener)

This legislation closes a critical loophole in existing law by detailing an appropriate timely access standard for follow-up appointments while giving the treating clinician an option to create alternative timeframes for follow-up appointments when it is warranted

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Telehealth

Assembly Bill 1494 added Section 14132.724 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, which requires DHCS to post guidance on its website regarding reimbursement and submission of claims for telehealth or telephonic services rendered during a state of emergency.

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Capitol Weekly Presents: California’s Mental Health Crisis

Capitol Weekly, a publication of Open California, periodically holds webinars on topics that are at the top of policymakers’ minds. This week, they held a virtual roundtable for their annual look at health care in the Golden State, focusing on California’s escalating mental health crisis.

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