One-third of homeless veterans live in California. Newsom is backing a new plan to help them Shifting how California funds its mental health system is critical to getting more people off the streets Medical debt is being wiped from many
CSAP has heard from a lot of you all around the state regarding new regulations being promulgated by the Medical Board of California. Rest assured, CSAP is tracking this, and coordinating with the California Medical Association to submit comments by the
As the enactment of SB 43 (Eggman) sinks in, this question is being asked a lot. We want to kick off the Newsletter this week by reminding everyone that, for starters, the State still has money appropriated in previous budget cycles for
The Department of Health Care Services submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) the proposed amendment to the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) program, and a new Section 1115 demonstration request (1115 waiver) entitled California Behavioral Health
Veto messages provide tremendous insight as to how governors think, and also what they will entertain in legislative proposals going forward. This week, the Newsletter focuses on a handful of bills the Governor vetoed that were of interest to CSAP in 2023. With
Governor Newsom joined Legislative and local leaders, families, advocates, veterans, and healthcare professionals in Los Angeles County to sign SB 326 (Eggman) and AB 531 (Irwin), legislation to modernize California’s mental health and substance use disorder treatment systems for the first time in decades.
Governor Newsom signed SB 43, to modernize the State’s conservatorship laws for the first time in more than 50 years. SB 43 updates the definition for those eligible for conservatorship to include people who are unable to provide for their personal
