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
APA’s policy team is working to update materials, but has informed members that the DEA and HHS issued a second temporary extension of COVID-19 telemedicine flexibilities for prescription of controlled medications, further extending exceptions to the existing DEA regulations through December 31, 2024.
Reminder that beginning August 1, 2024, all California dispensers of controlled substances will be required to report dispensations to the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES) using version 4.2B of the American Society of Automation in Pharmacy (ASAP)
The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) reports, “According to the most recent PPIC Statewide Survey and similar to a 2022 KFF national survey, more than eight in ten California adults say there is a mental health crisis in the United States today. What
