NEWSLETTER
Volume 3, Issue 20 - May 19, 2023
Legislation
SB 43 (Eggman) Behavioral health
CSAP's co-sponsored legislation, SB 43 (Eggman) pertaining to conservatorship, passed off the suspense file in the Senate Appropriations Committee and is heading for a floor vote. Santa Clara County has moved to a Support if Amended position. CSAP's advocates at SYASL believe that other counties may follow Santa Clara's lead in suggesting amendments to the bill, which you can view here.
Suspense Files
This week the Assembly and Senate Appropriations Committees held their respective suspense file hearings. Many bills were held in committee or made into 2-year bills. You may read an article from the Sacramento Bee discussing this time-honored but strange and mysterious process: Hundreds of bills die quietly at Capitol.
CSAP Government Affairs Committee
Last night, CSAP's Governmental Affairs Committee recommended positions on the following bills and the Board concurred:
Support:
AB 19 (Patterson, Joe) Pupil health: opioid antagonists
AB 816 (Haney) Minors: consent to medical care
AB 1166 (Bains) Liability for opioid antagonist administration
AB 1288 (Reyes) Health care coverage: Medication-assisted treatment
AB 1412 (Hart) Pretrial diversion: borderline personality disorder
AB 1584 (Weber) Criminal procedure: competence to stand trial
ACR 70 (Pellerin) Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month
ACR 75 (Ramos) Mental Health Awareness Month
SR 9 (Skinner) Relative to reproductive health
SCR 61 (Seyarto) Suicide Prevention Week
SR 39 (Wiener) Relative to National Mental Health Awareness Month
Support if Amended:
AB 1360 (McCarty) Hope California: Secured Residential Treatment Pilot Program - CSAP will try to secure clarifications in this bill that the pilot program must utilize a medical model, ensure that there is addiction medicine MD/DO involvement, and that judges have discretion with respect to the expungement of criminal records.
Watch:
AB 718 (Ta) Veterans: Mental health
SB 58 (Wiener) Controlled substances: hallucinogenic substances
Oppose:
AB 1070 (Low) Physician assistants: physician supervision: exceptions
Fentanyl
You can view a list of fentanyl bills that are still moving forward in the legislative process here. CSAP does not currently have any positions on these bills.
You may view a list of CSAP's tracked bills here.
988
The Assembly Emergency Management, Joint Legislative Committee on Emergency Management, and the Assembly Communications and Conveyance Committees held a joint oversight hearing: California's 9-1-1 Systems and How the State is Implementing the 9-8-8 Crisis Hotline Center and Next Generation 911. You may view SYSAL staff notes from the hearing here.
CARE Act
County advocates have sent a letter to the Director of Finance and Legislative Budget Chairs requesting additional considerations for funding. You may view the letter here.
MCO Tax Deeper Dive
The State's Legislative Analyst published a detailed analysis of the Governor's most recent proposal to reimpose a tax on health plans in California (aka the "Managed Care Organization Tax"), which would increase Medi-Cal rates in California. Read more here.
The CMA is pushing hard on the Governor's proposal, as is CSAP. Among other things, and as previously reported, the re-imposition of this tax could buoy Medi-Cal rates paid for certain mental health services.
CalAIM
The California Health Care Foundation sponsored a webinar on CalAim. You may view materials and SYASL staff notes below.
Agenda & Playback
Slides
SYASL Staff Notes
Fed / APA Update
Grants and Opportunities for Comment
For SYASL's latest compilation of draft behavioral health regulations and grant opportunities, see here.
Behavioral Health Task Force
CalHHS will be hosting its June Behavioral Health Task Force (BHTF) quarterly meeting. Please see below for details.
- Schedule: June 13, 2023 from 10:00 am–1:00 pm
- How to join: Zoom. Please register here to join the meeting.
- Meeting topics:
- Update and Discussion on the Behavioral Health Modernization Proposal
- The Role Out of the Crisis Care Continuum (CCC) Plan
- BHTF Membership Process
- Agenda & Materials: The agenda and related materials will be sent out ahead of the meeting. Please note that information regarding the Behavioral Health Modernization Proposal will be available in the next week or so.
You may follow up on the January BHTF Meeting and April Lunch & Learn: Recordings, presentation slides, and summaries of past meetings are posted to the BHTF website here.
Related Engagement Opportunities:
The Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI): Please join the California Health & Human Services Agency (CalHHS), in partnership with its departments, on June 9, 2023, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. PST for a webinar on the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative (CYBHI). Registration link to join this webinar
June’s webinar will share updates on recent developments, work-to-date, and upcoming next steps of the Initiative and its workstreams. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions from CYBHI leaders and partners about their work. More information to come.
Mental Health Matters Day (May 24, 2023): Join us on the West Steps of the Capitol 10:15am-1:00pm. For more information, please visit mentalhealthmattersday.org.
Allied Healthcare Loan Repayment Program
The Allied Healthcare Loan Repayment Program (AHLRP) is now open for applications. This program is funded by the County Medical Services Program (CMSP) and administered by the Department of Healthcare Access and Information (HCAI).
Under AHLRP, Allied Healthcare Professionals may be awarded up to $16,000 in exchange for one-year of service at a CMSP-contracted provider site. Up to $600,000 will be awarded this year.
You may view a letter from CMSP’s Executive Director, Kari Brownstein, along with informational flyers regarding this opportunity. You may also visit HCAI to learn more and apply. The application deadline is July 31st, 2023. Please SHARE this important information with others.
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