End of COVID-19 Emergency – What Physicians Need to Know Both the State of California and the federal government will be winding down the public health emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic. California’s State of Emergency (SOE) ended Tuesday, February
As you may recall, the California Health and Human Services Agency hosted the first CARE Act Working Group meeting on February 14. Both the Working Group meeting presentation and full meeting recording are now available on the CARE Act Working Group webpage.
Attorney General’s Office Also this week, several members of the CSAP Government Affairs Committee and SYASL advocate Paul Yoder met with basically all of the top brass in the State Attorney General’s Office to discuss current prescribing issues. It was
The Steinberg Institute has shared with CSAP and SYASL the language that they intend to amend into AB 459 (Haney). We have discussed this in previous newsletters: it is an effort to put into state law rights similar conceptually to what
The Assembly Health Committee and the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services held a status hearing on the numerous California mental health initiatives authorized over the last several years. You may view hearing materials and SYASL staff notes
The DEA has announced proposed permanent rules for the prescribing of controlled medications via telemedicine. The press release is below along with a pretty useful info-graphic. CSAP is working hand in hand with the APA on how to provide feedback to
This week, CSAP joined Senators Eggman and Wiener, the Big City Mayors Coalition, NAMI California, and others to announce the introduction of legislation to overhaul the State’s behavioral health care system. CSAP Governmental Affairs Committee Chair, Dr. Emily Wood did an
California’s Department of State Hospitals’ (DSH) Incompetent to Stand Trial Diversion and Community Based Restoration Infrastructure Project provides $468.8 million in one-time grant funding to California counties to build, acquire, or develop residential housing settings for people who have been