Dr. Jasmeet Bains won her race for an Assembly seat in the Bakersfield area defeating Kern County Supervisor Leticia Perez. Dr. Jasmeet Bains is a family doctor providing primary healthcare to families throughout the Central Valley and calls herself a
Don’t let Adderall scarcity trigger a repeat of the opioid epidemic Northern California Kaiser Permanente nurses plan 2-day strike Will the state try again to ban slavery in its constitution? Election deniers lose races for key state offices in every
Last night, the CSAP Governmental Affairs Committee (GAC) considered whether to urge California to apply for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Planning Grants. A Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) model is designed to ensure access to coordinated comprehensive behavioral health care. CCBHCs
The Board of Registered Nursing met this week and discussed the AB 890 regulations. You can view the agenda here, and SYASL staff notes here. The newly adopted regulations clarify that the clinical practice experience required to become a 103 or 104 NP
Should Housing, Mental Health and Substance Use Services Be a Right in California? The Steinberg Institute and its founder, Darrell Steinberg, has invited CSAP to participate in a conversation about what it would take in California to make mental health
‘We are not trying to scare you.’ In California, fentanyl now behind 1 out of every 5 youth deaths – Experts recommend fentanyl test strips to detect powerful opioid and schools stock up on Narcan to counteract overdoses Ex-girlfriend of
The AB 890 regulations have now moved to the full Board of Registered Nursing (BRN). California Business and Professions Code (BPC) Section 2837.105 requested that the Office of Professional Examination Services (OPES) complete an occupational analysis by January 1, 2023. This
Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research is conducting a study of state Medicaid offices’ efforts to promote the safe use of antipsychotic medications among their children, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. From a
APA is currently working with the American Telemedicine Association to urge the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to promulgate regulations to offer prescribing clinicians a long-term solution to this issue and to provide short-term guidance and continued
