Senator McGuire has introduced legislation on Coordinated Specialty Care that is modeled after what the American Psychiatric Association is attempting to get into law in all fifty states.
Southern California Psychiatric Society is joining CSAP
The California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS) released an update of the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative Efforts.
The California Alliance and the California Behavioral Health Directors Association co-hosted a webinar “Aiming Higher for Kids: The Promise of CalAIM.”
Senator Wiener has introduced SB 964, the Behavioral Health Workforce Revitalization Act
January 1 regulations prohibit balance billing for emergency services and require physicians to make certain disclosures to their uninsured and self-pay patients.
The California Children’s Trust and National Center for Youth Law held an online briefing on how managed care plans can work with schools to provide students with mental health services.
The issue of more paid sick time for individuals whose employers don’t provide it is coming back into the legislative realm.