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California Health Care Affordability Board discuss methodology for statewide spending target – State of Reform

October 17, 2023 by ZeroToHero

California’s Health Care Affordability Board (HCAB) met last month to discuss an overview of draft decisions for a baseline spending report, and introduced methodology considerations for the statewide spending target. The board’s purpose is to reduce the rate of cost growth across California’s healthcare sector. The Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) will measure healthcare … Read more

Pregnant and Addicted: Homeless Women See Hope in Street Medicine – California Healthline

October 16, 2023 by ZeroToHero

REDDING — Five days after giving birth, Melissa Crespo was already back on the streets, recovering in a damp, litter-strewn water tunnel, when she got the call from the hospital. Her baby, Kyle, who had been born three months prematurely, was in respiratory failure in the neonatal intensive care unit and fighting for his life. … Read more

Governor Newsom Puts Historic Mental Health Transformation on March 2024 Ballot | California Governor

October 12, 2023 by ZeroToHero

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: For the first time in decades, Californians will have the ability to transform the state’s mental health system – modernizing to meet the needs of all Californians. Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 326 (Eggman), modernizing the Mental Health Services Act, and Assembly Bill 531 (Irwin), a $6.38 Billion bond to build … Read more

California Governor Signs 2 Major Proposals for Mental Health Reform to Go Before Voters in 2024

October 12, 2023 by ZeroToHero

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two major pieces of legislation Thursday to transform the state’s mental health system and address the state’s worsening homelessness crisis, putting them both before voters in 2024. The Democratic governor needs voters’ approval because he wants to borrow billions of dollars through a bond to pay … Read more