HHS Recent News

July 22, 2021

The National Association of Counties (NACo) has developed a Child Care Stabilization toolkit that can be utilized by counties as they play a significant role in the stability of and access to the child care system.

July 15, 2021

This week the first Master Plan for Aging (MPA) progress report was released. This report recaps the last six months of efforts by state and local stakeholders towards the 2030 goals of an age-friendly state.

July 15, 2021

The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) submitted the state’s massive proposal to streamline and simplify Medi-Cal, dubbed the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM), on June 30.

The CalAIM initiative encompasses a wide swath of changes to Medi-Cal, and currently spans two separate federal waiver proposals:

July 8, 2021

The County Medical Services Program (CMSP) Governing Board has released its Request for Proposals (RFP) for the CMSP Local Indigent Care Needs (LICN) Grant Program for CMSP counties that have not already received funding. The RFP and all associated documents have been posted on the CMSP Governing Board’s website here.

June 21, 2021

The United States Supreme Court tossed out the California v Texas case today, opining that the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring the suit on a 7-2 vote.

The justices did not rule on the merits of the case, but rather on whether the state of Texas, along with two individuals, were harmed by the continuation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) after Congress eliminated the individual mandate to purchase health care and associated penalties in 2017.

June 10, 2021

The Department of Health Care Services is hosting a webinar to discuss the key aspects of Medi-Cal, Medi-Cal managed care, and updates related to Enhanced Care Management (ECM) and In Lieu of Services (ILOS) as part of California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal. The webinar taking place on June 29, 2021, from 2 – 3 p.m. PST, will be the first of a two-part series.

May 3, 2021

The Aurrera Health Group in collaboration with the California Health Care Foundation (CHCF) is hosting a webinar to present the medical respite landscape in California. The webinar taking place on June 9, 2021, from 12 – 1:15 p.m. PST, will incorporate the findings from a respite care assessment completed in 2020.

May 6, 2021

This week, CSAC moved to support SB 395 authored by Senator Anna Caballero. The bill will place an additional retail tax on e-cigarette and vaping products to help support safety-net services across early childhood, public health, and health care systems.