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ITUP Blog: 2024 Legislative Round Up
October 4, 2024
This year, Governor Newsom signed 84 percent of the bills that crossed his desk by the September 30, 2024, deadline. Here is a round-up of some significant health and health-related bills signed into law and some vetoed (shown in italics).
Read MoreCalifornia Legislature Passes State Budget for 2018-19
June 15, 2018
The 2018-19 fiscal year (FY) budget passed by the Legislature increases state funding for higher education, child care, and social service programs for low-income and homeless Californians. While the Senate and Assembly versions of the budget included multiple augmentations aimed at covering specific subgroups of the remaining uninsured, the final budget compromise left all of them unfunded.
Read MoreChallenge of Covering the Remaining Uninsured Falls to the Next California Governor
June 12, 2018
The California Legislature is poised to formally adopt the state budget for 2018-19 this week. The deal struck between legislators and Governor Jerry Brown leaves the challenge of ensuring access to health coverage for California’s three million uninsured to the next Governor, who will take office in January 2019.
Read MoreCovered California Anticipates 500,000 – 1.2 Million More Uninsured Californians in 2019
May 24, 2018
In 2019, Covered California projects recent federal policy actions will drive up premiums, reduce enrollment, and increase the number of uninsured. Last week Covered California announced its 2018-19 proposed budget, including estimated premium increases of between 9 and 13 percent for 2019.
Read MoreUpdate: California Coverage and Access Legislation
April 27, 2018
The California Legislature this week completed the first round of policy committee hearings for 2018. This year, legislators are considering multiple bills to expand coverage, improve affordability of coverage and ensure access in underserved communities.
Read MoreNew CMS Data on ACA Marketplace Enrollment Shows Covered California Stays the Course
April 6, 2018
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released 2018 enrollment data for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces, easing fears that enrollment would drop significantly because of federal legislative and administrative efforts to undermine the ACA.
Read MoreStabilizing the Individual Market after Federal Efforts Stall
March 28, 2018
With federal efforts falling short, California is considering proposals to bolster the state’s marketplace and reduce anticipated increases in premiums. Read this blog post for more information and summaries of federal legislative proposals.
Read More2017-18 Legislative Session Bills in California
March 12, 2018
The deadline for introducing legislation in the second year of the 2017-18 legislative session was last month. Health Committees in both houses begin bill hearings this week on 2018 bills and on two-year bills that remain eligible for action.
Read MoreRecent Federal Budget Actions Affect Health Care Programs
February 15, 2018
In recent weeks, Congress passed another in a series of short-term budget resolutions for the 2018 Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) and the President announced his blueprint for the 2019 FFY budget. Both contain important health care provisions with real and potential impacts for health care and coverage in California.
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