What Does Federal Health Care Reform Mean to California Counties?
By Paul McIntosh, Executive Director
pmcintosh@counties.org
With President Obama signing the package of federal health reform bills only a few weeks ago, national and state health groups are beginning to develop and share analyses of what the measures may mean for California.
To that end, CSAC has developed a number of brief fact sheets intended as an overview of some of the key provisions of county interests. The fact sheets include a summary of the Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) provisions, the Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program, public health, the individual mandate, employer provisions, exchange, financing, provisions effective in 2010, and provisions impacting seniors and persons with disabilities.
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Administration of Justice
As counties may recall, one element of last year’s proposals to help the state achieve more than a billion dollars in state corrections agency savings was a proposal to release low-risk offenders – including elderly and medically infirm inmates – into the community.
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Agriculture and Natural Resources
SB 1207, by Senator Christine Kehoe, passed out of the Senate Local Government Committee this week. This bill would amend the general plan safety element requirements for state responsibility areas (SRA) and very high fire hazard severity zones (VHFHSZ).
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Employee Relations
On March 25, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an important ruling in a case involving the donning and doffing (putting on and taking off) of police uniforms.
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Government Finance and Operations
AB 2303, by Assembly Member Van Tran, would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to implement a program that would allow people who are receiving unemployment payments or meet state poverty guidelines to pay their vehicle registration fees in installments.
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Health and Human Services
The Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services resumed their Thursday budget hearing schedule this week.
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Housing, Land Use and Transportation
AB 1704, by Assembly Member Kevin Jeffries, would exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) installation of a new recycled water pipeline and replacement of an existing water pipeline of any length within a public street, highway, or right-of-way.
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Indian Gaming
AB 2198, by Assembly Member Paul Cook, would provide an appropriation of $30 million from the Indian Gaming Special Distribution Fund (SDF) Grant Program, for grants to local jurisdictions to mitigate the impacts of tribal casinos.
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