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Support Community Health Center Funding!

This week we are joining community health centers (CHCs) across the country for a week of action in support of CHC infrastructure and workforce funding.  Members of Congress are expected to vote on the provisions that will be included in the Build Back Better Act budget reconciliation bill. We need your help to continue urging our Members of Congress to support the inclusion of $10 billion for CHC infrastructure funding and $6.3 billion for primary workforce funding in their final budget reconciliation bill.   Increased investments in CHC infrastructure and primary care workforce funding would allow us to:   • Modernize our Canoga Park health center, which would allow us to expand our primary and preventive health care services to...

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Take Action to Support Community Health Center Telehealth Funding

Thanks to your ongoing advocacy, Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 128, a portion of the $262.2 billion Fiscal Year 21-22 State Budget; However, our advocacy continues as State Legislators and Governor Gavin Newsom are still reviewing the omnibus health trailer bills AB 133 and SB 133. These trailer bills include funding for programs that will help expand health care access to our patients. We need your help in asking our state legislators and the Governor to include funding for telehealth in the omnibus health trailer bills and to sign the bills today.   Thanks to your advocacy efforts the current omnibus health trailer bills include the following:   • Telehealth – A commitment by state legislators and the Department of...

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Advocate in support of AB-32!

Assembly Bill 32, introduced by Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry, will ensure that telehealth and telephonic care is available to Medi-Cal patients beyond the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, which will expire on December 2021. The California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP) completed an analysis regarding the benefits, effectiveness and cost of Assembly Bill 32. The Assembly Health Committee is scheduled to review Assembly Bill 32, and will vote on the legislation at their committee meeting taking place on April 27. We need your help in reminding the Assembly Health Committee and our state legislators why telehealth and telephonic care is important when providing comprehensive health care to our patients, and to continue urging them to make payment for video and audio-only...

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