Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Informational Hearing
SUBJECT: Health Care Industry Consolidation and its Impact on California's Health Care Prices
Assemblymember Wood, Chair
10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202
- Final Agenda - 11/17/20 {pdf}
- Background - 11/17/20 {pdf}
- Biographies - 11/17/20 {pdf}
- King Presentation 1 {pdf}
- King Presentation 2 {pdf}
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Informational Hearing
SUBJECT: The Health Information Exchange Landscape in California
Assemblymember Wood, Chair
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. - State Capitol, Assembly Chambers
- Final Agenda - 11/10/20 {pdf}
- Background - 11/10/20 {pdf}
- Biographies - 11/10/20 {pdf}
- Sujansky Presentation {pdf}
- Nguyen Presentation {pdf}
- Horrocks Presentation {pdf}
- Frohlich Presentation {pdf}
- Dr. Larry Ozeran written testimony {pdf}
- California Medical Association written testimoniy {pdf}
Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Informational Hearing
SUBJECT: Health Care Affordability: How to Control Costs in California?
Assembly Committee on Health
Assemblymember Wood, Chair
1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437
- Final Agenda - 10/27/20 {pdf}
- Background - 10/27/20 {pdf}
- Biographies - 10/27/20 {pdf}
- Melnick Presentation 1 {pdf}
- Melnick Presentation 2 {pdf}
- Lucia Presentation {pdf}
- Bundorf Presentation {pdf}
- Damberg Presentation {pdf}
- Valle Presentation {pdf}
- Greaney Presentation {pdf}
- Whaley Presentation {pdf}
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
Joint Oversight Hearing
SUBJECT: The COVID-19 Outbreak in Skilled Nursing Facilities and the State's Response:
A discussion of what has worked, what has not, and what are plans for the future?
Assembly Committees on Health and Aging & Long-Term Care
Assemblymembers Wood and Nazarian, Chairs
10:00 a.m. to noon - State Capitol, Assembly Chamber
HEARING CANCELLED
WEDNESDAY, March 18, 2020
Joint Hearing
SUBJECT: Prescription drug pricing: a review of efforts to address rising costs.
Assembly Committee on Health and Senate Committee on Health
TUESDAY, March 10, 2020
Informational Hearing
SUBJECT: Childhood Lead Levels: Millions of Children in Medi-Cal Have Not Received Required Testing for Lead Poisoning (Report Number 2019-105)
Joint Legislative Audit and Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials and Assembly Health and Senate Environmental Quality and Senate Health
Assemblymembers Salas, Quirk, Wood and Senators Allen, Pan, Chairs
- Final Agenda - 3/10/20 {pdf}
- Fact Sheet 3/10/20 {pdf}
- Memo (pdf)
- State Auditor Childhood Lead Levels Report 2019-105 (pdf)
TUESDAY, February 25, 2020
Informational Hearing
SUBJECT: Cost Containment: Considerations for California
Assembly Committee on Health
Assemblymember Wood, Chair
9:00 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202
- Final Agenda - 2/25/20 {pdf}
- Cost Containment Background Paper - 2/25/20 {pdf}
- Cost Containment Speaker Bios 2/25/20 {pdf}
- https://www.chcf.org/publication/commissioning-change-four-states-advisory-boards-contain-health-spending/
- https://www.chcf.org/publication/getting-affordability-spending-trends-waste/
- Larry Levitt, Kaiser Family Foundation Slides {pdf}
- Jaime King, University of California Hastings College of the Law Slides {pdf}
- Glenn Melnick, USC Price School of Public Policy Slides pdf}
- David Seltz, Massachusetts Health Policy Commission Slides {pdf}
- Jeremy Vandehey, Oregon Health Authority Slides {pdf}
- Cheryl Damberg, RAND Corporation Slides {pdf}
- Christine Eibner, RAND Corporation Slides {pdf}
WEDNESDAY, February 19, 2020
Joint Hearing
SUBJECT: Background on California’s Health Insurance Mandates and Essential Health Benefits
Assembly Committee on Health and Senate Committee on Health
Assemblymember Wood and Senator Pan, Chairs
1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 4203
TUESDAY, January 28, 2020
Joint Hearing
SUBJECT: Hospital Seismic Safety: Looking Ahead to the 2030 Requirement to Remain Operational
Assembly Committee on Health and Senate Committee on Health
Assemblymember Wood and Senator Pan, Chairs
1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202
- Final Agenda - 1/28/20 {pdf}
- Seismic Safety Background Paper - 1/28/20 {pdf}
- OSHPD Hospital Seismic Compliance {pdf}
MONDAY, November 4, 2019
Joint Hearing
SUBJECT: Medi-Cal: Access to Care in the Regional Model and Children’s Preventive Health Services
Assembly Committee on Health and Senate Committee on Health
Assemblymember Wood and Senator Pan, Chairs
10:00 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202
- Final Agenda - 11/4/19 {pdf}
- DHCS Full Report Rural Counties Access to Care {pdf}
- DHCS Full Report Preventive Health Services {pdf}
- Snapshots of Preventive Care {pdf}
WEDNESDAY, October 16, 2019
Joint Hearing
SUBJECT: Vaping Tobacco and Cannabis Products: Health Effects
and Deficiencies in Regulation and Current Law
Assembly Committees on Governmental Organization, Business & Professions, and Health
Gray, Low, Wood, Chairs
1:00 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202
WEDNESDAY, August 21, 2019
Joint Hearing
SUBJECT: Mental Health Services Act (Prop 63) Funds: Oversight and Accountability
Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review and Health
Petrie-Norris, Wood, Chairs
10:00 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 447
- Final Agenda - 8/21/19 {pdf}
- Background paper - 8/21/19 {pdf}
- 2018 Audit fact sheet
- LAO handout
- Commission handout - Fiscal Transparency
- Commission handout - Innovation Dashboard
TUESDAY, April 30, 2019
Joint Hearing
SUBJECT: Department of Health Care Services: Millions of Children in Medi-Cal Are Not Receiving Preventative Health Services (Report Number 2018-111)
Joint Legislative Audit and Health
Salas, Wood, Chairs
1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202
- Final Agenda 4/30/2019 {pdf}
- State Auditor Fact Sheet {pdf}
- State Auditor Full Report {pdf}
- State Auditor Recommendations {pdf}
- Statewide Preventive Care Utilization Rates {pdf}
WEDNESDAY, March 13, 2019
Joint Hearing
SUBJECT: Increasing Access to Treatment and Services in Response to the Opioid Crisis
Assembly Health and Senate Health
Assemblymember Wood, Senator Pan, Chairs
10:00 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 112
- Agenda - 3/13/19 {pdf}
- Background - 3/13/19 {pdf}
- UCLA California Hub and Spoke Medication Assisted Treatment Expansion Program Year 1 Evaluation Report {pdf}
- UCLA California’s Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System 2018 Evaluation Report {pdf}
- Riverside County Drug Medi-Cal Presentation {pdf}
- Riverside County Drug Medi-Cal Recommendations {pdf}
- Lee Snook MD, CSAM Testimony {pdf}
- Department of Health Care Services Medication Assisted Treatment Expansion Project 2.0 {pdf}
TUESDAY, March 5, 2019
Joint Hearing
SUBJECT: Improving the Medi-Cal Mental Health Delivery System
Assembly Health and Senate Health
Assemblymember Wood, Senator Pan, Chairs
1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202
- Agenda - 3/5/19 {pdf}
- Background - 3/5/19 {pdf}
- Karen Larsen, CBHDA, Improving the Medi-Cal Mental Health Delivery System {pdf}
- Le Ondra Clark Harvey, Ph.D., Director of Policy and Legislative Affairs, California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies - written testimony {pdf}
- Sara Gavin, Chief Behavioral Health Officer, CommuniCare Health Centers - written testimony {pdf}
- Sarah Arnquist, VP, Account Partnerships, West, Beacon Health Options - written testimony {pdf}
- Kim Lewis, Managing Attorney, National Health Law Program - written testimony {pdf}
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Joint Hearing
SUBJECT: The Medi-Cal Mental Health Delivery System
Assembly Health and Senate Health
Assemblymember Wood, Senator Pan, Chairs
1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202
- Agenda - 2/26/19 {pdf}
- Background - 2/26/19 {pdf}
- Appendix A-D - 2/12/19 {pdf}
- California HealthCare Foundation, Catherine Teare, Overview of Mental Health in California - 2/26/19 {pdf}
- Dr. Amie Miller, Behavioral Health Director Monterey County, CBHDA President Elect, Overview of the Medi-Cal Mental Health Delivery System - 2/26/19 {pdf}
- Dr. Amie Miller, Overview of the Medi-Cal Mental Health Delivery System: Measuring Quality 2/26/19 {pdf}
- LAO Report: Overview of Funding for Medi-Cal Mental Health Services {pdf}
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2019
Joint Hearing
SUBJECT: Health Insurance, Affordability Assistance for Californians: Options and Funding
Assembly Health and Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health and Human Services
and Senate Health and Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services
Assemblymembers Wood, Arambula, Senator Pan, Chairs
1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 4202
- Agenda - 2/12/19 {pdf}
- Background - 2/12/19 {pdf}
- Legislative Analyst's Report - Funding and Implementing Individual Health Insurance Market Affordability Policies {pdf}
- AB 1810 (Committee on Budget), Chapter 34, Statutes of 2018:
- UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education - Towards Universal Health Coverage:
- executive summary pdf and full long report (March 2018)
California’s Health Coverage Gains to Erode Without Further State Action (November 2018)
- Laurel Lucia UC Berkeley powerpoint: Individual Market Affordability: Progress under ACA and Remaining Challenges {pdf}
- Peter V. Lee Covered California powerpoint: Health Insurance Affordability Assistance for Californians: Options and Funding {pdf}