California Legislation

CPEHN and The Greenlining Institute

Medi-Cal Data Analysis: Requires Medi-Cal managed care health plans to analyze quality data by race, ethnicity, and primary language.

CPEHN, American Heart Association, and California Center for Public Health Advocacy

Healthy Food Procurement: Requires food and beverages sold in vending machines in state buildings to meet new nutritional standards.

CPEHN

Medi-Cal Language Access:  Codifies current language access requirements on Medi-Cal managed care health plans.

CPEHN

Translated Prescription Drug Labels: Requires instructions for taking medications that have been translated into non-English languages to be printed on prescription drug containers.

California School Based Health Centers Association and CPEHN

Trauma-Informed Mental Health: Establishes a grant program for School Based Health Centers to provide trauma-informed mental health services to students in areas exposed to high levels of violence.

St. John's Well Child and Family Center and CPEHN

Health Care Notifications in School Lunch Program: Updates notifications about the National School Lunch Prorgram sent to parents with information about the new health insurance options available through the expansion of Medi-Cal and Covered California.

Regional Asthma Management and Prevention Initiative, California Code Enforcement Officers Association, and CPEHN

Enforcing Healthy Homes: Expands the authority to cite for pest infestations to local code enforcement officers.

Health Access and CPEHN

Protecting Consumers through Health Reform Implementation: Provides the Department of Insurance with the authority to review and approve marketing materials. Also requires health plans and insurers that market in non-English languages to provide translated documents in those languages.

Medi-Cal Expansion: Expands eligibility for Medi-Cal to childless adults making up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Level ($15,856 per year for an individual) in accordance with federal health care reform. 

Medi-Cal Expansion: Expands eligibility for Medi-Cal to childless adults making up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Level ($15,856 per year for an individual) in accordance with federal health care reform. 

Bridge Option: Creates a bridge option to allow low-cost health coverage to be provided in Covered California for individuals and families transitioning between it and Medi-Cal.

Medi-Cal Simplification: Requires the Department of Health Care Services to establish an eligibility process that allows a hospital to make preliminary Medi-Cal determinations and applicants to have an option to prepopulate or electronically verify applications.

Medi-Cal Quality and Transparency Act: Requires the Department of Health Care Services to develop a plan to monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality and accessibility of health care and dental services provide through Medi-Cal managed care.

Medi-Cal Administrative Claims: Authorizes a Native American tribe or tribal organization to utilize the California Healthcare Eligibility, Enrollment, and Retention System to submit applications for Medi-Cal coverage and to enroll applicants.

Mental Health Parity: Ensures compliance with and implementation of state and federal mental health parity laws.

Medi-Cal Expansion: Expands eligibility for Medi-Cal to childless adults making up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Level and simplifies eligibility requirements in accordance with the ACA.

Wellness Programs: Prohibits a health plan or insurer from offering a wellness program, incentive, or reward in a group health plan contract or insurance policy unless specified requirements are satisfied.

Repeal of Preferences in Higher Education: Provides that the prohibition on preferential treatment on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin does not prevent state institutions of higher education from implementing student recruitment and selection programs permissible under the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. 

CalFresh Eligibility: Waives gross income test for any individual who is eligible for CalFresh and who is a member of a household that receives, or is eligible to receive, medical assistance through Medi-Cal.

Soda Tax: Imposes a penny-per-ounce tax on distributors that sell bottled sweetened beverages.

Safe Routes to School Program: Requires the Safe Routes to School Program to be funded by an annual appropriation and authorizes selected projects to be housed at the California Transportation Commission.