Governor Jerry Brown has appointed several new people to
serve on the No Place Like Home Technical Committee,
including Sacramento County Supervisor Patrick Kennedy, Yuba
County Administrator Robert Bendorf, and San Diego County
Director of Behavioral Health Alfredo Aguirre. The other new
members include:
Learn more about ways to improve the well-being of children and
families at the Child Support Directors Association 2017 Children
& Families Policy Symposium on March 1 in Sacramento. This
all-day event will include a wide range of speakers on the
challenges that families face and insights on ways to achieve
fiscal stability. Learn more and register for this free symposium
here.
County staff are invited to join a webinar on February 22 from
3-5 p.m. to learn about the substantial 1991 Realignment impacts
that would be triggered by the Governor’s proposal to dismantle
the Coordinated Care Initiative and shift additional In-Home
Supportive Services costs to counties. Get more information about
this issue on our website. And
information and registration for the webinar is available
here.
The Kresge Foundation’s Emerging Leaders in Public Health Program
is seeking applications from teams of local public health
leaders. Each team selected will receive leadership coaching and
developing, as well as a grant up to $125,000 to implement a
concept designed to deliver a new model of public health in its
community. Applications are due on February 20, and can be found
here, along with additional
information on the program.
This Friday the Department of Health Care Services will be
hosting a webinar for new entities interested in participating in
the second round of the Whole Person Care Pilots. Registration
information for the webinar, which will cover the application,
budget, and program requirements, is available
here.
A series of deadlines are looming for counties that choose to
participate in the Medi-Cal County Inmate Program (MCIP). The
MCIP is voluntary, but counties that do not participate in MCIP
remain responsible for arranging for and paying for medical care
for its inmates. Counties that do choose to participate can be
reimbursed for a significant portion of those costs, but they
must enter into an agreement with the Department of Health Care
Services (DHCS).
The UC Berkeley Labor Center has released two briefs that help
illuminate the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on
California and its counties. The first brief examines the
data on Medi-Cal enrollment through the ACA, as well as how many
Californians receive subsidized health care coverage through
Covered California. The brief includes a county-by-county
breakdown of both populations, as well as the number of uninsured
residents by county.
Counties have led the efforts in prevention and early
intervention programs that change attitudes and behaviors towards
mental illness and mental health since 2011 through an innovative
Joint Powers Authority, the California Mental Health Services
Authority (CalMHSA).
The Health and Human Services Policy Committee started an ongoing
discussion on developing the 2017 HHS Platform updates and
priorities at its November 29 meeting in Palm Springs. The policy
committee’s work is complicated by the change in federal
administration and the uncertain future of health care funding.
Inaugural Meeting of No Place Like Home Technical Committee
Tomorrow
The first meeting of the CSAC, CBHDA, UCC, and RCRC Joint No
Place Like Home (NPLH) Technical Committee will take place
tomorrow. The NPLH Technical Committee is composed of interested
county persons to assist in the implementation of the new No
Place Like Home Program.
The Department of Health Care Services has released a list of
background documents on the controversial Final Rule on
Managed Care approved earlier this year by the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
