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Support Letter Urges Governor to Sign SB 970 (de Leon)

The Children's Partnership submitted a letter to Governor Brown, urging his signature of SB 970 (de Leon). SB 970 would integrate the process of applying for health coverage with public programs such as CalFresh and CalWORKS.

Terms:California, California Coverage, Express Lane / ELE, Family-Friendly Enrollment, Health Care/Reform, Letters of Support

SB 1050 (Alquist) - Letter to the Governor

The Children's Partnership urges Governor Brown to sign SB 1050, which establishes am Autism Telehealth Taskforce within the Department of Developmental Services (DSS). Read more about the Taskforce in this letter .

Terms:California, Health IT, Letters of Support, Telehealth

Comments, California Health Information Exchange “Strategic and Operational Plan, June 2012”

Download TCP's comments on California's HIE Strategic and Operational Plan, submitted August 9, 2012

Terms:Beth Morrow, California, Electronic Information Exchange, Foster Care, Health IT, Submitted Comments

Comments on Service Center Options

Download TCP's submitted comments to the California Health Benefit Exchange on Service Center Options.

Terms:California, Health Care/Reform, Kathleen Hamilton, Submitted Comments

Comments on Qualified Health Plan Policies and Strategies to Improve Care, Prevention and Affordablility

Download TCP's comments on child-only plans , submitted to the California Health Benefit Exchange.

Terms:California, Health Care/Reform, Kathleen Hamilton, Submitted Comments

Jenny Kattlove on Plan to Address Tooth Decay in California's Kids

California Healthline

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Terms:California, Dental Health, Jenny Kattlove, Press Clips

Wendy Lazarus on Ensuring Children Not Harmed in Closing Healthy Families Program

California Healthline

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Terms:California, California Coverage, CHIP/Healthy Families, Press Clips, Wendy Lazarus

Jenny Kattlove on Establishment of Telehealth Task Force in California

CaliforniaHealthline

State Sen. Alquist's bill to establish a telehealth task force for autism passed the Assembly's Human Services Committee with a unanimous vote. "The biggest policy barrier right now is that some telehealth services are not reimbursed. We need to ensure that all types of telehealth services are reimbursed by both public and private payers," said Jenny Kattlove, Director of Strategic Health Initiatives. "As technology transforms the health care system, its applications give us an opportunity to ensure that children are not left out of the conversation."

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Terms:California, Jenny Kattlove, Press Clips, Telehealth

California Budget Deal Delivers Blow to Children's Health; Advocates Vow Vigilance to See that Protections Are Put in Place

Santa Monica, CA, June 27, 2012 -- "Today, California's Legislature, at the urging of Governor Brown, voted to close down the highly successful Healthy Families Program that has helped millions of kids get the health care they need over the past 15 years. The Children's Partnership and 70 other organizations had strongly opposed the close down of Healthy Families which today provides health care to nearly 900,000 children, favoring a phased transition that would protect children's health," says Wendy Lazarus.

Terms:California, California Coverage, Press Release

Kids' Advocates Still Fighting to Save Healthy Families Program

KQED

Wendy Lazarus, co-president of The Children's Partnership, wants lawmakers to stick with their original plan, which would put 200,000 Healthy Families children into Medi-Cal as a test run.

"We believe that by putting added pressure on a very fragile Medi-Cal system right now,” says Lazarus, “that the plan will endanger access to care for as many as 4.5 million kids - so the Healthy Families kids and the children now in Medi-Cal.”

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Terms:California, California Coverage, CHIP/Healthy Families, Press Clips, Wendy Lazarus

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