Public Health
AB 330 by Assembly member Mary Hayashi (D-Hayward) was amended to direct the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to develop a strategy for reducing health care disparities in California. In its original form, the bill would have required the Department of Health Services to qualify school health centers as health care providers for reimbursement purposes (Bill text, 3/19).
A bill (AB 328) by Assembly member Mary Salas (D-Chula Vista) would create a requirement for health care providers in Mexico who contract with California health plans to report incidences of some illnesses in members who live in California to state officials (Bill text, 3/19). The measure is before the Assembly Health Committee (Bill status, 3/19).