Week Ahead
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on AB 1994, relating to minors' access to health records, and AB 2038, involving automatic external defibrillators for Emergency Medical Services.
Senate Health Committee hearing on bills including AB 959, addressing Medi-Cal reimbursements for health facilities; AB 2470, pertaining to the development of a master plan for health care in Los Angeles County; and AB 2885 on Medi-Cal benefits and prescription drugs.
The Legislature must approve a fiscal year 2006-2007 budget by midnight.
Kaiser Permanente must submit a plan of correction to CMS regarding its troubled kidney transplant program in Northern California. If Kaiser does not fix problems in the program, it could lose federal funding for all end-stage renal disease treatment for Medicare patients at its San Francisco hospital.