Rep. Dawn Addis

Maddy summaryCalifornia Assembly Resolution 86 proclaims the week of September 1 through 7, 2026, as Canine "K-9" Appreciation Week to honor police dogs and their handlers. The resolution cites the historical growth of canine units in California and highlights their contributions to law enforcement, such as apprehending suspects, detecting narcotics, and locating missing persons. It also notes that these teams often reduce the need for lethal force and engage with the public through community demonstrations.

This measure would proclaim April 10, 2026, as Dolores Huerta Day in California and would encourage all public schools and educational institutions to conduct exercises remembering her, recognizing her accomplishments, and familiarizing pupils with her contributions to California.

Maddy summaryCalifornia House Resolution 136 designates the second week of September each year as Home Hardening Week to promote fire safety measures for residents. The resolution cites rising wildfire risks and insurance costs as reasons for encouraging homeowners to use fire-resistant building materials and manage defensible space around their properties. It urges local organizations and county boards of supervisors to distribute information about these protective steps, which studies suggest can significantly increase the likelihood that a home survives a wildfire.

Maddy summaryCalifornia House Resolution 128 designates October 23, 2026, as Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase (AADC) Deficiency Awareness Day. The resolution aims to increase public and medical community awareness of this ultrarare genetic condition, which prevents the body from producing dopamine and causes severe developmental delays. By highlighting the challenges faced by patients and their caregivers, the bill encourages Californians to learn more about the disease to support earlier diagnosis and continued research into treatments.

Maddy summaryThis California House Resolution proclaims September 2026 as Young Women's Reproductive Health Awareness Month to highlight the importance of early diagnosis and education for adolescent girls. The resolution urges high schools, colleges, public health agencies, and medical providers to promote educational campaigns on topics such as menstrual health, HPV vaccination, and sexual health practices. It specifically aims to address disparities in care by encouraging outreach to communities that face systemic barriers or lack culturally appropriate resources.

Maddy summaryCalifornia Assembly Resolution 131 proclaims October 11 through 17, 2026, as Student Cancer Education, Detection, and Prevention Week. The resolution encourages middle schools, high schools, colleges, public health agencies, pediatricians, and community health providers to promote educational campaigns on cancer prevention and detection. These efforts aim to inform students about risk factors, warning signs, and the importance of timely screenings to support better health outcomes for young people in the state.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requires the trustees to establish and adjust the salaries and classifications of all academic, nonacademic, and administrative positions. This bill would require the trustees, on or before July 1, 2027, to repeal a policy on executive compensation adopted at the November 2025 meeting of the trustees and adopt a new policy on executive compensation, as provided. The bill would prohibit the trustees, for any fiscal year in which the trustees authorize an increase in student tuition, from increasing the compensation of a chancellor, vice chancellor, or executive president. The bill would also prohibit the trustees, for any fiscal year in which the trustees do not authorize salary increases for represented staff, from increasing the compensation of a chancellor, vice chancellor, executive president, or member of the management personnel plan staff.

Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law authorizes health care service plans and health insurers that cover prescription drugs to utilize reasonable medical management practices, including prior authorization and step therapy, consistent with applicable law. This bill would prohibit a health care service plan contract or a health insurance policy that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, from imposing step therapy as a prerequisite to authorizing coverage of any prescription drug used for the treatment of a serious mental illness or substance use disorder, as those terms are defined, except as specified. The bill would specify that the prohibition on step therapy does not apply when the United States Food and Drug Administration-labeled indications and usage of a drug indicate that some prior medication must be taken. Because a willful violation of this provision by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Maddy summaryThis House Resolution officially designates September as Black Music Month to honor the significant contributions of Black artists to American culture. The measure recognizes a wide range of musical genres, including jazz, blues, gospel, and hip-hop, by highlighting their historical origins and influential figures. While the text celebrates these artistic achievements, it does not impose any new legal requirements or funding mandates.

Existing law establishes the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, administered by the California Health and Human Services Agency and its departments, as applicable. Under existing law, the purpose of the initiative is to transform the state's behavioral health system into an innovative ecosystem in which all children and youth 25 years of age and younger, regardless of payer, are screened, supported, and served for emerging and existing behavioral health needs. Existing law requires, as a part of the initiative, the State Department of Health Care Services to develop and maintain a school-linked statewide fee schedule for outpatient mental health or substance use disorder treatment provided to a student who is 25 years of age or younger at a schoolsite. Existing law requires providers of medically necessary schoolsite services to be reimbursed by health care service plans, insurers, and Medi-Cal managed care plans, at a minimum, at the fee schedule rate or rates, regardless of network provider status. This bill would establish the Fee Schedule Intensive Technical Support for Onboarding Program. The bill would require the State Department of Education, upon appropriation and subject to the terms of the appropriation, to select through a competitive process, and, no later than July 1 of the year after an appropriation is made to fund the program, allocate funding to, a local educational agency that will serve as the lead entity that will administer the program over a 3-year period, as provided. The bill would require the lead entity, in coordination with the State Department of Education and the State Department of Health Care Services, to, no later than November 1 of the year after an appropriation is made to fund the program, select up to 25 entities to participate in the program and prioritize certain applicants, including, among others, applicants who will increase the number and amount of statewide fee schedule reimbursements. The bill would require that an entity meet specified criteria in order to be eligible to participate in the program, including, among other things, that the entity has past experience in serving children and youth that are of the age that the entity intends to serve. The bill would require a participating entity, as a condition of participation, to commit to increasing, among other things, the number of transition-age youth 16 to 25 years of age receiving behavioral health services. The bill would require the lead entity, starting on or before December 1 of the year after an appropriation is made to fund the program, and ending no earlier than 3 years after the program begins, to provide intensive technical assistance and support with regard to specified activities to the participating entities. The bill would require the lead entity to submit a progress report on or before September 1 of the year that is 3 years after an appropriation is made to fund the program, and submit a summative report by January 1 of the year that is 4 years after an appropriation is made to fund the program, regarding the program to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature.