This measure would urge the President and the Congress of the United States to maintain the integrity of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to carry out its duties as intended to effectively protect consumers from abusive financial products and practices.
This measure would proclaim June 21, 2018, as Asking Saves Kids Day.
This measure would call on our state Congressional Representatives to voice their concerns on the proposed fiscal cuts to programs created by the federal Housing and Community Development Act. The measure would also call on the President of the United States and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to protect and these programs, to veto any legislation to do so, and to work with the Congress to further protect these programs.
This measure would state that the Legislature strongly and unequivocally supports the existing fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards and California's federal Clean Air Act waivers; will consider any and all appropriate actions to maintain vehicle emissions standards for the protection of public health, California residents, and the economy; and strongly urges the President and Vice President of the United States, the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, and the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency to reject the Safer and Affordable Fuel Efficient Vehicles Proposed Rule for Model Years 2021–2026.
This measure would affirm the Legislature's support for science-based action to conserve, protect, restore, and effectively manage California's coastal and ocean ecosystems, which the state holds in trust for the people of California, in the face of challenges presented by climate change, ocean acidification, hypoxia, and other changing ocean conditions, and would urge federal and state government entities to take specified actions to preserve the state's ocean and coastal resources as well as protect disadvantaged and low-income communities impacted by these challenges.
Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law requires family planning services to be offered to all former, current, or potential Medi-Cal recipients of childbearing age and provided to all eligible individuals who voluntarily request the services. Existing law also establishes the Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment (Family PACT) Program, administered by the Office of Family Planning within the department, Planning, under which comprehensive clinical family planning services are provided to a person who has a family income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, as revised annually, and who is eligible to receive these services. This bill would clarify that the requirement to provide family planning benefits under the Medi-Cal program does not prohibit family planning services from being delivered through telehealth, including mobile telehealth delivered according to clinical guidelines. The bill would, beginning January 1, 2020, require the Family PACT Program to cover services provided by a Family PACT provider through direct video and telephonic communications with a provider and direct or asynchronous care provided through a smartphone application that is appropriate to be delivered remotely based on current clinical guidelines. Beginning January 1, 2020, the bill would allow Family PACT providers to determine program eligibility remotely and to enroll clients remotely, as specified, and would authorize the State Department of Health Care Services to develop program policies to support implementation of offsite eligibility determination and enrollment. The bill would, if a patient is ineligible for the Family PACT Program, but may be eligible for more comprehensive health care coverage through Medi-Cal or Covered California, require the Family PACT provider to share information with the patient about his or her coverage options, beginning January 1, 2020.
This measure would urge President Donald J. Trump to rescind three Executive orders issued on May 25, 2018, providing guidance to federal agencies regarding federal employees' representation, collective bargaining, and due process rights.
This measure would proclaim September 30, 2018, as Gold Star Mothers' and Families' Day in California.
This measure would state the intent of the Legislature to take the opportunity preceding the 4th of July holiday to recognize and celebrate July 4, 2018, and the 242nd anniversary of the birth of our great nation and the signing of the Declaration of Independence that this day represents.
