This measure would proclaim May 1 through May 7, 2012, as Cinco de Mayo Week, and would urge all Californians to join in celebrating Cinco de Mayo.
This measure recognizes April 15 to April 21, 2012, inclusive, as "Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week."
This measure would recognize the Lunar New Year Celebration.
This measure would designate May 2012 as Lupus Awareness Month.
This measure would recognize May 2012 as Asian and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.
This measure would recognize June 27, 2012, as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day.
This measure would designate the month of April 2012 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, would recognize April 25, 2012, as Denim Day California, and would encourage everyone to wear jeans on that day to help communicate the message that there is no excuse for, and never an invitation to commit, rape.
This measure would resolve that the Legislature is committed to supporting access to family planning services, and would urge the preservation of funding to ensure that California will stand with women and allow them to enjoy improved health and experience fewer unplanned pregnancies and births.
This measure would declare May 23, 2012, as the 24th Annual State Scientist Day, as a tribute to the dedication and professionalism of the state scientists who work on behalf of all the residents of California.
Existing law requires the State Department of Health Care Services to pay capitation rates to health plans participating in the Medi-Cal managed care program using actuarial methods and authorizes the department to establish health-plan- and county-specific rates. Existing law requires the department to utilize a county- and model-specific rate methodology to develop Medi-Cal managed care capitation rates for contracts entered into between the department and any entity pursuant to specified provisions that govern certain managed health care models. This bill would require the department to utilize fee-for-service data in setting rates for an entity that has contracted with the department as a primary care case management organization pursuant to specified provisions of law, including provisions that authorize the department to contract with primary care providers that serve persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) , in the same manner and for the same purposes as it used this data to establish rates for other specified managed care health care models. The bill would make various findings and declarations relating to the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.
