Newsom’s budget prioritizes CalAIM and behavioral health, organizations have mixed responses
Soraya Marashi | Jan 19, 2022 | California
Health funding in Texas's developing FY 2022-2023 budget
Eli Kirshbaum | May 4, 2021 | Texas
Utah Senate Health and Human Services Committee holds interim meeting
Eli Kirshbaum | Nov 23, 2020 | Utah
A rundown of policy and health budget changes during Oregon’s second special session
Emily Boerger | Aug 12, 2020 | Oregon
Health care funding in California’s new budget
Emily Boerger | Jul 1, 2020 | California
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the 2020 Budget Act on Monday, approving a $202.1 billion spending plan agreement reached with lawmakers last week. The new budget strays from Newsom’s May Revise proposal which relied on a series of cuts to health care and safety net programs in response to the expected
Where California’s budget stands on health funding
Emily Boerger | Jun 5, 2019 | California
As the June 15 budget deadline approaches, California’s 2019 Budget Conference Committee is rapidly working to hash out the differences between the Senate’s, Assembly’s, and Governor’s versions of the budget. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s May Revise featured a mix of new spending proposals, increasing the state’s overall spend by nearly $4.5
House supplemental budget prioritizes health & social services
Emily Boerger | Mar 29, 2019 | Texas
On the same day that the House passed its 2020-2021 budget plan, the chamber also passed the House Committee Substitute to SB 500, the supplemental budget to pay for expenses not covered by the current two-year budget. The House appropriated $9.33 billion in supplemental funds-- $2.7 billion in general revenue,
An update on health legislation passed during the 85th Legislature
Emily Boerger | Dec 11, 2018 | Texas
The Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services delivered its “Interim Report to the 86th Legislature” at the end of November, highlighting the committee’s recommendations related to its assigned interim charges from the 85th Legislature. Within the report, the committee evaluated several of Texas’s health care challenges, including the
HHS Extends Coverage in Federal High-Risk Pools
Grace Guenther | Jan 16, 2014
As reported by Kaiser Health News' Mary Carey, the tens of thousands of people with a history of serious or chronic illnesses who are enrolled in high-risk insurance pools created under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will have an additional two months before they lose that coverage. The Department of