State Bill Watch | April 2025
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This bill would authorize the expansion of the Medi-Cal Home and Community Based Waiver by expanding the number of waiver slots and would require the Department of Health Care Services by March 1, 2026, to seek any necessary amendments to the waiver to ensure that there is sufficient capacity to enroll all eligible individuals who are currently on a waiting list for the waiver, as specified.
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Support |
Set for hearing March 25, 2025 in the Assembly Health Committee. |
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This bill would, upon request, require that an appeal or grievance regarding a decision by a health care service plan or disability insurer delaying, denying, or modifying a health care service based in whole or in part on medical necessity, be reviewed by a licensed physician who is competent to evaluate the specific clinical issues involved in the health care service being requested, and of the same or similar specialty as the requesting provider. These reviews would be required to occur within 2 business days, or if an enrollee or insured faces an imminent and serious threat to their health, within a timely fashion appropriate for the nature of the enrollee’s or insured’s condition, as specified. |
Support |
Pending hearing date in the Assembly Health Committee. |
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AB 1400 (Soria)
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Community colleges: Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Pilot Program: This bill would require the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to develop a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing Pilot Program that authorizes select community college districts to offer a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and would limit the pilot program to 15 community college districts statewide. The bill will require the chancellor’s office to identify and select eligible community college districts based on specified criteria.
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Support |
Pending hearing in the Assembly Higher Education Committee |
| AB 1495 (Valencia D) |
This bill would require a certified home health aide, seeking to renew their unexpired certificate, to submit evidence of completing at least 12 hours of in-service training during each 12-month period of the certification. This bill would enable the certified home health aide to complete training courses on-line provided that either a registered nurse or a licensed vocational nurse, as specified, provide the classroom or supervised practical training required for qualification as a certified home health aide. The bill would require an online or distance learning training program for home health aide certification or in-service training for certified home health aides to include specific requirements, including, among others, requiring a trainee to sign an affidavit attesting under penalty of perjury to confirm their identity while completing the program.
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Support |
Pending hearing date in the Assembly Health Committee. |
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This bill would require a home care organization to ensure that a home care aide completes, prior to providing home care and annually thereafter, training related to the special care needs of clients with dementia. Additionally, the bill requires an unaffiliated home care aide to submit, as a condition of the registration renewal, a signed affidavit that the home care aide attended or viewed an online training video on caring for individuals with dementia. |
Support |
Set for hearing April 7, 2025 in the Senate Human Services Committee. |