| Implementing Health Care Reform |
Bill No.
|
Title/Description |
Sponsor |
Sample Letter |
Status |
AB 714
(Atkins) |
Pre-Enrollment in Medi-Cal: Requires DHCS, MRMIB, Family PACT and other programs as well as some hospitals to provide information about the California Health Benefit Exchange to those who are no longer enrolled in these programs so that they may be enrolled in standardized coverage plans by 2014. |
Health Access |
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Assembly
Health
4/5/2011 |
AB 922
(Monning) |
Office of Consumer Assistance: Establishes the Office of Consumer Assistance to provide outreach and education about health care coverage to California consumers. |
Western Center on Law and Poverty, Health Access |
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Assembly
Health |
|
AB 1296
(Bonilla)
|
Eligibility and Enrollment in Medi-Cal: Requires the California HHS Agency to establish a standardized single application form and related renewal procedures for Medi-Cal, the Healthy Families program, the Health Benefit Exchange, and other county programs. |
Western Center on Law and Poverty |
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Assembly Health |
| Achieving Equity Through Place-Based Solutions |
Bill No.
|
Title/Description |
Sponsor |
Sample Letter |
Status |
AB 400
(Ma) |
Paid Sick Days: Would guarantee all California workers the right to earn and use paid sick days for personal illness. |
Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment, California Labor Federation |
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Assembly Labor
& Employment
4/13/2011 |
AB 516
(V.M. Perez) |
Safe Routes to Schools: Requires the state to consider the benefit to disadvantaged communities as part of its criteria for awarding local grants for construction of bicycle, pedestrian safety, and traffic calming projects under its "Safe Routes to Schools" initiative. |
PolicyLink, Transform,
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation |
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Assembly Transportation |
| Increasing Access to Nutritious Food and Promoting Active Living |
Bill No.
|
Title/Description |
Sponsor |
Sample Letter |
Status
|
AB 581
(Perez) |
Healthy Food Financing Initiative: Establishes the Healthy Food Financing Initiative Fund for the purpose of expanding access to healthy foods in underserved communities. |
PolicyLink |
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Assembly Agriculture
4/6/2011 |
AB 669
(Monning) |
Soda Tax: Would place a 1-cent-per-fluid-ounce tax on sweetened beverages and distributors. Money raised would go towards childhood obesity prevention. |
California
Center for Public Health Advocacy |
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Assembly
Revenue &
Taxation
4/4/2011 |
| Promoting Cultural and Linguistic Competency |
Bill No.
|
Title/Description |
Sponsor |
Sample Letter |
Status
|
AB 938
(V.M. Perez) |
Public Water Systems: Would require that written public notices given by a public water system be provided in English, Spanish, and other languages spoken by a prescribed number of residents. |
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, Community Water Center |
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Assembly
Environmental
Safety &
Toxic Materials
4/5/2011 |
AB 1088
(Eng) |
Data on APIs: Would ensure that state-collected health, social services, labor, and civil rights data is disaggregated into Asian and Pacific Islander American ethnic groups, as currently reported by the U.S. Census. |
Asian Pacific
Islanders
Community Action Network,
Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality |
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Assembly Business, Professions,
& Consumer Protection |
