Survey: How would the AB 3087 price fixing proposal affect your practice? RCMA/CMA urges physicians to complete anonymous survey to help take down dangerous AB 3087 price fixing proposal. April 17, 2018 California Legislation, Legislation, Survey AB 3087, Advocacy, Assembly Bill, Californian Physicians, Survey 0 0 Comment Read More »
Significant new California laws of interest to physicians for 2018 New 2018 California laws affecting health care January 17, 2018 California Legislation, Federal Legislation, Legislation 0 0 Comment Read More »
ELECTION NIGHT 2016: One for the history books! Once again, the California Medical Association took on tough fights and prevailed. November 10, 2016 California Legislation, Federal Legislation, Legislation CA Ballot Initiatives, 2016 Election 0 0 Comment Read More »
November 2016 Ballot Initiatives CMA’s Board of Trustees has approved positions on several ballot measures for the November 2016 election October 14, 2016 California Legislation, Legislation Ballot Initiatives, Prop 56, 2016 0 0 Comment Read More »
The California End of Life Option Act On October 5, 2015, California became the fifth state in the nation to allow physicians to prescribe terminally ill patients medication to end their lives. ABX2-15, the "End of Life Option Act," permits terminally ill adult patients with capacity to make medical decisions to be prescribed an aid-in-dying medication if certain conditions are met. (ABX2-15, Stats. 2015, Ch.1; Health & Safety Code §§443 et seq.) This document discusses the requirements of the End of Life Option Act. January 20, 2016 California Legislation, Legislation ABX2-15, End-Of-Life, On-Call, POLST 0 0 Comment Read More »
2015 Legislative Wrap Up It is difficult to imagine, but the 2015 legislative year was even more challenging than the 2014 legislative year, which included the diversion of staff resources to defeat Proposition 46. With a third of legislators (40 out of 120) serving freshman terms, the California Medical Association’s (CMA) Government Relations staff spent a considerable amount of time during the first quarter educating new legislators and their staff about the mission and policies of CMA. Through our educational efforts, we successfully stopped the introduction of a number of harmful legislative proposals and shifted focus to the passage of CMA’s sponsored bill package. December 1, 2015 California Legislation, Legislation Vaccines, CURES, Physician Aid-in-Dying, Scope of Practice, Workers' Comp 0 0 Comment Read More »
Significant New California Laws of Interest to Physicians for 2016 The California Legislature had an active year, passing many new laws affecting health care. In particular, bills making major changes to state immunization requirements and end-of-life options were enacted. There was also a strong focus on new legislation related to allied health professionals, mental health, medical records and privacy, and reproductive issues. November 23, 2015 California Legislation, Legislation CA, Laws, Legislation 0 0 Comment Read More »
California State Budget Update Today, the Governor and legislative leaders announced an agreement on the 2015-16 State Budget Act and have settled the major issues and spending priority differences between the administration and the Legislative branch. One key point is that the budget includes $40 million to expand Medi-Cal to cover all low-income undocumented children effective May 1, 2016 ($132 million when fully implemented). June 16, 2015 California Legislation, Legislation, Medi-Cal, Resources 2016, Budget, California, Medi-Cal 0 0 Comment Read More »
The Ultimate Measure - CMA's 2014 Legislative Wrap Up For more than 150 years, the California Medical Association has upheld the banner for practicing physicians. Year after year, the state medical society has partnered with the local medical societies to diligently strive to ensure the care and well-being of patients and to protect public health by working for the betterment of the profession. In years of prosperity, the challenge of carrying out this duty is restrained. In years of controversy, the same duty is laborious. This year was full of controversies. December 15, 2014 California Legislation, Legislation California, Legislation, 2014 0 0 Comment Read More »
New Healthcare Laws for 2015 New Healthcare Laws for 2015 November 5, 2014 California Legislation, Legislation , Healthcare Laws, California Legislation 0 0 Comment Read More »