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Help us make change happen! Your voice is needed to help move a policy agenda that protects the health of our communities and promotes health equity. The grid below provides information on CPEHN's priority bills for the 2008 legislative session.
Action Alerts- To support CPEHN's agenda and to make your voice heard during pivotal moments in the legislative process, sign-up to receive CPEHN's Action Alerts.
CPEHN’s Inside Track- CPEHN's Network Members have voted for special coverage of three priority issue areas (see Track This!). To receive more in-depth updates on these issues, sign up for CPEHN's Inside Track. Through this tool, you can adopt a set of bills, receiving:
- Clear descriptions of the bills' content and the impact it will have on communities of color.
- Insider updates on the bills progress and the legislative process.
- Timely action alerts to help you weigh in when it matters the most.
- Achieving Equity Through Place-Based Solutions (Track This!)
- Expanding Access to Health Care (Track This!)
- Increasing Access to Nutritious Food (Track This!)
- Increasing the Diversity of the Health Care Workforce
- Ensuring Cultural and Linguistic Competency
- Improving Our School Health Centers
Questions? Please see CPEHN's Inside Track Frequently Asked Questions or email sazam@cpehn.org.
Last Updated - 8/12/08
| Achieving Equity Through Place-Based Solutions (Track this!) | |||||
| Bill Number/ Author | Sponsor | Description | CPEHN Position | Status | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB 211 (Jones) | Health Officers Association of California | Public Health Officers' involvement in land use decisions. More info | Support | Senate: Judiciary Committee | Download and send a letter of support. |
| AB 1472 (Leno) | CPEHN, Human Impact Partners, Latino Issues Forum, & California Black Health Network | Grants and technical assistance for Health Impact Assessments. More info | Support | Senate: Appropriations Committee - will not advance | Download and send a letter of support. |
| AB 2093 (Jones) | Greenhouse gas requirements for local general plans. More info | Support | Senate: Committee on Local Government - will not advance | Download and send a letter of support. | |
| AB 2327 (Caballero) | California Immigrant Policy Center | Requirements for all entities performing emergency work. More info | Support | Enrolled to the Governor | Download and send a letter of support. |
| SB 1484 (Alquist) | Sierra Club & California Public Interest Research Group (CalPIRG) | Incentives for clean technologies developers. More info | Support | Senate: Committee on Revenue and Taxation - will not advance | Download and send a letter of support. |
| Expanding Access to Health Care (Track this!) | |||||
| Bill Number/ Author | Sponsor | Description | CPEHN Position | Status | Action |
| AB 1/SB 32 (Laird/ Steinberg) | 100% Campaign | Expands Healthy Families and Medi-Cal. More info | Support | Senate: Inactive file/ Assembly: Inactive File - will not advance | |
| AB 158 (Ma) | Encouraging the inclusion of Hepatitis in continuing education for providers. More info | Support | Senate: Rules Committee | Download and send a letter of support. | |
| AB 273 (Jones ) | Foster youth in Medi-Cal until 21.
More info | Support | Senate: Appropriations Committee | Download and send a letter of support. | |
| SB 973 (Simitian) | Association of Federal, State, and County Municipal Employees | State-wide public insurer for regional and county-based health plans. More info | Support | Assembly: Appropriations Committee, hearing 8/7/08 | Download and send a letter of support. |
| SB 840 (Kuehl) | Single-payer health care system. More info | Support | Assembly: Second Reading | Download and send a letter of support. | |
| SB 1132 (Migden) | Removes the need for homeless/foster youth to reenroll in Medi-Cal on an annual basis.
More info | Support | Assembly: Third Reading | Download and send a letter of support. | |
| Increasing Access to Nutritious Food (Track this!) | |||||
| Bill Number/ Author | Sponsor | Description | CPEHN Position | Status | Action |
| AB 2704 (Leno) | California Food Policy Advocates | Free tap water in schools. More info | Support | Senate: Third Reading | Download and send in a letter of support. |
| AB 2708 (Solorio) | Bans the advertising of non-nutritious foods in schools. | Support | Assembly: Appropriations Committee | Download and send in a letter of support. | |
| SB 441 (Torlakson) | Author | Nutritious foods in vending machines. More info | Support | Governor's Desk | Download and send a letter of support. |
| SB 1420 (Padilla) | California Center for Public Health Advocacy, American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, & California Optometric Association | Restaurant menu labeling. More info | Support | Assembly: Third Reading | Download and send a letter of support. |
| Increasing the Diversity of the Health Care Workforce | |||||
| Bill Number/ Author | Sponsor | Description | CPEHN Position | Status | Action |
| AB 2375 (Hernandez) | Latino Coalition for a Healthy California | Task force to increase diversity in health care workforce. More info | Support | Senate: Appropriations Committee | Download and send a letter of support. |
| Ensuring Cultural and Linguistic Competency | |||||
| Bill Number/ Author | Sponsor | Description | CPEHN Position | Status | Action |
| AB 3027 (De Leon) | CPEHN & Latino Issues Forum | Health plans notifying members of interpreter services. More info | Support | Assembly: Appropriations Committee - will not advance | Download and send a letter of support. |
| Improving Our School Health Centers | |||||
| Bill Number/ Author | Sponsor | Description | CPEHN Position | Status | Action |
| AB 898 (Saldaņa) | Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, California School Health Centers Association, & National Council of La Raza | Grants to schools for promotores or community health educators. More info | Support | Assembly: Appropriations Committee - will not advance | Download and send a letter of support. |