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Assembly Health Committee advances bill to extend, fund California Health Benefit Review Program
Summary
The Assembly Health Committee voted to send SB 439, which would extend the sunset for the California Health Benefit Review Program by six years and add $1 million annually to its budget, to the Appropriations Committee after testimony from the bill author and CHBRP representatives.
The California State Assembly Health Committee on June 17 voted to send SB 439 to the Appropriations Committee. The bill would extend the sunset of the California Health Benefit Review Program (CHBRP) by six years and increase its annual budget by $1,000,000.
CHBRP’s sponsor and witnesses told the committee the program supplies independent, evidence-based analyses to inform state health policy. Senator Weber Pearson, the bill’s sponsor, opened the presentation and asked members for an aye vote on the measure. Jen Chase, testifying for the University of…
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