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HCAI outlines BH Connect workforce plan, CalRx adjustments and diaper access concept in May Revision

3427142 · May 20, 2025
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HCAI representatives told the Assembly on May 23 that the May Revision seeks to implement the BH Connect workforce initiative through a major multi-year funding package, redirect a portion of CalRx funds toward high-priority drugs like school albuterol access and pilot a universal newborn diaper supply distributed through hospitals.

The Department of Health Care Access and Information told the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 on Health on May 23 that its May Revision includes a multi-element proposal: the BH Connect workforce initiative (tied to SB 326 and Proposition 1), a recalibration of CalRx funding with $5 million redirected to high-priority drug initiatives, and a diaper access pilot intended to improve family access to diapers.

HCAI Deputy Director Libby Abbott said the BH Connect workforce package would implement Behavioral Health Community-Based Organized Networks of Equitable Care and Treatment (BH Connect) workforce programs and Senate Bill 326/Proposition 1 workforce investments by requesting reimbursement and expenditure authority of…

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