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