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Assembly panel hears pleas to sustain California’s reproductive health safety net as HR 1 reduces federal funding
Summary
HCAI and provider groups told the Assembly subcommittee that five state reproductive programs created after Dobbs have served thousands but face expiration or undersupply; Essential Access and Planned Parenthood urged a $30 million, three‑year extension to the Uncompensated Care Fund to avoid service interruptions.
California State Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health members heard a two‑hour panel on state reproductive health investments and the knock‑on effects of HR 1 on provider funding.
Elizabeth Landsberg, director of the Department of Health Care Access and Information, gave a line‑by‑line overview of five HCAI reproductive access programs created in the 2022–23 budget totaling about $120 million in funding. "The 2022, 23 budget included 5 programs with a total of a $120,000,000 appropriated for HCAI to implement," Landsberg said, outlining the uncompensated care grant ($40 million), an abortion practical supports fund ($20 million), capital and clinical infrastructure awards, scholarships and…
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