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May 08, 2025

Advocacy | Health Care and Social Services Bill of the Week: Assembly Bill 1288 (Addis and Valencia) – Registered Environmental Health Specialists

RCRC, in coalition with our county association partners, supports Assembly Bill 1288. This measure, authored by Assembly Members Dawn Addis (D-Moro Bay) and Avelino Valencia (D-Anaheim), would extend the time in which local health/environmental health departments may train and employ a local

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Feb 07, 2025

Advocacy | Health Care and Social Services Grant Program Seeks to Address Healthcare Provider Shortage

The County Medical Services Program (CMSP) Governing Board has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for their new Building the Healthcare Workforce (BHW) grant program. With this program, the Governing Board seeks to address the...

Dec 10, 2024

Advocacy | Health Care and Social Services Telehealth

Access to healthcare in the most rural and remote parts of California have always been a concern. RCRC supports increasing the availability of telehealth in rural areas as an alternative way for rural citizens to...

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Oct 18, 2024

Advocacy | Health Care and Social Services Congressmembers Urge DEA to Extend Current Flexibilities for Telemedicine Prescription of Controlled Substances

On October 15, a group of eighteen U.S. Congressmembers, led by Representative Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) and Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-Georgia), urged the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to extend flexibilities for telemedicine prescribing of controlled...

Aug 23, 2024

Health Care and Social Services Bipartisan Bill Introduced to Prevent Medicaid Cuts to Hospitals

A bipartisan bill, the Save Our Safety-Net Hospitals Act, has been introduced with the intent to prevent massive cuts to America’s hospitals’ Medicaid payments. Medicaid Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) funding helps preserve access to care...

Jun 28, 2024

Advocacy | Health Care and Social Services U. S. Senators Announce Legislation to Address Racial Disparities in Health Care Access

On June 21, 2024, U.S. Senators Laphonza Butler (D-CA) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced the introduction of their Health Equity Innovation Act of 2024, which intends to address racial disparities in health outcomes by expanding...