BILL/AUTHOR SUBJECT POSITION DESCRIPTION STATUS ( D) group WATCH CAJPA is closely watching AB 157 for SENATE market: single risk amendments. AB 157, which is INACTIVE FILE Per HC pool: index rate. currently a spot bill, is very likely to 9/13/2017 become a prime vehicle for group health care reforms that will be added in reaction to changes made TWO YEAR BILL at the federal level in the coming weeks and months. Heroin and SUPPORT CAJPA SUPPORTS AB 182 which HELD on SENATE ( R) Opioid Public supplies needed information through APPROPRIATIONS Education (HOPE) Per WC an annual report on actions taken by SUSPENSE FILE Act. the Department of Public Health to deter the abuse of opioid TWO YEAR BILL medications and other drugs through the Heroin and Opioid Public Education (HOPE) Program. Workers’ OPPOSE CAJPA OPPOSES AB 553, that requires HELD ON SENATE compensation: full payout of all remaining funds in APPROPRIATIONS ( D) return-to-work Per WC the 100 percent employer funded SUSPENSE FILE program. catastrophic injury Return to Work fund, without any triggering event TWO YEAR BILL beyond the fact that some money remains after funding all claims each year. Government: SUPPORT SUPPORTS AB 587 would convene HELD ON SENATE pharmaceutical the California Pharmaceutical APPROPRIATIONS ( D) procurement Per HC Collaborative to coordinate efforts of SUSPENSE FILE and WC state and local government entities to identify and implement opportunities TWO YEAR BILL for cost savings with regard to the purchase of pharmaceuticals, particularly pharmaceuticals that are considered high-cost drugs. Workers’ OPPOSE CAJPA OPPOSES AB 1028 which HELD ON SENATE compensation. establishes that school police APPROPRIATIONS (Bocanegra D) Per WC employed by a school district are SUSPENSE FILE covered by certain workers’ compensation public safety TWO YEAR BILL presumptions currently set out in the in the Labor Code.
BILL/AUTHOR SUBJECT POSITION DESCRIPTION STATUS ( D) group market: single risk pool: index rate. WATCH Per HC CAJPA is closely watching AB 157 for amendments. AB 157, which is currently a spot bill, is very likely to become a prime vehicle for group health care reforms that will be added in reaction to changes made at the federal level in the coming weeks and months. SENATE INACTIVE FILE 9/13/2017 TWO YEAR BILL ( R) Heroin and Opioid Public Education (HOPE) Act. SUPPORT Per WC CAJPA SUPPORTS AB 182 which supplies needed information through an annual report on actions taken by the Department of Public Health to deter the abuse of opioid medications and other drugs through the Heroin and Opioid Public Education (HOPE) Program. HELD on SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE FILE TWO YEAR BILL ( D) Workers’ compensation: return-to-work program. OPPOSE Per WC CAJPA OPPOSES AB 553, that requires full payout of all remaining funds in the 100 percent employer funded catastrophic injury Return to Work fund, without any triggering event beyond the fact that some money remains after funding all claims each year. HELD ON SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE FILE TWO YEAR BILL ( D) Government: pharmaceutical procurement SUPPORT Per HC and WC SUPPORTS AB 587 would convene the California Pharmaceutical Collaborative to coordinate efforts of state and local government entities to identify and implement opportunities for cost savings with regard to the purchase of pharmaceuticals, particularly pharmaceuticals that are considered high-cost drugs. HELD ON SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE FILE TWO YEAR BILL (Bocanegra D) Workers’ compensation. OPPOSE Per WC CAJPA OPPOSES AB 1028 which establishes that school police employed by a school district are covered by certain workers’ compensation public safety presumptions currently set out in the in the Labor Code. HELD ON SENATE APPROPRIATIONS SUSPENSE FILE TWO YEAR BILL
CAJPA%20FINAL%20KEY%20BILL%20LIST%206-8-18.docx