Press Releases

(Sacramento, CA) – Today, Assembly Bill (AB) 474, authored by Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D – Pomona), passed out of the Assembly Committee on Public Safety with unanimous support.

(Sacramento) – Last night, Assembly Bill (AB) 55, authored by Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D – Pomona), passed out of the Assembly Committee on Health with a vote of 15-0. This legislation would create a workforce adjustment to supplement Medi-Cal reimbursement rates for emergency and non-emergency ground ambulance transport. 

(Sacramento, CA) – Yesterday, Assembly Bill (AB) 415 passed out of the Committee on Communications and Conveyance with unanimous support. AB 415 would establish a grant program to be administered by the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) to build and upgrade broadband communication infrastructure at state-designated fairgrounds.

(Sacramento, CA) – Today, Assembly Bill (AB) 296 passed out of the Assembly Committee on Communications and Conveyance with unanimous support. AB 296 would establish the 9-1-1 Public Education Campaign to educate the public on when it is appropriate to call 9-1-1 for assistance.

(Sacramento, CA) – Last night, Assembly Bill (AB) 40, authored by Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D – Pomona), passed out of the Assembly Committee on Health with a vote of 15-0.

(Sacramento, CA) – Today, Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez (D – Pomona) and Speaker-Designate Robert Rivas (D – Salinas) held a press conference highlighting AB 513, which would establish the California Individual Assistance Act. California does not currently have an individual assistance program.

(Sacramento, CA) – Today, Assembly Bill (AB) 1505 unanimously passed out of the Assembly Committee on Emergency Management. This legislation would provide $250 million in the 2023-24 Budget to implement the Seismic Retrofitting Program for Soft Story Multifamily Housing.

(Sacramento, CA) – Today, Assembly Bill (AB) 71 passed out of the Committee on Education. This legislation would require the Instructional Quality Commission to consider including content regarding bleeding control the next time the Health Education Curriculum Framework is updated.

(Sacramento, CA) – Yesterday, Assembly Bill (AB) 1392 passed out of the Assembly Committee on Health with a vote of 10-1. This legislation would require large hospitals to submit a plan to the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) to increase procurement from minority, women, LGBT, and disabled veteran business enterprises (MWDVLGBTBE). 

(Sacramento, CA) – Yesterday, Assembly Bill (AB) 616 passed out of the Assembly Committee on Health with a vote of 10-4. This legislation would remove the exemption from public disclosure for medical group financial data already collected by the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) and Office of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI).