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Tag: mental health california

Dozens of mental healthcare workers picket outside of Sacramento Medical Center to protest long wait times for patients and overwhelming case-loads at Kaiser Permanente facilities. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

New law in 1 minute: California widens mental health conditions insurers must cover

Avatar by Nick Roberts and Jocelyn Wiener December 28, 2020December 31, 2020

If you break your leg or need heart surgery, your insurance covers it. But that hasn’t always been true for mental illness and substance use disorders. A new 2021 law in California could improve that, broadening the list of mental health conditions insurers must cover. In the past, state law only required treatment for nine […]

Despite the distancing, making a connection this holiday could save a life

Avatar by Guest Commentary November 25, 2020November 24, 2020
The State Capitol in Sacramento, California, September 10, 2015. California Bills.

The final say: Gov. Newsom has decided which of these 2020 bills will be California law

by CalMatters August 31, 2020October 2, 2020

Heartfelt story about mental health will have a big impact

Avatar by Guest Commentary July 30, 2020July 29, 2020
A homeless person in a wheelchair on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles. The has struggled with how to provide care for people with mental illness, but a new state audit says the solution isn't lowering the criteria for compelling mentally ill Californians to get treatment. Photo by Damian Dovarganes, AP Photo

Audit: Don’t make it easier to force mentally ill Californians into treatment — just improve treatment

Avatar by Jocelyn Wiener July 28, 2020July 28, 2020
Federal officers form a line facing west outside the Justice Center after protesters removed fencing around the front entrance of the federal courthouse in Portland, Ore., on July 20, 2020. Photo by Alex Milan Tracy, Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images

Will Trump send federal police to Oakland?

Emily Hoeven by Emily Hoeven July 21, 2020July 21, 2020
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