During the 2019-2020 budget cycle, Governor Newsom did not include a proposal to extend the Managed Care Organization (MCO) tax, which expired on July 1, 2019.
This virtual event is a CAP exclusive program to give members first-hand insight into recent and emerging healthcare-related legislation impacting their practices and their patients.
In early 2023, the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee and the Assembly Committee on Business and Professions began their extensive sunset review oversight of eight regulatory entities, among them the Medical Board of California (MBC).
Since 2013, when pharmacists were first classified as healthcare providers by statute,¹ pharmacist advocates have worked to expand their scope of authority in various areas.
California is one of 26 states and the District of Columbia that provides its registered voters the opportunity to legislate via the ballot box. Voters legislate either through the direct initiative process or the veto referendum process.