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June 8, 2026
An Advocate’s Guide to Medi-Cal Services: An Invaluable Tool in the Fight to Protect Health Care Rights in California
Héctor Hernández-Delgado california
Despite the recent and upcoming federal and state cuts and threats to Medicaid (Medi-Cal), the program continues to be a lifeline for the 15 million low-income Californians who rely on it as their primary source of health care coverage. Medi-Cal is a vital component of California’s efforts to achieve…
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July 9, 2024
California Revisited: Where the Golden State Stands After The Unwinding
Skyler Rosellini california, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, Eligibility & Enrollment
The Continuous Coverage “unwinding period”, defined under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, set the end date of the Continuous Coverage requirement that the federal government had passed to protect Medicaid coverage for almost 94 million people across the U.S. during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. California has the…
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June 27, 2024
California TGI Inclusive Care Act Working Group Recommends Training Curriculum and Quality Standards
Rory Peters and Skyler Rosellini california, Intern Blogs, Services
Last year the TGI Inclusive Care Act went into effect. Senate Bill 923 aims to protect the right of Transgender, Gender Diverse, and Intersex (TGI) Californians’ access to gender-affirming care by implementing quality standards and a training curriculum informed by the needs of the TGI community. To help accomplish…
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February 21, 2024
Doula Medicaid Project: February 2024 State Roundup
Amy Chen california
NHeLP’s Doula Medicaid Project has been tracking Medicaid coverage for doula care legislation since 2018. Each year since then has seen a steady increase in legislation as well as other efforts. 2023 was a very busy year for expanding access to doula care, as we’ll see, not just in…
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January 12, 2024
HHS Office for Civil Rights Finalizes 2024 Health Care Refusal Regulations
Madeline Morcelle and Charly Gilfoil california, Uncategorized
This week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a final rule, “Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes” (“2024 Final Rule”), which partially rescinds the Trump administration’s unlawful, unethical, and discriminatory 2019 health care refusal regulations (“2019 Final…
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December 1, 2023
Final Judgment by Federal Court Approves 2020 Settlement in Los Angeles Foster Youth Mental Health Case
National Health Law Program (NHeLP) california, Disability, Homepage
Los Angeles, CA - The United States District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division, has entered a judgment giving final approval to a 2020 settlement in the longstanding case Katie A. v. Los Angeles County. The class action lawsuit, filed in 2002, sought to improve the services available…
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An Advocate’s Guide to Medi-Cal Services: An Invaluable Tool in the Fight to Protect Health Care Rights in California

California Revisited: Where the Golden State Stands After The Unwinding

California TGI Inclusive Care Act Working Group Recommends Training Curriculum and Quality Standards

Doula Medicaid Project: February 2024 State Roundup

HHS Office for Civil Rights Finalizes 2024 Health Care Refusal Regulations

Final Judgment by Federal Court Approves 2020 Settlement in Los Angeles Foster Youth Mental Health Case