Every Thursday, Stateside Associates selects health care-related state and local events, legislation, regulation, and programs to highlight in This Week in Health Care.
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STATE HIGHLIGHTS
CALIFORNIA
The Assembly Health Committee will hold a hearing on June 9 regarding the following measures:
SB 1323: This measure provides that health care provider entities must inform staff and volunteers on how to respond to requests from a person in lawful immigration enforcement custody to notify a family member or designated support person about their current location.
Contact: Allison Collins
SB 1202: This measure requires the California Department of Health Care Services to develop a public data dashboard tracking Medi-Cal application, enrollment, redeterminations, and impacts of federal work/community engagement requirements in the "One Big Beautiful Bill", starting January 2028.
Contact: Caroline Peter
PENNSYLVANIA
The House Committee on Health will hold a hearing on June 10 regarding the following measure:
HB 2270: This measure requires the Department of Human Services, by July 31, 2026, to select and enter a master contract with a single third-party administrator to serve as the State pharmacy benefits manager to administer all pharmacy benefits for Medicaid recipients, including those enrolled in a managed care organization by such date with whom the Department of Human Services contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services.
Contact: Warda Butt