By Meena Kaypour On January 5, 2021, the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) issued All Plan Letter APL 21-002 to all Commercial Full-Service Health Plans and Specialized Health Care Service Plans Offering Behavioral Health Services, entitled “Implementation of Senate Continue reading
By Rachel Rockwell On December 21, 2020, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued D.20-12-029 to implement SB 676 (Bradford) (Chapter 484, Statutes of 2019) and promote vehicle grid integration (VGI) strategies as part of its ongoing rulemaking proceeding, (R.) Continue reading
By Sabrina Barr On January 1, 2021, AB 2113 (Low) (Chapter 186, Statutes of 2020) took effect. The bill adds section 135.4 to the Business and Professions Code to require any board within the Department of Consumer Affairs, including the Continue reading
By Ellen Williams In December 2020 and January 2021, Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) Director, Kimberly Kirchmeyer, issued a series of orders extending the deadlines for licensing waivers issued as a result of Governor Newsom’s March 30, 2020 State of Continue reading
By Kirstin Jensvold-Rumage On January 22, 2021, the State Bar of California Board of Trustees voted to defer creation of a new Rule of Professional Conduct or Ethics Opinion related to law enforcement unions’ financial contributions to prosecutorial campaigns, and Continue reading
By Connor Greth On December 3, 2020, approved CBA’s proposal to amend section 45, Title 16 of the CCR, to clarify that only accounting firms, as opposed to individual licensees, are required to report peer review information to the Board. Continue reading
By Jonathan Greenbergs On January 4, 2021, the Dental Board of California (DBC) published an announcement from the Department of Consumer Affairs(DCA), DCA Waiver DCA-21-104, which waives restrictions on dentists from ordering and administering COVID-19 vaccines. To order or administer Continue reading
By: Jennifer Wilczynski On January 19, 2021, the California Department of Insurance (DOI) filed a request for adoption of emergency regulations regarding the Summary of Dental Benefits and Coverage Disclosure Matrix (SDBC) with the Office of Administrative Law (OAL). Prior Continue reading
By: Madison Orcutt On December 4, 2020, the former executive director of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Alice Stebbins, filed a complaint against the Commission in the San Francisco Superior Court (Alice Stebbins v. California Public Utilities Commission, et Continue reading
By Kendra J. Muller On December 11, 2020, and again on January 24, 2021, Heidi W. Steinecker, Deputy Director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), announced a suspension of regulatory enforcement for hospitals that is valid until March Continue reading
