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California Legislators Launch the California Children’s Caucus Focused on Child-Centered Priorities

 

California Legislators Unite to Launch the California Legislative Children’s Caucus

“It’s about time California focused on children. That’s why we decided to found the California Legislative Children’s Caucus. We are over 40 members strong across the Assembly and Senate including Democrats and Republicans. We are going to be focused on solutions – solutions that are child-centered,” said Assemblymember Bonta.

California Warns HR 1 Medicaid Cuts Could Strip Coverage From Millions

Assembly Health Committee Chair Mia Bonta opened an informational hearing Tuesday with a stark warning: proposed federal cuts to Medicaid and related health programs would strip billions of dollars from California’s health care system, leaving millions of residents without coverage and placing severe strain on hospitals, clinics and county safety nets.

Assembly Health Committee Blasts the Federal Government for Raising Healthcare Costs for Californians

“The federal dollars which once supported health care for working families are now being funneled into mass deportation operations, operations that resulted in tragic murders by federal agents of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minnesota, Silverio Villegas González in Illinois, and Keith Porter here in California. This is where our health care funding is going,” said Assemblymember Mia Bonta.

Asm. Mia Bonta Reacts to OpenAI’s Release of ‘ChatGPT Health’

Assemblymember Bonta’s AB 489 went into effect this year putting guardrails on AI in health.
“By asking its millions of users to upload their personal medical records to its new ChatGPT Health, OpenAI is opening itself to the highest possible scrutiny regarding data privacy."

California Lawmakers Brace for Medi-Cal Funding Crisis

“We've been on a tour looking across the state of California at what, for our health care infrastructure and our providers, are the most important for us to be able to address right now, at this moment, as we go back into the legislative session,” Bonta said.