Public Policy Platform
Our public policy platform is a description of our public policy work during the year. We will protect civil rights, benefits and services.
We will monitor the state budget. We will work to stop future cuts and restore prior cuts. We will work to keep and increase funding for our Office of Clients’ Rights Advocacy and California Office of Patients’ Rights.
We will work on bills introduced by others consistent with our public policy principles. For more information, please read the documents below.
2019 Public Policy Platform
Goal 1: Stop abuse, no matter where and when it occurs. Improve Quality of Care.
- Develop legislative strategy clarifying the causation standard in nursing home death case citations and implementing recommendations from the May 2018 California State Auditor’s report Skilled Nursing Facilities: Absent Effective State Oversight, Substandard Quality of Care Has Continued (#2017-109).
2018 Public Policy Platform
Goal 1: Stop abuse, no matter where and when it occurs. Improve Quality of Care.
- Continue legislative advocacy on sponsored bill AB 1335 (Kalra) clarifying the causation standard in nursing home death cases.
2017 Public Policy Platform
Budget Advocacy:
We will provide budget advocacy to protect needed benefits and services. We will monitor the state budget, work to avoid future cuts and restore prior service reductions. This could include advocating for proposals to repeal service limitations adopted as part of the state fiscal crisis.