Highlight
30 bills
used CHIS data for part of the analysis or background during the 2023–2024 legislative session.
- Legislation
- Assembly Committee Meetings
- Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
CHIS in Legislation
Each year, the California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP) responds to requests from the California State Legislature to provide independent analysis of the medical, financial, and public health impacts of proposed health insurance benefit mandates and repeals. CHIS and the UC Berkeley Labor Center and UCLA Center for Health Policy Research’s California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM) microsimulation model are both used as data sources.
During the 2023–2024 legislative session, CHIS data were used for part of the analysis or background for 30 bills and specifically cited in the estimates provided in the following CHBRP analysis:
Assembly Bill (AB) 2467 Menopause (Bauer-Kahan) would require coverage for treatment of menopause symptoms, including but not limited one particular drug and multiple bill-identified therapeutic categories of drugs.
Senate Bill (SB) 839 Obesity Parity Treatment Act (Bradford) would require comprehensive coverage for obesity treatments, including intensive behavioral therapy (IBT), bariatric surgery, and the two groups of prescription drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with an indication for weight management: glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists and non–GLP- 1s. SB 839 would also require that cost sharing for obesity treatments not be different or separate from treatments for other illnesses, conditions, or disorders.
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CHIS Data Cited in Assembly Committee Meetings
Thu Quach, PhD, president of Asian Health Services, cited CHIS data during her testimony on advancing mental health equity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs).
California State Assemblymembers Mike Fong, Alex Lee, Evan Low, Esmeralda Soria, Phil Ting, and Stephanie Nguyen, who serves as chair of the committee, participated in the hearing.
California State Assembly Select Committee on Happiness and Public Policy Outcomes
In a hearing of the Select Committee on Happiness and Public Policy Outcomes, experts shared factors influencing happiness across different age demographics in California and explored policy recommendations designed to address barriers to happiness.
Martha Dominguez-Brinkley, PhD, deputy director of program innovation and evaluation at First 5 California, cited data from the 2019–2022 CHIS in her testimony, highlighting trends in pregnancy plans among females ages 18–44 by race and ethnicity.
California State Assembly Speaker Emeritus Anthony Rendon and California Assemblymembers Lisa Calderon and Pilar Schiavo participated in the hearing.
California Senate Passes Bill Recognizing Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Sponsored by Senator Dave Min, this bill recognizes April 2024 as Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, recognizes the role that Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs) have played in the social, economic, and political development of California throughout the state’s history, and encourages all federal, state, and local organizations to promote the preservation of NHPI history and culture, including the preservation of NHPI communities. The bill, which cites UCLA CHPR and its NHPI Data Policy Lab, passed the Senate on June 20, 2024.
