State Policy
State Legislation
Below is a list of key state bills that CAPH is actively tracking during the 2025 legislative session. Bills are organized by CAPH’s position.
Oppose
AB 339 (Ortega) — Local Public Employee Organizations: Notice Requirements
Would require public hospitals and health systems to give unions at least 120 days‘ written notice before issuing requests for proposals (RFPs), renewing contracts, or revising job classifications. CAPH opposes the bill due to concerns about operational delays and workforce flexibility. CAPH’s opposition letter can be found here.
SB 632 (Arreguín) — Workers’ Compensation: Hospital Employees
Creates presumptive eligibility for workers’ compensation if hospital workers contract respiratory and infectious diseases like COVID-19, creating the assumption that the employee became ill while working. CAPH opposes the bill, warning it could strain resources and impact the financial stability of public hospitals. CAPH’s opposition letter can be found here.
Support
AB 618 (Krell) — Medi-Cal: Behavioral Health: Data Sharing
Requires DHCS to create a statewide data-sharing framework among Medi-Cal plans, counties, and providers, to standardize sharing behavioral health data. CAPH supports this will as it will improve coordinated care for behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment for Medi-Cal patients. CAPH’s support letter can be found here.
State Policy Archive
Learn about CAPH's key state legislative priorities from past legislative sessions.