Advocacy
We act as a common voice for hepatitis patients on the local, state and federal level. We passionately take policy positions which favor patients and their access to care. We use grassroots support to drive legislation that puts patients’ care first.
We are community based advocates and stakeholders. Our drive for research and policy improvements are for viral hepatitis treatment, prevention and vaccines. Although 2017 was a watershed moment in U.S. politics, the considerable momentum generated by robust activism and advocacy catapulted The California Hepatitis C Task Force into a formidable position for advancing important policy priorities over the next four years.
Some of the important issues the Task Force will focus on in the coming years are:
- Addressing domestic drug pricing concerns for viral hepatitis medications
- Capitalizing on greater statewide political attention to infectious disease
- Advancing the vision for healthcare access that is universally available as a right for all citizens, in keeping with the transformation that is occurring globally
Issues, Policies & Positions
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| YEAR | BILL | AUTHOR | TITLE | (POSITION) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | AB 374 | Navarian | Step Therapy Override Determination | (Letter of Support) |
| 2015 | AB 383 | Gipson | Hepatitis Education Screening & Treatment Act | (Letter of Support) |
| 2015 | AB 623 | Wood | Preventing Prescription Drug Abuse | (Letter of Support) |
| 2015 | AB 187 | Bonta | Medi-Cal Managed Care California Services Program | (Letter of Support) |
| 2015 | SB 675 | Liu | Transitional Care | (Letter of Support) |
| 2016 | AB 463 | Chiu | Drug Price Controls | (Letter of Concern) |
| 2016 | CAHCVTF | Sign-on Letter to Members of United States Congress; 340B Federal Drug Discount Program | (Letter of Concern) | |
| 2016 | CAHCVTF | Letter to Attorney General Kamala Harris Regarding Merger of Insurance Plans | (Letter of Concern) | |
| 2016 | CAHCVTF | Letter to Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.; Request for Proclamation in support of May 19 National Hepatitis Testing Day in California | (Letter of Request) | |
| 2016 | CAHCVTF | Letter to Budget Subcommittee Chair, CCS Trailer Bill Language per DHCS Item for 4260 (#607) | (Letter of Opposition) | |
| 2016 | AB 2084 | Wood | Comprehensive Medication Management Benefit in the Medi-Cal Program (CMM) | (Letter of Support) |
| 2016 | AB 2531 | Burke | Pay Equity Bill for Reproductive Research | (Letter of Support) |
| 2016 | AB 2752 | Navarian | Continuity of Care | (Letter of Support) |
| 2016 | CAHCVTF | Letter to the Chair of Health & Children’s Services regarding Title 5 Application for Block Grant funding at CCS | (Letter of Concern) | |
| 2017 | AB 265 | Wood | Prescription Drugs; Prohibition on Price Discount | (Letter of Opposition) |
| 2017 | SB 17 | Hernandez | Heathcare: Prescription Drug Cost | (Letter of Opposition) |
| 2017 | SB 349 | Lara | Chronic Dialysis Clinics; Staffing Requirements | (Letter of Opposition) |
| 2017 | AB 1353 | Waldron | Essential Health Benefits; Continuity of Care | (Letter of Support) |
| 2017 | CAHCVTF | Letter to Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., regarding Prescription Drugs; called Prescription Drugs; Prohibition on Price Discount | (Veto Request) | |
| 2017 | I AM ESSENTIAL Coalition | I AM ESSENTIAL Coalition Letter to Health & Human Services Secretary Tom Price; Sign-on letter referencing maintaining and enforcing important patient protections and access to prescription drugs. | (Letter of Appeal) | |
| 2018 | AB 2863 | Navarian | Healthcare Coverage; Prescriptions | (Letter of Support) |
| 2018 | AB 315 | Wood | Pharmacy Benefit Management | (Letter of Support) |
| 2018 | AB 845 | Wood | Canabinoid Support | (Letter of Support) |
| 2018 | AB 18660 | Lymon | Healthcare Coverage; Prescriptions | (Letter of Support) |
| 2018 | AB 2760 | Wood | Prescriptions Drugs; Prescribers; Naloxone, Hydrochloride and other FDA approved drugs | (Letter of Support) |
| 2018 | AB 2863 | Navarian | Healthcare Coverage; Prescriptions | (Letter of Support) |
| 2018 | AB 2893 | Waldron | California Health Benefit Review Program; Financial Impacts | (Letter of Support) |
| 2018 | SB 1156 | Leyva | Healthcare Service Plans; Third Party Payments | (Letter of Opposition) |
| 2018 | SB 1264 | Stone | Medi-Cal; Hypertension Medication Management Services | (Letter of Support) |
| 2018 | RetireSafe | Medi-Care Part D Program; Sign-on letter to HHS Secretary Azar supporting rebate pass-through and out-of-pocket cap | (Letter of Support) |
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California Hepatitis History: In 2008, then California Governor Schwartzenegger proclaimed a Hepatitis Awareness Date, as a Hepatitis A Emergency was proclaimed. Click on the document images to open the PDFs of these documents:
