STATE OF THINGS FOR SEPTEMBER 4, 2005
1. Status of State Legislation
2. Federal Reauthorization of OAA.
Older Americans Act of 1965
3. General news update.
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The state legislature has been very busy dealing with 800 plus bills during this remainder of the 2005 legislative session. Few pro life/pro abortion bills are receiving any action. So we are devoting this edition to general news and to a life and health issue on the opposite end of the life spectrum - Legislation affecting the care of the senior citizen.
1. CALIFORNIA LEGISLATION
AB 772 Wilma Chan, (D). California healthy Kids Insurance Program.
Amended 4/7/05. Takes on new meaning when compared with federal Prevention First Act, a PP bill to wrap up all health care funding into one ball for the benefit of PP.
A) Creates yet another funding channel to enroll and maintain kids under government controlled and directed health care., whose family income is 300 percent of federal poverty level on state health care maintenance.
B) It also creates a panel of “Experts” to advise the government on maintaining these children on state rolls through age 18.
C) This is an example of the real intended focus of a pseudo church based organization called PICO - Pacific Institute for Community Organizing and its many branches supports.
Signing children up for government directed health care removes children from their parents authority and supervision in regard to health care. In Contra Costa County the PICO branch - Contra Costa Interfaith Sponsoring Organization - was rejected for a grant to enroll all grade school children in Pittsburg into the Healthy Kids Program. PICO does not oppose abortion and family planning.
CRLC continues to oppose passage.
This bill has gone to the governor. Please write the Governor and urge that he veto this bill
SB 437 Martha Escutia (D), Healthy Kids Insurance Program.
This is the Senate version of AB 772. It sits in the Assembly awaiting it
