Oakland, CA — Doug Chiappetta, M.A., UAPD Executive Director, met with Assemblymember Mia Bonta to discuss the introduction of a bill protecting Alameda Health System physicians from having their roles contracted out in 2024. Dr. Milton L. Lorig, M.D., Dr. Nakul...
Legislative Advocacy
UAPD Psychiatrists Make Waves at the State Capitol
We know that severe staffing shortages have severely compromised mental health care inside California state prisons and mental hospitals. And that the State of California puts a bandaid over the problem by hiring too many high-paid, short-term contractors and...
State Budget Targets $10M for New Medical School Pathway to Benefit Underserved Students
A bill designed to increase the number of doctors in underserved areas such as the Valley has a few more steps to go before reaching Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk to be signed into law. But funding for the California Medicine Scholars Program is already guaranteed. UAPD is...
Bill Introduced to Help Docs with Soaring PPE Costs
UAPD has expressed its support for SB 242, introduced by Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton). This bill would require a health care service plan or health insurer to contract with its health care providers to reimburse, at a reasonable rate, their business expenses that...
UAPD Supports Effort Build Pathway from Community Colleges to Medical School
UAPD has expressed its support for SB 40, introduced by Senator Melissa Hurtado (D-14). This bill would create the California Medicine Scholars Program, a 5-year pilot program facilitated by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. In the words of...
UAPD Sponsors Bill to Expand Medical Parole
UAPD is a co-sponsor of AB 960 (Bonta) – Medical Parole. A medical parole hearing is used to determine if an inmate who is permanently medically incapacitated should be placed in a licensed health care facility in the community rather than cared for inside a State...