California’s eight regional, private non-profit Children’s Hospitals are legally defined in the California Welfare & Institutions Code Section 10727. These hospitals treat children with the most serious and life-threatening diseases such as leukemia and other cancers, heart complications, sickle cell anemia, diabetes, HIV, and cystic fibrosis. Children’s Hospitals provide multi-disciplinary health care to children from all…
For over 20 years, the California Children’s Hospital Association (CCHA) has been advancing the needs of the State’s children’s hospitals through public and legislative advocacy. The Association works with state and national leaders in government and private industry to address issues impacting the hospitals’ ability to provide the best care possible to the children of California, especially those with special and complex…
CCHA is proud to sponsor The Children’s Hospital Bond Act of 2018, which would provide $1.5 billion over 15 years to expand and renovate California’s Children’s Hospitals. If approved by voters in November 2018, the bond will help hospitals invest in vital infrastructure so they can upgrade and improve their facilities and acquire the latest technology and life-saving medical equipment so more kids will have access to the specialized care they need.
On November 2, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Championing Healthy Kids Act (H.R. 3922), which would reauthorize the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for five years, and postpone cuts to hospitals that serve a disproportionate share of Medicaid beneficiaries.
