Assembly Panel Rejects Nurse Practitioners' Scope-of-Practice Bill; Optometry Bill to be Heard Next Week Legislative alert: Contact Asm. Phil Ting to urge a NO vote on SB 622, bill to allow optometrists to perform scalpel and laser surgeries, administer immunizations, and perform or order laboratory and diagnostic imaging tests with minimal education and training. July 1, 2015 Advocacy, Politics and Medicine SB 323, SB 622, scope of practice, SFMS advocacy 0 0 Comment Read More »
Mayor Lee Signs SFMS-Endorsed Sugar Sweetened Beverage Ordinances A trio of sugar sweetened beverage bills that had been endorsed by the SFMS moved swiftly through City Hall and were signed into law by Mayor Ed Lee on June 25. July 1, 2015 Advocacy, News, Public Health Scott Wiener, soda health warning, SSB ordinance, sugar sweetened beverage 0 0 Comment Read More »
Supreme Court Upholds ACA Subsidies The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), reaffirming that 6.4 million people in 34 states can continue to receive subsidies to purchase health care insurance. In a 6-3 ruling, the nation’s highest court ruled that critics’ reading of Obamacare might make sense in isolation, but not when viewed in a larger context and in light of the intention of the law. June 30, 2015 News ACA, King v. Burwell, Obamacare, SCOTUS 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Applauds Governor Brown, California Legislature for Passage of SB 277 Today is a win for public health with the passage of SB 277 (Pan/Allen). On behalf of 1,600 San Francisco physicians and physicians-in-training, SFMS would like to recognize Senators Richard Pan and Ben Allen for their leadership in authoring this bill, Senator Mark Leno and Assemblymember David Chiu for co-authoring and championing the legislation, and the entire California State Legislature for sending it to Governor Brown. June 30, 2015 Advocacy, News, Public Health vaccination, California legislation, Richard Pan, SB 277, SFMS advocacy 0 0 Comment Read More »
CDC Panel Urges Expanding Pool of Young People Who Receive Meningitis B Shot An advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending that all 16- to 23-year-olds to consider the vaccine. Previous guidance was limited to those at high risk of exposure to the disease, like lab workers and students at colleges with outbreaks. June 29, 2015 News, Public Health vaccine, ACIP, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, meningitis B 0 0 Comment Read More »
