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Jump to All Downloads & LinksBelow is a compilation of organizational statements and comments submitted to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) by national and California health and philanthropic organizations, and by California state and local government officials in opposition to the Trump administration’s proposed changes to the public charge rule. Comments were due by December 10, 2018, and DHS is still in the process of posting the 266,000 comments received. DHS is required to review and respond to the comments in the final rule.
Organizational Comments Submitted by National Health Organizations
- Adventist Health Policy Association
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American College of Emergency Physicians
- American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
- American College of Physicians
- American Hospital Association
- American Medical Association
- American Medical Women’s Association
- American Psychiatric Association
- American Psychological Association
- American Public Health Association
- America’s Essential Hospitals
- America’s Health Insurance Plans
- Association of American Medical Colleges
- Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
- Association of Community Affiliated Plans
- Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
- Catholic Health Association of the United States
- Children’s Hospital Association
- Dignity Health
- Federation of American Hospitals
- Kaiser Permanente
- Medicaid Health Plans of America
- National Association of Community Health Centers
- National Association of County and City Health Officials
- National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
- National Association of School Nurses
- National Association of Urban Hospitals
- National Council for Behavioral Health
- National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians
- National Hispanic Medical Association
- Planned Parenthood Federation of America
- Providence St. Joseph Health
- Sutter Health
- Trinity Health
Organizational Comments Submitted by California Health Organizations
- Alameda Alliance for Health
- Alameda Health Consortium
- Blue Shield of California / Care 1st Health Plan
- California Academy of Family Physicians
- California Association of Health Plans
- California Children’s Hospital Association
- California Dental Association
- California Hospital Association
- California Medical Association
- California Physicians Alliance
- California Primary Care Association
- California School-Based Health Alliance
- Coalition of Orange County Community Health Centers
- Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
- Community Clinic Consortium of Contra Costa and Solano Counties
- Community Health Center Network
- District Hospital Leadership Forum
- Health Alliance of Northern California
- L.A. Care
- Local Health Plans of California
- Los Angeles LGBT Center
- MemorialCare Health System
- Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
- Private Essential Access Community Hospitals
- Public Health Institute
- Scripps Health
- Sharp HealthCare
- Stanford Health Care
Comments Submitted by California State and Local Governments, Officials, and Associations
- Alameda County Health Care Services Agency
- Alameda County Public Health Commission
- Alameda County Social Services Agency
- Alameda Health System
- California Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems
- California Association of Social Rehabilitation Agencies
- California Attorney General
- California County Superintendents Educational Services Association
- California Health and Human Services Agency, with the California Departments of Health Care Services, Public Health, and Social Services
- California Insurance Commissioner
- California State Association of Counties
- California State Council on Developmental Disabilities
- California State University
- City and County of San Francisco
- City of Los Angeles
- City of Oakland
- Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
- County Behavioral Health Directors Association of California
- County Health Executives Association of California
- County of Los Angeles
- County of Los Angeles Community Prevention and Population Health Task Force
- County of Riverside
- County of San Mateo
- County of Santa Clara
- County Welfare Directors Association of California
- First 5 California
- First 5 Los Angeles
- First 5 Marin County
- First 5 Monterey County
- First 5 San Mateo County
- Glen County Health and Human Services Agency
- Kern Medical (comments under Document Downloads)
- Lake County Health Services
- Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
- Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
- Los Angeles County Housing + Community Investment Department
- Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority
- Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent
- Mayor of San Francisco
- Mayor of San Jose
- Monterey County Community Health Center Board
- Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors
- Solano County Board of Supervisors
- University of California, San Francisco
- University of California system (comments under Document Downloads)
