Con el inicio del Mes de la Salud Mental Materna en California, defensores de todo el estado celebran un gran avance en la lucha por la justicia en materia de salud materna. El proyecto de ley SB 626, de la Senadora Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (Demócrata por Los Ángeles) y coautora principal de la Senadora Sabrina Cervantes (Demócrata por Riverside), avanzó en el Comité de Salud del Senado esta semana tras una oleada de apoyo por parte de sobrevivientes, profesionales clínicos y líderes comunitarios.
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Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Welcome! I’m Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, and I’m honored to represent nearly one million residents in the 28th Senate District, one of California’s most diverse regions in Los Angeles. I spent more than two decades working as a labor organizer and civil rights activist before my election to the State Senate. It is my privilege to serve California’s residents by presenting legislation that will create a more equitable economy for working families.
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As California kicks off Maternal Mental Health Month, advocates from across the state are celebrating a major step forward in the fight for maternal health justice. SB 626, authored by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) and principal co-authored by Senator Sabrina Cervantes (D-Riverside), advanced through the Senate Health Committee this week after a groundswell of advocacy from survivors, clinicians and community leaders.
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A bill that would decriminalize criminal penalties for attempted welfare fraud for cases under $950 and eliminate criminal penalties for overpayments from administrative errors or infractions continued to move up in the Senate this month, with an Appropriations Committee vote now set for May 5th.
Senate Bill 560, authored by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), would specifically delete the provision that establishes criminal penalties for an attempt to commit welfare fraud, as well as remove criminal penalties for welfare fraud when the total amount of aid obtained or retained is above or below $950, and instead make welfare fraud when aid was obtained or retained in the total amount of $25,000 or more punishable by specified imprisonment in a county jail and/or fine.
