Experienced legislators with close ties to Berkeley, State Senators Loni Hancock and Carol Liu will discuss the future of California higher education and legislative process. How does the legislature advance its priorities in regard to higher education? What should be its policy objectives? Senator Loni Hancock chair of the Senate Committee on Public Safety and a 14-year veteran of the legislature as well as former mayor of Berkeley, represents District 9 in the East Bay. Senator Carol Liu, chair of the Senate Committee on Education and also a 12-year veteran of the legislature, and a Berkeley native, represents the 25th district in Southern California.
The UC Berkeley Huang Program, established by Charles Huang '93, provides undergraduates the opportunity for enhanced and intensive Chinese language instruction here at Berkeley as well as language instruction and internships in China.
In this panel, speakers summarize existing approaches for regulating ACOs among those states that have the most experience and innovation in this area. This panel included perspectives from New York, Texas, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. These speakers address anti-competitive behavior, quality of care, network adequacy, and reporting requirements. Speakers also consider the various successes and failures of alternative regulatory approaches.
Chair: Kathleen Foote (Attorney General’s Office, State of California)
Speakers: Kim Van Winkle (Texas Attorney General’s Office); Katherine Mills (Massachusetts Health Policy Commission); Herb Olsen (Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner); James Knickman (New York State Health Foundation); and Ann Hollingshead (Nicholas C. Petris Center)
Commentator: Greg Burke (United Hospital Fund of New York)