California COVID-19 State Agency Guidance (May 24, 2021)

California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)

• Provisions from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (05/18/2021)
  • This letter to all county welfare directors provides instructions to counties regarding treatment of unemployment benefits, recovery rebates and additional provisions subsequent to the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
• Post-COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Telehealth Policy Recommendations: Public Document (05/14/2021)
  • This document includes DHCS’ temporary policy changes related to telehealth during the COVID-19 PHE and proposed post-COVID-19 PHE changes to continue to allow additional Medi-Cal covered benefits and services to be provided via telehealth.

California Department of Public Health (CDPH)

• Guidance for Vaccination during Pregnancy (05/21/2021)
  • This guidance states that pregnant people can still get the COVID-19 vaccine and that there is limited but growing data on safety of vaccines in pregnant people.