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California Poison Control System Launches the First Ever Free, Bilingual Mobile Health Service for Poison Prevention
May 18, 2010 (PDF)

Poison Control Funded Through June 2010
After a prolonged and challenging financial crisis which brought the service to within a month of closing permanently, the California Poison Control System (CPCS) has secured funding to continue 24/7 services to Californians through June 2010. Leveraging a reduced California State General Fund allocation of $2.95 million, the organization has obtained federal matching funds through a state program. This federal match, awarded only in the last week, was conditional to the receipt of California State General Fund dollars. As the 2010-11 budget process begins in California, it is imperative that the $2.95 million California General Fund allocation be preserved in order to obtain the match funding and continue services to the state’s 39 million residents past June 2010.

The CPCS wishes to thank the California Emergency Medical Services Authority, the California Health and Human Services Agency, members of the California Legislative Budget Conference Committee and in particular, Chair Noreen Evans, California Assemblymember Tom Torlakson and staff, The UCSF School of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Fred Mayer, R.Ph., P.P.S.I. and related organizations, for their support as well as the thousands of Individuals and hundreds of organizations who wrote their legislators and the governor.

The CPCS is part of the University of California San Francisco School of Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and responsible to the California Emergency Medical Services Authority. All CPCS operating funds come from sources outside of the University with substantial in-kind support from UCSF and host institutions.
December 17, 2009

BUDGET CONFERENCE COMMITTEE PROPOSES FUNDING POISON CONTROL SERVICES AT 50% OF PREVIOUS YEAR’S LEVEL.

BUDGET PACKAGE PRESENTED JULY 20th 2009 MUST PASS AND BE SIGNED BY GOVERNOR TO KEEP POISON CONTROL SERVICE.

Thanks to thousands of letters and phone calls from all over California, some funding for poison control services may be forthcoming for the current 2009-2010 fiscal year.
The Legislature is scheduled to meet and possibly vote on the budget package July 23rd or 24th 2009, with the Governor’s signature anticipated soon thereafter.

PLEASE KEEP UP YOUR PHONE CALLS TO LOCAL LEGISLATORS AND THE GOVERNOR!
July 23, 2009

TIME IS RUNNING OUT! PLEASE CALL OR FAX THESE COMMITTEE MEMBERS BY JUNE 5th AND EXPRESS YOUR SUPPORT FOR POISON CONTROL!
May 20, 2009 (PDF)

POISON CONTROL FUNDING ELIMINATED—SERVICE TO SHUT DOWN SEPTEMBER 2009
May 20, 2009 (PDF)

The Value of California's Poison Control System
May 21, 2009 (PDF)

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