The Role of Taskforces
•Task Forces typically address time sensitive policy issues.
•May make informal recommendations to the Legislative & Regulatory Committee as needed.
•Task Forces meet as determined by the Chair and staff; sometimes monthly or quarterly depending on the groups’ needs.
•If a Taskforce no longer warrants focused management, it will discontinue or convert to another membership engagement space.
Please CLICK HERE for the online form to make changes to the groups you participate in. Changes can be made any time during the year.
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CLINICAL (reports to Legislative/Regulatory Committee)
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2025 CHAIR: Erika Roshanravan, MD FAAFP, Medical Director at Davis Community Clinic, Communicare+OLE
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CPCA Staff Lead: New VBC position; or Allie Budenz, VP of Health Center Optimization
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CPCA Admin. Support: Charlotte Labbe, Sr. Administrative Coordinator
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TYPICAL MEETING FREQUENCY/DURATION: Convenes virtually each month for 1-hour
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DESCRIPTION:
- Share strategies, protocols, and promising practices across important clinically relevant areas, like clinical decision making, clinical operations, public health response, integrated care, quality outcomes, evolving statewide initiatives, and delivery reform.
- Advise on clinical matters in policy and program work important to health centers and CPCA.
- Develop clinical leadership through shared peer-to-peer learning and networking.
- Serve as liaisons to the California Medical Association (CMA) community clinic practice forum.
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LICENSING/OSHPD 3 (reports to Legislative/Regulatory Committee)
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2025 CHAIR: Gurjeet Sandhu, VP & Financial Officer, Golden Valley Health Center
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CPCA Staff Lead: Mahnoor Khan, Legal Counsel
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CPCA Admin. Support: Cristina Romero, Sr. Administrative Assistant, Legal
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TYPICAL MEETING FREQUENCY/DURATION: Convenes virtually each quarter for 1-hour
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DESCRIPTION:
- Identify health center challenges related to licensure and Office of Statewide Health planning & Development (OSHPD) building standards, including the application process and requirements, and solutions to mitigate such challenges.
- Mitigation efforts may include seeking clarification and/or negotiating with the Dept. of Public Health (CDPH) and the Dept. of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) challenging existing requirements through the state’s regulation process, and when necessary, supporting legislation to change the law.
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SPECIALITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (reports to Legislative/Regulatory Committee; by invitation only.)
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2025 CO-CHAIRS: Loren Gissible, Director of Specialty Behavioral Health, Gardner Family Health Network; and Renee Brissey, Chief Behavioral Health Coordinator, Hill Country Community Clinics
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CPCA Staff Lead: Taylor Beckwith, Associate Director of Health Center Optimization
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CPCA Admin. Support: Charlotte Labbe, Senior Administrative Coordinator
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TYPICAL MEETING FREQUENCY/DURATION: This group will meet quarterly and then ad hoc as needed. Group agreed to move to quarterly with preference to be scheduled the month after quarterly BHPN meetings.
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DESCRIPTION:
- Discuss state behavioral health policies, including behavioral health specialty system updates and opportunities to weigh in on Behavioral Health Information Notices (BHIN).
- Share learnings from current Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) grantees that are dual FQHC (Federally Qualified Health Centers) or FQHC-LAL and prepare to support state implementation of CA CCBHCs.
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