Statement From David Kears, Vice Chair, First 5 California State Commission
| Source: First 5 California
SACRAMENTO, CA--(Marketwire - September 22, 2009) - David Kears Statement
as Written for Delivery at Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Signing of
California Legislative Bill AB 1422 to Restore
Funding to the Healthy
Families Program
I would like to thank my fellow commissioners, Executive Director Kris
Perry and the First 5 California staff for stepping forward with other
like-minded partners to ensure the Healthy Family Program's survival in the
coming year.
First 5 California
has a long legacy of supporting health coverage for
children up to age 5 in California. Most recently, on August 13, our
commission voted to contribute up to $81.4 million to the Healthy Families
Program to cover health care costs for our state's youngest children
through June 2010. This fix will allow more than 200,000 children up to age
5 to receive low-cost health care coverage at a time when families need it
most.
Today, AB 1422 is signed into law with a spirit of shared responsibility,
propelling forward our shared mission to improve access to affordable
children's health care.