BILL NUMBER:  AB 2577
  VETOED	DATE: 09/29/2014




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2577 without my signature.

While I support funding mechanisms that would increase the
availability of federal funds, this bill presents significant policy
and implementation challenges at a time when the Department of Health
Care Services is working at full capacity on several new and
critical priorities integrating the Affordable Care Act into our
health care system.

I will direct the department to continue conversations on this
funding mechanism that reflects a more realistic time frame and is
more workable for the department.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.