Press Releases

Dr. Richard Pan Makes Statement on Extending Medi-Cal to Undocumented Children

Starting May 16, health care is available to children regardless of their immigration status.

May 16, 2016

Sacramento – As working families across the state celebrate because their children will finally have access to the health care they need to stay healthy, Dr. Richard Pan, who co-founded and chaired Healthy Kids, Healthy Future, celebrated along with them and made the following statement:

SB 1189 Prohibits Law Enforcement from Entering Autopsy Room When Individual Died in their Care & States Forensic Autopsies Must be Conducted by Medical Experts

April 20, 2016

SACRAMENTO – A bill jointly authored by Dr. Richard Pan and Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, SB 1189 to ensure autopsy reports are accurate and unbiased, was passed by the Senate Health Committee.

Dr. Richard Pan Honors Dedicated Loaves & Fishes Staff Member as the 6th Senate District Unsung Hero

April 12, 2016

Sacramento, CA – In September 2015, Dr. Richard Pan began highlighting one person each month as the Unsung Hero of the 6^th Senate District. For the month of April, Dr. Pan is proud to honor Molly Simones, who has worked tirelessly at the Sacramento homeless shelter, Loaves & Fishes for more than five years.

Please read more about Molly Simones, here: http://sd06.senate.ca.gov/sites/sd06.senate.ca.gov/files/outreach/sd06-201604-unsunghero.php

Dr. Pan requested Little Hoover Commission Review how the state provides access to dental care for California children

April 4, 2016

Sacramento – Following a 2014 State Auditor’s report that found deficiencies in access and oversight of the state’s Denti-Cal program, Dr. Richard Pan asked the Little Hoover Commission to undertake a review of the program, which was recently completed and released. Dr. Pan responded with the following statement:

Dr. Richard Pan Makes Statement On Measles Outbreak in Nevada County

March 29, 2016

SACRAMENTO- Dr. Richard Pan, a pediatrician and State Senator representing the Sacramento region, made the following statement regarding recent reports of a measles outbreak at Yuba River Charter School in Nevada County, where records show that only about 43 percent of Kindergarteners who entered the school in the fall of 2015 were up-to-date with vaccinations:

EveryLife Foundation Applauds Introduction of Life-Saving Legislation on Newborn Screening by California State Senator Richard Pan

February 29, 2016

NOVATO, Calif.-- On Rare Disease Day, the EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases applauds Senator Richard Pan, MD (D-Sacramento) for introducing SB 1095. The Foundation is joined by the MLD Foundation, National MPS Society, Acid Maltase Deficiency Association (AMDA), the Ryan Foundation, Aidan Jack Seeger Foundation, and Jonah’s Just Begun Foundation to Cure Sanfilippo in supporting this lifesaving legislation to expand California’s newborn screening program.

Idea for SB 977 came from the 8th grade class at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Elementary School in Elk Grove

February 23, 2016

SACRAMENTO – Dr. Richard Pan, a pediatrician and Senator representing the Sacramento region, joined the 8^th grade class at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Elementary School in Elk Grove today to announce the introduction of SB 977, which would ban tobacco products within 250 feet from a youth sporting event.

Dr. Pan Makes Statement on Faculty Strike at California State University System

February 11, 2016

SACRAMENTO – Dr. Richard Pan, a pediatrician and Senator representing Sacramento released the following statement regarding the possibility of a faculty strike at the California State University:

SB 947 will focus staff time on moving families into the workforce and cut transportation expenses

February 4, 2016

SACRAMENTO – Dr. Richard Pan, a pediatrician and Senator representing Sacramento announced today that he has introduced SB 947to modernize the process for conducting interviews for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs), the state’s safety-net program for poor families with children.

SB 877 will allow California to Partner with President Obama in his Effort to Reduce Gun Violence

January 19, 2016

SACRAMENTO – A bill authored by Dr. Richard Pan and principle co-authored by Senator Bill Monning, which would allow California to partner at the federal level to reduce gun violence, was passed by the State Senate today on a vote of 27 to 10.

SB 877 is sponsored by the Union of American Physicians and Dentist and would require California to establish and maintain a data-tracking system on violent deaths in the state, including gun deaths.