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CCHP applauded Gov. Jerry Brown, Assemblyman Dan Logue (R-Chico), and the California State Rural Health Association (CSRHA) for their work on AB 415, the Telehealth Advancement Act of 2011, which will update California telehealth law and remove outdated administrative and regulatory policy barriers to the use of crucial telehealth services. A report prepared for CCHP, which examined potential cost savings from AB 415, estimated savings of more than $1.3 billion a year to Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program, which would come from disease management programs for patients with heart failure and diabetes, and which employ electronic home monitoring systems.