BILL NUMBER: SB 344	CHAPTERED  09/10/01

	CHAPTER  276
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 8, 2001
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2001
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JULY 20, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 26, 2001
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 13, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 2, 2001
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 17, 2001

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Ortiz

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2001

   An act to add Article 1.3 (commencing with Section 11024) to
Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to human services.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 344, Ortiz.  Health care data reporting.
   Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, administered by
the State Department of Health Services, pursuant to which medical
benefits are provided to public assistance recipients and certain
other low-income persons.
   This bill would require the State Department of Health Services to
place on its Internet Web site, in a format that may be easily
understood by the general public, certain data relating to program
enrollment and other program data.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  The Legislature finds and declares that information
about enrollment in the Medi-Cal program is essential to measure the
success of the state's children and family health coverage outreach
and enrollment campaigns and in assessing whether individuals are
enrolled in the health care program for which they are eligible.
  SEC. 2.  Article 1.3 (commencing with Section 11024) is added to
Chapter 1 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:

      Article 1.3.  Program Data

   11024.  (a) Commencing March 1, 2002, the State Department of
Health Services shall, monthly, post on the Internet Web site
maintained by the State Department of Health Services 10 tables on
the number of persons enrolled in the Medi-Cal program.  These tables
shall include one table on the number of children enrolled in all
categories of the Medi-Cal program, by ethnicity, gender, and age, to
the extent that data is collected, for 12 months of data.  The
tables shall provide different breakdowns of the Medi-Cal population
by the various aid code categories.  Some of the tables shall
differentiate between the family-based Medi-Cal programs where
eligibility is conditioned upon the presence of a child or pregnant
woman, and nonfamily-based Medi-Cal programs where eligibility is
conditioned by the presence of aged, blind, or disabled persons.
Some of the tables shall provide enrollment levels for the
family-based programs differentiating between beneficiaries in
cash-related Medi-Cal programs and beneficiaries in noncash-related
Medi-Cal programs.  Some of the tables shall also include 12 months
of data.
   (b) The State Department of Health Services shall display on its
Web site the information required by subdivision (a) by both
statewide totals and county-by-county breakdowns, and shall show the
percentage increase or decrease in each county by month and by year.

   (c) The information posted on the Web site maintained by the State
Department of Health Services pursuant to this section shall be
posted in a format that is simple, not technical, does not require
downloading, and is likely to be easily understood by the general
public.
   11024.3.  Commencing March 1, 2002, the State Department of Health
Services shall post all of the following data on its Internet Web
site and in a format that may be easily understood by the general
public, in addition to the information required by Section 11024:
   (a) All county letters and county information notices prepared
after January 1, 2002.
   (b) All application forms for the following programs, to the
extent they are available in computerized form:
   (1) The Medi-Cal program.
   (2) The California Children's Services Program.
   (3) The Child Health and Disability Prevention Program.
   (4) The Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment (Family PACT)
Waiver Program under subdivision (aa) of Section 14132.