BILL NUMBER: AB 3029	CHAPTERED  09/18/04

	CHAPTER  584
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 18, 2004
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 18, 2004
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2004
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 10, 2004
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 29, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2004
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 1, 2004

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Matthews

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2004

   An act to add Section 14045 to the Welfare and Institutions Code,
relating to Medi-Cal.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 3029, Matthews.  Medi-Cal provider reimbursement.
   Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is
administered by the State Department of Health Services and under
which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits.
   This bill would prohibit, subject to an exception for certain
providers and services, a provider under the Medi-Cal program from
submitting a reimbursement request to the Medi-Cal program containing
a beneficiary's social security number in order to receive payment
if the department has issued that beneficiary a Medi-Cal beneficiary
identification card containing a beneficiary number that includes the
issuance date.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 14045 is added to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, to read:
   14045.  (a) A provider may not submit a reimbursement request to
the Medi-Cal program containing a beneficiary's social security
number in order to receive payment if the department has issued that
beneficiary a Medi-Cal beneficiary identification card containing a
beneficiary number with the issuance date included in that number.
   (b) This section shall not apply to services provided by the
following provider types or to the following types of services:
   (1) A hospital licensed pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with
Section 1250) of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (2) A long-term health care facility, as defined in Section 1418
of the Health and Safety Code.
   (3) A primary care clinic that is licensed pursuant to subdivision
(a) of Section 1204 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (4) Emergency medical transportation services.