BILL NUMBER: AB 606	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2007

   An act to add Section 14079.7 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to Medi-Cal.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 606, as introduced, Galgiani. Medi-Cal: reimbursement rates.
   Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is
administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, and
which provides health care services to qualified low-income
recipients.
   This bill would provide that commencing January 1, 2008, the
reimbursement levels for physician and dental services shall be
increased by 5%.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 14079.7 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:
   14079.7.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
reimbursement levels for physician and dental services under
Medi-Cal shall be increased by 5 percent commencing January 1, 2008.