BILL NUMBER: AB 2352	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member John A. Perez

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 14132.70 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to Medi-Cal.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2352, as introduced, John A. Perez. Medi-Cal: organ
transplants: antirejection medication.
   Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the
State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health
care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. Under
existing law, organ transplants and donor surgeries are covered as
reimbursable services under the Medi-Cal program.
   This bill would provide that a Medi-Cal beneficiary shall remain
eligible to receive Medi-Cal coverage for antirejection medication
for up to 2 years following an organ transplant, unless during that
period the beneficiary becomes eligible for Medicare or private
health insurance that would cover the medication.
   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 14132.70 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:
   14132.70.  A Medi-Cal beneficiary shall remain eligible to receive
Medi-Cal coverage for antirejection medication for up to two years
following an organ transplant, unless during that period the
beneficiary becomes eligible for Medicare or private health insurance
that would cover the medication.