BILL NUMBER: AB 1294	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 10721 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to health care.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1294, as introduced, Furutani. Medi-Cal.
   Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is
administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under
which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services.
The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal
Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law requires the Director of
Health Care Services to perform any other duties as may be prescribed
by law and to observe and report to the Secretary of California
Health and Human Services and the Governor on the condition of health
care services and medical assistance throughout the state.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 10721 of the Welfare and Institutions Code is
amended to read:
   10721.  The director shall administer Chapter 7 (commencing with
Section 14000) and Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14200) of Part
3 of this division and any other law pertaining to the administration
of health care services and medical assistance.  He
  The director  shall perform  such
  any  other duties as may be prescribed by law and
shall observe and report to the Secretary of  California 
Health and  Welfare   Human Services  and
the Governor on the condition of health care services and medical
assistance throughout the state