BILL NUMBER: AB 2545	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Logue

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Section 14136.6 to the Welfare and Institutions
Code, relating to Medi-Cal.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2545, as introduced, Logue. Medi-Cal: nonemergency medical
transportation.
   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 provides for a schedule of
health care benefits under the Medi-Cal program, including medical
transportation services, subject to utilization controls.
   This bill would require nonemergency medical transportation
services provided to Medi-Cal beneficiaries by managed care
organizations directly or under contractual arrangements to be
subject to the same personnel, equipment, and inspection requirements
as nonemergency medical transportation services provided by
fee-for-service enrolled providers.
   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 14136.6 is added to the Welfare and
Institutions Code, to read:
   14136.6.  Notwithstanding any other law, nonemergency medical
transportation services provided to Medi-Cal beneficiaries by managed
care organizations directly or under contractual arrangements shall
be subject to the same personnel, equipment, and inspection
requirements as nonemergency medical transportation services provided
by fee-for-service enrolled providers.