AB 1, as amended, Bonta. Medi-Cal: developmental services: funding.
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.
The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act requires the State Department of Developmental Services to contract with regional centers to provide services and supports to individuals with developmental disabilities. Under existing law, the regional centers purchase needed services for individuals with developmental disabilities through approved service providers or arrange for those services through other publicly funded agencies.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislationbegin delete establishingend deletebegin insert
that establishesend insert funding sources and mechanisms in order to provide additional support for, and access to, Medi-Cal and developmentalbegin delete services.end deletebegin insert services and that uses those funding sources and mechanisms end insertbegin insertto increase access, ensure network adequacy, improve quality, and minimize geographic and service shortages in the Medi-Cal program and to increase access to services provided through regional centers.end insert
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
2legislationbegin delete establishingend deletebegin insert that does both of the following:end insert
3begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertEstablishesend insert funding sources and mechanisms in order to
4provide additional support for, and access to, Medi-Cal and
5developmental services.
6(b) Uses the funding sources and mechanisms described in
7subdivision (a) to increase access, ensure network adequacy,
8improve quality, and minimize geographic and service shortages
9in the Medi-Cal program and to increase access to services
10provided through regional centers.
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