Amended in Assembly March 26, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 70

Introduced by Assembly Member Waldron

December 18, 2014

begin delete An act to amend Section 14611 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to Medi-Cal. end delete begin insert An act to amend Section 1797.121 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to emergency medical services. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 70, as amended, Waldron. begin delete Medi-Cal: hospital reimbursement. end delete begin insert Emergency medical services: reporting. end insert

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Existing law, the Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act, governs local emergency medical services (EMS) systems, and establishes the Emergency Medical Services Authority, which is responsible for the coordination and integration of all state agencies concerning emergency medical services. The act requires a local EMS agency to plan, implement, and evaluate an EMS system, as specified, and authorizes the local EMS agency to develop and submit a plan to the authority for an EMS system according to prescribed guidelines. Existing law requires the authority to report to the Legislature on the effectiveness of the systems provided for in the act on or before January 1, 1984, and annually thereafter, as specified.

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This bill would instead require the authority to report that information to the Legislature every 5 years.

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Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income persons receive health care benefits. Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature to enact a method for reimbursing hospitals for inpatient and outpatient services provided to Medi-Cal beneficiaries on a prospectively negotiated contractual basis and to develop and test alternatives that would become the basis for a permanent contracting system.

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This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that statement of intent.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 1797.121 of the end insert begin insert Health and Safety Code end insert
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1797.121.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert The authority shall report to the Legislature on
the effectiveness of the systems provided for in this division on or
before January 1, 1984, and begin delete annually end delete begin insert every five years end insert thereafter,
begin delete including end delete begin insert and shall include end insert within this begin delete report, end delete begin insert report end insert systems
impact evaluations on death and disability.

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(b) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government
Code.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 14611 of the Welfare and Institutions
Code is amended to read:

14611.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact a method for
reimbursing hospitals for inpatient and outpatient services provided
to Medi-Cal beneficiaries on a prospectively negotiated contractual
basis. The provisions of this article are intended to develop and
test alternatives for contractually arranging for the payment and
delivery of those services that will become the basis for a
permanent contracting system.

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