BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: March 25, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
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145 (Gomez) - As Introduced January 13, 2015
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Urgency: Yes State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill corrects a drafting error in legislation enacted last
year relative to a report of large employers that employ
beneficiaries of Medi-Cal.
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FISCAL EFFECT:
No state fiscal impact as the bill makes conforming changes to
existing law.
COMMENTS:
This bill fixes a technical error that occurred in the final
draft of AB 1792 (Gomez), Chapter 889, Statutes of 2014.
AB 1792 required the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)
to annually inform the Employment Development Department (EDD)
of the names and social security numbers of all recipients of
the Medi-Cal program, and required DHCS to determine the average
per-individual cost of state and federally funded benefits
provided by the Medi-Cal program and inform EDD of these costs.
The bill defined an employer as an individual or organization
that employs 100 or more beneficiaries of the Medi-Cal program,
however, for purposes of the report, the bill defined employer
as an entity that employs 50 or more beneficiaries. This bill
changes the number of employees from 50 to 100 to make the
language consistent.
Analysis Prepared by:Misty Feusahrens / APPR. / (916)
319-2081
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